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New UK Aid Direct Funding Round Opening 4 March
A new UK Aid Direct funding round will open for applications on Monday 4 March. They will be accepting applications for both Community Partnership and Impact grants.
"Safer For All" Safeguarding Package
We have just launched the Safeguarding Package “Safer For All”. This is a package of resources to support organisations to strengthen their safeguarding policies, procedures and practice.
Development Sector Vacancies
We advertise international development sector vacancies in Scotland and beyond. Have a vacancy to advertise?
Funding Updates
A list of funding opportunities available to organisations working in international development.
Welcome to Scotland's International Development Alliance
Scotland's International Development Alliance is the membership body for everyone committed to creating a fairer world, free from poverty, injustice and environmental threats.
We offer a range of services for our members. Browse our main areas of work below, or use the main menu above.
Effectiveness & Learning
Working on effectiveness has long term benefits for an organisation and the people it to support. We offer a number of bespoke services for our members.
Funding
Finding and accessing funding is an important aspect of any organisation's work. We offer services to members to support them with this.
Policy and Advocacy
We broker connections between our members and decision-makers, while also providing a platform to develop a collective voice on important issues.
Networking
By participating in an active network, organisations can become more effective. Together we can make better progress towards meeting our international development goals.
Safeguarding
The "Safer for All" package supports organisations to strengthen their safeguarding policies, procedures and practice; it comprises resources, templates, examples and is accompanied by a structured programme of capacity development, workshops and training.
Join Scotland's International Development Alliance and be part of Scotland's international development community.
Events View All
Safeguarding Question Time at SCVO Gathering
21st February 2019
We are hosting a Safeguarding event at this year's Gathering. Your chance to ask questions to DFID, OSCR and the Scottish Government!
Round-table with Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard MSP
22nd February 2019
This round-table informal meeting will give Alliance and SMP members the opportunity to discuss priorities and share ideas with Richard Leonard MSP, leader of Scottish Labour. Richard also sits on the National Executive Committee of the UK Labour Party.
ONLINE TRAINING- Monitoring & Evaluation
27th February 2019
This online training session about using monitoring and evaluation to assess whether your project or organisation is making a lasting difference will be particularly useful for project managers and evaluation officers.
How to make the most of digital fundraising and match funding
8th March 2019
The webinar will give a short overview of the digital fundraising landscape, present the Christmas Challenge as a case study and speak about how match funding can work for smaller organisations who don’t have established fundraising or finance teams.
Stirling Training Day
13th March 2019
This training will be particularly useful for communications managers and evaluation officers alike, as well as anyone responsible for planning, creating and communicating an annual report.
Resources View All
Policy Coherence for Development: Exploring and Learning from European PCD Approaches
A comparison of different policy coherence for development approaches across Europe.
Scotland's Place in Building a Just World
A detailed report examining recommendations on how to implement policy coherence for development.
Annual Reports
A full selection of our annual reviews going back to 2007, detailing our impact and financial reports.
Scotland's International Development Alliance Strategic Plan 2017-2020
This strategic plan sets out the new direction of The Alliance and what it hopes to achieve by 2020.
Effectiveness Services Evaluation Report
This report contains the findings from in-depth case study research of NIDOS' and Bond's effectiveness services.
News View All
Join the conversation on Scotland’s performance towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Scottish Government and Scotland’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Network are working in partnership to secure the voice of civil society and other major stakeholders in Scotland’s contribution to a UK-wide progress review on the SDGs.
Emergency appeal by Edinburgh charity for refugees struggling in Lebanon’s worst winter for decades
Emergency appeal by Edinburgh charity for refugees struggling in Lebanon’s worst winter for decades
New UK Aid Direct funding opening soon
The next round of UK Aid Direct Community Partnership and Impact grants will open on Monday 4 March and close on Wednesday 17 April.
Have Your Say on IATI
The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) has launched a consultation to steer its new strategic plan for the period 2019-2022. The consultation is open between 4-28 February.
MaSP and 2050 Climate Group meet Scottish Government Minister
MaSP and 2050 Climate Group share experiences of Youth Leaders project with Scottish Government Ministers