SESSION ONE Strategy Overview Joanna Keating Head of

SESSION ONE Strategy Overview Joanna Keating Head of International Development

STRATEGY PART 1 HOW WE GOT HERE (2005 -2016)

SG Int’l Devpt Policy (2008) “Scottish Ministers are committed to advancing Scotland's place in the world as a responsible nation by building mutually beneficial links with other countries… As part of [its] International Framework, Scotland has a distinctive contribution to make in its work with developing countries recognising our global responsibility to work together to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). ”. (2008)

By 2015, SG ID programme looked as follows…. • £ 9 M p. a. International Development Fund 7 Priority Countries: • Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Pakistan, Bangladesh & 3 states in India 3 Development Programmes: • Malawi Development Programme (150 years of shared history) • Sub-Saharan Africa Devpt Programme (Shared history, Scottish expertise) • South Asia Development Programme (Contemporary diaspora links) • Climate Justice Fund

10 year anniversary (2005 -2015)

Sustainable Development Goals Jan 2016+

Our Commitment to the Global Goals “The national and international dimensions to poverty and inequality…are interlinked… Scotland cannot act with credibility overseas, if we are blind to inequality here at home. And our ambitions for a fairer Scotland are undermined, without global action to tackle poverty, promote prosperity and to tackle climate change. ” (First Minister, NIDOS Conference, Oct 2015)

STRATEGY PART 2 NEW DIRECTIONS (2016 CONSULTATION)

Consultation: 24 Feb-20 May 2016 Open & honest conversation

Consultation Paper: “Meeting Global Challenges & Making a Difference: Aligning our International Development Policy with the Global Goals” “Through this consultation…keen to arrive at refreshed… international development policy that embraces & seeks to deliver on our commitment to the Global Goals, & is in line with good development practice… I also want to ensure that whilst the new policy preserves best elements of our current…work… that we more carefully target and focus our International Development Fund and other related work to where we can make a real difference and most impact in relation to our budget”

Issues we had identified • Difficulties providing strategic direction to programme that harnesses myriad links across wide range of sectors & regions: impact relative to our fund • Longer term partnerships not specifically targeted, despite evidence suggesting greater longer term sustainability and impact, • Our flexibility to fund innovative and creative initiatives between funding rounds diminished. • Funding models best suited to development projects, don’t readily fit to enable support where need for partic institutional technical assistance & skills sharing. • Contribution to the Beyond Aid Agenda

Consultation responses: • 129 valid consultation responses received from 91 organisations & 38 individuals. • Over half of the organisational respondents were NGOs or charities. • Remainder included coalitions, networking and umbrella bodies; private sector bodies; academic and research organisations; Scottish public sector bodies; and faith-based groups

Post- Consultation • 29 September 2016: SG Consultation Analysis Report published • 29 September 2016: new partner countries announced by Minister at NIDOS AGM • 21 December 2016: new Strategy published

PART 3 NEW STRATEGY FOR 2017+

“GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: SCOTLAND’S INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY”

Ministerial Foreword “International development is a key part of Scotland’s global contribution within the international community. It encompasses our core values, historical and contemporary, of fairness and equality. It is also about Scotland acting as a good global citizen. We are the inheritors of that tradition; it is who we are today, and it who we want our next generation to be”.

Our Vision “Embedding the Global Goals, Scotland will contribute to sustainable development and the fight against poverty, injustice and inequality internationally”

Our Priorities • Encourage new and historic relationships • Empower our partner countries • Engage the people of Scotland • Enhance our global citizenship

Our Partner Countries • Malawi, Zambia and Rwanda will form our sub-Saharan project base; and • Pakistan will see a strong emphasis on education through scholarships

Our Ways of Working • Investing our International Development Fund - 3 funding streams: – development assistance; – capacity strengthening; and – investment • Utilising Scottish expertise • Collaborating with others: – partner countries; – civil society; – other donors

3 Funding Streams

Proportions (with caveats)

Development Assistance: c 75% of IDF (initially) • Empower our partner countries / Encourage new & historic relationships: support development assistance overseas: • majority thro competitive challenge funding models for Malawi, Zambia & Rwanda, and the Small Grants • match funding, eg Comic Relief’s Leveling the Field Init’ve. • Engage people of Scotland, & Enhance global citizenship: support civil society in Scotland incl (non-competitive): • core funded bodies: SMP, Ma. SP, SFTF & NIDOS. [Total £ 780 k for 2017/18] • Development Education Centres (DECS) • volunteering support for Scotland’s young people

Capacity Strengthening: up to 20% of IDF (initially) • Empower our partner countries / Encourage new & historic relationships / Engage the people of Scotland: • Pakistan: we will also continue to support education through women and children’s scholarships run by British Council Pakistan. • targeted at harnessing Scottish expertise: • capacity building & strengthening partnerships thro institutional links, eg Police Scotland work in Malawi • skills sharing through professional volunteering, eg NHS • Syrian women conflict resolution & peacekeeping training.

Investment: up to 5% of IDF (initially) • Empower our partner countries: our partner countries WANT investment. • We believe trade & investment is important, as is role of private sector: to support Malawi, Zambia & Rwanda move beyond aid & build sustainable economic growth domestically, in line w/ their wider govt policies. • Support too for social enterprise models. • Recent investment initiative for Malawi saw SG obtain £ 1 M in match funding from private indivs. • We are clear that IDF spend – for devpt assistance, capacity strengthening or investment – must be to implement Our Vision, ie tackling poverty & inequality & contributing to sustainable devpt.

3 streams working together? Using Zambia/Rwanda as example: • Development assistance: Rwanda & Zambia funding rounds opened 9 March • Capacity strengthening funding stream: will then overlay, to support: – needs identified (by Zambia/Rwanda) – incl health “volunteering” & Police work – could include business mentoring/interns • Investment: to help grow local economies in Zambia/Rwanda

Our Ways of Working (contd) • Promoting the Beyond Aid agenda: – within the SG (incl PCD); and – outwith Government “…to consider sustainable development and the impact on developing countries in particular, in everyday decisions and behaviour around social, economic and environmental choices”.

Strategy, p 20

(within) Scottish Government:

(Outwith) Government:

Next steps • Increased £ 10 M IDF from April 2017 • New £ 1 M HAF from April 2017 • Rwanda & Zambia funding round opened 9 March (development assistance) • Small Grants 2017+ to be announced March • Capacity strengthening funding stream ongoing for Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda • Capacity strengthening for Pakistan: scholarships • Malawi funding round to follow 2017/18 • Beyond Aid – we have offered via Christian Aid to obtain civil soc input on SG approach to BA thro roundtable events

Thank you! Scottish Govt International Development Team T. @scotgov. ID

SESSION TWO: ZAMBIA & RWANDA FUNDING ROUND 2017 VIEWS FROM ZAMBIA & RWANDA: SETTING THE SCENE

THEMES FOR ZAMBIA & RWANDA FUNDING ROUND Joanna Keating Head of International Development

Geographical focus: In order to maximise impact, & following discussion with each Government, there will be a focus on specific regions in each country: • Central Province, Zambia • Western and Southern Provinces of Rwanda

Why Central Province, Zambia? • Aware of some arguments that SG should focus in Western, NW or Luapula Provinces, as some of poorest: but World Bank also says look at where highest concentrations of the poor population are located – some of those in Central Province (eg Chibombo District). Leave no-one behind. • political balance: fairly even in Central • practicality issues: for building relations with Government & local communities; and public accountability, ease to visit / monitor

Thematic focus • All projects must demonstrate how activities will contribute to the achievement of the Global Goals and adhere to the principles of aid effectiveness (Paris Declaration & Busan outcomes document). • SG recognises Global Goals are indivisible and cross-cutting in nature; however, we wish to align our national expertise in support of the priorities of our partner countries.

Thematic focus • Therefore, proposed projects for Zambia and Rwanda must fit within the priority themes of health, agriculture, sustainable economic development and education. • SG also welcomes concept notes for projects which have a renewable energy component in addition to one or more of the priority themes listed.

Themes Health • Health initiatives particularly for women, including those which ensure access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. • Community level health initiatives. • Support for One-Stop Centres for Gender Based Violence (GBV) (Zambia and Rwanda). Agriculture • Agricultural development and value addition. • Support for agro-processing.

Themes Sustainable Economic Development • Savings groups and financial literacy. • Business development and entrepreneurship. • The Jubilee Women's Integrated Highway Markets Programme (Zambia only). Education • School feeding programmes where linked with also ensuring quality education. • Adult literacy. • Technical training of young adults.

Renewable energy “Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, social equity, and a healthy environment” (Ban Ki-moon) • Stand-alone RE projects will not be funded. • BUT - we welcome and strongly encourage concept notes for projects that include support for RE access. – illustrative examples are solar energy for a community health clinic project, small business or school.

Renewable energy • Note: where a project has a RE component, relevant weighting will be given in assessing the concept note - that the RE aspect is delivered by a lead organisation or partner with a proven track record in delivering RE for development (p 6 guidance) • So, please – speak to RE organisations / companies who are looking to partner with you

Zambia: particular interest • Health: the Zambian Govt has an interest in support for community level health initiatives including mental health across Central Province. • The Jubilee Women's Integrated Highway Markets Programme: led by VP’s Office: – Programme aimed at building 10 Jubilee markets along highways in all Zambia’s provinces in 3 yrs. – John Chinena Market (Chibombo District) identified / launched 2016 as pilot project to be transformed into modern integrated economic hub under the Prog. – we welcome/will weight concept notes to support this flagship pilot market. – Think holistically!

Zambia/Rwanda: particulars GBV One-Stop Centres: • Both Governments have strong commitment to gender equality incl tackling GBV. • Zambia: One-Stop Centre at Kabwe General Hospital is of particular interest to ZG, but also look to extend support in Central • Rwanda: One-Stop Centres in Southern & Western Provinces welcomed, to extend like the Isange Centre in Kigali

GBV One-Stop Centres contd Think holistically too about wrap-around approach for the One-Stop Centres too, e. g. • training and support for management of the Centres (and networking between Centres), women’s health and education • initiatives to support families’ economic development (including social enterprise initiatives). • Energy needs should also be considered.

Partnership: weighting “SG particularly welcomes concept notes… relevant weighting will be given in assessing these notes. . . for projects which demonstrate…” • “Evidence of having linked up – or amenable to being linked up – with other applicants to Zambia and Rwanda Development Programmes to enable clusters of relevant SG funded work together to provide greatest impact relative to budget”. • RE component – proven track record • Support for Jubilee Highway Markets, mental health and (both countries) One-Stop Centres

Key messages: Holistic/partnerships/targeted/ focused Remember one of the key aims of our Consultation? What were we looking to do? “that we more carefully target & focus our International Development Fund and other related work to where we can make a real difference & most impact in relation to our budget”. We need your help now to achieve this.

Thank you! Scottish Govt International Development Team T. @scotgov. ID

Connie Williamson The Corra Foundation

Zambia & Rwanda Development Programmes Funding Round 2017 Eligibility Criteria

• • Legal Person Not for Profit Presence in Scotland Financial Accounts

Assessment Criteria

• • Sound evidence of need Outcome focused Fit with themes Alignment with SG strategy & Global Goals • Realistic Budget • Rights Based Approach

Application Process & Timetable

Concept Note 4 th May

• Links with other applicants • Partners with track records • Support particular interests of the Zambian & Rwandan Governments • Projects spanning maximum term and budget

Concept Notes Hints & Tips

• • • Keep it simple Avoid jargon and waffle Can you deliver? Keep to word limits Be honest with facts and figures Don’t inflate budget

What will not be supported?

• Capital Appeals • Purchase of vehicles • Transportation of goods • Funding for Governments or Government representatives • Per diems • Land purchase

Full Applications 29 th June

• • • Capacity to deliver Clear workplan Fit with local priorities Value for money Sustainability Monitoring, evaluation & dissemination

Announcement of funding w/c 7 th August

Projects start 1 st October

Questions