NIDOS is a network of international development organisations with a base in Scotland. We work to improve the effectiveness of our members and the wider international development sector in Scotland. Originally formed in 2000, NIDOS was established to build capacity within Scottish NGOs, to help raise awareness of international development within Scotland, and to develop and represent Scottish voluntary organisations’ perspectives on international development. NIDOS was formed partly in response to the creation of a newly devolved Scottish Parliament, but also in recognition of Scotland’s separate identity and relative physical isolation from the bulk of the UK’s international development sector, which is predominantly based in London and the South East.