Australian Sports Outreach Program (ASOP)

Pacific Sport Development Grants

Country Priority List 2012-13

Primary Target Countries Secondary Target Countries
Criteria for Allocation
  • Predominately Commonwealth countries
  • Do not receive ASOP assistance
  • Do not receive strong support/funding from other sources
  • High priority for public diplomacy
  • Australian diplomacy representation in country
  • High development priority
  • Predominately non-Commonwealth countries
  • Already receive other ASOP assistance
  • Receive strong support/funding from other sources
  • Lower priority for public diplomacy
Countries

Pacific

  • Cook Islands
  • Fiji*
  • French Polynesia
  • New Caledonia
  • Niue
  • Tuvalu
  • Wallis and Futuna

Pacific

  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Kiribati*
  • Marshall islands
  • Nauru*
  • Palau
  • PNG*
  • Samoa*
  • Solomon Islands*
  • Tonga*
  • Vanuatu*

* These countries are assisted under the Pacific Component of ASOP or other major initiatives.

2012-13 Grant Timetable

Posts invited to submit applications 27 April 2012
Closing date for applications with Posts 8 June 2012
Date applications are due in Canberra 29 June 2012
Grants Steering Committee meeting 18 July 2012
Completion of grants approval process 17 August 2012
Inform successful grant applicants 31 August 2012
Reports and Acquittals from 11/12 round due 30 November 2012
Reports and Acquittals from 12/13 round due 30 November 2013

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Non-Pacific Countries: Australian Sports Outreach Program - Sport Development Grants

The Australian Sports Outreach Program Sport Development Grants will soon be open for non-Pacific country applications. For the countries listed below, please visit the Australian Sports Commission for guidelines and further information about applying.

Participating countries: (bold text indicates countries where an Australian diplomatic mission is located. Countries named on the right hand side are served by the relevant diplomatic mission or are in the same region)

Afghanistan  
Bangladesh  
Pakistan  
Sri Lanka Maldives
India  
Nepal  
Ghana Gambia, Sierra Leone
Kenya Uganda
Mauritius Seychelles, Madagascar
Nigeria Cameroon
South Africa Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia
Trinidad Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines, Turks & Caicos, Guyana, Belize, Barbados, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Maarten, Martinique, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands
Indonesia  
East Timor  
Vietnam  
Laos  
Cambodia  

Links

Australian Sports Commission - International relations, Development grants