Posted on 30 Oct 2025
Calling innovative proposals to combat organized crime in the Mekong!
Are you a civil society organization or individual working to combat, prevent or respond to issues of drug trafficking, financial crime or child sexual exploitation? Has your organization strengthened resilience to cross-cutting drivers and enablers of organized crime?
We are looking for novel and innovative projects in the region.
The MNET-CTC Grants:
In 2025, the GI-TOC partnered with the Australian Government to establish the Mekong Network to Counter Transnational Crime (MNET-CTC) dedicated to enhancing local capacity, collating and producing analysis and information and building local and regional networks and partnerships that develop resilience and galvanize responses to organized crime and subsequently raise awareness of the Mekong through inclusion in global debates.
As part of the MNET-CTC programme, the GI-TOC seeks organizations and actors locally embedded in communities and networks affected by, and at risk of, criminality in the Mekong. For example, this may include non-profit and non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, media organizations and journalists, women and youth collectives, faith-based organizations, and regional associations with programmatic overlaps to organized crime issues.
The GI-TOC calls upon these organizations to propose novel and innovative projects that respond to and prevent organized crime in the Mekong. Through this MNET-CTC Resilience Fund grant opportunity, the GI-TOC seeks to enhance local capacity and bolster community resilience across the Mekong region and support communities to respond to emerging priorities. The grantees will be expected to embrace their connections and community resources to target responses, strengthen networking and maximize impact.
The GI-TOC invites proposals featuring creative responses to issues with links to organized crime, which may include, investigations, capacity building and trainings, youth prevention programs, early warning systems, projects expanding economic and educational opportunities, reintegration and resocializations programs, awareness raising activities, and/or advocacy raising activities, among other ideas.
Available funding:
The grants facility will provide fixed grant amounts (i.e., milestone based) of between AUD10 000 – AUD30 000.
Geographical focus:
The primary focus countries are Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Applications that cover Myanmar and/or are proposed by Myanmar organizations will also be considered.
Timeframe of the grant:
One year (12 months) grant period from approx. February 2026 to February 2027.
Deadline for applying:
30 November 2025 for submission of the pre-application questionnaire.
