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<div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#ff0000">FYI – Applications Due October 9th</font>. Please see email below with links to the application and more info. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><font color="#ff0000">For more info, please contact Australian Consulate directly:</font></span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Ms. Le Thi Khoi Cat, DAP Co-ordinator at </span><a href="mailto:dap.hcmc@dfat.gov.au" style="font-size: 16px;">dap.hcmc@dfat.gov.au</a><span style="font-size: 16px;"> or 08 35218126.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Re: Australian Government's Direct Aid Program (southern and central Vietnam) 2015-16. Applications now open!</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">For your information, Australian Government's Direct Aid Program (southern and central Vietnam) 2015-16 is now open. NGOs wishing to lodge applications are encouraged to read the following media release which has been
issued by the Consulate General. The media release also appears on its official website and may be viewed by
<a href="http://hcmc.vietnam.embassy.gov.au/hchi/News1.html">clicking here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Please note that AusCham Vietnam is neither directly or indirectly involved with this initiative.
<b>Any enquiries should be directed to the contact points detailed in the Australian Consulate General’s media release.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-CA">Media Release: 7 September 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h5><span lang="EN-CA">Australian Government's Direct Aid Program 2015-16 Applications now open<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">Today the Australian Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City will open applications for the Australian Government’s Direct Aid Program (DAP) funding round 2015-16, for projects in central and southern Vietnam. DAP provides grants to NGOs,
community groups and other not-for-profit entities to undertake small-scale development projects aimed at addressing humanitarian hardship and advancing developmental outcomes in disadvantaged communities. The deadline for applications is Friday 9 October
2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">In 2014-15 the Australian Consulate-General funded 22 projects in a variety of sectors, including rural development, sanitation, and community health, in a wide range of urban and provincial locations throughout central and southern Vietnam.
The objective of DAP is to make small grants available to those organisations that may not have access to larger-scale aid or grants programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">In the 2015-16 grant round, total DAP grants awarded by the Australian Consulate-General is expected to total approximately AU$355,000. Australia will provide an estimated AU$89.9 million in Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Vietnam
in 2015-16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">Guidelines and application forms for the 2015-16 DAP grants are available at:
<a href="http://hcmc.vietnam.embassy.gov.au/hchi/News1.html">http://hcmc.vietnam.embassy.gov.au/hchi/News1.html</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">For queries about DAP or the application process, please contact Ms. Le Thi Khoi Cat, DAP Co-ordinator at <a href="mailto:dap.hcmc@dfat.gov.au">dap.hcmc@dfat.gov.au</a> or 08 35218126.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">The Australian Embassy in Hanoi administers DAP in the northern provinces, please visit
<a href="http://www.vietnam.embassy.gov.au/hnoi/cooperation.html">http://www.vietnam.embassy.gov.au/hnoi/cooperation.html</a> for further details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">For further information about Australia’s development assistance to Vietnam, please visit
<a href="http://aid.dfat.gov.au/countries/eastasia/vietnam">http://aid.dfat.gov.au/countries/eastasia/vietnam</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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