Scope Global
Removed from the Dirty List 2 November 2021
Scope Global have informed us that they no longer rent an office in Myanmar. They have also clarified that they sub-letted the office from an individual owner, meaning the rent did not go directly to the military.
About the company
Scope Global
Scope Global is an Australian training and education company owned by the government of South Australia. In Burma it administers the Australia Awards Myanmar scholarship programme funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Scope Global rents its offices in Burma from the military owned Myawaddy Bank, meaning that funds from Australian development aid are being received by the Burmese military.
Contact:
David Travers
Executive Chair
Scope Global
Level 5, 12 Pirie Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia
Email: jane.harris@scopeglobal.com
Email: enquiries@scopeglobal.com
Source:
Australia Awards Website accessed October 2021
https://www.australiaawardsmyanmar.org/how-to-apply-2022/
Following publication of the ‘Dirty List’ Scope Global removed the website page giving the office address of Myawaddy Bank Luxury Complex. A saved PDF of the webpage is available here.
Notified 1st October 2021
Added to the Dirty List 19th October 2021
Removed from the Dirty List 2 November 2021
The Dirty List
The Dirty List names international companies doing business with the military in Burma. The list also includes international companies involved in projects where there are human rights violations or environmental destruction.
In September 2018, the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, which has been investigating human rights violations in the country, stated:
“The actions of the Tatmadaw (Burmese military) in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in particular in the context of the ‘clearance operations’ in northern Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017, have so seriously violated international law that any engagement in any form with the Tatmadaw, its current leadership, and its businesses, is indefensible.”
A PDF of the full Dirty List is available here.