Closed Grant Opportunity View - GO6822

The Vietnamese Labour Mobility: Labour Sending Support program (the program) will run over 3 financial years from 2023-24 to 2025-26 to facilitate the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Australia and Vietnam to support citizens of Vietnam to work in the Australian agriculture sector.

The MoU allow up to 1,000 Vietnamese citizens to undertake seasonal and non-seasonal agriculture related work in Australia for up to four years, to be reviewed annually. Vietnamese workers will be employed in primary industry sectors, including horticulture, meat processing, fisheries (including aquaculture) and forestry.

The grant recipient will facilitate the MoU by undertaking offshore assurance and labour sending support in Vietnam and working with the Governments of Australia and Vietnam to provide assurance of recruitment models, to minimise modern slavery and program integrity risks, facilitate pre-departure information and preparation of workers and collect data on worker experiences.

Please refer to Section 4.1 of the Grant Guidelines – we can only accept applications from the International Labour Organization.

If you are successful, we expect you will be able to commence your grant activity services around May 2024. The end date of grant activity or agreement is around May 2027.

$2,925,000.00

Submit your application to PALMscheme@dfat.gov.au by 9am AEDT on Friday 5 April 2024.