Question reference: S4W-24648
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 25 February 2015
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 February 2015
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress that has been made with the 2015-16 International Development Small Grants Programme funding round.
Answer
I am pleased to announce that funding amounting to a total of £457,207 will be provided to the 15 organisations from our small grants programme 2015-16 for projects to commence in April 2014.
Total amount of recommended funding – programme year 2015-16
| Type of Grant | Total Recommendation |
| Project | £395780 |
| Feasibility | £45586 |
| Capacity Building | £15,841 |
| Total | £457,207 |
Recommendations for funding after assessment by country and grant type – programme year 2015-16
| Country | Project | Feasibility | Capacity Building | Total |
| Malawi | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| India | 1 (Bihar) | 1 (Madhyan Pradesh) | - | 2 |
| Tanzania | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Zambia | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Pakistan |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
The small grants programme 2015-16 attracted 21 applications before the deadline on 26 November 2015. One application was received after the closing date which was not assessed due to its lateness and not meeting our criteria. A further two applications were rejected as outwith our eligibility criteria, and therefore were not part of the full assessment process. One application was withdrawn prior to assessment. The remaining 18 applications were fully assessed, three of which 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:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/International/int-dev/smallgrants