Deadline: 28 September 2018

The Australian Embassy is seeking applications for projects to be supported under its Direct Aid Program (DAP).

The DAP Program is a flexible small grants program for not-for-profit organisations, community groups and individuals working on development, human rights and environmental activities in Thailand.

Eligible Projects

• DAP projects must have a tangible humanitarian or developmental outcome and/or make a practical contribution to building the capacity of recipients in a relevant and appropriate ODA-eligible sector.
• The Australian Embassy welcome applications from all over Thailand. They particularly encourage applications from communities in the Greater Mekong region and from disadvantaged rural communities throughout Thailand.
• The 2018-19 DAP Program in Thailand will focus on:
  • improving community health (e.g. through delivering a mobile health clinic to a remote area);
  • supporting schools or education (e.g. by supplying additional books to a school library);
  • improving small-scale infrastructure (e.g. by constructing check-dams to increase potable water supply in remote villages);
  • promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment (e.g. by renovating a classroom and constructing toilets in a girls’ school);
  • supporting people with disability to access the same opportunities as others (e.g. by constructing wheelchair access ramps in a rural school);
  • supporting inclusive, green growth, including strengthening institutions and promoting rural development
  • responding to humanitarian disasters (e.g. through the provision of small-scale basic flood relief supplies);
  • protecting the environment (e.g. by supporting the use of renewable energy at a school by turning organic waste into renewable energy);
  • capacity building in the areas of governance, decentralisation and human rights (e.g. by holding workshops to advise of rights within the domestic legal system).

Funding Information

• Most projects have a budget of between AUD4,000 to AUD30,000 (THB100,000 to THB750,000). In exceptional circumstances we can fund projects up to AUD60,000 (THB1.5 million).
• Projects must usually finish by May 2019. This deadline can be extended to May 2020 if there is a good reason and the DAP Committee gives approval.

Eligibility Criteria

• Funding is available on a not-for-profit basis to organisations, community groups and individuals engaged in development activities in Thailand.
• Applications cannot be accepted from commercial operations.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply via given website.

Eligible Country: Thailand

For more information, please visit Australian Embassy in Thailand.