The International Development Fund: Aims and Process
The International Development Fund
The BASW AGM in 2014 agreed a levy on the membership of £2.00 per member to establish the International Development Fund (IDF). The Fund was created in the following words: ‘The aim would be to put international exchange and development in a more accessible place than currently is possible and ensure support to BASW members in international exchange of skills, knowledge and expertise’ and the Fund should be ‘able to attract other funding from different sources’ (Ordinary Motion 1, AGM 2014)
Allocating the IDF.
BASW Council wants as many BASW members as possible to benefit from the IDF, however, it has a limited pot of funding so a number of decisions have been made about how the IDF funding is allocated.
BASW’s ruling body – BASW Council – decided on 19th September 2018 that the Fund would be allocated 70% to partnership projects and 30% to individual applications. The aims, processes and decision making on partnership projects and individual applications are set out in the attached resource.