Question reference: S5W-15726
- Asked by: Christina McKelvie, MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 28 March 2018
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Alasdair Allan on 29 March 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress that has been made in relation to the International Development Small Grants Programme funding round 2018-19.
Answer
I am pleased to announce that funding amounting to a total of £354,860 will be provided to 12 organisations (see following link), from our Small Grants Programme 2018-2019, for work to commence in April 2018.
Total amount of Recommended funding - Programme Year 2018-2019
Type of Grant | Number | Total Recommendation |
Project Implementation | 5 | £286,763 |
Feasibility Study | 2 | £19,517 |
Capacity Building | 5 | £48,580 |
TOTAL | 12 | £354,860 |
Recommendations for funding after assessment by country and grant type - Programme Year 2018-2019
Country | Project | Feasibility | Capacity Building | Total |
Malawi | 3 | - | 2 | 5 |
Malawi/Zambia | - | - | - | 1 |
Rwanda | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Zambia | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
Kenya | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Tanzania | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Mozambique | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Total | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
The Small Grants Programme 2018-2019 attracted 17 applications before the deadline of noon , on 28 November 2017. Three applications were rejected as outwith our eligibility criteria, and therefore were not part of the full assessment process. The remaining 14 applications were fully assessed. Two did not meet our assessment criteria and were therefore not awarded funding.
The full list of the projects to be funded is available on the following web link: https://beta.gov.scot/publications/small-grants-programme-2018-2019/