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CapaCity Building and partiCipation program 2016-17

Building Multicultural Community and Organisational Capacity

Guidelines

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Message froM the Minister

Message from the Minister

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The Victorian Government encourages all Victorians to embrace cultural diversity. The Capacity Building and Participation (CBP) Program aims to support multicultural communities – both new and established – to participate in all aspects of Victorian life.

The Victorian Government strongly believes that building the skills and knowledge of our diverse communities – from all ages and backgrounds – is an important part of social inclusion, leading to a range of positive social, economic, health and wellbeing outcomes. Members of all Victoria’s diverse cultural and linguistic communities, including newly arrived refugee and asylum seeker communities and Victoria’s multicultural seniors’ groups, play an important role in bringing a wealth of experience, skills and knowledge to our State.

The program will build the capacity of multicultural communities to be able to fully participate in Victorian society in a variety of ways: by creating opportunities through small grassroots activities for multicultural communities, young people, women, seniors, refugees and asylum seekers to get involved and to connect; by providing much needed support to enable small ethno-specific organisations, seniors clubs and community language schools to thrive; by supporting activities that build an understanding of gender equity and family violence prevention within multicultural communities; and by encouraging strategic partnerships which deliver more responsive and coordinated support to unlock new opportunities for regional multicultural communities, refugees and asylum seekers.

The Victorian Government is committed to supporting communities by providing effective, accessible grants programs that meet a range of cultural, social, economic and educational needs.

I encourage community groups and organisations to apply for a grant under the CBP Program. By working together we can ensure that multicultural communities across Victoria continue to thrive.

robin Scott mp Minister for Multicultural Affairs Minister for Finance

Guidelines Guidelines


What is the Capacity Building and participation program?The Victorian Government is committed to promoting the social, cultural and economic benefits of cultural diversity to all Victorians. The Capacity Building and Participation (CBP) Program is designed to build the knowledge and skills of multicultural communities across Victoria to fully participate and contribute to everyday life in Victoria. The program seeks to strengthen the participation, inclusion and contribution of high needs groups including regional multicultural communities; refugees and asylum seekers; youth; women; seniors; and lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex (LGBTI) multicultural community members. The program also seeks to build community capacity to respond to family violence including through initiatives focused on promoting gender equality, family violence prevention, family safety and family violence service access.

The CBP Program emphasises a collaborative approach where communities and organisations work together on priority issues, and additional contributions are leveraged through partnerships with government, philanthropy and/or community agencies.

This initiative is administered by the Department of Premier and Cabinet’s Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship (OMAC). The design of the program, assessment process and grant recommendations are agreed utilising a collaborative approach between OMAC and the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC).

The CBP Program consolidates a number of grant programs previously administered by the VMC including the Community Strengthening grants, Organisational Support grants, Community Language Schools grants, Multicultural Senior Citizens Organisation Support grants, as well as programs administered by OMAC including the Refugee Action Program, the Rights and Responsibilities Program, the Asylum Seeker Support Program and the Peak Multicultural Organisation Support Program. The program design, assessment process and grant recommendations are agreed utilising a collaborative approach between OMAC and the VMC.

1 _ About the Program 5

2 _ What projects might be funded? 8

3 _ What funding is available? 13

4 _ How to apply 14

5 _ Funding conditions 19

6 _ Appendices 20

1 _ ABOuT THE PROGRAM

Contents

CommunityLanguageSchools

MulticulturalSeniors

OrganisationalSupport

CommunityStrengthening

AsylumSeekerSupportProgram

RefugeeAction

Program

CapacityBuilding andParticipation

Program

Small Grants

Medium Grants

StrategicPartnerships

PeakMulticulturalOrganisation

Program

Rights andResponsibilities

Program



Key dates

Funding Stream applications open applications Close

Small grants Tuesday 15 March 2016 Sunday 17 April 2016

medium grants Tuesday 15 March 2016 Sunday 17 April 2016

Strategic partnerships Stage 1

Stage 2 (selected applicant interviews)

Tuesday 15 March 2016

Monday 9 May 2016

Sunday 24 April 2016

Friday 20 May 2016

objectivesThe CBP Program aims to achieve the following objectives to:

» build the capacity of Victoria’s multicultural communities to actively contribute to all aspects of life in Victoria, including multicultural regional communities, refugee and asylum seeker communities, young people, women, senior multicultural Victorians and LGBTI Victorians;

» strengthen participation, inclusion and service access by multicultural communities across Victoria, including better connecting communities with the mainstream service system;

» strengthen the capacity of multicultural community organisations, including multicultural seniors organisations and community language schools, so that they can better engage and support the multicultural communities and groups that they represent; and

» to foster collaborative and partnership approaches between community and organisations, in which communities are empowered to use their strengths, knowledge and resources, to improve social, cultural, educational and economic pathways and outcomes.

Funding StreamsThe Capacity Building and Participation Program is divided into three funding streams:

Small grants Grants up to $5,000 per year to strengthen the organisational capacity of small multicultural organisations including multicultural seniors and community language schools.

Multi-year funding up to four years will be considered for small grants where applicants can demonstrate a successful track record in undertaking similar funded activities for the last five years or more.

medium grantsGrants up to $75,000 per year for one or two years for community capacity building projects benefitting multicultural communities including high needs groups such as multicultural regional communities, refugee and asylum seeker communities, young people, women, multicultural senior Victorians and LGBTI Victorians or to address the priority issues of gender equality, women’s leadership and financial literacy, family violence prevention, family safety or family violence service responsiveness.

Strategic partnership grantsGrants up to $230,000 per year for four years for strategic partnership approaches to either:

» support refugees and asylum seekers in defined areas across Metropolitan Melbourne (grants up to $200,000 per year for four years); or

» build the capacity of regional multicultural communities, including refugees and asylum seekers, and strengthen community harmony, social cohesion and economic outcomes in defined regional areas (grants up to $230,000 per year for four years).

Please note that organisations are eligible to apply for, and may receive, grants under both Small and Medium Grants. Organisations successful in their application under Strategic Partnerships Grants are not eligible to receive funding for small grants.

Organisations successful in their application under Strategic Partnerships Grants may be eligible to receive funding for Medium grants, but only for family violence or gender equity focused partnership projects which bring together community and organisations with expertise in family violence prevention, service delivery or gender equity.

Who is eligible to apply?Organisations must:

» be a not-for-profit entity or a Local Government Authority (LGA) who partners with a not-for-profit entity (LGAs cannot apply independently);

» if a not-for-profit entity, be registered under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) or the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 (Vic);

» have a current Australian Business Number (ABN); and

» have current Public Liability Insurance. Multicultural senior citizens organisation applying for a small grant are also eligible to apply for complimentary Public Liability Insurance.

Specific eligibility criteria applies for some of the grant categories under the CBP Program. These criteria will be detailed in Section 2.

If your organisation does not meet the above criteria you must nominate an eligible auspice to apply for a grant. Auspice organisations must meet the above criteria, and can include local councils.

Applicants who have overdue accountability reports for previous grants funded through the VMC and OMAC are not eligible to receive funding. To check if you are up to date with accountability reports, please email [email protected]



For projects addressing gender equality, family violence prevention, family safety or service access, partnership approaches which bring together community and organisations with expertise in gender equality, family violence prevention or family violence service delivery are mandatory. Further, projects which address these priority issues with high needs multicultural communities (including those from a refugee and asylum seeker background) by engaging with young people or faith communities or new parents/families will be highly regarded.

Strategic partnership grants – up to $230,000 per annumStrategic partnership grants are available in defined geographical areas to build the capacity of:

» refugee and asylum seeker communities living in defined Metropolitan areas – Refugee and Asylum-seeker Partnerships (RAP) (up to $200,000 per annum); or

» multicultural communities in defined regional centres to strengthen community harmony, social cohesion, economic and participation outcomes for regional multicultural communities including refugees and asylum seekers – Regional Area Partnerships (RAP) (up to $230,000 per annum).

The RAP uses a strategic partnership approach, drawing upon community strengths and resources, to address the needs of multicultural, refugee and asylum seeker communities in defined areas across Victoria by:

» building their capacity including by strengthening education, employment or volunteering pathways and outcomes;

» increasing their participation and inclusion in community life;

» improving their access to government services; and

» promoting community harmony in regional centres.

metropolitan melbourne - refugee and asylum-seeker partnerships (rap) up to $200,000 per annumThe Metropolitan RAP will deliver a strategic partnership approach to enable specialist refugee and asylum seeker service providers to better understand and address refugee and asylum seeker community needs in defined areas across Metropolitan Melbourne in a holistic and coordinated fashion. This funding can complement but not duplicate any Commonwealth and/or other State funding.

The target groups of the RAP are: communities living in Metropolitan Melbourne from refugee backgrounds with demonstrated needs; and asylum seeker communities.

The RAP will be delivered in defined areas across Metropolitan Melbourne to:

» draw upon the strengths and resources of refugee and asylum seeker communities, and assist them to advocate for themselves;

» provide a flexible funding model that allows refugee and asylum seeker communities to collaboratively determine the means and methods by which they are supported and empowered (Community Action Plans to be developed at the Program outset);

» directly support refugee and asylum seeker communities through partnerships with communities, agencies and local service providers;

» provide information and access to services, in line with refugee and asylum seeker community needs; and

» foster collaboration and coordination between funded agencies and other local service providers and organisations working in the region/ sector to improve service access, participation and inclusion outcomes for participating refugee and asylum seeker communities.

Funding Categories

Small grants – up to $5,000 per annumFunding is targeted at supporting small multicultural organisations, including multicultural seniors organisations/clubs and community languages schools, to strengthen their organisational capacity to better serve the multicultural communities they represent.

Funding can be used to support:

» day to day organisational running costs including rent, lighting, heating, catering, utilities, telephone, stationery and postage;

» purchase/hire of minor office equipment, kitchen equipment and other equipment for community capacity building activities;

» provision of community information sessions/seminars; activities or outings, including for seniors clubs; or

» community transportation costs.

Funding of up to $5,000 per annum can be sought to support the capacity of small multicultural organisations, including multicultural seniors clubs and organisations.


Small multicultural organisations are defined as not-for-profit and non-political organisations that strengthen the capacity of culturally and linguistically diverse communities and promote and celebrate culture and language in a way that is inclusive of the whole community. Small multicultural organisations can demonstrate that they support a significant membership base.

For Community language Schools, funding of up to $5,000 per annum for up to four years can be sought to support operating/establishment costs. For community languages schools that are registered with the Department of Education and Training funding of up to $5,000 per annum up to four years can be sought for either professional development of teachers (up to $5,000); and for materials development (up to $5,000).

Community Language Schools are defined as:

» schools teaching languages other than English;

» not-for-profit;

» operate out of normal school hours.

medium grants – up to $75,000 per annumFunding is targeted at creating strong engagement, participation and inclusion outcomes for multicultural communities by funding medium projects (up to $75,000 per year) which either:

» build the capacity of multicultural communities to design and implement sustainable solutions to strengthen participation in community life, create opportunities for gender equality and social inclusion or strengthen education, employment or volunteering pathways and outcomes;

» enhance community understanding and access to local or regional services, thereby creating more informed, independent and empowered communities and more responsive services; and/or

» draw upon community strengths and co-design to respond to challenges or opportunities impacting a local multicultural community or high needs multicultural group, for example through: the positive engagement of LGBTI young people; reducing youth disengagement; a partnership project which engages multicultural communities in family violence prevention and gender equality initiatives or improves women’s leadership, financial literacy or access by women from diverse backgrounds to family violence services; the creation of social and economic opportunities for a group of multicultural mothers; positive engagement between multicultural young people and parents/elders; or the creation of sustainable social, educational and economic pathways for newly arrived refugees or asylum seekers.

Funding can be used to build the capacity of:

» a specified multicultural community (for example: the Karen community in Werribee or the South Pacific Islander community in Victoria); or

» multiple multicultural communities working together on a common priority (for example: partnership project with multicultural youth to develop social media tools which address family violence prevention and gender equality); or

» a defined priority needs group (for example: multicultural women, ageing migrants, multicultural youth, asylum seekers/refugees or LGBTI community members).

Funding of between $1,000 - $75,000 per annum can be sought to support medium, community capacity building projects of up to one year or two years duration.

2 _ WHAT PROjECTS MIGHT BE FuNDED?



Applications for the RAP are open to partnerships in defined metropolitan areas:

area local government areas

Western metropolitan

Wyndham, Hobson’s Bay, Maribyrnong, Melton and Brimbank

northern metropolitan

Hume, Moonee Valley, Melbourne, Yarra, Moreland, Nillumbik, Darebin, Banyule, and Whittlesea

Eastern metropolitan

Maroondah, Knox, Whitehorse, Manningham, Monash, Yarra Ranges and Boroondara

Southern metropolitan

Bayside, Cardinia, Glen Eira, Greater Dandenong, Casey, Kingston, Mornington Peninsula, Stonington, Port Phillip and Frankston

The following organisations are mandatory for each partnership:

» at least one settlement service provider(not–for profit, incorporated, community organisation, and/or a local government organisation), that delivers settlement and capacity building services for refugee communities; and

» at least one asylum seeker provider/s (not for profit, incorporated organisation) that provides material aid (food, housing needs) and services (counselling, advice) to asylum seekers, temporary protection visa holders, bridging visa holders.

Consortiums of additional partner organisations, including local government organisations, are welcome in consideration of delivering a comprehensive, holistic and strategic approach within a defined Metropolitan region.

In order to respond effectively to community need:

» at least 15 per cent of funding for each partnership must be directed towards enabling funding (community-identified activities that build local capacity and support refugee and asylum seeker communities directly); and

» at least 15 per cent of each partnership’s funding must be available to enhance asylum seekers’ access to essential services and to provide critical support as required for community based asylum seekers.

Notwithstanding enabling funding for refugee communities and asylum seeker access, all funds provided under the program are to be spent directly by partner organisations, and no activities detailed in the funding agreement are to be sub-contracted to other organisations without the prior written consent of OMAC.

A two stage application process will apply:

» Stage 1: Online application

» Stage 2: Invitation to proceed to interview assessment.

Go to section 4 for further information about the application process.

WesternMetropolitan Area

NorthernMetropolitan Area

EasternMetropolitan Area

SouthernMetropolitan Area

Owens Murray

GoulburnLoddon

Campaspe

Mallee

Wimmera andCentral Highlands

Barwon andGreat South Coast

Gippsland

regional area partnerships (rap) up to $230,000 per annumRegional Area Partnership (RAP) funding is targeted at supporting strategic partnerships between regional peak multicultural bodies, local government and settlement providers to better coordinate and holistically respond to the needs of multicultural communities, including refugees and asylum seekers, in defined regional areas.

Funding can be used through the partnership to:

» build the capacity of local multicultural communities, including refugees and asylum seekers, youth, women and seniors to achieve strong engagement, inclusion and participation outcomes;

» strengthen education, volunteering, employment and social inclusion outcomes for multicultural communities in regional areas;

» provide a point of coordination to better harness community strengths, understand and address local community need in a strategic and coordinated fashion to support and improve the quality and responsiveness of service provision, advice and information available at a regional level;

» Provide a point of coordination to support the regional settlement of: new refugees from Syria and Iraq; refugees from the Humanitarian Programme; and asylum seekers including those on Safe Haven Enterprise Visas (this funding can complement but not duplicate any Commonwealth and/or other State funding); and

» maintain Victoria’s multifaith and multicultural society by supporting activities that bolster community harmony, understanding and inclusion.

The target groups of the RAP are:

» regional multicultural communities (both established and new and emerging);

» communities from refugee background with demonstrated needs (length of residence in Australia irrelevant); and

» asylum seeker communities.

Applications for the Regional RAP are open to partnerships to build the capacity of regional multicultural communities in seven defined regional areas (see Appendix 1 for additional information about the defined regional areas).

Each RAP can seek a maximum funding allocation of $230,000 per year for up to four years. The following organisations are mandatory for each partnership:

» Regional Ethnic Communities’ Councils or peak bodies identified in the defined regional area;

» at least one settlement service provider* (*not–for profit, incorporated and community organisation,) that delivers settlement and capacity building services for refugee communities within the defined regional area; and

» at least one Local council.



The table below shows the funding available for the three funding streams under the program.

type of activity Funding available

Small grants up to $5,000 per year for organisational support (including for Multicultural seniors organisations)

up to $5,000 for operating/establishment costs for community language schools, including up to $5,000 for community language schools who are registered with the Department of Education and Training for either professional development of teachers and/or up to $5,000 for materials development.


medium grants up to $75,000 per year for one or two years for projects building the capacity of multicultural communities including high needs groups including regional multicultural communities; refugees and asylum seekers; youth; women; seniors and LGBTI multicultural community members or addressing high priority issues including gender equality, women’s leadership, women’s financial literacy, family violence prevention, family safety or service access.

Strategic partnership grants (rap)

up to $200,000 per year for four years for strategic partnership approaches for refugees and asylum seekers in four defined metropolitan areas of Melbourne; or

up to $230,000 per year for four years for strategic partnership approaches to support strong engagement, participation and inclusion outcomes for multicultural communities, refugees and asylum seekers living in seven defined regional areas.

The CBP Program is extremely competitive due to the high volume of applications.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to seek other funding sources and financial partners.

The following organisations are optional for each partnership:

» asylum seeker providers (not for profit, incorporated organisation that provide material aid (food, housing needs) and services (counselling, advice) to asylum seekers, temporary protection visa holders, bridging visa holders;

» jobactive provider or Registered Training Organisation in the defined regional area; or

» other relevant service providers.

The following entities are ineligible to apply, but can be included as part of a strategic partnership approach:

» State or Australian government departments and agencies, including Victoria Police;

» unincorporated organisations; and

» individuals.

At least 20 per cent of each partnership’s funding must be directed towards enabling funding (community-identified activities that build local capacities and supports refugee communities directly) or to enhance asylum seeker access to essential services.

Notwithstanding enabling funding for refugee communities and asylum seeker access, all funds provided under the program are to be spent directly by partner organisations, and no activities detailed in the funding agreement are to be sub-contracted to other organisations without the prior written consent of OMAC.

A two stage application process will apply:

» Stage 1: Online application

» Stage 2: Invitation to proceed to interview assessment.

Please see section 4 for further information about the application process.

timingApplications will be accepted for programs and activities scheduled to run after 1 july 2016.

Projects will need to commence within six months of the grant offer or funding may be withdrawn.

What applications can be supported?The following applications can be supported:

» applications for projects that address the program objectives and funding criteria for the relevant funding stream;

» applications submitted by eligible organisation/s;

» for projects that are scheduled to commence implementation within six months after the offer of a grant has been made.

What applications cannot be supported?The following applications cannot be supported:

» applications from individuals;

» competitions, commercial or fundraising activities;

» to purchase or lease a building or land;

» to purchase class equipment such as tablets or computers;

» initiatives, activities or travel outside Victoria or funding for overseas people or organisations to visit Victoria;

» initiatives or activities that promote or are held for political purposes;

» retrospective funding for projects or programs that have already started or have been completed, including any activity undertaken prior to the notification of the application outcome;

» organisations that have failed to comply with the terms and conditions of previously provided grants; or

» activities and/or organisations eligible for funding under another State, Federal or Local Government program, and where the project is clearly within the programmatic responsibility of another Government program.

3 _ WHAT FuNDING IS AVAILABLE?



How will applications be assessed?Applications will be assessed against the program objectives, eligibility requirements and assessment criteria.

Applications will be assessed by a panel that will consist of representatives from OMAC, VMC and external

specialists. Panel recommendations will be considered by the Minister for Multicultural Affairs for approval.

Given the high demand for grants under this program, the amount of funding approved may be less than the amount requested. In this case grant recipients will be asked to revise their budget and project in-line with the funding offered.

Small grants, medium grants and partnership grants

Ensure you complete the contact and address details, respond to the eligibility criteria and attach all supporting documentation to your application.

Late or incomplete applications may not be considered.

DPC prefers that applications are submitted electronically, to reduce the impact on the environment. If you are unable to submit your application online, please contact us to request a hard copy application form.

For more information contact [email protected] or call 1300 366 356.

Strategic partnership grants There are some important steps to consider for organisations interested in applying for a strategic partnership grant under the CBP Program.

Step 1: Check eligibility

Check the detailed information contained in this guide to see if your proposed partnership approach is eligible.

Step 2: Submit an online application

Complete an online application. To maximise the potential to be invited to proceed to a second round interview, applications should be well developed, with partnership approaches and outcomes clearly defined.

Step 3: Invitation to proceed to second stage interview

Await feedback from OMAC who will provide advice as to whether the proposal will be invited to proceed to the second assessment stage. OMAC may request additional information from project partners.

4 _ HOW TO APPLY

What is the assessment criteria?Applications will be assessed against the criteria outlined in the table below:

Funding Stream assessment Criteria Examples of supporting information

Small grants What will the activities achieve?The application demonstrates the extent to which the proposed activities will build the capacity of small organisations to increase the participation of multicultural communities in Victoria.

For Community languagE SCHoolS onlyProfessional Development: The application demonstrates the extent to which the proposed training will build the skills and capacity of the teachers and will support the Department of Education and Training’s (DET’s) devised curriculum.

Materials Development: The application demonstrates the extent to which the proposed materials supports DET’s devised curriculum.

Identify demonstrated needs and areas for capacity building

Identify demonstrated need and areas for professional development, materials development, including number of students and classes

Who is involved?The application demonstrates the extent to which the activity:

» will reach and engage the targeted multicultural communities (in specified locations);

» can be delivered successfully by the applicant; and

» will benefit others groups e.g. schools or other partners who are involved.

Identify target communities

Membership lists for community organisations including seniors citizens groups

Demonstrated partnerships, if any

How will the activities be delivered?The application demonstrates the extent to which the proposed activities:

are ready to proceed and supported by a clear approach and realistic timeframes;

is based on sound cost estimates and represents value for money; and

will engage practices that are suitable and effective to increase participation and inclusion.

Budget

Frequency of activities

Methodology

Complete the application form online at www.multicultural.vic.gov.au




medium grants (continued)

How will the project be delivered?The application demonstrates the extent to which the activity:

» is designed in partnership with community;

» is ready to proceed and supported by a clear approach and realistic timeframes;

» is based on sound cost estimates and represents value for money; and

» will engage practices that are suitable and effective to increase participation and inclusion.

Work plan

Budget

Methodology and approaches - have they been tested?

Strategic partnerships

What will the project achieve?The application demonstrates the extent to which the partnership will:

» harness existing community strengths, resources and knowledge;

» build capacity including by strengthening education, employment or volunteering pathways and outcomes;

» increase participation and inclusion in community life;

» improve access to government services;

» promote community harmony in regional centres; and

» explain how sustainability strategies will build the capacity, autonomy and participation of target communities.

Clear description of what activities and approaches you will undertake, including sustainability

Who is involved?The application demonstrates the effectiveness of the strategic partnerships to better coordinate and respond to the needs of the specified community groups, including identifying:

» the lead agency;

» the mandatory organisations required:

– Metropolitan partnerships: at least one settlement service provider and asylum seeker provider; and

– Regional partnerships: Regional Ethnic Communities’ Councils or peak bodies, at least one settlement service provider, and at least one local council in the defined regional area;

» the commitment of the partners to collaborate, coordinate and innovate to strengthen the outcomes for the targeted communities.

Identify the partnerships, including areas of specialty, terms of reference, memorandum of understanding, if any

Demonstrate promotional/engagement strategy to target communities


medium grants What will the project achieve?The application demonstrates the extent to which the project:

» will harness existing community strengths, resources and knowledge;

» will build capacity of multicultural communities to create opportunities and sustainable solutions to barriers to inclusion and participation;

» will improve understanding and access to services by multicultural communities and create more responsive services; and

» will create positive engagement with targeted high needs groups (such as multicultural regional communities, refugee and asylum seeker communities, young people, women, multicultural senior Victorians and LGBTI Victorians) or will address the priority issues of gender equality, family violence prevention, family safety or service access.

Clear description of what activities and approaches you will undertake

Why is the project needed?The application demonstrates the extent to which the project addresses the needs of specified and/or priority groups to increase their engagement and participation in multicultural Victoria.

Identify demonstrated needs of priority groups (demographic data and/or other evidence indicating need e.g. local plans, consultation, evaluation)

Who is involved?The application demonstrates the extent to which the project:

» will reach specified community group(s) in targeted locations;

» is a collaborative approach between the applicant, specified groups and other service providers; and

» will be effectively delivered by the applicant (including the roles and responsibilities of partners if any).

note: For projects addressing gender equality, family violence prevention or service access, partnership approaches which bring together community and service providers with expertise in gender equality, women’s leadership, women’s financial literacy, family violence prevention or family violence service delivery are mandatory. Further, projects which address these priority issues with high needs multicultural communities (including those from a refugee and asylum seeker background) by engaging with young people or faith communities or new parents/families will be highly regarded.

Identify partnerships, terms of reference, memorandum of understanding, if any

Demonstrate promotional/engagement strategy to target communities



The Capacity Building and Participation program is a discretionary, merit-based grant program.

A decision in relation to any aspect of the funding application and assessment process, including any decision to award a grant under this Program, is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Funding agreementSuccessful applicants will be required to enter into a Victorian Government Common Funding Agreement (CFA) with the Department of Premier and Cabinet which consists of:

» a ‘Schedule’ (detailing activity details, funding, activity deliverables and payments, budget, reporting requirements and other activity specific requirements); and

» a set of standard terms and conditions which are fixed and non-negotiable.

It is recommended that applicants review the CFA before applying for a grant.

You can view the CFA standard terms and conditions at http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-business-and-community/not-for-profit-organisations/common-funding-agreement. The CFA ‘Schedule’ template can be downloaded at www.multicultural.vic.gov.au.

You may also request a hard copy of these documents by contacting the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship on 1300 366 356.


Strategic partnerships (continued)

Why is the partnership needed?The application demonstrates:

» the extent to which the strategic partnership addresses the needs of specified priority groups to build their capacity and increase their engagement and participation in multicultural Victoria in targeted locations; and

» the benefits of the partnerships and effectiveness in addressing the needs of multicultural communities, including high needs groups (such as refugee and asylum seeker communities, young people, women, multicultural senior Victorians and LGBTI Victorians).

Demonstrated needs and priority groups (demographic data and/or other evidence indicating need e.g. local plans, consultation, evaluation)

Demonstrated experience of partners in the sector and their ability to collaborate

How will the partnership be delivered?The application demonstrates the extent to which proposed activities:

» are delivered using specific approaches, initiatives and activities that are designed with target communities to meet their priority needs;

» are ready to proceed and supported by a clear approach and realistic timeframes;

» are based on sound cost estimates and represents value for money;

» will engage practices that are suitable and effective to increase participation and inclusion; and

» are coordinated through effective allocation of resources that fosters collaboration in the defined areas.

Please note that a two stage application process applies for these grants.

Examples of activities

Work plan

Budget

Resource allocation

5 _ FuNDING CONDITIONS



regional area regional Ethnic Communities’ Councils/peak bodies and Settlement Service providers

local Councils

goulburn » Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

» Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights

» The uniting Church in Australia

Greater Shepparton Mitchell Moira Murrindindi Strathbogie

ovens murray » Albury-Wodonga Ethnic Communities Council

» North East Multicultural Association


» Centre for Multicultural Youth

» The uniting Church in Australia

Alpine Benalla Indigo Mansfield Wangaratta Wodonga Towong

gippsland » Centre for Multicultural Youth

» Gippsland Ethnic Communities’ Council

» Gippsland Multicultural Services

» Latrobe Community Health Service

Baw Baw Bass Coast East Gippsland Latrobe South Gippsland Wellington

regional area regional Ethnic Communities’ Councils/peak bodies and Settlement Service providers

local Councils

Barwon and great South Coast

» Diversitat - Geelong


» South West Healthcare – Warrnambool

Greater Geelong Surf Coast Queenscliff Colac Otway Corangamite Glenelg Moyne Southern Grampians Warrnambool

Wimmera and Central Highlands

» Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council

» Ballarat Community Health


» Wimmera Development Association – Horsham

Horsham Hindmarsh Northern Grampians West Wimmera Yarriambiack Ararat Ballarat Golden Plains Hepburn Moorabool Pyrenees

mallee » Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities’ Council



» Mallee Family Care Inc – Swan Hill

Buloke Gannawarra Mildura Swan Hill

loddon Campaspe » Bendigo Community Health Services Limited


» Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services

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Appendix 1 _ Regional Area Partnership areas

Owens Murray

GoulburnLoddon

Campaspe

Mallee

Wimmera andCentral Highlands

Barwon andGreat South Coast

Gippsland

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