Global Humanitarian Assistance

Each year the Faroese Government allocates a certain amount of funds to development assistance. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture manages this area and grants the funds to organisations working to improve conditions in low income countries.

The main goal is sustainable development and to improve conditions and secure livelihoods beyond the duration of the individual projects. Strengthening Faroese development assistance is also a priority, and is done by funding projects that allow for active involvement by Faroese organisations, or other partners that can provide professional or technical expertise or assistance.

General priorities are set in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 14.

The foundation of sustainable development is to provide the tools that can help people become self-sufficient, thus, highest priority is given to projects that focus on health, education and a sustainable supply of food. The Faroese are experts in sustainable fisheries and projects that utilise this expertise are also given priority.

Funding is restricted to projects or programmes that take place in countries that the OECD designates as low income countries. Funding will only be provided for one year at time, i.e. for projects stretching beyond 12 months a new application is needed for each succeeding year. The same project can be continously awarded for a maximum of three grants.

The full guidelines are available in the tab to the right.

The grant call for 2026 will be published in Q2. Details on the grant call for 2026 will be published on this website.

The grant does not exclude any target participant group, sector, or implementation area from applying, but the following priorities might factor in whether an application will be awarded a grant:

• The grant will prioritise humanitarian projects and responses supporting marginalised and underserved population groups, women, youth, and children.
• The grant will prioritise humanitarian projects and responses in the sectors relating to SDG 14 (Life below water) such as aquaculture and fish farming, and in the sectors health (including mental health), poverty relief, child protection, and quality education.
• The grant will prioritise humanitarian projects and responses implemented in countries with active war, occupation, or war-like situations, and in countries with complex and underfunded crises.
• The grant will strongly prioritise humanitarian projects and responses that are locally led and locally anchored.

Please read the full guidelines in the template.

Please note that the Ministry will only consider new applications from previous recipients after receiving a satisfactory report or interim report for the previous projects funded by the Government of the Faroe Islands.