The study and Consultancy Fund was created in 2002 to finance consultancies in the framework of the Belgo-Ugandan Development Cooperation. The beneficiaries of the Fund are line Ministries and Government Agencies of Uganda. The use of this fund is proposed through the ministries and Agencies to the Embassy of Belgium and the Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development (MoFPED), who jointly approve the proposed studies and their budgets. BTC is co-managing the Fund with the MoFPED. BTC is also in charge of the studies implementation in close collaboration with the requesting line Ministry or Agency.