Section a to Be Completed by Applicants Which Already Have a Link to Scotland (Full Members)

Malawi Scotland Partnership (MaSP)

Membership Application Form

Background:
The Malawi Scotland Partnership (MaSP) exists to inspire the people and organisations of Malawi to be involved with Scotland in an informed, coordinated and effective way for the benefit of both nations. MaSP is a non-governmental, independent, charitable membership organisation which supports, represents and helps coordinate Malawi’s many links with Scotland.
By creating a coordinating hub for Malawian organisations linked with Scotland, MaSP hopes to reduce duplication of effort, and increase sharing of relevant skills and experience.
MaSP is entirely Malawi owned and Malawi led, with its Board of Directors elected from its membership. It works closely with its sister organisation in Scotland, the Scotland Malawi Partnership.
Membership Types:
There are four categories of MaSP membership:
·  Full Organisational Membership: For Malawian organisations that currently have links with Scotland.
·  Full Individual Membership: For Malawian individuals that currently have links with Scotland.
·  Associate Organisational Membership: For Malawian organisations that do not currently have links with Scotland.
·  Associate Individual Membership: For Malawian individuals that do not currently have links with Scotland.
As MaSP currently has only limited operating capacity, its overriding focus in 2015-17 will be supporting those with existing links (full members).
MaSP strongly encourages those wishing to join who do not currently have links to reflect on what benefits they wish to get out of membership, as it is unlikely MaSP will be able to broker significant numbers of new links in the coming years.
Benefits of Membership:
There is currently no charge in being a member of MaSP. Benefits of membership include:
·  Information, advice and support to assist your link with Scotland.
·  Fortnightly email newsbulletins with information, updates and opportunities relating to Malawi-Scotland links.
·  Free use of Communication and Resource Centres in Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu to support your links with Scotland, including free use of computers, the internet, and video-conferencing facilities.
·  Information, advice and support for your link with Scotland.
·  Free regional training opportunities to help develop your Scottish links.
·  Free regional and national events.
·  Assistance representing your link with Scotland in the media and social media.
·  Assistance raising awareness of your link with Scotland through the production of short promotional videos.
·  Practical advice and support when visiting Scotland, including securing UK visas.
·  Representation of your link with Scotland on the MaSP website.
·  Lobbying and advocacy assistance to support your links with Scotland.
·  Networking opportunities to connect with and learn from others who have partnerships with Scotland.
IF YOU COULD LIKE TO JOIN MASP PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM AND RETURN TO:
Please note that all information given on this form, including contact details, will be publically available on the MaSP website.
Type of Membership
(Please tick one box)
Full Organisational Membership: For Malawian organisations that currently have links with Scotland.
Full Individual Membership: For Malawian individuals that currently have links with Scotland.
Associate Organisational Membership: For Malawian organisations that do not currently have links with Scotland.
Associate Individual Membership: For Malawian individuals that do not currently have links with Scotland
Contact Details
Contact Name:
Gender: Male Female
Name of Organisation (if relevant):
Address:
Telephone:
E-mail: Website:
Company/Charity Number (if relevant):
The Malawi Scotland Partnership will add your details to a web-based directory of its members and their activities. This directory is in the public domain.
I/we agree that all the details supplied to the Malawi Scotland Partnership will be put in the public domain, published in the web-based directory and in other printed and electronic material used to publicise the MaSP. (Please tick the box.)
Membership Categories
Are you predominantly urban or rural based?
Urban Rural
Would you like to join as an individual or an organisation?
Individual member Organisational member
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If applying as an organisation, are you currently registered with CONGOMA?:
Yes No
If applying as an organisation, how large is your organisation?
Small (under MK3 million annual turnover)
Medium (MK3 to MK15 million annual turnover)
Large (over MK 15 million annual turnover)
If applying as an organisation, have you received any funding from the Scottish Government?
Yes, currently Yes, previously No
Do you / your organisation currently have a link with Scotland?
Yes [PLEASE COMPLETE SECTION A] No [PLEASE COMPLETE SECTION B]

SECTION A – TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANTS WHICH ALREADY HAVE A LINK TO SCOTLAND (FULL MEMBERS)

www.malawiscotlandpartnership.org

Malawi Scotland Partnership. c/o Kamuzu College of Nursing Campus,

P.O. Box 1589, Lilongwe, Malawi

What is your main area of activity with Scotland? (e.g. agriculture, business, church, primary education, etc)
This information will be used as search criteria in MaSP’s searchable online directory.
Please indicate where in Malawi you are based or operate. If appropriate, and if you know, please also tick the region of Scotland your partner is based in.
Region in Malawi:
North Centre South
District in Malawi:
Balaka Lillongwe Nkhotakota
Blantyre Machinga Nsanje
Chikwawa Mangochi Ntcheu
Chiradzulu Mchinji Ntchisi
Chitipa Mulanje Phalombe
Dedza Mwanza Rumphi
Dowa Mzimba Salima
Karonga Neno Thyolo
Kasungu Nkhata Bay Zomba
Region in Scotland:
Aberdeen Edinburgh Orkney
Aberdeenshire Falkirk Perth and Kinross
Angus Fife Renfrewshire
Argyll and Bute Glasgow Scottish Borders
Clackmannashire Highland Shetland
Dumfries and Galloway Inverclyde South Ayrshire
Dundee Midlothian South Lanarkshire
East Ayrshire Moray Stirling
East Dunbartonshire Nah-Eileanan Siar West Dunbartonshire
East Lothian North Ayrshire West Lothian
East Renfrewshire North Lanarkshire
Who is your partner in Scotland?
Please describe your existing partnership with Scotland.
Do you receive any funding for your work with Scotland? If so, please state the funder.
What do you / your organisation hope to gain from membership of the Malawi Scotland Partnership?
This question is for our information and planning only, it will not appear in the public domain.
What can you / your organisation offer the Malawi Scotland Partnership network?
This question is for our information and planning only, it will not appear in the public domain.

PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM AND RETURN TO:

SECTION B – TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANTS WHICH DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE LINKS WITH SCOTLAND (ASSOCIATE MEMBERS)

As MaSP currently has only limited operating capacity, its overriding focus in 2015-17 will be supporting those with existing links (Full Members).

MaSP strongly encourages those wishing to join who do not currently have links to reflect on what benefits they wish to get out of membership, as it is unlikely MaSP will be able to broker significant numbers of new links in the coming years.

MaSP reserves the right to not accept Associate Membership applications if there is not a clear case of how MaSP can support the applicant within its current capacity.

www.malawiscotlandpartnership.org

Malawi Scotland Partnership. c/o Kamuzu College of Nursing Campus,

P.O. Box 1589, Lilongwe, Malawi

What is your main area of activity / interest? (e.g. agriculture, business, church, primary education, etc)
This information will be used as search criteria in the MaSP’s searchable online directory.
Please indicate where in Malawi you are based or you operate.
Region in Malawi
North Centre South
District in Malawi
Balaka Lillongwe Nkhotakota
Blantyre Machinga Nsanje
Chikwawa Mangochi Ntcheu
Chiradzulu Mchinji Ntchisi
Chitipa Mulanje Phalombe
Dedza Mwanza Rumphi
Dowa Mzimba Salima
Karonga Neno Thyolo
Kasungu Nkhata Bay Zomba
Why are you interested in developing a new partnership with Scotland?
What sort of organisation are you looking to partner with in Scotland?
For example, are you looking for a small rural primary school, a large urban Church of Scotland church, a Rotary Club, an NGO with expertise in water and sanitation, etc. Please be as specific as possible – this will improve chance of success.
What do you hope to achieve through a new partnership with Scotland?
Experience shows the most successful partnerships between Malawi and Scotland are people-to-people and community-to-community. They’re not about “charity” or the transfer of funds from a ‘donor’ to a ‘recipient’ but rather are based around skill sharing and mutual support; they are about both sides contributing and working together in an equal and dignified partnership so both sides benefit.
What would you / your organisation look to bring to a new link with Scotland?
What would you hope your Scottish partner would contribute?
What do you / your organisation hope to gain from membership of the Malawi Scotland Partnership?
This question is for our information purposes only, it will not appear in the public domain.
What can you / your organisation offer the Malawi Scotland Partnership network?
This question is for our information purposes only, it will not appear in the public domain.

PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM AND RETURN TO: