Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO460

The Australia-ASEAN Council's (AAC’s) mission is to increase knowledge and promote Australia's interests in South-East Asia by initiating and supporting activities designed to enhance awareness, understanding and links between people and institutions in Australia and ten South-East Asian countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The priority of the Special Australia-ASEAN Council grant round is to leverage the momentum of the Special Summit to generate increased enthusiasm and awareness about the ASEAN-Australia relationship, including:

• the strength of people-to-people connections, generated through migration, education and tourism
• the significance of trade and investment ties  – ASEAN is Australia’s third largest trading partner and fourth largest source of foreign investment
• the value of increased government-to-government engagement on regional strategic and economic issues.

Preference will be given to applications which reflect the Special Summit’s theme of Enhancing regional security and prosperity and any of the following priorities for ASEAN-Australia cooperation:

• education
• economic cooperation and business linkages, particularly as these relate to the challenges and opportunities from digital transformation 
• cooperation on regional issues, including cyber cooperation, combatting human-trafficking and countering terrorism

Activities to be funded could include:

• academic or think-tank discussions and exchanges
• community or public events
• media programming
• cultural events
• business or other networking events

To be eligible you must:

• be one of the following entity types:
• an Australian entity with an Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN)
• a consortium with a lead organisation
• a registered charity or not-for-profit organisation
• an Australian local government body
• an Australian State/Territory government body
• a corporate Commonwealth entity
• an Australian statutory authority
• an Australian or permanent resident of Australia
• and be willing to provide or develop child protection guidelines for your project if it involves people under the age of 18 years.

Applications from consortia are acceptable, provided you have a lead applicant who is the main driver of the project and is eligible as per the list above.

Individuals who intend the grant to be administered by a university should apply on behalf of the university, i.e. your university is the applicant.

$200,000.00

From $20,000.00 to $40,000.00

Apply by going to  https://dfat.smartygrants.com.au/AACSup2017-18