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60 Applications to the Diaspora Development Fund (DDF) from Nine Countries: Awards to be made in August 2022

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In May 2022, the MSDG Project announced a call for grant applications to the Diaspora Development
Fund (DDF), with deadline of 22 June 2022. MSDG is pleased to announce that 59 grant applications
were received, of which 19 (32%) were from women, 40 (68%) from men. The age distribution was: 13
applicants aged 18 to 35, classified as youths; 23 applicants aged 36 to 45; 12 applicants aged 46 to 55;
and 11 applicants aged over 56. The applications came from nine (9) countries, namely: Gambia (23);
United Kingdom (15); United States of America (12); Norway (3); Sweden (2); and 1 each from
China,Kenya, Spain and Taiwan.

In addition to working with partners and networks to publicise the DDF scheme, MSDG held two online
consultation and engagement sessions. These interactive sessions explained the features, eligibility
criteria, and application and assessment process for the DDF grants. The DDF event on 8 May 2022
was held in conjunction with consultations on the updating of the Gambian Diaspora Strategy and
National Development Plan. It was livestreamed and it attracted 4,000 viewers on the Eye Africa TV
platforms alone, and about 150 people logged-in directly. The interactive event on 22 May 2022
focussed on the technicalities of the DDF application form and assessment process, attended by
potential applicants. Over 300 people logged-in from 10 countries around the world.

The MSDG Project’s DDF Awards Panel held its initial meeting on 25 June 2022 and welcomed the high
number of applications and the age diversity of the applicants. It noted the absence of applications from
some countries with high numbers of Gambian migrants and diaspora such as Germany and Italy.
MSDG will continue to use outreach engagement to seek regional, gender and age balance in all its
activities. The DDF grant application assessment will be completed in mid-August 2022.

The Diaspora Development Fund (DDF) is part of the ‘Migration and Sustainable Development in The
Gambia project (MSDG), initiated by GK Partners in 2017. MSDG is a diaspora led Technical
Cooperation Programme (TCP), co-financed by GK Partners and the Government of Switzerland, and
implemented in partnership with the Government of The Gambia. In 2022/23, MSDG will be awarding
DDF grants of €5,000 (Euros) each to 55 diaspora development practitioners, totalling €275,000
(Euros), equivalent to 16.5 million Dalasis. DDF was piloted in 2020/21 whereby total grants of €74,890
(Euros) were awarded to 10 MSDG Fellows. The Fellows used the funds to leverage and generate a
further €710,280 (Euros). As a result, the pilot DDF contributed €785,170 (Euros), equivalent to D50million (Dalasis) to Gambian socioeconomic development.

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