Index

access to grants

achieving value with public money

selection process

act of grace payments

administration of approved grants

amount of grant, determining

cost-effectiveness

funding agreements

funding strategies

monitoring progress

payment to funding recipients

risk management

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

advisory panels

CGGs and

conflicts of interest

member as approver

agencies

advice to decision-makers/Ministers

advisory panels

alternative financial arrangements

assigning authority to officials

CEIs

CGGs and mandatory requirements

Chief Executives

decision-making

definition

funding recommendations

implementation of framework

legislative requirements

policy requirements

reporting requirements

requirements

resource management

variation of Ministerial approval

annual performance reporting

applicants

criteria for assessment of information from

engagement with

information requirements

application process

applicants, information requirements

criteria for assessment of information from applicant

determining

fit-for-purpose

funding streams

key principles in CGGs

merit-based, competitive funding round approach

program guidelines and

receiving applications

selecting appropriate process

two-stage application process

appropriations

sufficiency, determination of

approvals

conditional

date of

insufficient available appropriation

Ministerial, authority to vary

spending proposal, of

terms of, funding agreement compliance with

approver

administrative arrangements and

advisory panel member

assessment process and, separation

authority

compliance with legislative and policy obligations

delegation

insufficient available appropriation

Minister, as

proper use of Commonwealth resources

statutory obligations

assessment criteria

limitations, identification of

Australian Taxation Office (ATO)

Carltona principle

Certificate of Compliance

Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1997

Chief Executive's Instructions (CEIs)

collaboration and partnership

commercial entities

Commonwealth Grant Guidelines: Policies and Principles for Grants Administration (CGGs)

advisory panels

agency requirements

competitive, merit-based selection processes

conflicts of interest

election commitments and

examples of programs subject to

financial arrangements other than grants

governance and accountability see governance and accountability

grant, definition of

grant program guidelines

hybrid arrangements

mandatory policy requirements under

Ministerial requirements

Ministerial staff

payments not subject to

Commonwealth Ombudsman

community organisations

complaints and queries mechanisms

compliance

Certificate of Compliance

funding agreement with approval terms

legislative and policy obligations

monitoring

conditional grants

conditional approvals

conflicts of interest

advisory panels

Consolidated Revenue Fund

criteria for selection

characteristics

types of

waiving or amending

weighting

decision-making

administrative arrangements and obligations

advisory panels

approver see approver

assigning authority to officials

complaints and queries mechanisms

considerations

cost-effective program administration

date of approval

delegation

engagement with applicants

governance and accountability

identifying decision-maker

ineligible applications

policy framework

review of

delegation

design of grant program

application process, determining

discretionary compensation payments

documentation

assessment process

inquiries undertaken

program guidelines

due diligence

election commitments (grant proposals)

application of financial framework

CGGs and

dedicated grant programs

funding

implementing, case study

program guidelines

eligibility criteria

equity of distribution of program funds

ex gratia payments

Expenditure Review Committee of Cabinet (ERC)

financial arrangements

alternatives to grants

other than grants

spending decisions by Ministers

financial management framework

context

election commitments

financial arrangements other than grants

proportionality

FMA Act

application

FMA Regulations

application

'approver', concept of

Commitments to spend public money

grant, definition of

hybrid financial arrangements

insufficient available appropriation

limits on authority of approver

Regulation

'spending proposal'

frameworks

administration of grant programs

financial management

grant program design and

outcomes and outputs

performance

funding

additional

administered annual appropriations

agency recommendations

approving applications

contingency, retaining

establishing and managing agreements

FMA Regulations

insufficient available appropriation

recovery for non-compliance

Regulation 10 authority

strategies

governance and accountability

grants

access to

administered annual appropriations

administration of approved grants

alternative financial arrangements

amount of

announcement of

assessment of need

definition

examples of programs subject to CGGs

implementation of program

necessity, assessment of

payment of

payments similar to

publication of information

transactions not representing

grants administration

approved grants

decision-making

developments since 2002

governance and accountability see governance and accountability

implementation of program

key principles

legislative framework

legislative requirements

Ministers, role of

policy framework

policy requirements

implementation of program

access to grants

core objective

cost-effectiveness

judicial review

legislative framework

context

FMA Act and Regulations

grant program established by

Ministerial policy responsibility

Ministerial staff

Ministers

approver, as

decision-makers, as

delegation to agency Chief Executive

obligations

monitoring

effectiveness

entity type

funding agreement compliance with approval terms

individual grants

procedures, considerations

project progress

verification of milestone achievement

outcomes and outputs framework

equity of distribution of program funds

measuring outcomes

payment to funding recipients

advance payments

retention of proportion

verification of milestone achievement

performance framework

measuring outcomes

performance measurement design

policy framework 10,

application of

context

decision-making see decision-making

mandatory requirements under CGGs

probity and transparency

program guidelines

amending criteria during assessment process

application of criteria in selection process

changes to

considerations in establishing

content of

documenting internal procedures

due date for applications

election commitments

ERC consideration of changes to

established prior to CGGs

guidance set out in CGGs

importance of

key principles of CGGs

mandatory

program with legislative authority

selection criteria, drafting

waiving criteria during assessment process

proportionality

public confidence

rating and ranking applications

reporting requirements

review of funding

decisions made under executive scheme

decisions made under legislation

mechanisms for

risk management

strategies and controls

robust planning and design

selection criteria

application in selection process

assessment

eligibility criteria in demand-driven programs

sound, characteristics of

threshold

types of

waiving or amending

weighting

selection processes

agency advice to decision-maker

agency funding recommendations

announcing grants

applications

appropriation funding

assessment criteria and processes

compliance with legislative and policy obligations

criteria in program guidelines

documenting assessment process

engagement with applicants

funding

identification of limitations on assessment process

implementing

ineligible applications

objectives

publication of approved grants

rating and ranking applications

resourcing grant assessment process

robustness and adequacy of assessments

spending proposal

approval under FMA Regulations

definition

delegation of power to authorise approval

Standards of Ministerial Ethics 2007

Strategic Review of the Administration of Australian Grant Programs

Tax Expenditure Statement

threshold criteria

 

 

 

 

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