Australian Government Grants News – July 2018 Edition The Streamlining Government Grants Administration Program and Grants Hubs; Great News! Whole-of-government Grant Tools; and Grant-making charities; Three grants related Resource Management Guides have been updated, GrantConnect – and are now available on the Department the grants ‘GO-to’ place for of Finance website! The Department of Finance in consultation with GrantConnect has been the single point of 20 non-corporate Commonwealth entities have discovery for all Australian Government Grant reviewed and revised the following grants related Opportunities since 30 April 2017, and Grants Resource Management Guides (RMGs): Awarded information since 31 December 2017. During this time, entities and applicants have been making the most of the information available Resource Management Guide No. 412: on GrantConnect. Some interesting statistics to Australian Government Grants date are: – Briefing, Reporting, Evaluating and 13,500 public - Registered Users, 400 Election Commitments Entity Users 511,000 opportunity notifications emails have been sent to Registered Users 42 Forecast Opportunities published (28 The updated RMGs reflects best practice grants linked to Grant Opportunities) administration under the . 312 Grant Opportunities published with 23,000 downloads of grant guidelines The guides are designed to assist officials to Approx. 7,100 Grants Awards published operate in the Australian Government’s resource with a total value $2.3 billion. management framework by providing guidance on how officials can best implement the The next phase of the project will provide secure requirements under the CGRGs. application submission. More information will become available once testing activities and The RMGs are available from the Finance acceptance is finalised. website at: . For more information about GrantConnect, For more information email: visit or watch the informational video on . Streamlining Government Grants This July edition of Grants News provides Administration (SGGA) a number of interesting articles on: The SGGA initiative, led by the Department of Finance, is part of the Government’s vision to drive a smarter and more productive public sector. GrantConnect; For 14 participating entities, grants administration is being consolidated into two specialist grants
Australian Government Grants News – July 2018 Edition Great News! Three grants related Resource Management Guides have been updated, and are now available on the Department of Finance website! The Department of Finance in consultation with 20 non-corporate Commonwealth entities have reviewed and revised the following grants related Resource Management Guides (RMGs): Resource Management Guide No. 412: Australian Government Grants – Briefing, Reporting, Evaluating and Election Commitments The updated RMGs reflects best practice grants administration under the . The guides are designed to assist officials to operate in the Australian Government’s resource management framework by providing guidance on how officials can best implement the requirements under the CGRGs. The RMGs are available from the Finance website at: . For more information email: This July edition of Grants News provides a number of interesting articles on: GrantConnect; The Streamlining Government Grants Administration Program and Grants Hubs; Whole-of-government Grant Tools; and Grant-making charities; GrantConnect – the ‘GO-to’ place for grants GrantConnect has been the single point of discovery for all Australian Government Grant Opportunities since 30 April 2017, and Grants Awarded information since 31 December 2017. During this time, entities and applicants have been making the most of the information available on GrantConnect. Some interesting statistics to date are: 13,500 public - Registered Users, 400 Entity Users 511,000 opportunity notifications emails have been sent to Registered Users 42 Forecast Opportunities published (28 linked to Grant Opportunities) 312 Grant Opportunities published with 23,000 downloads of grant guidelines Approx. 7,100 Grants Awards published with a total value $2.3 billion. The next phase of the project will provide secure application submission. More information will become available once testing activities and acceptance is finalised. For more information about GrantConnect, visit or watch the informational video on . Streamlining Government Grants Administration (SGGA) The SGGA initiative, led by the Department of Finance, is part of the Government’s vision to drive a smarter and more productive public sector. For 14 participating entities, grants administration is being consolidated into two specialist grants