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practices and requirements remain applicable.
          * While conducting the evaluation, officials should consider the extent to which government outcomes and entity strategic directions remain appropriate as a result of the impact of the grant activities.
    10.9.   Requesting appropriate targeted performance information will assist grantees and officials to draw well-informed conclusions. It contributes to timely and effective decision-making in managing grant activities. It can provide useful information on which to base future decisions for designing, continuing or concluding grant opportunities, and can contribute to the accountability of entities for their performance.

  11.        Merit-based Processes
    11.1.   When selecting the process through which potential applicants will be given the opportunity to access grants, consideration needs to be given to other key principles of grants administration, in particular, value with relevant money, an outcomes orientation and proportionality.
    11.2.        Key factors to be considered by officials when deciding the most appropriate allocation process include:
          * the nature and needs of potential grantees and beneficiaries;
          * the outcomes sought by the grant opportunity;
          * the likely number and type of applications;
          * the nature of the grant activity;
          * the value of the grant;
          * the need for timeliness and cost-effectiveness in the decision-making process while maintaining rigour, equity and accountability;
          * market considerations including existing and new stakeholders that may offer enhanced value through novel approaches or improved processes; and
          * the advantages and disadvantages of the available options and any risks and mitigation strategies.
    11.3.   Officials should consider the options available for selection processes, including:
          * open competitive grant selection processes – which have open and closed nominated dates, with applications being assessed against the nominated selection criteria (eligibility and assessment criteria) and against the comparative merits of other applications;
          * targeted or restricted competitive processes – which are open to a small number of potential grantees based on the specialised requirements of the grant activity under consideration. Applications are assessed against the nominated selection criteria and against the comparative merits of other applications;
          * non-competitive, open processes – under which applications may be submitted at any time over the life of the grant opportunity and are assessed individually against the selection criteria, with funding decisions in relation to each application being determined without reference to the comparative merits of other applications;
          * demand-driven or 'first-in first-served' processes – where applications that satisfy stated eligibility criteria receive funding, up to the limit of available appropriations and subject to revision, suspension or abolition of the grant opportunity. [70] Demand driven processes only use verifiable and objective eligibility criteria as the basis for allocating grants. Assessment criteria are not used. The eligibility criteria must be clearly linked to the achievement of value with relevant money;
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