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quality and integrity of grants administration.

Web-based reporting requirements
    5.2.       Grant opportunity guidelines must be made publicly available on GrantConnect[49], except where there is a specific policy reason not to publicise the grant opportunity guidelines (see paragraph 5.8).
        1. Publicly available information on grant opportunities must be the same, or a subset of the information published on GrantConnect.
    5.3.       Developing forecast grant opportunities is encouraged to provide potential grantees an opportunity to plan projects and applications. Where officials develop forecast grant opportunities, these must be published on GrantConnect.
    5.4.       An entity must report on GrantConnect[50], information on individual grants (as defined in paragraph 2.3) and any subsequent variations to the grant/s no later than twenty-one calendar days after the grant agreement or the variation[51] for the grant takes effect.[52] This grant award information must include a link to the relevant published grant opportunity guidelines on GrantConnect, where available.
    5.5.       Where the approver of the grant/s is a minister, an entity must record information on the grant/s awarded and the decision/s on GrantConnect, as required by paragraph 4.13, as soon as practicable.
    5.6.       Officials must identify whether a grant agreement contains confidentiality provisions.
    5.7.       There may be circumstances where officials determine that public reporting of grants in accordance with the CGRPs is contrary to the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act), other statutory requirements, or the specific terms of a grant agreement.
        1. In these circumstances, the relevant officials must publish as much information as legally possible. For example, it may be possible to omit the name of the grantee and other personal information that may contravene the Privacy Act but report other grant details.
       b.   The reasons for not reporting fully must be documented by officials.
       c.    Officials should also take all reasonable steps to ensure that future grant agreements contain provisions that do not prevent the disclosure of information.

    5.8.       A minister may seek an exemption from publishing on GrantConnect from the Minister for Finance, where officials assess that publishing grant opportunity guidelines or information on grants awarded in accordance with the CGRPs could adversely affect the achievement of government policy outcomes, or where there is a specific policy reason to not publish. The responsible minister must write to the Minister for Finance detailing the rationale for exemption. Officials should consult with Finance before commencing this process.

Part 2 Guidance on Key Principles

  6.   Key Principles for Grants Administration
    6.1.       This part of the CGRPs sets out how to apply the key principles of grants administration. While the CGRPs contain a number of mandatory requirements, the key principles provide flexibility in how accountable authorities and officials can work together with stakeholders to administer grants and achieve government policy outcomes.
    6.2.