1. 1 Commonwealth Low-risk Grant Agreement Template Grants Policy Team Resource Management Department of Finance Government Programme Community of Practice Forum 28 May 2014

2. 2 The Government’s policy to increase productivity and reduce regulation Reduce the regulatory burden for individuals, businesses and community organisations through red tape reduction Establishment of a centralised register of Commonwealth contract and grant recipients Adopt a common form contract encapsulating common terms and conditions http://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2013/07/08/coalitions- policy-boost-productivity-and-reduce-regulation http://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2013/07/08/coalitions- policy-boost-productivity-and-reduce-regulation

3. 3 Model low-risk grant agreement template Seeks to streamline arrangements between the Australian Government and grant recipients Takes a holistic approach to risk: ‒ program risks ‒ project/activity risks ‒ grantee risks

4. 4 Structure of the low-risk grant agreement template

5. 5 General Grant Conditions 20 standard terms and conditions that apply to all agreements using the template ‘Benchmark’ risk through specific clauses Cannot be amended or added to, but can be overridden by Supplementary Terms

6. 6 Supplementary Terms Additional optional grant specific terms that may ‘override’ the General Grants Conditions Provide greater flexibility within the template while maintaining consistency

7. 7 Supporting guidance Risk tool - assists agency staff to determine whether the low- risk grant agreement template is appropriate for a specific grant User guide - provides step-by-step guidance on using the Commonwealth low-risk grant agreement template See Finance website: http://www.finance.gov.au/financial- framework/financial-management-policy-guidance/grants/grant- agreement-template-project.htmlhttp://www.finance.gov.au/financial- framework/financial-management-policy-guidance/grants/grant- agreement-template-project.html

8. 8 Further information Finance website Low-risk grant agreement template Risk tool and User guide Grants Policy Team inbox grants@finance.gov.au AusTender Basic contract suite