Deadline: 20-Jun-25
The Embassy of Ireland, New Zealand is pleased to invite applications for its In-Country Micro Projects Scheme to support organisations in the Pacific who work on issues related to women’s rights, climate change, biodiversity, conflict resolution and human rights.
Objectives
- The scheme supports interventions that contribute to one or more of the following:
- Strengthening the voice of local communities to influence policy decisions that impact upon them and implementation at local and national levels.
- The prevention of hunger, and the improvement of livelihood security.
- Improved access to essential services, such as education, health care and programmes of HIV prevention, care and support.
- Improved access and control of resources for marginalised communities.
- The promotion and realisation of human rights.
- The promotion of women’s empowerment and gender equality, including initiatives to tackle gender based violence and women trafficking.
- The promotion of environmental sustainability and in particular, initiatives that combat climate change.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant available will be €20,000 per project per year.
- Duration: Grants approved under the scheme can be for one, two or three years.
Eligible Countries
- To apply to Wellington, organisations must be based in the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu or Vanuatu.
Eligibility Criteria
- Locally Registered NGO; registered as a trust or society with relevant authority to receive funds from a foreign source.
- Community Based Organisation; registered as a trust or society with relevant authority to receive funds from a foreign source.
- Non Profit Company or Corporate Foundation; with relevant authority to receive funds from a foreign source.
- Faith Based Organisations involved in development work and registered as a religious trust or charitable trust or society with relevant authority to receive funds from a foreign source. Where developmental and religious work is convergent (e.g. schools/training run by faith based organisations) enforcement of non-discrimination policies should be documented in the application.
- Co-operative
- Farmer Association
- Trade Union
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following activities will not be eligible for funding support under the ICMPS:
- Interventions that are primarily welfare support(s) and that are clearly not sustainable without external support
- International Travel
- Individual or family support
- Major infrastructural schemes for e.g. dams, roads, hospitals (but is not limited to this list).
- Educational scholarships including study or research fellowships
- Projects that involve evangelisation for the proselytising of religious beliefs.
For more information, visit Embassy of Ireland, New Zealand.