The Embassy of Japan in Maldives is currently seeking Applications for the Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP).

The GGP scheme provides flexible and quick support to comparatively small-scale development projects which aim to improve the social well-being of people at the grassroots level.

Priority Sectors

Priority is given to the following sectors:

• Basic education(pre-school to class eight, adult literacy)
• Primary health (population welfare, reproductive health)
• Vocational training/Skill development
• Special education (education/training for handicapped, orphans, etc.)
• Agriculture (irrigation system, etc.)
• Public welfare/basic infrastructure (drinking water supply, sanitation, road, bridge, electricity, etc.)
• Environment

Funding Information

In principal, GGP funds one project up to 1,000,000 (ten million) Japanese Yen, (or about 90,000 (ninety thousand) United States Dollars).

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are all non-profit organizations implementing social development projects at grassroots level. It includes local/international NGOs, Local Governments (LGs), non-profit institutions, schools, hospitals, etc. Applicants must have more than two years experience.

Note: GGP does not provide support to national government bodies, universities, private institutions and industrial corporations (factories, business, farms, etc.). In case the national government body is the only party who is able to implement the project and the project will benefit a number of people, GGP might support the national government body.

Selection Criteria

In order to identify good projects and to assure accountability, the following are the GGP’s conditions and criteria in screening the submitted proposals:

• Capability of the recipient organization (track record, financial management capacity, implementation capability and monitoring system).
• Necessity, urgency, appropriateness, feasibility, impact and sustainability of the proposed project.
• Appropriateness and cost-effectiveness of requested amount.
• Within priority/target areas of the Embassy.

For more information, visit Japan Embassy.