Exciting Business Link Pacific Announcement!

We’re delighted to introduce the Small Grant Facility (SGF), a new service for micro and small businesses as part of the Business Link Pacific Programme (BLP).

BLP is a private sector development programme funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and delivered by DT-Global. The SGF provides grants of less than 200,000 Vatu to support micro and small businesses based on a detailed project budget.

This new facility prioritizes businesses led by women, youth, people living with disabilities, indigenous people, and other rural and community-based businesses that have not previously received grant support from BLP.

 

🌟 To qualify, businesses must:

• Have been operational for at least 12 months
• Have a valid bank account
• Be registered or able to be registered

 

🌟 Proposals should demonstrate impact in one or more of the following areas:

• Growth: Support for business expansion
• Innovation: Funding for new ideas in an existing business, products, or services
• Inclusion: Promoting equal access to products or services for underserved groups
• Access to Finance: Helping secure additional funding
• Climate: Initiatives addressing climate change

 

🌟 Proposals must generate positive economic or social outcomes, such as

• job creation,
• market expansion or
• environmental sustainability.

 

All proposals should be submitted through BLP’s local partners and will be evaluated by BLP’s grant assessor panel, which includes representatives of local partner organizations.

BLP will directly inform grant applicants about the panel’s review results.

Grant recipients will receive support from a business advisor in the BLP Network, who will work with business owners to improve business planning.

 

To apply or for more information please contact via Email:

Katrina Sali at vanuatu@businesslinkpacific.com for Port Vila and

Candyce Simeon at santo@businesslinkpacific.com or for Luganville, Santo.

or call and talk to them on the phone by dialing +6787790124 for Port Vila and +6785580870 for Santo.