Catalogue description Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: International and General Department and successors: Registered Files (IG Series)

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Reference: OD 9
Title: Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: International and General Department and successors: Registered Files (IG Series)
Description:

This series contains Department of Technical Co-operation files dealing with policy issues concerning Britain's contribution to overseas technical assistance. It includes records relating to various international aid bodies, including the Development Assistance Committee, the Commission for Technical Co-operation in Africa (CTCA), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Agency and the European Economic Community, and technical assistance provided by the United Nations and its Economic Commission for Africa and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Date: 1961-1981
Related material:

Earlier records can be found in CO 936

See also OD 108
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: IG file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English and French
Creator:

Department of Technical Co-operation, International and General Department, 1961-1964

Ministry of Overseas Development, European Department, 1976-1979

Ministry of Overseas Development, International and European Department, 1974-1975

Ministry of Overseas Development, International Department, 1964-1970

Ministry of Overseas Development, International Trade and European Department, 1975-1976

Overseas Development Administration, European Department, 1979-1981

Overseas Development Administration, International and European Department, 1972-1974

Overseas Development Administration, International Department, 1970-1972
Physical description: 452 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1989 Overseas Development Administration
Accruals: Series is accruing
Publication note:

A comprehensive guide to the type of work undertaken by the DTC can be found in Aid to Developing Countries (Cmnd 2147, September 1963).
Administrative / biographical background:

The International Department handled general questions relating to multilateral aid, including work with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, OECD and the International Development Agency, the Commonwealth, and the European Economic Community. From 1972, the International Department was known as the International and European Department, and it was followed in turn by the International Trade and European Department (1975-1976) and the European Department (1976-).

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