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The Direct Aid Program Guidelines
The Direct Aid Program (DAP) of the Australian Embassy focuses on relieving humanitarian hardship in Lebanon. An internal committee of the Embassy assesses proposals for small development projects from individuals, community groups and non-government organisations engaged in development activities on a not-for-profit basis.
Projects that are likely to be successful in obtaining funding are:
• participatory in nature and have involved beneficiaries in their identification, design and management
• address the needs of disadvantaged groups including women and children
• address poverty alleviation, community sanitation, environment and education, basic human rights and rural development
• have a lasting result, either by creating infrastructure or building ongoing capacity
• request between USD2,000-USD10,000 from the DAP, and
• will be completed by May 2009.
Projects that are unlikely to be successful in obtaining funding are:
• those for the purchase of vehicles,
• those for handicraft production, training, or conferences and
• items of a recurrent nature such as staff salaries, office rental and utility costs, spare parts, supplies, routine maintenance and repairs.
Our website (www.lebanon.embassy.gov.au) lists projects that have previously been funded under the Direct Aid Program. Australia has obligations under a series of United Nations Security Council resolutions to prevent terrorist financing and to freeze terrorist assets. The Committee will not recommend any project unless it is satisfied that the project will not, directly or indirectly, provide support to terrorism.
A successful proposal is likely to include:
• a brief outline of the applicant's activities and goals
• a brief outline of the applicant's sources of funding
• at least two referees who can vouch for the bona fides of the applicant
• a list of other funding sources the project has been submitted to
• a brief outline of the project
• details of the beneficiaries
• an explanation of how the project will assist the beneficiaries to help themselves in a sustainable way, and
• a detailed budget for the project.
Proposals will not be considered unless they are written in English.
The selection process is highly competitive and proposals will be assessed on the basis of the information provided. The Committee aims to support a geographic spread of projects and to balance support among different communities. The Committee favours projects located in areas where there is a strong link to Australia.
Your obligations
You will be required to provide written documentation to prove that DAP funds were spent according to your proposal. Embassy officers would expect to visit the project. The Embassy would expect you to make a clear reference to Australia in public relations material and, if the project involves infrastructure, you mark it as a gift of Australia.
We look forward to receiving your proposal.