Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR) grants

2024-25 Grant Round

The Council on Australia Latin America Relations 2024-2025 Grant Round is closed. Follow our Facebook page for updates.

COALAR's Objectives

The objectives of the Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR) are the achievement of:

• enhanced and strengthened links between Australia and Latin America in the priority areas of business, education, sustainability, tourism and cultural promotion
• a closer engagement between corporate Australia with Latin America
• an increased awareness and understanding of Australia in Latin America, and of Latin America in Australia.

COALAR's Goals

Goal 1 - Raise awareness of COALAR and Latin America-Australia relations: COALAR will raise awareness and understanding between Australians and Latin Americans of each other's economies, societies and cultures using a variety of outreach and advocacy activities, such as sponsoring and participating in events and utilising a range of digital and social media channels to share knowledge and connect people.
Goal 2 - Strengthen commercial ties: COALAR will support new and emerging opportunities and leverage existing trade and investment links to strengthen commercial ties between Australia and Latin America and further enhance Australia's good reputation in the region.
Goal 3 - Expand social and cultural connections: COALAR will share the outcomes of collaborative projects and support diversification of people-to-people, professional, social and cultural connections through engagement including with First Nations people, young people and women in Latin America and Australia.
Goal 4 - Foster and promote gender equality and women's leadership in Australia and Latin America through COALAR grants and other projects and activities.

COALAR's Priority Themes

COALAR will achieve its objectives by directing effort and resources towards priority areas of mutual interest between Australia and Latin America. COALAR's priority themes for 2024- 2027 in alphabetical order:

1. Culture and Entrepreneurship
2. Education and Research
3. Environment and Energy Transition
4. First Nations
5. Mining, METS, and Resources

Frequency of grant rounds

Generally, COALAR will conduct one major grant round each financial year, which will be published on GrantConnect and the DFAT website.

Grant guidelines

• Council on Australia Latin America Relations 2024-25 Grant Guidelines [DOCX 275 KB]
• Council on Australia Latin America Relations 2024-25 Grant Guidelines [PDF 523 KB]