Alliance Photo Competition
Illustrate sustainable development through the eyes of young people! Submit entries by 31st August 2018. Top entries will be displayed at our Annual Conference on 25.09.18
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.
Join Scotland's International Development Alliance and be part of Scotland's international development community.
Events View All
Disability Summit Live Stream & Discussion
24th July 2018
DFID, along with co-hosts the International Disability Alliance and the Government of Kenya are hosting the first-ever Global Disability Summit in London on 24 July. The Alliance will be live streaming the afternoon’s proceedings at their offices in Edinburgh. This is a great opportunity for interested member organisations to discuss and share ideas on the day's events as they happen.
Using video to tell your story - Comms for Programme Staff
24th August 2018
Video is to become 80 per cent of the internet by 2019. What does this mean for international development? Are programme staff and comms teams visiting partners overseas equipped with the right skills and equipment to tell their stories? ...Pretty much all smartphones sold after 2014 can shoot broadcast-quality footage.... This training workshop for programme and comms staff alike, will give you the confidence to draft strategy, plan, shoot, edit and post effective video.
Global Disability Summit, 24 July 2018
24th July 2018
To galvanise the global effort to address disability inclusion in the poorest countries in the world and act as the start point…
Just Festival 2018
3rd August 2018
Just Festival is Edinburgh's socially-conscious festival. The 2018 Just Festival Programme of Performing and Visual Arts,…
Nelson Mandela Centenary - 18th July - Special Concert
18th July 2018
Free concert to mark the Nelson Mandela Centenary taking place in Glasgow St. George's Tron church at 7.30pm on 18th July.
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
DFID publish new country Profiles for Rwanda and Zambia
DFID publish new country Profiles for Rwanda and Zambia
Alliance online training, after the pilot...
We would like to build on what we have learned from this online training pilot, making sure that as we develop new online training resources, we are responind to the needs of our members.
Safeguarding and PVG Scheme Consultation
We give an update on our work developing a new package of support in safeguarding. We also highlight an opportunity for members to respond to a public consultation on the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.
Harnessing innovation in city development in Medellin, Colombia
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University have been participating in interdisciplinary research in Medellín, Colombia, a city that has recently pioneered innovative forms of planning and management and was acclaimed the ‘most innovative city in the world’ by the Urban Land Institute in 2012.
SolarBerry Handover to Choma Community in Malawi
Construction on the SolarBerry has now finished and the Turing Trust's innovative lab has been handed over to its community at Choma.