Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship Program: Fostering Integration Grants

Deadline: 14-Jun-22

The Australian Government is inviting organisations in an open process to apply to deliver grants under the Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship Program – Fostering Integration Grant Scheme from 2022 to 2023.

Objectives

The objective of Fostering Integration Grants is to facilitate participation, integration and social cohesion of both newly arrived migrants and multicultural communities in Australia by:

encouraging the social and economic participation of migrants by developing skills and cultural competencies to integrate into Australian social, economic and civic life, and build community resilience
promoting and encouraging the uptake of Australian values and liberal democracy and amplifying the value of Australian citizenship
promoting a greater understanding and acceptance of Australia’s inclusive national identity and multicultural and multi-faith diversity
addressing issues within Australian communities that show potential for, or early signs of, low social integration.

Types of Project

The grant opportunity seeks applications under two project types:

Project 1 activities will support the integration or capacity building of recently-arrived migrants and multicultural communities.
Project 2 activities will support the minor fit out, extension or upgrade of existing community spaces and amenities.

Principles

The underlying principles of the Fostering Integration Grants are to:

assist migrants to integrate into Australian social, economic and civic life
support small culturally diverse community organisations and groups in Australia that provide cultural activities, and community programs and events
build upon Australia’s multicultural success with a particular focus on building social cohesion.

Australia is a multicultural society. Almost half of the current population was either born overseas or has at least one parent born overseas. They have flourished in part thanks to the multicultural and multi-faith diversity, underpinned by the inclusive national identity and shared Australian values. They do not take the unity and prosperity for granted, Communities and community organisations play a critical role in supporting and building the social cohesion and keeping communities strong, cohesive and prosperous.