Agency Description:
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The International Fund for Ireland was established as an independent, international organisation by the British and Irish Governments in 1986.With contributions from its international donors the United States of America, the European Union, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the total resources available to the Fund to date amount to some £383 million. The IFI Tourism Programme's overall aim is to encourage economic regeneration by stimulating private sector investment in the provision and upgrading of tourist amenities and through supporting tourism marketing initiatives and staff development.
The objectives of the Fund are:
to promote economic and social advance; and
to encourage contact, dialogue and reconciliation between Unionists and Nationalists throughout Ireland.
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