{"id":15598,"date":"2016-02-24T18:36:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T10:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/?p=15598"},"modified":"2016-02-24T18:36:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T10:36:15","slug":"the-department-of-agriculture-and-water-resources-australia-china-agricultural-cooperation-agreement-acaca-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/?p=15598","title":{"rendered":"The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources: Australia-China Agricultural Cooperation Agreement (ACACA) Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to growth in Australian-Chinese Agriculture sector relations, The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, as headed by Minister Barnaby Joyce, have announced a program of $384,000 available under Australia-China Agriculture Cooperation Agreement (ACACA) over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The program is divided into two streams: Projects and Trade Missions.<\/li>\n<li>Funding and application selection is also divided by these two streams.<\/li>\n<li>Program priorities include science and technology cooperation, sustainable agricultural technology, food safety, and the exploration of niche markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All interested Australian businesses and individuals are eligible to apply<\/li>\n<li>Applicants require an Australian Business Number (ABN) and the ability to enter a legally binding agreement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Dates and Deadlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Application submission closes on the 11th of March, 2016<\/li>\n<li>Assessment, consultation and Chinese endorsement occurs through March \/ April \/ May<\/li>\n<li>Successful Applicants will enter agreements and commence June 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Overall Program Funding Breakdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The two year program will provide A$384,000 biannually<\/li>\n<li>Calls for applications will occur annually, in March 2016 and December 2016<\/li>\n<li>Funding priority reassessment will occur annually as set by the Australian and Chinese government departments.<\/li>\n<li>Stream 1 Program projects can be allocated up to A$44,000 (GST inclusive), with a total of A$88,000 each year.<\/li>\n<li>Stream 2 Trade Mission projects can be allocated up to A$16,500 (GST inclusive), with a total of A$49,500 each year,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applications must complement the Department\u2019s overarching program objectives of enhancing cooperation across agricultural industries, develop the trading relationship, and providing a forum for the exchange of scientific information.<\/p>\n<p>More information at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriculture.gov.au\/market-access-trade\/acaca\">http:\/\/www.agriculture.gov.au\/market-access-trade\/acaca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to growth in Australian-Chinese Agriculture sector relations, The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, as headed by Minister Barnaby Joyce, have announced a program of $384,000 available under Australia-China &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15599,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15598\/revisions\/15599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}