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Submissions open for Direct Aid Program in Tonga

Deadline: 07-Feb-2025

The Direct Aid Program (DAP) is a flexible small grants program funded by the Australian Government and managed through the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) overseas posts.

The program aims to support projects with a strong development focus that complement Australia’s broader aid program which contributes to sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. DAP projects should promote a distinctive and positive image of Australia.

Priorities
  • Community groups and organisations can apply for grants of up to TOP 15,000 for projects that demonstrate a strong benefit to local communities and align with the priority areas –
Funding Information and Duration
  • There is no minimum amount that a single DAP project can receive but the maximum is AUD60,000 over the life of the project. Activities may run up to a maximum of two years.
Eligible Activities
  • DAP activities should primarily be aimed at achieving practical and tangible outcomes of high development impact. DAP is able to fund activities that have a direct, practical and immediate impact, including capacity building programs in the areas of governance and human rights engagement. They will favourably consider projects:
    • in the areas of community and/or rural development, education, gender equality, disabilities, youth, human rights, the environment, small-scale infrastructure, economic empowerment and ad hoc humanitarian relief.
    • where applicants and their communities make a contribution in labour, materials, transport or cash;
    • sporting activities
    • that enhance educational and cultural exchanges and people-to-people links
    • that are achievable and have sustainable outcomes
  • projects that provide educational or occupational/skills training
Eligibility Criteria
  • DAP is available on a not-for-profit basis to individuals, community groups, NGOs and other entities engaged in development activities in countries that are eligible for official development assistance (ODA).
Ineligibility Criteria
  • They will generally not fund the following:
    • cash grants or micro-credit schemes or projects that involve the return of money
    • commercial ventures
    • purchase ofmajor assets, eg vehicles
    • Australian or overseas study tours
    • International travel
    • Sponsorship of major sporting tournaments or cultural displays that do not have a clear developmental benefit

For more information, visit Australian High Commission Kingdom of Tonga.