Direct Aid Program (DAP)
The Direct Aid Program (DAP) is a flexible, small grants program funded by the Australian Government through AusAID and managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The goal of DAP is to advance developmental objectives and address humanitarian hardship in developing countries, while at the same time fulfilling Australia’s international relations and public diplomacy objectives. In 2009-10 the total DAP budget is $7.5 million.
DAP is available on a not-for-profit basis to individuals, community groups and NGOs engaged in development activities in countries that are eligible for overseas development assistance. The program focuses on supporting small-scale development projects and activities that involve the beneficiaries in the identification, design and management of the projects.
DAP is administered through 54 Australian overseas Posts for projects in over 80 countries. In 2009-10 DAP allocations will be made to the following Posts for projects within their host countries and/or in other countries to which they are accredited:
Abuja, Accra, Amman, Ankara, Apia, Athens (for Albania), Baghdad, Bali, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Canakkale, Colombo, Dhaka, Dili, Hanoi, Harare, Ho Chi Minh City, Honiara, Islamabad, Jakarta, Kabul, Kathmandu, Lisbon (for Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau), Manila, Mexico City, Nairobi, Nauru, New Delhi, Nicosia, Noumea, Nuku’Alofa, Phnom Penh, Pohnpei, Port Louis, Port Moresby, Port of Spain, Port Vila, Pretoria, Ramallah, Rangoon, Riyadh (for Yemen), Santiago de Chile, Seoul (for Mongolia), Suva, Tarawa, Tehran, Vienna (for Bosnia-Herzegovina), Vientiane, Zagreb.
Post DAP budgets range from $11,000 to $360,000. There is no minimum or maximum amount that a single DAP project can receive, although funding for most projects will fall between $5,000 and $30,000.
Further details of DAP policy and procedures are provided in the General Guidelines.