Australia’s Direct Aid Programme (DAP) yesterday announced that there has been an increase in grant amounts and urged local Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) here to apply.
The announcement was made by Clint Fernandes, a Senior Policy and Research Officer from the Australian High Commis-sion, based in Trinidad and Tobago, and who is currently in Guyana on an outreach exercise.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, held at the Foreign Service Insti-tute, Fernandes informed of changes made in the grant ceiling per project from US$30,000 to US $60,000.
He explained that the DAP is a flexible, small grants programme funded from Australia’s aid budget and managed