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Appendix 11: Grants and contributions
Following is a list of discretionary grants and a list of contributions to international organisations and peacekeeping operations administered by the department during the financial year. Details of grant recipients are available directly from the Australia–China Council, the Australia–India Council, the Australia–Indonesia Institute, the Australia–Korea Foundation, and the Images of Australia Branch (Cultural Relations Grants Program), through the department’s website or the general switchboard: telephone (02) 6261 1111.
Table 34. Discretionary grants
|
Title of grant |
Brief description/rationale of grant |
Sub-output |
Total ($’000) |
|
Australia–China Council |
-To foster people-to-people relations between Australia and China; to promote a greater awareness of Australia as a technologically sophisticated, multicultural, open and liberal society oriented towards Asia; to build a greater awareness of China in Australia, with particular emphasis on customs, cultural and ethical values, business priorities and contemporary issues. |
1.1.1 |
636 |
|
Australia–Korea Foundation |
To broaden and deepen the Australia–Korea relationship by promoting and facilitating people-to-people and institutional links, especially in the fields of commerce, industry and tourism, science and technology, education, the arts, sport and the media. |
1.1.1 |
720 |
|
Australian Institute of International Affairs |
To raise the level of understanding of the role of foreign and trade policy in Australia. The institute facilitates debate and awareness in Australia through lectures, conferences and publications. |
1.1.1–1.1.8 |
60 |
|
Australia–India Council |
-To initiate and support activities designed to enhance awareness and understanding between the peoples and institutions of Australia and India, including through the promotion of visits and exchanges between the two countries and the development of institutional links. |
1.1.2 |
750 |
|
Australia–Indonesia Institute |
To contribute to a more broadly based and enduring relationship with Indonesia by increasing people-to-people contacts and institutional links; to portray Australia as culturally diverse, educationally, scientifically and technologically advanced and economically enterprising; and, to increase understanding of Indonesia in Australia and of Australia in Indonesia. |
1.1.2 |
900 |
|
Indian Ocean Rim Research Centre |
To develop and strengthen academic expertise on Indian Ocean regional issues, particularly in support of Australian interests in the region, and to provide independent research in support of Australia’s key trade and investment objectives in the Indian Ocean Region. |
1.1.6 |
97 |
|
Australian National Commission for UNESCO |
To assist the National Commission in its activities and meetings; to advise the Minister of Foreign Affairs on UNESCO matters; and to enhance regional cooperation by providing seed funding for small national/international projects in UNESCO’s fields of competence of education, natural and social science, culture, communications and youth affairs. |
1.1.7 |
50 |
|
United Nations Association of Australia |
To assist in publicising in Australia the United Nations and its activities. |
1.1.7 |
10 |
|
United Nations Youth Association |
To enable the Youth Representative to attend the 55th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. |
1.1.7 |
10 |
|
Australian National Committee on the Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific |
To facilitate Australian involvement in the key ‘second track’ regional dialogue mechanism on Asia-Pacific security matters. This makes a substantial contribution to the pursuit of Australia’s goals in regional governmental security processes, in particular the ASEAN Regional Forum, and contributes to a more informed debate among academics and the broader Australian community on foreign policy, security and strategic issues. |
1.1.8 |
40 |
|
Cultural Relations Grants Program |
To support key foreign and trade policy objectives by funding requests for cultural projects which promote a contemporary and positive image of Australia. |
3.1.2 |
246 |
|
Total |
3,519 |
Table 35. Contributions to international organisations and UN peacekeeping operations
|
Sub-output |
Total ($’000) |
|
|
International Organisations |
||
|
Energy Charter Conference Secretariat |
1.1.3 |
221 |
|
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
1.1.5 |
6,246 |
|
World Trade Organization |
1.1.5 |
1,892 |
|
Pacific Economic Cooperative Committee Central Fund |
1.1.6 |
48 |
|
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat |
1.1.6 |
471 |
|
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
1.1.7 |
386 |
|
Commonwealth Secretariat |
1.1.7 |
2,914 |
|
International Atomic Energy Agency |
1.1.7 |
5,133 |
|
International Bureau of Permanent Court of Arbitration |
1.1.7 |
14 |
|
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Rome |
1.1.7 |
93 |
|
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
1.1.7 |
2,478 |
|
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
1.1.7 |
2,681 |
|
International Fact Finding Commission |
1.1.7 |
8 |
|
International Peace Monitoring Team—Solomon Islands Peacekeeping |
1.1.7 |
2,681 |
|
United Nations—Assessed Contribution |
1.1.7 |
29,275 |
|
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
1.1.7 |
9,497 |
|
Other United Nations affiliated organisations |
1.1.7 |
536 |
|
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban-Treaty Organization |
1.1.8 |
2,156 |
|
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
1.1.8 |
1,194 |
|
Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies |
1.1.8 |
38 |
|
Sub-output |
Total ($’000) |
|
|
UN Peacekeeping Operations |
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|
UN Angola Verification Mission |
1.1.7 |
182 |
|
UN Disengagement Observer Force |
1.1.7 |
836 |
|
UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
1.1.7 |
11,633 |
|
UN Interim Force in Lebanon |
1.1.7 |
5,166 |
|
UN Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission |
1.1.7 |
463 |
|
UN Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina |
1.1.7 |
3,657 |
|
UN Mission in the Central African Republic |
1.1.7 |
107 |
|
UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea |
1.1.7 |
5,545 |
|
UN Mission in Sierra Leone |
1.1.7 |
14,313 |
|
UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
1.1.7 |
1,411 |
|
UN Observer Mission in Georgia |
1.1.7 |
845 |
|
UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone |
1.1.7 |
2,839 |
|
UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus |
1.1.7 |
570 |
|
UN Transitional Administration in East Timor |
1.1.7 |
15,757 |
|
Total |
131,286 |
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