Call for Proposals: Mekong Australia Partnership Program 2024

MAP will be delivered through long-term partnerships with a diverse range of partners, including with local organisations and, where possible, through locally led architecture.

This Call for Proposals focuses on four of the five MAP EOPOs, each of which align with DFAT’s forthcoming Southeast Asia Regional Development Partnership Plan:

• Mekong subregion partners reduce vulnerability to impacts of climate change.
• Mekong subregion partners manage water resources in a more coordinated and sustainable way.
• Mekong subregion partners increase leadership and economic opportunities for women, people with disabilities, and other marginalised groups.
• Mekong subregion partners enable strengthened economic resilience and subregional integration.

Funding Information

•  Proposals should total between $2 million and $10 million.

Eligibility Criteria

• Organisations should meet the following criteria:
  • Operate as international, regional or national non-governmental organisations (NGO), civil society organisations (CSO), universities, research institutions, foundations or social enterprises.
  • Based in Australia and/or the Mekong subregion and demonstrate an ability to operate in proposed countries of implementation through established offices, partnerships and/or networks.
  • Eligible organisations may form consortia and submit proposals with two or more delivery partners.
  • All eligible organisations and consortia must demonstrate sufficient financial and organisational capacity to deliver the proposal.
• Proposals are requested that:
  • Are subregional and/or multi-country in nature and address shared and transboundary development challenges.
  • Involve two or more countries in the Mekong subregion, including Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and/or Vietnam.
  • Respond to one or more of the MAP EOPOs.
  • Focus on one or more MAP thematic areas, including climate resilience, water security, economic resilience and sub-regional integration, and GEDSI.
  • Mainstream approaches to strengthen gender equality, disability and social inclusion outcomes, outputs and activities, including indicators to measure GEDSI outcomes.
  • Require multi-year funding of between AUD 2m – 10m.

Ineligibility Criteria

Proposals are not requested for:

• MAP thematic areas of transnational crime, or cross cutting leadership and skills.
• Investment values of under $2m, or bilateral (one country) in nature.
• Implementation by managing contractors or other commercial service providers.
• Implementation by international, regional or national governmental organisations, government aligned unions or mass organisations, or development banks.

For more information, visit DFAT.