The Prime Minister will emphasise the importance of the Indo-Pacific region to global security and prosperity as he continues to hold talks with his counterparts at the G20 Summit in Indonesia today (Wednesday).

This week’s G20 meeting is the largest gathering of global leaders in the region since before the coronavirus pandemic. In the time since a British Prime Minister last visited Southeast Asia, the region and the Indo-Pacific as a whole has only become more important to the UK’s security and prosperity.

The UK has committed to building the broadest presence in the Indo-Pacific of any European country. We have already strengthened our ties with the region, including through our work with Japan to develop the next generation of combat aircraft, the AUKUS pact with Australia and the USA and Just Energy Transition Partnership with Indonesia.

The UK was the first country to achieve Associate Partner status in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this century and has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Today the Prime Minister will meet regional leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Modi. In that meeting they will confirm a new bespoke, reciprocal route will open in early 2023 to give young professionals from the UK and India a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take part in a professional and cultural exchange.

India is the first visa-national country to benefit from such a scheme, highlighting the strength of the UK-India Migration and Mobility Partnership agreed last year.

The Prime Minister said:

The Indo-Pacific is increasingly crucial for our security and our prosperity. It is teeming with dynamic and fast-growing economies, and the next decade will be defined by what happens in this region.

I know first-hand the incredible value of the deep cultural and historic ties we have with India. I am pleased that even more of India’s brightest young people will now have the opportunity to experience all that life in the UK has to offer – and vice-versa – making our economies and societies richer.

Under the new UK-India Young Professionals Scheme, the UK will offer 3,000 places annually to 18–30 year-old degree educated Indian nationals to come to the UK to live and work here for up to two years. The scheme will be reciprocal.

The launch of the scheme is a significant moment both for our bilateral relationship with India and the UK’s wider commitment to forging stronger links with the Indo-Pacific region to strengthen both our economies.

The UK has more links with India than almost any country in the Indo-Pacific region. Nearly a quarter of all international students in the UK are from India, and Indian investment into the UK supports 95,000 jobs across the UK.

The UK is currently negotiating a trade deal with India – if agreed it will be the first deal of its kind India has made with a European country. The trade deal would build on the UK-India trading relationship, already worth £24 billion, and allow the UK to seize the opportunities presented by India’s growing economy.

In parallel to the mobility partnership with India, we are also strengthening our ability to remove immigration offenders. A landmark Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the UK and India in May 2021 aimed at increasing mobility between our countries, returning those with no right to be in the UK and India respectively and sharing best practice on organised immigration crime.

Today at the G20 the Prime Minister will meet Chinese President Xi – the first British Prime Minister to do so in almost five years. He will be clear on the need for China and the UK, as permanent members of the UN Security Council and major global economies, to establish a frank and constructive relationship.

The challenges posed by China are systemic and they are long-term. China is a country with fundamentally different values to ours, with an authoritarian leadership intent on reshaping the international order.

But none of the issues the Prime Minister is discussing at the G20 – the global economy, the impacts of the war in Ukraine on food and energy security, climate change and global health – can be addressed without coordinated action by all the world’s major economies. That includes China.

The Prime Minister will encourage China to use its place on the global stage responsibly to resolve geopolitical tensions, ensure regional stability and play its part in tackling the devastating global impact of the war in Ukraine.

He will stress that the pre-condition for any UK-China engagement will always be the UK’s national security, including our economic security. And he will underline the importance the UK places on defending human rights and of speaking out and taking action where we have concerns – as we have done over Hong Kong and Xinjiang.

Work is currently underway on an update to last year’s Integrated Review to take account of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the evolving challenges posed by China.

The British Embassy in Lima is seeking bids for a research project that will build an evidence-base on LGBTQ+ rights to inform partners’ interventions and policy-making in Peru, and strengthen the UK’s reputation as an ally.

Background

Our vision is to create a world in which everyone is free, safe, and equal to play a full and active part in society, without fear of violence, discrimination or stigma, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.

The UK aims to tackle violence and discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals, advance legal protections and decriminalisation, ensure inclusive access to public services, support LGBTQ+ people in crisis and conflict, and strengthen the economic case for inclusion. We urge the international community to eradicate this type if discrimination and promote diversity and tolerance, and to introduce legislation that protects LGBTQ+ rights. We do this through diverse interventions and by empowering human rights defenders.

In Peru, the LGBTQ+ community faces many challenges, including the lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage and the prevalence of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

To begin to tackle this, the British Embassy would like to support the production of an evidence-based scoping report, which makes recommendations for future work on LGBTQ+ rights to inform interventions and policy-making. This is based on the principle that good-decision making should be informed by the best available evidence. Following its publication, we would like to be able to share recommendations with likeminded stakeholders in Peru to pursue equal rights and opportunities for the LGBTQ+ population in the country.

Objective and scope of work

The objective of the work is to support the UK’s commitment to LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms in Peru, specifically focused on our aims: tackling violence and discrimination; advancing legal protections and decriminalisation; ensuring inclusive access to public services; supporting LGBTQ+ people in crisis and conflict; and strengthening the economic case for inclusion. To this end, we are looking for an organisation to produce an evidence-based scoping report on the current situation of the LGBTQ+ community in Peru, providing recommendations for effective interventions and policy making.

Bids should look to demonstrate their ability to deliver a report that includes:

• Research on the evidence-base relating to LGBTQ+ rights in Peru, and the interventions and policy required to support them. This should be grounded in Peru and Latin America specific evidence, and include a consideration of approaches that tackle violence against the LGBTQ+ population, forced conversion and coercive rape, and the promotion of mental health services;

• Clear recommendations that build on the global What Works to Prevent Violence Programme funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office; and

• A proposal for building strategic relationships with international, civil society and political allies, bringing them together to foster greater collaboration in policy-making related to LGBTQ+ rights in Peru.

Bids should include a communications plan to launch the report, including but not limited to events, social media, press releases.

Project Budget

Project proposals of up to £14,500 = S/64,256 / $22,406. We are looking for projects that can begin in December 2022 and be completed by March 2023. Implementers should spend 100% of their allocation by mid-March 2023.

Assessment

Bids will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Strategic fit – alignment with stated objectives and scope of work expected.
• Project viability – including a realistic description of methodology and activities to deliver the outcome and deliverables (outputs) within the project duration and sustainability after the project ends.
• Stakeholder management – including the capacity of the implementing organisation to engage with key stakeholders, including diverse LGBTQ+ rights organisations present in Peru, and involve local/international expertise to deliver expected outcomes.
• Project design – including clear achievable objectives/outputs.
• Value for money.
• Risk management.
• Experience and understanding of the current LGBTQ+ context in Peru.

Please make sure your proposal meets the criteria.

How to Bid

1. Please complete the attached “Project Proposal Form” and “Activity Based Budget” using the guidance provided.
2. Completed forms should be sent in standard document and spreadsheet formats in English or Spanish to BEProjectsPeru@fcdo.gov.uk.
3. Completed forms should be submitted by 11:59pm 27 Nov 2022, with “Call for bids LGBT+ Rights in the subject line of your email. Bids submitted after this date will not be considered. Bids can be submitted at any time up to the indicated deadline.

Bidders will be notified via email of the outcome of assessments before or on 6 December 2022. Due to the volume of bids expected, we will not be able to provide feedback on unsuccessful bids.

Organisations can add up to a maximum total of 3 proposals; bids for projects that include engagement with stakeholders outside of Lima are particularly welcome.

Please also familiarise yourself at an early stage with the standard ‘Grant Agreement Template’ attached.

What to Include in the Bid Form?

• Overview of project or activity
• How it fits with the UK’s approach to the relevant priority; and why the UK should fund the project or activity
• How the project or activity will create an impact and lead to change
• Rationale– including why the project or activity should take place now
• Where relevant, evidence of support from Peruvian government actors for the project or activity and that it complements their own strategy
• Information about how the impact will be sustained after the project or activity has been completed

Proposals must be submitted on the authorised forms and include an activity-based budget (ABB) in soles/US dollars. Value for money is an important selection criterion and if you do not submit a detailed ABB then your proposal will not be considered.

Key documents

Please see the attachments.

Please contact BEProjectsPeru@fcdo.gov.uk. with any questions or queries.

Thank you Minister Samuda for your kind words and actually for a great explanation of what this partnership has achieved and continues to achieve.

And it is remarkable.

We’ve got 200 members, 120 countries – developing countries, developed countries – and 80 institutions, all working together.

This is a unique platform and it’s about coordinating between donors and developing nations, ensuring they support the implementation of NDCs [Nationally Determined Contributions] across the world.

Now from a UK perspective, we’ve been proud and honoured to co-chair with our friends and we’ve also put money behind this process. We’ve committed £27 million in core funding from 2019 to 2025.

If I look back a year from now, we had almost 200 countries that came together and forged the Glasgow Climate Pact.

And I was very proud of that. I was very proud of everyone who helped to deliver that.

The Minister talked about the impact of climate change around the world.

But it is the case that the chronic threat of climate change is getting worse.

And that’s why countries came together at COP26, because they understood it was in their common self-interest to act and to deliver on the Glasgow Climate Pact.

And one of the key elements of that was the ratchet.

So, we went from NDCs coming forward every five years, to every country signing up to revise their NDC, to align it with the Paris temperature goal by the end of this year.

Now we’ve had 33 countries that have come forward so far.

We need more.

It was a commitment we’ve all made and we need to deliver on it.

And actually, if you look at the NDCs – that were delivered going into COP26 and those that have come forward since – and if you take into account the net zero commitments we’ve already got from countries around the world, particularly the G20, 19 of the G20 have committed to net zero.

If you take all of that into account, what the IEA [International Energy Agency] and UNEP [United Nations Environment Programme] tell you is that we could be heading towards 1.7°C of global warming by the end of the century.

It’s not 1.5 friends, it is not 1.5.

But it is progress.

And if you’re going to make this progress, you have to deliver on your NDCs and on your detailed commitments as well.

That requires financial support, it requires capacity building in certain nations.

That’s why we should be really proud that this partnership has supported 64 countries to raise ambition and to improve the quality of their NDCs.

More than £1.4 billion in technical assistance has been provided.

Minister Samuda has eloquently outlined a lot of the other things the partnership has done – the need for more finance, the need to double adaptation finance from developed nations that we agreed in Glasgow as well.

This partnership has gone further. It’s about championing easier access to finance and much more transparency as well.

We’ve got the new online hub that has been put forward. That will help as part of this process.

What I would say to you all is that we can’t lose sight of why we are doing this.

Yes, this is about cleaning up our environment. Yes, this is about delivering a better future for generations to come.

But it is also about economic growth.

This is about millions of new green jobs. It’s about billions, trillions of private sector investment flowing into the sunrise industries of today and tomorrow.

That’s why the work that we do collectively is so vital.

And I just want to end, friends, by saying that I think it is absolutely vital that we keep 1.5 alive.

We cannot lose 1.5 at this COP.

We can’t afford to go backwards.

We cannot accept a weak outcome coming out of COP27.

And I hope you’ll join us in making sure that we have ambition.

Because what I want to see coming out of this COP is progress.

Progress and building on the ambition that almost 200 countries delivered together in forging the Glasgow Climate Pact.

So please join us in calling for more ambition at this COP.

During October, there were seven new Paris MOU detentions of a foreign flagged vessel in a UK port.

1. In response to one of the recommendations of Lord Donaldson’s inquiry into the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) publishes details of the foreign flagged vessels detained in UK ports under the Paris MOU regime each month.

2. The UK is part of a regional agreement on port state control known as the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU) and information on all ships that are inspected is held centrally in an electronic database known as THETIS. This allows the ships with a high risk rating and poor detention records to be targeted for future inspection.

3. Inspections of foreign flagged ships in UK ports are undertaken by surveyors from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. When a ship is found to be not in compliance with applicable convention requirements, deficiencies may be raised. Depending on the inspection findings, the vessel may be liable for detention in these cases.

Notes on the list of detentions:

• Full details of the ship:

The accompanying detention list shows ship’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO) number which does not change throughout the ship’s life and uniquely identifies it. It also shows the ship’s name and flag state at the time of its inspection.

The company shown in the vessel’s Safety Management Certificate (SMC) or if there is no SMC, then the party otherwise believed to be responsible for the operation of the ship at the time of inspection.

The list shows the classification society responsible for classification of the ship only.

Responsible for conducting the statutory surveys and issuing statutory certificates on behalf of the flag state.

The deficiencies listed are those marked as Grounds for Detention. Further details of other deficiencies can be provided on request.

SHIPS DETAINED IN OCTOBER 2022

Vessel Name: VS SALOME

GT: 5039

IMO: 9382114

Flag: Malta (white list)

Company: Hellespont Ship Mgmt GmbH & Co

Classification society: Bureau Veritas

Recognised organisation: Bureau Veritas and American Bureau of Shipping

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: American Bureau of Shipping

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: American Bureau of Shipping

Date and place of detention: 01 October 2022 at Teesport.

Summary: Twenty deficiencies with one grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
15150 – ISM	Not as required	Yes

This vessel was released 10 October 2022.

Vessel Name: MAERSK NIAGARA

GT: 26836

IMO: 9434905

Flag: Hong Kong (China) (white list)

Company: Anglo-Eastern Germany GmbH

Classification society: DNV AS

Recognised organisation: DNV AS and Korean Register

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: DNV AS

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: DNV AS

Date and place of detention: 06 October 2022 at Southampton.

Summary: six deficiencies with one grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
07106 – Fire detection and alarm system	Inoperative	Yes

This vessel was released 07 October 2022.

Vessel Name: ISABELITA

GT: 32297

IMO: 9493975

Flag: Norway (white list)

Company: Ugland Marine Services AS

Classification society: DNV AS

Recognised organisation: DNV AS and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: DNV AS

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: DNV AS

Date and place of detention: 08 October 2022 at Teesport.

Summary: fourteen deficiencies with one grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
15150 – ISM	Not as required	Yes

This vessel was released 22 October 2022.

Vessel Name: AL MOTHANNA

GT: 12262

IMO: 9649976

Flag: Jordan (Not listed in performance table)

Company: Iraq Govt Maritime Transport

Classification society: Bureau Veritas

Recognised organisation: Bureau Veritas

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: Bureau Veritas

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: Bureau Veritas

Date and place of detention: 15 October 2022 at Immingham.

Summary: ten deficiencies with two grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
01209 – Manning specified by the minimum safe manning doc	Not as required	Yes
15150 – ISM	Not as required	Yes

This vessel was released on 23 October 2022.

Vessel Name: VS LARA

GT: 6717

IMO: 9309148

Flag: Malta (white list)

Company: Hellespont Ship Mgmt GmbH & Co

Classification society: Bureau Veritas

Recognised organisation: American Bureau of Shipping and Bureau Veritas

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: American Bureau of Shipping

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: American Bureau of Shipping

Date and place of detention: 24 October 2022 at Teesport.

Summary: twenty-eight deficiencies with one grounds for detention.

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
15150 – ISM	Not as required	Yes

This vessel was still detained 31 October 2022.

Vessel Name: HR PEARL

GT: 4441

IMO: 9589217

Flag: Antigua and Barbuda (white list)

Company: SeaQuest Shipmanagement doo

Classification society: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai

Recognised organisation: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai and RINA Services S.p.A.

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: RINA Services S.p.A.

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai

Date and place of detention: 24 October 2022 at Great Yarmouth.

Summary: Fourteen deficiencies with three grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
014107 – Oil disch. Monitoring and control system	Inoperative	Yes
07115 – Fire-dampers	Inoperative	Yes
18302 – Sanitary Facilities	Not as required	Yes

This vessel was still detained 31 October 2022.

Vessel Name: AMAX AVENUE

GT: 61341

IMO: 9419450

Flag: Marshall Islands (white list)

Company: Genel Denizcilik Nakliyati AS

Classification society: American Bureau of Shipping

Recognised organisation: American Bureau of Shipping

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: American Bureau of Shipping

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: American Bureau of Shipping

Date and place of detention: 31 October 2022 at Fawley.

Summary: Three deficiencies with one grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
04109 – Fire drills	Lack of training	Yes

This vessel was still detained 31 October 2022.

DETENTIONS CARRIED OVER FROM PREVIOUS MONTHS

Vessel Name: TORO

GT: 23235

IMO: 9208124

Flag: Liberia (White list)

Company: Peninsula Energy FZE

Classification society: Bureau Veritas

Recognised organisation: Bureau Veritas

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: Bureau Veritas

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: Bureau Veritas

Date and place of detention: 05 July 2022 at Royal Portbury.

Summary: Sixty – Nine deficiencies with twelve grounds for detention.

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
07111- Personal equipment for fire safety	Not as required	Yes
03102- Freeboard marks	Not as required	Yes
07125- Evaluation of crew performance (fire drills)	Lack of familiarity	Yes
10112- Electronic charts (ECDIS)	Not as required	Yes
10116 – Nautical publications	Missing	Yes
11122- Radio life-saving appliances	Batteries Expired	Yes
18314- Provisions quantity	Not as required	Yes
18316- Water, pipes, tanks	Not as required	Yes
11108 – Inflatable Liferafts	Insufficient	Yes
03104 – Cargo & Other Hatchways	Damaged	Yes
03108 – Ventilators, air pipes, casing	Not Properly Maintained	Yes
01201 – Certificates for Master and Officers	Missing	Yes

This vessel was released to a Repair Port 4 October 2022.

Vessel Name: CLYDE

GT: 42011

IMO: 9269245

Flag: Panama (white list)

Company: V Ships Asia Group Pte Ltd

Classification society: Lloyd’s Register

Recognised organisation: Lloyds Register

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: Lloyds Register

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: Lloyds Register

Date and place of detention: 24 September 2022 at Royal Portbury.

Summary: Twenty-Five deficiencies with five grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
11104 – Rescue Boats	Not Properly Maintained	Yes
11113 – Launching arrangements for rescue boats	Not as required	Yes
04114 – Emergency source of power – Emergency generator	Inoperative	Yes
07125 – Evaluation of crew performance (fire drills)	Lack of familiarity	Yes
15150 – ISM	Not as required	Yes

This vessel was released 05 October 2022.

Vessel Name: AMO

GT: 16801

IMO: 9134622

Flag: Mongolia (grey list)

Company: Balo Ulasim VE Turizm Tic Ltd

Classification society: Polski Rejestr Statkow (Polish Register of Shipping)

Recognised organisation: Dutch Lloyd

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: Dutch Lloyd

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: Dutch Lloyd

Date and place of detention: 24 September 2022 at Teesport.

Summary: Twenty-two deficiencies with two grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
11104- Rescue Boats	Not ready for use	Yes
15150 – ISM	Not as required	Yes

This vessel was released on 07 October 2022.

Vessel Name: MERIC

GT: 2035

IMO: 9118006

Flag: Palau (Grey list)

Company: Meric Wind Maritime & Trading

Classification society: Bureau Veritas

Recognised organisation:  Bureau Veritas and Phoenix Register of Shipping

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: Phoenix Register of Shipping

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: Phoenix Register of Shipping

Date and place of detention: 30 September 2022 at Newport (Gwent).

Summary: Twenty-seven deficiencies with three grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
10127 – Voyage or passage plan	Missing	Yes
07125 – Evaluation of crew performance (fire drills)	Lack of familiarity	Yes
15150 – ISM	Not as required	Yes

This vessel was released on 08 October 2022.

Vessel Name: SHEARWATER

GT: 342

IMO: 6822216

Flag: Comoros (Black list)

Company: No ISM Company as under 500GT

Classification society: N/A

Recognised organisation: International Register of Shipping

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: N/A Under 500GT

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: N/A Under 500GT

Date and place of detention: 30th June 2022 at Leith

Summary: Seven deficiencies with four grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
07109- Fixed fire extinguishing installation	Not as required	Yes
07113- Fire pumps and its pipes	Inoperative	Yes
07113- Fire pumps and its pipes	Inoperative	Yes
11104- Rescue boats –	Insufficient	Yes

This vessel was still detained on 31st October 2022.

Vessel Name: POSEIDON

GT: 1412

IMO: 7363217

Flag: Iceland

Company: Neptune EHF

Classification society: N/A

Recognised organisation: N/A

Recognised organisation for ISM Doc: DNV AS

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: DNV AS

Date and place of detention: 19th July 2018 at Hull

Summary: Ten deficiencies with five grounds for detention

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
02106 – Hull damage impairing seaworthiness	Holed	Yes
07113 – Fire pumps	Insufficient Pressure	Yes
01101 – Cargo Ship Safety Equipment (including exemption)	Missing	Yes
01102 – Cargo Ship Safety Construction (including exemption)	Missing	Yes
01104 – Cargo Ship Safety Radio (including exemption)	Missing	Yes

This vessel was still detained on 31st October 2022.

Vessel Name: TECOIL POLARIS

GT: 1814

IMO No: 8883290

Flag: Russian Federation (Grey list) at the time of detention

Company: Tecoil Shipping Ltd

Classification society: RMRS

Recognised organisation: RMRS

Recognised organisation for ISM DOC: RMRS

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: RMRS

Date and place of detention: 6th June 2018 at Immingham

Summary: Twenty-seven deficiencies with six grounds for detentions

Defective item	Nature of defect	Ground for Detention
10104 – Gyro compass	Inoperative	Yes
10127 – Voyage or passage plan	Not as required	Yes
15150 – ISM	Not as required	Yes
11104 – Rescue boats	Not properly maintained	Yes
11101 – Lifeboats	Not ready for use	Yes
01117 – International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP)	Invalid	Yes

This vessel was still detained on 31st October 2022.

Vessel Name: CIEN PORCIENTO

GT: 106

IMO No: 8944446

Flag: Sweden (White list)

Company: Open Window Inc

Classification society: Unclassed

Recognised organisation: N/A

Recognised organisation for ISM DOC: N/A

Recognised organisation for ISM SMC: N/A

Date and place of detention: 4 March 2010, Lowestoft

Summary: Thirty deficiencies including seven grounds for detention

This vessel was still detained on 31st October 2022.

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