Overcoming Grants Rage

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Overcoming Grants Rage

• New South Wales Government
• Grants Administration
• Reform
• Best Practice in Grantmaking Conference
• ourcommunity.com.au
• Melbourne - February 17 2006

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Overview of presentation

• Snapshot of NSW Government Grants
• Background
• What were we asked to do?
• What have we done so far?
• What still needs to be done?

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Snapshot of NSW Government grants in 2003

• 7 billion
• 42 funding departments
• 700 grants programs
• 11,000 recipients
• 2.9 billion to NGOs

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Background

• Agreement between NSW Government and NGO human
  services sector
• Building capacity of NGO Sector
• Grants administration reform

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What were we asked to do?

• Terms of Reference
• Develop options to streamline grants
  administration from both a Government and
  non-government perspective.

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What were we asked to do? (Contd)

• In-principals endorsement for policy changes
• Move from historical basis of funding
• Move to longer term agreements
• Capacity to transfer funds to emerging issues
• Streamline management arrangements
• Introduce risk management practices

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What were we asked to do? (Contd)

• Operational Improvements
• Planning and needs analysis
• Applications and assessment
• Monitoring and review

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What have we done?

• Over-arching Principles

• Value for Money
• Fairness, Integrity and Transparency
• Cooperation
• Diversity

• Consistency
• Coordination
• Accountability
• Probity

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What have we done? (contd)

• Public access to grants information
• www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au

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What have we done? (contd)

• Integrated grants planning model
• Regional coordination
• Evidence based
• Formal engagement with community sector

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What have we done? (contd)

• Applications and Assessment
• Model application form
• Guidelines for assessment practice
• Model funding agreement

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What have we done? (Contd)

• Monitoring Review
• Simplified reporting templates
• Rationalised NGO and agency sign-off

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What still needs to be done?

• Reporting grants expenditure pilot implement
• Grants planning model pilot and implement
• Rationalise reviewing NGOs against service
  standards
• Publish better practice guide for grants
  administration

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• NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT
• GRANTS
• ADMINISTRATION
• REFORM
• cathy.peters_at_premiers.nsw.gov.au