MALAWI DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Brian DornanAlayna Imlah

Hannah Graham

International DevelopmentInternational Division

Directorate for International and ConstitutionScottish Government

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY

• Malawi Development Programme

• Sub Saharan Africa Development Programme

• South Asia Development Programme

• Response to International Humanitarian Crises

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Core Funding for Scottish-based

Networking Organisations:

• NIDOS

• SMP

• Fair Trade Scotland Programme

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND

• Underpinned and supported by the International Development Fund

• £9 million p.a. 2012-13; 2013-14; 2014-15• At least £3 million p.a. for Malawi• c. £1.33 million p.a. for SSA programme - covering

Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda (£4 million over 3 years)• £2 million p.a. for South Asia programme (2010-11;

2011-12; 2012-13) &• Networking organisations & Fairtrade, Humanitarian

response to crises.

MALAWI DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

•Malawi Development Programme

•Co-operation Agreement

•Developing themes

MALAWI DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Co-operation Agreement

• Health

• Education

• Economic Development

• Civil Society and Governance

MALAWI DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Developing Themes

Health

• Maternal and child health

• Education and training for health professionals

• Building the capacity of community health care and addressing communicable and non-communicable diseases

MALAWI DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Developing Themes

Education • Address access to and availability of quality

education• Share best practice and expertise in vocational

education• Broaden access to education for vulnerable

groups, including females, those with special needs, orphans and out of school youths

MALAWI DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Developing Themes

Sustainable economic development

• Renewable energy

• Food security and linkages between agricultural bodies

• Trade, business development and tourism

MALAWI DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Developing Themes

Civil society and governance• Strengthening civil society and advocacy

for the most vulnerable

• Projects to improve the Malawi Prison Service, including addressing the problem of re-offending

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA PROGRAMME – GEOGRAPHIC

FOCUS

• Rwanda

• Tanzania

• Zambia

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA PROGRAMME – KEY THEMES

• Food production

• Water

• Renewables

• Climate change mitigation

BOTH PROGRAMMES:Essential eligibility criteria

• Presence in Scotland

• Budgetary constraints

• Funding priorities

• Sustainability

BOTH PROGRAMMES:Assessment Criteria

• Contained within the guidance for both programmes – read them carefully!

• IOD PARC will run over these when discussing what constitutes a good project later this morning.

MALAWI DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

• Opening of funding round 9 December

• Information session 15 December

• Deadline for queries to ID mailbox 16 December and 9 January

• Application deadline 6 February

• Notification of decision end March 2012

• Project start date April 2012

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

• Opening of funding round 9 December

• Information session 15 December

• Deadline for queries to ID mailbox 16 December and 23 January

• Application deadline 2 March (noon)

• Notification of decision April 2012

• Project start date 1 May 2012