Appendix III - Table on specific eligibility issues for grant applicants Eligibility Questions that may form part of Application Process No Question If answer is Yes If answer is No Notes 1 Are you applying as individual (not within either an Alliance or Consortium)? If yes then you must upload a completed Attachment A using the Attachment A Template as part of Criterion 6 with your application. If No then Not Applicable 2 Are you applying as an organisation as part of an Alliance (An individual organisation that will work with others and not in a Consortium)? If yes then you must upload a completed Attachment B using the Attachment B Template as part of Criterion 6 with your application. If No then Not Applicable If shortlisted (see Section 5) Alliance members will be contacted to provide copy of additional Alliance documentation based on advice in Appendix IV. This information must be provided by 5.00pm (AEDT) three working days after the request for additional information was made. Failure to comply with this request will exclude further consideration under the application process. 3 Are you applying as the Lead Coordinator Organisation of an Alliance? If yes then you must upload a completed Attachment B the Attachment B Template as part of Criterion 6 with your application. If No then Not Applicable See also above note.
4 Confirm that your organisation does have an ARBN or ACN as per the Grant Opportunity Guidelines? Select Yes if You are confirming that your organisation does have an ARBN or ACN as per the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. Select No if you cannot confirm that your organisation has an ARBN or ACN as per the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. NOTE: This response will impact on your assessment for eligibility. Advice is provided in the application process on how to seek registration for an ARBN or ACN. 5 Are you applying as a Lead organisation of Consortium? If Yes then you must upload a completed Attachment C using the Attachment C Template as part of Criterion 6 with your application. If No then Not Applicable Please also note that if shortlisted you will be contacted and requested to provide completed member templates the Attachment C1 Template. This information must be provided by 5.00 pm (AEDT) three working days after the request for additional information was made. One template per Consortium Member must be completed. Failure to comply with this request will exclude further consideration under the application process. 6 Confirm that your organisation does meet eligibility criteria as per the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. Select Yes if you are confirming that your organisation will to a funding agreement, including the requirements for agreement to cooperation Select No if you cannot confirm that your organisation meets the eligibility criteria as per the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. NOTE: This
and collaboration expectations, as outlined in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. response will impact on your assessment for eligibility. 7 If successful, I acknowledge that our organisation will agree to a funding agreement, including the requirements for agreement to cooperation and collaboration expectations, as outlined in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. Select Yes if you are confirming that your organisation will agree to a funding agreement, including the requirements for agreement to cooperation and collaboration expectations, as outlined in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. Select No if you cannot confirm that your organisation meets the eligibility criteria as per the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. NOTE: This response will impact on your assessment for eligibility. If successful in the Selection process, as Lead of a Consortium, the values of collaboration and cooperation will not only be applied in your funding arrangements with the Department but you must also agree to maintain the same arrangements between your organisation and each member of the Consortium. Appendix V provides details of the issues expected under such arrangements.
Appendix V - Guidance on DSS expectations and values on collaboration and cooperation by all funded parties under DRO Grant Opportunity DSS funds Disability Representative Organisations to support people with disability, and/or people with lived experience of disability and/or the representation for disability service providers who support people with disability to ensure that disability issues and a diversity of voices are represented in Australian Government decision-making and policy outcomes. This Guidance establishes the principles that will inform how those funded under this Grant Opportunity will work together in pursuit of these objectives. This guidance, or parts thereof, will be proposed as Special Conditions within DRO Grant Opportunity Comprehensive Grant agreements The Special Conditions will seek for all DRO Grant Opportunity funding recipients to agree to some or all of the following: For the purposes of this Appendix the term Parties refers to all DRO funded organisations, Consortium and Alliance members. 1. DISABILITY REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISATIONS 1. Disability Representative Organisations will aim to: 1.1. Work cooperatively and collaboratively to provide informed and representative advice to government reflective of the diverse experiences and circumstances of people with disability, in particular people with disability experiencing intersectional disadvantage. 1.2. Cooperation and Collaboration might include: a) Sharing information activities you will be doing with the other Parties; inviting comment, offering opportunity to leverage resources, and collaborate in the running of these activities. b) Consulting with those bodies who may not be Parties to this funding, where they share disability interest and expertise, including non-disability bodies, complementary to the objectives of the DRO Grant Opportunity. For example: helping identify issues for mainstreamed services delivered to people with disability under the National Disability Strategy. c) Working to resolve differences/difficulties between funded Parties and parties, where otherwise a poor relationship might hinder the objectives of the DRO Grant Opportunity. d) Helping break down barriers between opposing interest groups where your engagement assists in developing more robust policy advice to government and/or improves the community of inter/intra-DRO relationships. e) Sharing opportunities for experiences, for example rotation of people that might attend forums or meetings to allow for development, capacity building and succession planning relating to systemic advocacy and policy skills.