Money, Money, Money.....
Money is available for Australia-Indonesia cultural exchange projects. The major funding body for projects which addresses cultural relations between Australia and Indonesia is the Australia Indonesia Institute, Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra. Applications for cultural grants close 29 September 2000, but final decisions on the grants awarded will not be made until November.
Asialink in Melbourne is another major organisation committed to improving cultural relations between Australia and Indonesia. Asialink is in the developmental stages of a new program to support artist and community exchange projects and have called for expressions of interest by October 6. If you can't make it by these closing dates - please ring and have a chat - you may be granted extensions of time (fingers crossed). Please see below for furthur details.AII stands for Australia Indonesia Institute, an organisation established under an Order-in-Council in 1989 to promote greater understanding between the peoples of Indonesia and Australia. The AII aims to;
· Increase people-to-people contacts and institutional links
· Broaden and update perceptions of Australia in Indonesia, and
· Increase understanding and improve access for Australians to Indonesia.
The AII comprises a Board of up to thirteen members, and the Secretariat, which is located within the South East Asia Division of the Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The AII office in Canberra is run by the Director Indra McCormick and AII Porject Officer who assist the Board of the Institute in making decisions designed to support the following Mission Statement:
"To develop further relations between Australia and Indonesia by the promotion in Australia of a greater understanding of Indonesia and by the promotion in Indonesia of a greater understanding of Australia, as well as the enlargement over the longer term of the area of contact and exchange between Australia and Indonesia and their respective peoples."Grant Funding
Guidelines and Conditions applying to Grant Applications and Approvals
General grants are intended to provide seeding funds for innovative proposals relevant to the functions and objectives of the Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII).
Eligibility
Both individuals and organisations may apply for grants. They should have an established record of achievement in the development and management of projects relevant to their proposed area of endeavour, and they should be able to document this. No person can hold more than one Australia-Indonesia Institute grant at any given time.
Competition for grant money is considerable, and the Institute may decide not to award a new grant to an individual or organisation which has received a grant in the past.
Guidelines for Grants
All applications are assessed against the Institute's guidelines for grants. Applicants for grants must therefore comply with these guidelines when submitting their proposals for consideration.
(1) The project should be a substantial new initiative of relevance to the Institute's objective of promoting a growing and deepening relationship between Australia and Indonesia. Such initiatives may promote new areas of contact between Australia and Indonesia or may serve to build on or develop existing contacts.
(2) It should have a clearly defined benefit in terms of the Institute's objectives.
(3) Provision should be made in the application for publicity or promotion of the project.
(4) Projects which involve Indonesian experience of Australia and the relation of that experience to a wide audience in Indonesia are particularly desirable.
(5) When projects supported by the Institute involve an organisation in Indonesia, applicants must demonstrate that sufficient matching funds from the Indonesian counterpart organisation are available to allow for the successful completion of a project. Matching funds may include accommodation and other services provided without charge by host institutions.
(6) Wherever possible, Institute support should constitute seeding funds intended to encourage financial support from others, including corporate sponsors. The Institute may decide to award grants conditional on funding being raised from other sources.
(7) The project should establish prospects for independently funded activity as a result of initial Institute funding.
(8) The applicant should preferably have an established record of achievement.
Web site: http://www.dfat.gov.au/aii/index.html
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Call for Expressions of Interest
AUSTRALIA INDONESIA
COMMUNITY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Closing date: 6 October 2000
The Asialink Centre invites expressions of interest from the Australian arts community interested in developing exchange projects between artists and communities in Indonesia and Australia, in performing arts, visual arts/craft and literature or across any of these art forms. Asialink is working towards developing a three-year program of around ten community cultural development projects between Australian and Indonesian artists and communities. Currently, the program is funded only for its development stage but through community interest and the strength of its expressions of interest it is hoped that the program will be realised fully in the future.
AIM
The Community Cultural Development Program will aim to open opportunities and support new creative relationships between the general communities in both countries, collaborating with a variety of artists, leading to specific new projects to be developed and shown in both countries. A key point of the program is the importance of artists and communities developing projects together. There is an expectation that the individual projects build on knowledge and understanding, and lead to innovative and creative results.
REQUIREMENTS
The Asialink steering committee is keen to hear about your expression of interest for future projects. Expressions of interest, of 1-2 pages, are sought that outline your professional experience, experience is this area, and project idea/s. Where possible, we ask you to include who you would propose to be included in the project in Australia and Indonesia and the proposed time span.
N.B. This in only the first stage. We do not expect you to contact any likely partners in this stage.
CRITERIA
The Asialink Steering Committee, which includes arts and community professionals in various fields from Australia and Indonesia, will review the expressions of interest and recommend those they will consider for further development.
Criteria for recommendations will include:
· Individual's/group's professional experience
· Individual's/group's previous experience in this area
· Project ideas with strong community cultural development focus
· Project ideas that bring the richness of Australia's and Indonesia's strong cultural creative traditions and practices to new dynamic outcomes
· Project ideas with the ability to increase community exchanges and enhance cross cultural experience and understanding
Expressions of interest to:
Christine Clark
The Asialink Centre
11-13 Lincoln Square South
Carlton VIC 3053
Email:c.clark@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
Fax: (03) 9347 1768
Tel: (03) 9349 1899