Deadline: 22-Jul-20
The Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund 2019-20 provides state agencies, local governments, non-government organisations and not-for-profit groups with information required to apply for funding administered by the QRA to deliver resilience and disaster risk reduction initiatives.
Objectives
The objectives are to support projects that deliver disaster resilience and risk reduction outcomes for Queensland communities that:
- align with the Queensland Strategy for Disaster Resilience (QSDR) objectives:
- Queenslanders understand their disaster risk
- Strengthened disaster risk management
- Queenslanders are invested in disaster risk reduction
- Continuous improvement in disaster preparedness, response and recovery
- address identified risk priorities (including those assessed in the Queensland State Natural Hazard Risk Assessment 2017)
- align with the priorities of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework
Funding Information
A total of $13.1 million is available in this round, comprising $4.8 million from the Commonwealth Government and $8.3 million from the Queensland Government.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible projects must deliver outcomes to Queensland communities. Priority will be given to Queensland-based applicants, including Queensland-based branches of national organisations. Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to:
- local government bodies constituted under the Local Government Act 2009; or the City of Brisbane Act 2010, and the Weipa Town Authority
- Regional Organisations of Councils
- Regional Natural Resource Management bodies
- River Improvement Trusts
- Water authorities and local water boards
- Queensland Government departments and agencies
- incorporated non-government organisations (including volunteer groups)
- Not-for-profit organisations.
Collaborative projects are encouraged and may be lodged as a joint application between eligible applicants. An eligible applicant may also submit a joint application with an ineligible applicant.
For more information, visit https://www.qra.qld.gov.au/QRRRF
