Deadline: 30-Sep-22
The Australian Embassy in Turkey is seeking applications for its Direct Aid Program (DAP).
It has the flexibility to work with local communities in Türkiye on projects that reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development consistent with Australia’s national interest.
Projects have focussed on achieving practical and tangible outcomes in: community development, education, gender equality, disabilities, youth and economic empowerment.
Sectors
- The DAP Committee will be looking for projects that achieve practical and tangible outcomes in priority development sectors, including:
- Education
- Health, including building of vulnerable communities’ resilience to public health risks including COVID-19, and projects that support local response and recovery efforts;
- Gender equality, women and girls social and economic empowerment;
- Empowerment of persons with disabilities;
- Empowerment of youth and
- STEM projects.
Funding Information
- Project funding limit is AUD 10,000 (approx. 60,000 TRY).
Eligible Projects
- They will favourably consider projects:
- Addressing gender issues in their implementation;
- Where the applicant contributes its own or other donor resources to the project;
- Where the recipient community makes a significant contribution in terms of labour, materials or funds;
- Where the project involves conferences and training, if the results are likely to be put to use after completion of the project;
- Which act as a catalyst for further development of the community or a model for similar developments elsewhere.
Eligibility Criteria
- DAP is available on a not-for-profit basis to community groups, national or international NGOs, academic institutions, universities, government institutions, research bodies, local government institutions, and other entities engaged in development activities in countries that are eligible for official development assistance (ODA).
- DAP is only available to institutions located in Türkiye for projects to be carried out in Türkiye.
- Applications must:
- Include a clear and fully itemised and fully costed project budget in TRY or in AUD outlining the development benefits of the proposal;
- Demonstrate the applicant’s capacity to effectively implement the proposed project;
- Demonstrate the applicant’s capability and capacity to manage any identified project-related risks. This should specifically include a risk management strategy for implementing the project amid ongoing COVID-19 risks, including mitigation measures that will be taken to ensure the project is COVID-19 safe;
- Demonstrate soundness of the project’s objectives and design and the practicability of the proposed implementation arrangements;
- Demonstrate that the project conforms with the objectives of the Direct Aid Program;
- Demonstrate that the project is technically feasible;
- Include a risk management strategy to mitigate risk, including COVID-19 risks;
- Include a suggested time for a possible visit by Embassy officials;
- Include the existing and/or potential implementing partners of the suggested project (if any) in their application form
- If the project involves working with children, the organisation must have a current child protection policy or code of conduct to be eligible.
For more information, visit https://turkey.embassy.gov.au/anka/Development_cooperat.html