Deadline: 25-Sep-20
The Australian Government is inviting applications to deliver services under the Future Drought Fund: Drought Resilience Leaders Project. The Future Drought Fund (the Fund) is a long-term investment fund that provides a sustainable source of funding to help Australian farmers and communities become more prepared for, and resilient to, the impacts of drought.
The Drought Resilience Leaders (DRL) project grant will fund a provider to design and deliver the DRL Project nationally in agriculture dependent communities. Drought resilience includes the ability to adapt, reorganise or transform in response to changing temperature, increasing variability and scarcity of rainfall, and changed seasonality of rainfall, which may lead to improved economic, environmental and social wellbeing.
Project Outcomes
The intended outcomes of the Drought Resilience Leaders Project are to:
- design and deliver a drought resilience leadership course and a mentoring program that will develop the skills and capabilities of young and emerging leaders, and facilitate a culture of learning and knowledge sharing throughout agriculture dependent communities – building a national drought resilience leadership capability
- empower young and emerging leaders across a range of sectors (Indigenous Australians, women, agri-business, entrepreneurship, natural resource management and industry) to share and apply their skills and knowledge developed and acquired through the DRL Training Course with their community
- enable farmers (with demonstrated experience and capacity) as well as other drought and climate experts to share drought and climate resilience and adaptation skills and knowledge with their peers through mentoring (an informal learning program).
Funding Information
Applicants can apply for a grant, which includes administrative funding, up to a maximum of $7.45 million (exclusive of GST).
Eligibility Criteria
- To be the eligible provider, applicants must be a legal entity with an Australian Business Number (ABN), have an account with an Australian financial institution and be capable of entering into a legally binding and enforceable Agreement with the Commonwealth. This includes the following entity types:
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation, council or incorporated association
- Company
- Cooperative
- Incorporated Association
- Sole Trader
- Partnership
- Trustee on behalf of a Trust
- In a legally binding partnership, the executing partner must have authorisation from all other partners to execute the grant agreement.
- Consortium applications are eligible to apply, providing all partners are eligible entities individually.
For more information, visit https://www.communitygrants.gov.au/grants/droughtresilienceleaders