Public Diplomacy and Influence Branch (DIB)

DFAT is pleased to announce the recipients of the Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program (ACDGP) for 2024–25. The program supports international projects that tell Australian stories, amplify First Nations voices and build cultural understanding and connections overseas.

Australia’s Sports Diplomacy Strategy 2032+ (the Strategy) sets out a new vision for Australia’s sports diplomacy.

List of the members of the Sports Diplomacy Consultative Group

A list of 2023-24 ACDGP grantees

Dancing Against the Odds is an Australia-Korea documentary co-production delivered by Connect2Abilities, which is an intercultural collaboration platform developed by world-leading scholars in Arts and Cultural Management at UniSA Business, University of South Australia.

NAIDOC Week (National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee) occurs annually in July, and celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by many Australians all over the country and even overseas.

International Media Visits (IMV) are an important public diplomacy tool that provides influential foreign journalists the opportunity to increase their understanding of contemporary Australia through a short visit