Deadline: 10-Aug-23
Up to $8 million in grant funding is now available for projects that reduce the risk and impact of natural disasters on Victorian communities and economies as part of the latest Risk and Resilience Grants Program.
Floodplain management authorities, municipal councils, volunteer groups, State government departments, other non-government emergency management organisations, small businesses and research institutions will be able to apply for grants of up to $250,000 as part of the program.
The grants program is funded under the National Partnership Agreement (NPA) on Disaster Risk Reduction and aims to reduce the risk and limit the impact of natural disasters in line with the National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework (External link).
Under the NPA, Victoria develops an Implementation Plan for approval by the Commonwealth Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience to receive funding for the Program. Emergency Management Victoria is responsible for administering the Program.
The NPA aims to reduce the risk and limit the impact of disasters associated with natural hazards on Australian communities and economies and will deliver on the priorities and goals of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework (the Framework).
Themes
- Projects must focus on one of three key themes:
- Climate change – supporting adaptation, risk reduction and mitigation initiatives that reduce disaster risk.
- Designing for risk and resilience – supporting initiatives that strengthen the resilience of Victorian infrastructure including government and community infrastructure.
- Managing local and regional risks and building resilience – supporting initiatives that improve understanding of local or regional disaster risks, strengthen accountability for and governance of regional risks, and support initiatives that are seeking to directly reduce disaster risk at a local or regional level.
Funding Information
- Applicants may apply for a minimum of $10,000 and up to $250,000 (GST exclusive).
- Project duration
- The Program is targeting short term projects. Projects are expected to be finalised within a 12-month period from execution of the funding agreement.
- In some cases, consideration may be given for a longer duration (up to 24 months) if an applicant can provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate to demonstrate the need for the project and a longer duration.
Funding Conditions
- Grants will be conditional upon applicants agreeing to comply with the following:
- Victorian Government’s Common Funding Agreement (External link) including periodic progress reports, a final report, acquittal documentation and evidence of outputs and outcomes.
- Funds cannot be used as a state or local contribution for a project under another Commonwealth Government grants scheme requiring shared funding.
- Similarly, Commonwealth funds may not be used as all or part of the local funding contribution to a project funded under the program.
- Australian Government funding under the National Partnership Agreement, and any State Government funding provided in conjunction, being publicly acknowledged in all publications, promotional and advertising materials, public announcements and activities or any products, processes or inventions developed under the program.
- There is an expectation that for projects that includes the production of flood mapping, the organisation must provide project outputs to the FloodZoom platform for uploading.
- Funds will be paid through instalments that will span the duration of the approved project and on completion. Depending on the length of the project, this may span more than one financial year.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following organisations from Victoria can apply for the Risk and Resilience Grant Program:
- State government departments and agencies including floodplain management authorities
- municipal councils
- volunteer emergency service organisations
- peak bodies and incorporated associations/organisations with an emergency management purpose, connection or interest
- research institutions
- private and non-government organisations, including small business and associated business groups.
What will not be funded?
- Grants will not be available for:
- ongoing program funding or funding for projects considered to be core business of an organisation
- purchase (where an organisation normally provides for such investment), maintenance or upkeep of assets
- projects that have already commenced or are complete
- projects that are funded under other grant or government funding programs
- projects developing products or services for commercial application, including by the not-for-profit sector
- projects that primarily confer a potential commercial benefit upon the applicant or a key partner.
- Projects that are an element of another larger project will only be considered if it will produce a discrete output that is useable on its own, even if further stages of the larger project are not funded.
For more information, visit Risk and Resilience Grants Program.