Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO759

Australia is a signatory to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Convention). The Convention is an international agreement which seeks to protect children from the harmful effects of abduction and retention across international borders. The Convention provides a mechanism to seek about the prompt return of children to their country of habitual residence so that authorities of that country can make decisions about their future parenting arrangements.  The Convention also aims to assist parents to secure rights of access to children.

Australia is also a party to bilateral agreements on international parental child abduction with Egypt and Lebanon. These are known as the Australia-Egypt Agreement and the Australia-Lebanon Agreement (the Bilateral Agreements). IFLS is responsible for assessing applications made in relation to children in Egypt or Lebanon under those Bilateral Agreements.  

The purpose of the grant is for an eligible organisation to deliver and manage a national service (funded grant activity) that provides:

• legal assistance to left-behind parents, or caregivers who hold rights of custody or access, in Australia to prepare and lodge applications for the return of children from, or access to children in, a Convention country (other than Australia) or for assistance under the Bilateral Agreements in relation to a child located outside of Australia
• social work support, including information, referral and counselling, to people affected by international parental child abduction, whether involving a Convention country or not.

To be eligible you must be a registered charity or not-for-profit organisation incorporated in Australia, and:

• may also be one of the following entity types:

– a company incorporated in Australia

– a company incorporated by guarantee

– an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust

– an incorporated association

– a partnership

– a consortium with a lead organisation

– an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)

• be registered for the purposes of GST

• have an account with an Australian financial institution.

Applications from consortia will be considered, provided all members of the proposed consortium project are eligible as per the above requirements. 

01/07/2018 - 30/06/2021

$2,400,000.00

Complete the application form and email it, along with the requested attachments, to FLSIsection@ag.gov.au

Page limits apply to criteria, any pages additional to the limits will not be considered.