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ASEAN-Australia Centre - 2024-25 Grants Program

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The ASEAN-Australia Centre 2024-25 Grants Program

Process

The ASEAN-Australia Centre (‘the Centre’) 2024-25 Grants Program is designed to achieve Australian Government objectives

This grants opportunity contributes to DFAT’s Portfolio Budget Statement Outcome 1. DFAT and the Centre works with stakeholders to plan and design the grant program according to the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines (CGRGs)

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The grants opportunity opens

 We publish the grant guidelines on GrantConnect.

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You complete and submit a grant application

You complete the application form and address all of the eligibility and assessment criteria to be considered for a grant.

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We assess all grant applications

We assess the applications against eligibility criteria. We assess your eligible application against the assessment criteria including an overall consideration of value with money and compare it to other applications.

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We make grant recommendations

We provide advice to the decision maker on the merits of each application.

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Grant decisions are made

The decision maker decides which applications are successful.

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We notify you of the outcome

We advise you of the outcome of your application. We may not notify unsuccessful applicants until grant agreements have been executed with successful applicants.

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We enter into a grant agreement

We will enter into a grant agreement with you if successful.  The type of grant agreement is based on the nature of the grant and will be proportional to the risks involved.

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Delivery of grant

You undertake the grant activity as set out in your grant agreement. We (or other entity if applicable) manage the grant by working with you, monitoring your progress and making payments.

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Evaluation of the ASEAN-Australia Centre 2024-25 Grants Program

We evaluate your specific grant activity against the ASEAN-Australia Centre 2024-25 Grants Program objectives. We base this on information you provide to us and that we collect from various sources.

 

 

Introduction

Thank you for your interest in the ASEAN-Australia Centre (‘the Centre’s’) 2024-25 Grants Program. Established in 2024, the Centre is a national platform that supports initiatives aimed at strengthening Australian business, education, cultural and community connections with ASEAN Members States and, where appropriate, Timor-Leste.

These guidelines contain information on the Centre’s 2024-25 Grants Program, including:

  • the purpose of the grant program/grant opportunity
  • the eligibility and assessment criteria
  • how grant applications are considered and selected
  • how grantees are notified and receive grant payments
  • how grantees will be monitored and evaluated
  • responsibilities and expectations in relation to the opportunity.

About the Grants Program

The Centre, subject to ongoing budget, will provide grants each year to develop, promote and strengthen understanding and engagement between Australia and Southeast Asia (encompassing ASEAN Member States and Timor-Leste) in support of Australia’s national interests.

The Centre will support the implementation of the ASEAN-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and will work with ASEAN to ensure alignment with ASEAN priorities, including the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.

The Centre will build on the Australian Government’s ongoing commitment to deepen engagement with Southeast Asia and will implement recommendations from Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040.

To deliver on its objectives, the Centre will focus its work on four strategic pillars:

  • Southeast Asia literacy
  • Economic linkages
  • Education
  • Cultural connections.

The priority areas for the Centre’s Grants will likely change from year-to-year. For the 2024-25 grants opportunity, the Centre welcomes applications in line with its objectives and strategic pillars in the following three priority areas:

  1. Creative industry-focused exchange initiatives (in music, performing arts, design and visual arts, fashion, screen, digital games, and writing sectors) to facilitate further collaboration between creative talent in Australia and Southeast Asia, including but not limited to:
    • export, trade and investment opportunities
    • professional and creative exchanges and collaborations
    • partnerships
    • internships
    • skills sharing.

Initiatives can be in one or more of the sectors mentioned above. Cross-sectoral initiatives are also welcomed.

  1. Cultural initiatives focused on creating market development opportunities to drive two-way trade, tourism, and business, and create cross-cultural connections between Australian and Southeast Asian institutions and organisations including but not limited to:
    • export, trade and investment opportunities
    • professional, creative, and cultural exchanges and collaborations
    • partnerships
    • residencies and internships
    • skills sharing.

Initiatives focused upon promoting the rich cultural heritage of Indigenous Australians, involving Indigenous Australian participants and/or Australian participants with Southeast Asian heritage will be favourably considered.

  1. Grants for Australian researchers or institutions to undertake projects focused on practical efforts to strengthen Southeast Asia literacy in Australian business, government, the education and training system, and the community. Projects with a commercialisation objective and/or with industry partner involvement will be favourably considered. Joint projects with Southeast Asian partners may also be considered. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:
    • increased business, trade, tourism and investment between Australia and ASEAN and Timor-Leste
    • deepened mutual understanding, capability and increased Southeast Asia literacy in Australian business, government, the education and training system, and the community.
    • increased cross-cultural connections between Australian and Southeast Asian cultural institutions, business, organisations and the community
    • increased, positive, awareness of ASEAN-Australia relations among Australian and Southeast Asian audiences.

For all priority areas

  • projects that are multi-country in scope or strengthen regional responses to the objectives will be favourably considered but bilateral initiatives are also welcome to apply
  • applications with Southeast Asian partners are strongly encouraged
  • applications from Indigenous Australians and Indigenous Australian-led organisations are strongly encouraged
  • women and women-led businesses and organisations are strongly encouraged to apply
  • applicants with diverse abilities are welcomed.

The Centre administers the Grants program according to the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines (CGRGs)[1].

[1]https://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-11/commonwealth-grants-rules-and-guidelines.pdf  

Grants Available

Thank you for your interest in the ASEAN-Australia Centre (‘the Centre’s’) 2024-25 Grants Program. Established in 2024, the Centre is a national platform that supports initiatives aimed at strengthening Australian business, education, cultural and community connections with ASEAN Members States and, where appropriate, Timor-Leste.

These guidelines contain information on the Centre’s 2024-25 Grants Program, including:

  • the purpose of the grant program/grant opportunity
  • the eligibility and assessment criteria
  • how grant applications are considered and selected
  • how grantees are notified and receive grant payments
  • how grantees will be monitored and evaluated
  • responsibilities and expectations in relation to the opportunity.

Grant Period

The maximum grant period is two years. If successful, you must start your grant activity before the end of the 2024-25 financial year (i.e. before 30 June 2025).