Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Projects (GGP) – Palestine

Description

1) Objective

As part of its Official Development Assistance (ODA), the Government of Japan has offered financial aid particularly for development projects initiated by local communities in order to meet a diversity of basic human needs at the grassroots level. Known as the “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)”, this aid scheme provides funds for organizations such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local authorities on a project basis. Once a project proposal is submitted by an eligible organization, it is examined by the Government of Japan in various aspects, and it will be awarded only when judged as feasible, sustainable, and beneficial to the entire community. We believe that the GGP, by making financial support more open to the grassroots level, will directly empower people, especially those in marginalized or any other disadvantaged groups, and contribute to immediate improvement of their living conditions.

The “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)” first aims to better ensure “human security” through implementing projects to empower people and communities and address basic human needs in such fields as health, basic education, water supply, poverty alleviation, and any other fields related to basic human needs. The GGP also aims to foster peace-building from the bottom by assisting local organizations, including local councils, in establishing social and economic infrastructure at the community level. Such bottom-up approach is complementary to the efforts exerted by the central government towards establishing a viable Palestinian state.

2) Eligibility

Eligible are: Officially recognized as a non-profit organization (non-governmental organization, village/local/municipal council, educational institution, medical institution, cooperatives, etc.)

3) Location

Actions must take place in Palestine.

4) Budget

The ceiling amount of the grant for each project is 20,000,000 Japanese YEN in principle. Because the grant is given in US dollars in Palestine, the Japanese Government sets the maximum amount in US dollars every year at the beginning of the fiscal year (April), depending on the exchange rate between Japanese YEN and US dollars. The exchange rate for fiscal year 2025 is (US $1 = 150 YEN), so that the ceiling amount is US $133,333.

5) Application

Application forms can be submitted anytime throughout the year. However, screening of proposals for each fiscal year (beginning of April) will be carried out for proposals submitted by the end of December of the previous year.