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Parent public programme for regional media and disinformation work
The Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme, identifier CSSF-05-000006, was a UK programme running from April 2016 to March 2023. Its published summary names FCDO and Cabinet Office partners and work in the Baltic States, Central Europe and Eastern Neighbourhood.
The retrospectively published 2022/23 summary lists £12 million of official development assistance and £21.1 million of non-ODA allocations. It does not name GDI. A ministerial answer ties GDI funding to CDMD and activities outside the United States. GDI's later evidence describes work during 2018–2022, no UK-government funding since 2022 and grant expiry in March 2023. Receipt-period and expiry labels can coexist, while the difference from the donor's start-period wording remains unreconciled.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office → Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme
Summary published30January2025; historical budget period, not exact governing2022 bytes.
Summary lists FY2022-2023 GBP12million ODA and GBP21.1million non-ODA allocations. GDI is not named; these are not GDI income or demonstrated expenditure.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office → Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme
Programme April2016-March2023; summary published30January2025.
Retrospectively published summary identifies FCDO and Cabinet Office as programme partners. No GDI-specific grant component is identified.
UK Cabinet Office: CDMD programme partner → Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme
Generic programme partnership does not establish that Cabinet Office approved a GDI rating or commercial licence.
Global Disinformation Index → Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme
2024-04-29 – 2024-04-29
FON0071 says no UK government funding since2022, describes work in2018-2022 and grant expiryMarch2023. Receipt-period and expiry labels can coexist; differences with donor start-period wording remain unreconciled.
Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme → Global Disinformation Index
Donor answer ties GDI support to CDMD and outside-US activities. Generic programme region/strategy cannot locate the GDI component or prove FCDO commissioned later US advertising exclusions.
Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme → Global Disinformation Index
2023-02-24 – 2023-02-24
Answer says there will have been frequent contact and regular performance reports/reviews. No actual count, reports, instructions or rating-level approval rights were acquired.
The official Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme Summary 2022 to 2023 gives identifier CSSF-05-000006 , a seven-year programme running April 2016–March 2023 , with FCDO and Cabinet Office partners. It identifies the Baltic States, Central Europe and Eastern Neighbourhood as the programme's operating region. Its FY 2022–2023 allocation is GBP 12 million ODA and GBP 21.1 million non-ODA . These are programme allocations; they are not GDI's income, an additional GDI award or demonstrated expenditure.
Read the research & sources ↗GDI classification recourse: an appeal is described, but downstream correction remains unproved ↗
FCDO–GDI remit: donor funding and review are documented; reuse rights are not ↗
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office → is named as a programme partner → Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme
Programme April2016-March2023; summary published30January2025.
Retrospectively published summary identifies FCDO and Cabinet Office as programme partners. No GDI-specific grant component is identified.
UK Cabinet Office: CDMD programme partner → is named as a programme partner → Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme
Generic programme partnership does not establish that Cabinet Office approved a GDI rating or commercial licence.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office → published programme-level budget allocations → Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme
Summary published30January2025; historical budget period, not exact governing2022 bytes.
Summary lists FY2022-2023 GBP12million ODA and GBP21.1million non-ODA allocations. GDI is not named; these are not GDI income or demonstrated expenditure.
Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme → was identified as supporting outside-US activities → Global Disinformation Index
Reported by the cited source
Donor answer ties GDI support to CDMD and outside-US activities. Generic programme region/strategy cannot locate the GDI component or prove FCDO commissioned later US advertising exclusions.
Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme → was described as having an expected reporting and review relationship → Global Disinformation Index
2023-02-24 – 2023-02-24
Reported by the cited source
Answer says there will have been frequent contact and regular performance reports/reviews. No actual count, reports, instructions or rating-level approval rights were acquired.
Global Disinformation Index → described historical funding and a later grant expiry → Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme
2024-04-29 – 2024-04-29
Reported by the cited source
FON0071 says no UK government funding since2022, describes work in2018-2022 and grant expiryMarch2023. Receipt-period and expiry labels can coexist; differences with donor start-period wording remain unreconciled.