Deadline: 30 August 2018
Australian Embassy in Egypt is currently inviting applicants for its Direct Aid Program (DAP) which is a small grants program that is available on a not-for-profit basis to community groups and NGOs engaged in development activities in Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea.
DAP focuses on small-scale development projects that can provide direct benefits to those most in need in the local community.
Focus Areas
The Australian Government’s Direct Aid Program (DAP) supports projects that focus on:
- alleviating poverty
- enhancing community health and education
- developing small-scale infrastructure
- supporting rural development
- raising the standard of living, especially of disadvantaged groups, including by improving their access to opportunities for economic activity, decision-making, and social and cultural participation and inclusion.
Funding Information
DAP can provide funding up to the amount of AUD $60,000, and for projects with a life of 12 months. The Embassy may consider projects with a life of 24 months, in exceptional cases.
The Embassy will look for projects that:
- Are participatory in nature, and have involved the beneficiaries in the identification, design and management of the project
- Address the needs of vulnerable or disadvantaged groups, including women, children and the disabled
- Address poverty alleviation, community health, environment and education, human rights, rural development or gender equality. The Embassy may also consider disaster relief operations
- Have a lasting developmental outcome, either by creating infrastructure or building sustainable human or organisational capacity
- Can be completed within one year, or a maximum of two years.
Funding Eligibility
- Projects that aim to improve development or humanitarian outcomes in Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea are eligible to apply for funding.
- Activities can run up to a maximum of two years (please specify your intended length in your form).
- The Australian Embassy welcomes any project applications, but this year priority will be given to projects focusing on four themes that they consider particularly important to development outcomes:
- Gender equality, people with disabilities, women empowerment and access to job opportunities.
- The maximum available funding is AUD$60,000 for any one project.
How to Apply
Applicants can download the expression of interest form via given website.
Eligible Countries:Â Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea
For more information, please visit Australian Embassy in Egypt.