Australian Government Grants News – November 2017 Edition Welcome back to Grants News! It’s been a while since we last published an Grants Rules and Guidelines edition of Grants News but so much has been The Commonwealth Grants Rules and happening in the grants space! Guidelines (CGRGs) establish the Australian overarching Government’s In this edition read about: grants policy framework. The revised The latest Commonwealth Grants Rules came into effect on 30 August 2017 as and Guidelines - released on 30 August a legislative instrument under section 105C 2017. of the . GrantConnect - the Australian Government’s whole-of-government grants information system - which went in the 2017 CGRGs? What’s new live with the discovery phase on 6 February 2017 and is now entering the Changes to the CGRGs include: reporting phase. a requirement to publish all grant The whole-of-government grant opportunity guidelines on GrantConnect; opportunity guidelines and grant a requirement to publish grants awarded to agreements templates helping entities a central reporting area on GrantConnect streamline administration. from 31 December 2017; Two Grants Hubs designing and 21 calendar days to report grants awarded; delivering grant opportunities on behalf of a requirement to provide additional briefing thirteen Commonwealth entities. information for Ministers on demand-driven grant opportunities. The ACNC Annual Information Statement Hub - a one-stop shop for charities The CGRGs updated glossary includes new wishing to complete their reporting, which standardised grant terms, which have also been added to a suite of grant opportunity links directly to the Annual Information guidelines and grant agreement templates. Statement. See related article below. Taxable payments reporting for The responsibility of officials to advise government entities, which started on ministers of the requirements of the CGRGs has 1 July 2017. not changed. Any questions? Email us, Find your grant on GrantConnect
Australian Government Grants News – November 2017 Edition Welcome back to Grants News! It’s been a while since we last published an edition of Grants News but so much has been happening in the grants space! In this edition read about: The latest Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines - released on 30 August 2017. GrantConnect - the Australian Government’s whole-of-government grants information system - which went live with the discovery phase on 6 February 2017 and is now entering the reporting phase. The whole-of-government grant opportunity guidelines and grant agreements templates helping entities streamline administration. Two Grants Hubs designing and delivering grant opportunities on behalf of thirteen Commonwealth entities. The ACNC Annual Information Statement Hub - a one-stop shop for charities wishing to complete their reporting, which links directly to the Annual Information Statement. Taxable payments reporting for government entities, which started on 1 July 2017. Grants Rules and Guidelines The Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines (CGRGs) establish the Australian Government’s overarching grants policy framework. The revised came into effect on 30 August 2017 as a legislative instrument under section 105C of the . What’s new in the 2017 CGRGs? Changes to the CGRGs include: a requirement to publish all grant opportunity guidelines on GrantConnect; a requirement to publish grants awarded to a central reporting area on GrantConnect from 31 December 2017; 21 calendar days to report grants awarded; a requirement to provide additional briefing information for Ministers on demand-driven grant opportunities. The CGRGs updated glossary includes new standardised grant terms, which have also been added to a suite of grant opportunity guidelines and grant agreement templates. See related article below. The responsibility of officials to advise ministers of the requirements of the CGRGs has not changed. Any questions? Email us, Find your grant on GrantConnect
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