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payment that is made for the purposes of the Australian Education Act 2013; or the Higher Education Support Act 2003;[17]
        8. a payment of assistance for the purposes of Australia's international development assistance programme, which is treated by the Commonwealth as official development assistance;[18]
        9. a payment of a charitable donation by a non-corporate entity from monies received from individuals for that purpose;
       10. a membership payment for the purposes of complying with Australia's obligations under international treaties; and
       11. payments made through non-corporate Commonwealth entities for the operation of corporate Commonwealth entities.
    2.7.       Additional guidance on the range of financial arrangements referred to in paragraph 2.6 is available on the Finance website.
    2.8.       Grants administration encompasses all processes involved in the grants lifecycle, including:
        1. design of grant opportunities and activities;
       b.   assessment and selection of grantees;
       c.    establishment of grants;
       d.   ongoing management of grantees and grant activities; and
       e.   evaluation of grant opportunities and activities.
    2.9.       The CGRPs apply to grants administration performed by:
        1. ministers;
       b.   accountable authorities;
       c.    officials; and
       d.   third parties that undertake grants administration on behalf of the Commonwealth.[19]
    2.10.   Third parties that undertake any grants administration processes (see paragraph 2.8) on behalf of the Commonwealth are required to adhere to the key principles and applicable requirements of the CGRPs and the published grant opportunity guidelines.
    2.11.   The grants administration processes that third parties may undertake on behalf of the Commonwealth include but are not limited to: assessing applications against particular criteria; recommending or supporting particular grant activities; or distributing relevant money to grantees.

Entity guidance
    2.12.   Officials must comply with the CGRPs. There is a range of supporting documentation to assist entities to implement the CGRPs, including:
        1. Finance guidance, which provides more detailed better practice information on how to apply the resource management framework, including the grants policy framework;
       b.   whole-of-government tools and templates issued by Finance to assist entities to implement the grants policy framework[20]; and
       c.    overarching whole-of-government documents that are relevant to grants administration, including on the use of GrantConnect.

  3.   The Commonwealth Resource Management Framework
    3.1.       Ministers, accountable authorities and officials operate within an environment of legislation and government policy. Within this broad context, the resource management framework consists of the legislation, policy and guidance governing the management of public resources.
    3.2.       The resource management framework contains an overarching requirement that accountable authorities must govern entities in a way that promotes proper use and management of public resources. In managing the affairs of the entity, accountable authorities must comply with the Constitution, the PGPA Act, the PGPA Rule and any other relevant law. In addition, accountable authorities of non-corporate Commonwealth entities must govern the entity in