PACDAC is responsible for making recommendations on the allocation of grants from the Government’s Peace and Disarmament Education Trust (PADET) and the Disarmament Education United Nations Implementation Fund (DEUNIF). These funds are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA).

Set up in 1988 with funds from France in recognition of the events surrounding the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland, the objective of PADET is to promote international peace, arms control and disarmament through education. The trust makes one-off grants for projects, and provides scholarships for postgraduate research.

DEUNIF was set up in 2004 by the Government to provide funds to non-government organisations to implement disarmament education programmes. The funding is allocated by Treasury on an annual basis.

We encourage applications for funding for projects and research that:

• Increase public interest in these and other disarmament and arms control issues, including through disarmament education; and/or

• Raise unaddressed disarmament issues of concern and highlights challenges that New Zealand could prioritize.

To find out more about these funds please refer to:

• Peace and Disarmament Education Trust

• Disarmament Education United Nations Implementation Fund