International

  • Levelling the Field

    27th December 2017 by

    Power of sport for social change – Lisa Bedding, Grant Manager at Comic Relief “Sport has huge potential to help change lives and drive positive change in communities all over the world. We’re harnessing the power of sport for our joint funding programme with the Scottish Government, which is called ‘Levelling the Field’. Our aim is...

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  • Strengthening Scottish-Irish links

    1st December 2017 by

    Last night I was honoured to host the first major St Andrew’s Day event organised by the Scottish Government’s Dublin Hub. The Hub represents Scottish interests in Ireland, by providing dedicated support to high-value governmental, economic, academic and innovation partnerships and is one of several offices the Scottish Government have across the globe. The event...

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  • Brexit discussions in and around the Scottish Parliament

    6th November 2017 by

    A regular update from the Scottish Government's Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe Michael Russell.

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  • Farming project changing lives in Zambia

    24th October 2017 by

    Christian Aid Funding Officer Amy Menzies blogs about a project in Zambia that is changing the lives of peope living in the country’s Central Province. Christian Aid Scotland are working with the Scottish Government in Zambia on the project ‘Making Agriculture a Business’, which will support some of the poorest and most marginalised groups in Central...

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  • Planes, trains and automobiles

    23rd October 2017 by

    For the last two weeks the Scottish Parliament has been in recess, which means there’s no parliamentary business. The same cannot be said for the world of Brexit negotiations.

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  • St Andrew’s Day debating tournament

    13th October 2017 by

    St Andrew’s Day Debating Tournament

    The Scottish Government is providing the English Speaking Union Scotland with funding of up to £6,500 for their annual St Andrew’s Day Debating Tournament which will take place in the Scottish Parliament on Monday 27 November 2017. Now in its 11th year, the tournament has gone from strength to strength attracting young debating teams from...

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  • Discussions on Brexit

    9th October 2017 by

    A weekly update from the Scottish Government's Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe Michael Russell.

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  • Teacher development in Zambia

    7th October 2017 by

    Lore Gallastegi (Academic lead, Open University in Scotland) blogs about Open University’s experience developing a one-year school-based teacher development programme in Zambia. Open University staff visited our partners World Vision Zambia as part of a set of meetings intended to kick-start the Zambian Education School-based Training (ZEST) project. During the visit we met with colleagues...

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  • Refugee aid

    4th October 2017 by

    International Development Minister Alasdair Allan has announced that Christian Aid and Oxfam will share £120,000 for emergency response projects to aid refugees. Hundreds of thousands of civilians, the majority Muslim Rohingya, have been forced to flee towards Bangladesh. The news comes as a UK charity appeal to help hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the...

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  • Northern neighbours: Riga Conference 2017

    3rd October 2017 by

    lativa alasdair allan

    Last week I was in Latvia to participate in the Riga Conference 2017, an annual gathering of foreign policy and defence experts focused on the Baltic region. In and around the conference, I had the pleasure to meet with representatives from across the region to discuss the implications of Brexit and promote our updated Nordic...

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