Ben Mellor

Holiday over and back to work. Change of post (and country) And a change of twitter handle - I'm now @DFID_Ben. See u over there?

Happy #WomenInDiplomacy Day! 👩💼✨ We caught up with our brilliant colleagues and grilled them about the fascinating world of diplomacy. Curious to know what they had to say? Watch the video!

Today, we bid a fond farewell to our Deputy High Commissioner, Javed Patel, after three years with @UKinBangladesh. 🤝 Join us in saying thank you to Javed Patel and wishing him every success in the future, as he says thank you to 🇧🇩 in this video. #BritBanglaBondhon

Thank you to @UNDP #Bangladesh for introducing me to the members of the #Korail community. #LIUPC #UKinBangladesh #ClimateChange #DevelopmentWorks youtu.be/ifK6o_cn8gA via @YouTube

Good to be back in #Rohingya camps with #FCDO Director Ben Mellor. We hear about the importance of security, education, livelihoods and preparedness ahead of the monsoons.

@JAAGOFoundation @UKinBangladesh @RCDicksonUK Thank you @JAAGOFoundation and @KorviRakshand - the work you do is so inspirational. Really energised by looking around the school and also meeting with the @VforBD volunteers #BanglaOptimist

On our trip to India we have agreed deals to deliver: ✅ £1 billion in new investment ✅ 11,000 UK jobs ✅ Growth and prosperity Thanks to @narendramodi and the Indian people for their warm welcome 🇬🇧🇮🇳

My talks with PM @BorisJohnson were wide-ranging and productive. We took stock of the ground covered in the India-UK friendship and also discussed new areas of cooperation. Sectors such as trade, commerce, defence and clean energy figured prominently in our discussions.

Great to have our @FCDOGovUK Director, Ben Mellor visiting #Nepal this week. He’s off to Lumbini Province today then joining Nepal’s Reconstruction Conference later this week. Welcome to this wonderful country @FCDO_Ben 🙏

Special early morning visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of the #Buddha. It’s an incredibly peaceful place - a must visit ☑️ for tourists planning a trip to 🇳🇵#Nepal. . Great to have @FCDO_Ben visit here to appreciate a place that’s so dear to Nepalis. 🙏

Great opportunity for @FCDO_Ben to visit: ✅Jagadamba Spinning Mill, which in partnership with @SEEP_Programme has created a gender-friendly space for staff . ✅Humanitarian Staging Area in 📍Bhairahawa, which helps local governments & communities respond to natural hazards

Congratulations to my good friend @abdulla_shahid on his election as President of the @UN General Assembly. The UK 🇬🇧 looks forward to working with you on tackling the world’s biggest challenges, including climate change, #COVID19 recovery, development, global peace & stability

Critical cargo--ventilators, PPE, O2 concentrators--donated by the #UK Govt touched down in #KTM on a rainy Friday morning.🛬🌧️📦 Safely stored in the @WFP-run #stagingarea, they will be transported soon to #COVID19-hit health facilities in dire need of O2 & medical equipment.

Just received 🇬🇧 essential medical supplies to help #Nepal in the covid crisis. @tariqahmadbt @FCDOGovUK @DominicRaab @UKinNepal

Great to meet virtually with @DrSJaishankar and discuss how 2030 UK-India Roadmap will boost trade, create jobs & reinforce maritime & cyber security cooperation. As @BorisJohnson & @narendramodi set out this week, we are strengthening the friendship between 🇬🇧🇮🇳

Spoke at the @Policy_Exchange on India & U.K. in the Post Covid World. youtu.be/8xlO_z9YkM8 The Modi-Johnson Summit has redefined the contours of our relationship. Our cooperation derives from values, practices and history.

The FOSTER project was truly a part of NEITI's success story. View 10 years of its exceptional and stoic support. #Transparency #accountability #reforms. @EITIorg @DrOrjiOOrji @Mark_EITI @DFIDNigeria @WorldBank

We stand side by side with India in the shared fight against COVID-19. Vital medical equipment is on its way from the UK to India to help stop the tragic loss of life from the virus and we’ll continue to work closely with the Indian government during this difficult time.

The UK is sending urgent surplus medical equipment to India to help tackle Covid-19. This will help: ✅ Safeguard the most vulnerable ✅ Protect lives ✅ Fight the pandemic Only through international collaboration can we tackle this global threat. gov.uk/government/new…

Excited about tmrw wrap-up event at the @UKinNepal for @FCDOGEC #GirlsEducation project in Kailali, #Nepal to stay in school, improve their learning and create an enabling environment for #sustainable change toward #LeaveNoGirlBehind @BJMellor bit.ly/3vLPjW1