This request for proposals is now closed

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) requests Activity Proposals for funding with eligible partners under the Mekong-Australia Partnership (MAP).

MAP is a $222.5 million investment over five years (2024-25 to 2028-29) managed between DFAT in Canberra, the Mekong Hub in Bangkok, Thailand and Mekong Posts in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Further details on MAP are available in the portfolio design framework.

This call requests multi-year proposals from eligible non-government partners to address shared and transboundary development challenges in the Mekong subregion.  Proposals should focus on one or more of MAP’s thematic areas of: climate resilience; water security; economic resilience and subregional integration; and gender equality, disability and social inclusion.

Proposals should total between $2 million and $10 million, be implemented through subregional (Mekong) and/or multi-country approaches (two or more Mekong countries) and demonstrate strong alignment to one or more MAP End of Portfolio Outcomes.

Please review the Call for Proposals – Guidelines, Eligibility and Selection Criteria before preparing submissions.  Complete proposals should be submitted to: map2-callforproposals@dfat.gov.au.

The closing date for submissions is 5pm AEST time Friday, 11 October 2024.
Please note submissions that are incomplete, do not meet eligibility and selection criteria or are received after the closing date will not be considered.

MAP – call for proposals documents

• Call for Proposals – Guidelines, Eligibility and Selection Criteria [DOCX 350 KB]
• Call for Proposals – Guidelines, Eligibility and Selection Criteria [PDF 252 KB]
   
• Call for Proposals – Invitation to submit an activity proposal [DOCX 78 KB]
• Call for Proposals – Invitation to submit an activity proposal [PDF 391 KB]
   
• Call for Proposals – Sample DFAT Complex Grant Agreement [DOCX 138 KB]
• Call for Proposals – Sample DFAT Complex Grant Agreement [PDF 829 KB]
   
• Call for Proposals – Sample DFAT Simple Grant Agreement [DOCX 108 KB]
• Call for Proposals – Sample DFAT Simple Grant Agreement [PDF 381 KB]

Information session, questions and answers

DFAT will hold a virtual information/ briefing session at 1300 (AEST) on Friday, 20 September 2024.  Expressions of interest in joining the virtual information/ briefing session and questions relating to the MAP - Call for Proposals should be directed to map2-callforproposals@dfat.gov.au.

DFAT will accept questions until Thursday, 26 September 2024 and provide responses by Thursday, 03 October 2024.

• Mekong Australia Partnership – call for proposals FAQ [DOCX 33 KB]
• Mekong Australia Partnership – call for proposals FAQ [PDF 256 KB]
   
• Transcript of MAP – Call for Proposals - Information Session held 20 September 2024 [DOCX 70 KB]
• Transcript of MAP – Call for Proposals - Information Session held 20 September 2024 [PDF 250 KB]

Background

The Mekong-Australia Partnership aims to progress the goal of a more resilient and inclusive Mekong subregion that pursues joint solutions to shared and transboundary challenges. The second phase of MAP was announced by the Minister for Foreign Affairs at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in March 2024.  The MAP portfolio design document for the second phase sets out the context and rationale for the $222.5 million (2024-25 to 2028-29) investment.  It outlines a partnerships approach to achieve five End-of-Portfolio-Outcomes aligned to the thematic areas of climate resilience, water security, gender equality, disability and social inclusion, economic resilience and subregional integration, transnational crime and leadership and skills.