AUSTRALIA · GRANT
Australia Cook Islands Partnership Program
Australia Cook Islands Partnership Program Issuing Department: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Category: Regional Development Overview: The Australia Cook Islands Partnership Program is a AUD $7.6 million grant initiative spanning four years (FY2024/25 to FY2027/28). Its purpose is to deepen and strategically enhance the bilateral relationship…
Key facts
- Agency
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Location
- OVERSEAS
- Status
- Open
- Opened
- 14 Mar 2025
- Closing
- 30 Jun 2028
- Funding
- $7.6M
- Categories
- 351002 - Regional Development
Summary and scope
The Australia Cook Islands Partnership Program (the Partnership Program) will provide funding of AUD $7.6 million over four years from 2024-25 to 2027-28, to the Cook Islands Government (CIG). The Partnership Program will broaden, and strategically enhance, current bilateral efforts into a genuine partnership, reflecting the mutual priorities as identified in the five pillars of the Cook Islands – Australia of the ‘Oa Tumanava Partnership:1. Strengthening our people-to-people links2. Enhancing our security cooperation to address shared regional challenges3. Achieving greater prosperity for our people and our region4. Cooperating on regional and international issues, and 5. Fostering closer institutional linkages, including in support of resilient and inclusive societies.The Partnership Program will consist of four grant opportunities throughout the life of the program (FY2024/25 to FY2027/28), with an annual assessment and funding disbursement occurring once per financial year throughout this four-year period. One grant will be disbursed per financial year with a validity of twelve months. Australia’s continued support for the Cook Islands beyond its ODA graduation (01 January 2020) is an important demonstration of our tangible commitment to the bilateral relationship and reinforces our engagement with all members of the Pacific Islands Forum. To be eligible, the grant activity must align with and support the ‘Oa Tumanava Partnership and established priorities of the Cook Islands Government.
Eligibility
The Cook Islands Government is the sole entity eligible to apply for the grant. This eligibility criteria recognises CIG as the signing partner to the Cook Islands Australia ‘Oa Tumanava Partnership and the governing authority of the Cook Islands. Further details on the assessment criteria are in Section 6 of the Partnership Program Grant Guidelines. Organisations are not eligible to apply for this grant opportunity if they have not received an invitation to apply and are not listed as an eligible invited organisation.?No other organisations, except the Cook Islands Government, will be invited/or be eligible to apply.
Source and freshness
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Information shown is sourced from public opportunity records. Official buyer documents and addenda take precedence for deadlines, eligibility and submission requirements.