India enhanced business engagement: Australia-India Business Champions and revitalised CEO Forum Secretariat Grant

Overview

The India enhanced business engagement: Australia-India Business Champions and the revitalised CEO Forum Secretariat Grant is a single grant opportunity with multi-year funding over four years from 2022-23 to 2025-26. It was announced as part of the Update to the India Economic Strategy and aligns with An India Economic Strategy to 2035. The program supports a dedicated Secretariat to administer the Australia-India Business Champions and a revitalised CEO Forum. This is a closed non-competitive grant program. The Business Council of Australia has been identified as the eligible organisation that meets the program requirements. The program objectives are:- to drive the Australia-India business relationship forward by supporting the Business Champions and CEO Forum to identify opportunities, resolve problems, and strengthen Australian and Indian business literacy- support the Australia-India relationship and the Australian Government’s priorities as outlined in the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, India Economic Strategy to 2035 and Update to the India Economic Strategy.    The intended outcomes are:  - strengthen the bilateral relationship and support the government’s agenda for accelerating the Australia-India economic relationship- manage operations and intersessional work of the Business Champions and CEO Forum- strengthen business literacy and business engagement between Australia and India- support business leaders to provide advice to the Australian and Indian Governments on challenges and opportunities within the economic relationship  - facilitate opportunities for business leaders to discuss priority business issues directly with government and political leaders to resolve problems  - support the Business Champions and CEO Forum on governance; project and event management; administration; policy; and financial management. We administer the program according to the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines (CGRGs).