The overall programme themes were: Civil society development & governance/ sustainable economic development/ Health/ Education but with a greater focus within and across those strands on the following cross-cutting themes: Vocational training and education/gender issues and equality/ enterprise development/human rights & civil society development.

The Government was looking to put a call out for applications to the South Asia Programme. When the call went out, there had been a 6 week period for applications followed by a 3 week period in which all applications was assessed. Applications to this fund had to meet the general theme of sustainable economic development. There were 2 types of funding available:

• Maximum of £15k over 6 months for smaller, innovative or pilot projects

• Maximum of £300k over 2.5 years for larger projects.

e.Gen’s team of experts were responsible for assessing applications and try as much as possible to match technical knowledge to applications.