Deadline: 10 August 2018
The Australian Government is seeking applications for the 3rd round of its Business Partnerships Platform (BPP) to “create scalable shared value partnerships that advance Australia’s economic and social development objectives”. These partnerships are being created in the following ways:
- Reconceiving products and markets.
- Redefining productivity in the value chain.
- Enabling local cluster development.
The Australian Government aid program works to solve complex development challenges in frontier and emerging markets in our region, contributing to sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction across priority sectors.
Funding Information
- The level of funding that may be requested and granted under the BPP will be between AUD 100,000 and AUD 500,000 per successful application.
- Applicants must commit to contribute at least 50 per cent of proposed implementation costs. In other words, the combined contributions of all partner organisations in a proposal (the total cash contributions and in-kind contributions of all proposed partner organisations), must at least match the total amount sought from the BPP/DFAT. For example, if you request AUD 300,000 from the BPP/DFAT, then the combined contribution of all partners in the application must be at least AUD 300,000, bringing the total initiative cost to AUD 600,000 or more.
Eligible Sectors
- Resources and clean energy
- Economic Governance
- Agriculture, water and fisheries
- Tourism
- ICT and financial inclusion
- Transport and infrastructure
- Education and health
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are open to businesses or other types of organisations undertaking, or looking to undertake, an initiative of a commercial nature in one of the eligible sectors in one of the participating countries (Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Laos, Samoa, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, The Philippines, Indonesia, Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, The Republic of Mozambique, Ethiopia).
- Applicant organisations may be businesses, investors, social enterprises, NGOs, NFPs, cooperatives, universities, or other types of organisations, or consortiums.
- Applicant organisations do not need to originate from any specific country. Organisations do not have to be from, or based in Australia.
- Applicant organisations must be able to operate in the country where they propose to undertake the BPP initiative.
- More than one organisation may be involved in a single application. Joint applications are not mandatory. However, applicants are encouraged to consider this approach as in some cases this approach may support a diverse technical, knowledge and risk management proposition. Eligible organisations may be involved in more than one application.
- Applications must be made by established organisations that meet (or are able to meet) the requirements of DFAT’s due diligence process, including:
- Registration with a business or other recognised registration/accreditation body
- Established financial history
- Not listed on World Bank, Asian Development Bank or Attorney General sanctions lists
- Other background criminal and reputational checks.
- Each application must specify a single organisation as a Lead Partner who will take key ownership of the initiative and who will be the main point of contact between the partnership and the BPP Fund Manager if the proposal is successful. The Lead Partner will enter into a contractual agreement with the BPP Fund Manager and will receive and administer the BPP grant.
- Applicants must provide details of all organisations participating in the proposed initiative. This includes:
- Other Partners – organisations who are visibly and materially involved in achieving the partnership outcomes. Other partners often have significant roles implementing the initiative.
- Investors – other non-implementing organisations who are investing in the initiative.
- For multi-partner applications, applicants are encouraged to attach to their application a Memorandum of Understanding or similar document that exists between partners at the time of application. DFAT reserves the right to reassess any proposal if, following submission, the membership of a successful multiple partner proposal changes, including withdrawing partnership member(s).
How to Apply
Applicants must register and submit an application online via given website.
For more information, please visit BPP Round 3.