2017-11-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   7 NOVEMBER 2017




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              7 NOVEMBER 2017

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        2. How much funding is available?
            The 2017-18 Economic Development Grant Program has a funding pool of $70,000 to be shared
            across:
                e  Quick Response Grants
                e  Project Partnership Grants
                e  Multi Year Partnership Grants
            A maximum of $2,000 per application applies to Quick Response Grants. No minimum or maximum
            amount per application applies to Project Partnership Grants nor Multi Year Partnership Grants.
            All applications will be assessed on a case by case basis.
            It is expected that the applicant will make both a cash and in-kind contribution to the project. Council
            will not wholly fund grant projects. Contributions from your.organisation could include:
                e  Applicant cash contributions
                e  Grants from other funding bodies
                e  Sponsorship, and
                e  In-kind support.
        3. Eligibility for grants
            Who can apply?
                e  Not for profit incorporated business representative groups given that the benefit of the project
                   extend beyond their membership base
                e  For profit businesses where the project is not run for the direct commercial profit of an
                   individual business
                e  Consortiums — not for profit business representative groups, for profit businesses,
                   governments".
            Applicants and projects must:
                e  Primarily service the Noosa Shire business community
                e¢ Comply with State /,Federal incorporation requirements
                e  Have appropriate insurances and meet Workplace Health and Safety requirements
                e  Have met acquittal conditions for previous Council grants, and
                e  Are able to provide a copy, of the most recent Annual Report including audited or reviewed
                   financial statements.
            Eligible projects for funding:
            It is mandatory that projects,align with, and help to, achieve the objectives of the Noosa Local
            Economic Plan and demonstrate a significant benefit to the Noosa business community.
            Economic Development Grant Program projects could for example:
                e  Connect local businesses
                e  Encourage business innovation
                e  Build business capacity and skills
                e  Contribute to the ease of doing business
                e  Enable partnerships and collaboration between businesses and/or organisations in the Noosa
                   region

        1 For the purposes of this grant program a consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations
        or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling
        their resources to achieve a common goal.

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