Question reference: S4W-30447
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 8 March 2016
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 March 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with the International Development Small Grants Programme funding round for 2016-17.
Answer
I am pleased to announce that funding amounting to a total of £464,774 will be provided to 14 organisations (see following link), from our Small Grants Programme 2016-2017, for work to commence in April 2016.
Total amount of recommended funding – Programme Year 2016-2017
Type of Grant |
Total Recommendation |
Project |
£407,515 |
Feasibility |
£39,267 |
Capacity Building |
£17,992 |
Total |
£464,774 |
Recommendations for funding after assessment by country and grant type – Programme Year 2016-2017
Country |
Project |
Feasibility |
Capacity Building |
Total |
Malawi |
4 |
- |
- |
4 |
Zambia |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
India (Madhya Pradesh) |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
Tanzania |
- |
3 |
2 |
5 |
Bangladesh |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
Zambia/Tanzania |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
Total |
8 |
4 |
2 |
14 |
The Small Grants Programme 2016-2017 attracted 28 applications before the deadline of noon on 25 November 2015. One application was received after the closing date which was not assessed due to its lateness and the application being incomplete. A further three applications were rejected as outwith our eligibility criteria, and therefore were not part of the full assessment process. The remaining 25 applications were fully assessed, 11 of which did not meet our assessment criteria and were therefore not awarded funding.
The full list of the organisations to be funded is available on the following web link:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/International/int-dev/smallgrants.