Deadline: 16 March 2020
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is accepting applications for Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program (ACDGP) 2020-2021.
Objectives
The objectives of the ACDGP 2020 are to:
- support bushfire affected communities to build, rebuild and promote creative industries by developing international connections and partnerships
- promote their economic, artistic and cultural assets to an international audience
- influence perceptions of Australia at home and abroad
- support innovative cultural collaboration and exchange
- expand audiences and markets
- build people-to-people links internationally
Outcomes
The ACDGP will advance the aims of the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper by:
- supporting cultural collaboration and partnerships that advance Australia’s interests, and build their soft power and influence internationally.
- establishing networks and exchanges between the Australian creative sector and its international partners, to expand audiences and markets.
Funding Information
Grant applications for a maximum of $60,000 per year for up to three years will be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
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)
- an Australian consortium with a lead organisation
- an Australian 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 citizen or permanent resident of Australia.
- Provide or develop child protection guidelines for your project if it involves people under the age of 18 years.
- 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.
You are not eligible to apply if you are:
- not an Australian, a permanent resident of Australia or an Australian organisation.
- a previous applicant who has failed to provide a full and proper acquittal of an earlier ACDGP grant.
Assessment Criteria
- Support the building, rebuilding and promotion of the creative industries in bushfireaffected areas of Australia.
- Support cultural diplomacy through sustained purposeful engagement.
- An innovative project that promotes Australia as a contemporary, diverse nation and a source of creative excellence.
- International collaboration and the potential for enhanced engagement in line with the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper.
- Proven experience in delivering best practice projects overseas.
- Demonstrated artistic merit.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, visit https://dfat.gov.au/people-to-people/public-diplomacy/acdgp/Pages/acdgp-guidelines.aspx