Call for Applications: South Asia Development Programme

Applications for funding close 26 April 2010.

The new Scottish Government South Asia Development Programme covers international development work in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and is supported by the Scottish Government's International Development Fund.

The key thematic priority for this programme is to address poverty alleviation and the Millennium Development Goals through sustainable economic development. Sub-themes within this thematic priority are:

• Gender equality and the empowerment of women, i.e. the project addresses the discrimination that exists against women and girls and aims to promote gender equality.
• Capacity building and skills exchange, i.e. the project empowers communities through skills, knowledge or training.
• Community-led approaches and initiatives which seek to build civil capacity

• Application form (WORD 354.5KB)
• Application guidelines (WORD 349.5KB)
• Visit the South Asia Development Programme website.

Information events - Glasgow and Edinburgh

The Glasgow event will take place on Wednesday 10 March, 2pm - 4pm at the Teacher Building, 14 St Enoch Square, Glasgow, G1 4DB.

The Edinburgh event will take place on Friday 12 March, 10am- 12am at Hanover Scotland, McDonald Rooms, 95 McDonald Road, Edinburgh, EH7 4NS.

To book a place at either information event please email internationaldevelopment@scotland.gsi.gov.uk indicating name(s) of the attendees, the organisation(s) they will be representing and a note of which venue you would like to attend. Please note that each event will be limited to a total of 100 places.