Grant Aid

The largest part of the Commission’s budget is allocated to grant aid with approximately 81% of its budget being allocated for 2012.

The Commission will give preference to projects located in Africa, Latin America or South East Asia which is within the bottom 50 countries on the HDI (Human Development Index-2011 rankings hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ ) which is directly concerned with water and sanitation, primary healthcare, education and teh development of sustainable livelihoods.

The Commission does not wish to discourage agencies from looking to it to suport imaginative or exceptional projects where support is clearly required, even though they do not fall within the above criteria. The presumption against supporting a project which falls outside these parameters may be overcome by the exceptional quality of the particular application.

As the Commission will fund a great many varied projects in developing countries it is not itself able to carry out the vital functions of overseeing the work and the funding of those projects it supports, it is only prepared to give grants through its established aid agencies as listed. Such agencies should have officers in the field able in the first place to recommend a scheme from personal knowledge of it and then to act as Jersey's agents to see the project through to completion. It is not within the Commission's remit to fund EU member countries.

For those agencies and individuals who might seek to have projects funded by the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission, we suggest you download our explanatory booklet below which covers many matters including policy, criteria, and administration. The Commission would particularly draw your attention to section 4 which deals with grant aid.

For Further information please download our Explanatory Booklet below.