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Regional arts fund
Where
Australia
Australia
When
2018
2018
Who
Department of communications and the arts. , the regional arts fund is delivered on behalf of the australian government by regional arts australia nationally and at a state or territory level by regional arts organisations or government arts agencies.
Department of communications and the arts. , the regional arts fund is delivered on behalf of the australian government by regional arts australia nationally and at a state or territory level by regional arts organisations or government arts agencies.
Description of the policy/measure
The raf provides a$3.4 million per year in funding for people living in regional, remote and very remote communities to undertake arts projects, professional development for artists and arts workers, and strategic projects. the raf supports projects that target a range of disadvantaged demographics including people with disability, young people, women, aboriginal and torres strait islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and older australians.as an example, in 2017 the australian government committed a$153,810 to a project that provided strategic direction and vision for youth engagement in the arts across the state of south australia. the aim of the project was to build the confidence and skill sets of young, regional south australians, and to discover and support new participants and future leaders in the regional arts sector. it also provided professional opportunities for young people living in regional areas and delivered economic benefits to the small-to-medium arts sector in regional south australia.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Transversal Priority(ies)
Results achieved
Increase participation in, and access to, australia’s arts and culture in regional and remote australia.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
A$3.4 million annually
Evaluation of the policy/measure
Raf runs on a four year funding cycle. the program was reviewed in 2015-16 with changes implemented for the 2016-2020 funding cycle.the previous design of the program was administratively complex, needlessly bureaucratic and did not respond to the changing needs of the arts sector as the detailed prescriptive guidelines were set once every four years.as a result, the program was streamlined and the new guidelines allow greater flexibility for each jurisdiction to customise delivery of the program to meet the needs of the regional arts sector in that jurisdiction.