| Project title | Recipient | Project description | AII grant (GST inc. where applicable) | Grant funding location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Networking One Health laboratories in ASEAN to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance | University of Sydney | To establish a network of laboratories and researchers in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia working in One Health AMR research, later expanding throughout ASEAN, that will stimulate research and capacity development | 37,051.30 | Australia Vietnam Laos Cambodia |
| Australian ASEAN Sustainable Business Transformation Dialogue | Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) Limited trading as Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia | Map country challenges and survey business practices referenced by the Sustainable Development Goals and create guidance for Australian and six ASEAN companies on collaboratively innovate actionable business recovery routes that positively impact society and the environment | 54,719.50 | Australia Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam |
| Australia-ASEAN: 'New Normal for the Visitor Economy Supply Chain' | Victoria University | This project organises events (webinars/workshops) in 2022 to share strategies for creating a sustainable ‘new normal’ for the visitor economy supply chain among Australia and ASEAN countries (Thailand/Malaysia/Vietnam). It will build a virtual community to strengthen international collaboration | 42,350.00 | Australia Thailand Malaysia Vietnam |
| Cultural tourism recovery: sharing best practices | James Cook University | The project connects cultural tourism initiatives in Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines via a webinar series to share experiences of adapting and responding to COVID-19 and to gain greater capacity to rejuvenate cultural tourism post-pandemic | 37,796.00 | Australia Malaysia Indonesia Philippines |
| Engaging a proactive Vietnam: new economic partnerships in ASEAN | Perth USAsia Centre | Produce a research report through consultations with Australian and Vietnamese institutions and business. The research report's conclusions will form the agenda for a follow-up dialogue discussion how both countries can work together to shape the economic architecture of the region | 11,000.00 | Australia Vietnam |
| Women’s Research Engineers Network: Expanding frontiers for Australia and ASEAN | University of Wollongong | The Women’s Research Engineers Network (WREN) will expand to ASEAN aiming to increase international collaboration between early-career research engineers. WREN acts as a platform for women researchers to connect and share knowledge, therefore boosting economic resilience in the educational system | 54,450.00 | Australia Indonesia Malaysia Thailand |
| rīvus, 23rd Biennale of Sydney | Biennale of Sydney | To feature four significant contemporary Filippino and Thai artists Cian Dayrit, Komunidad X Sipat Lawin, Leeroy New and Imhathai Suwatthanasilp, strengthening bi-lateral relations between Australia and South-East Asia | 55,000.00 | Australia Philippines Thailand |
| Building economic resilience and connecting ASEAN women entrepreneurs with Australia | Deakin University | To build ASEAN women’s economic resilience (10 in the Philippines and 5 in Indonesia) by developing their entrepreneurial skills, connecting them with the Australian marketplace and helping them to empower their disadvantaged communities post-COVID | 52,812.32 | Australia Philippines Indonesia |
| UNSW ASEAN Conference 2022 | UNSW ASEAN Society | The UNSW ASEAN Conference 2022 will take place virtually over 2 days, featuring panel discussions, keynote sessions, and networking opportunities discussing socio-cultural, economic and political security issues. These will be aimed towards university students within Australia and also across ASEAN | 32,084.80 | Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam |
| Australia meets Singapore in a 13-Storey Treehouse! | CDP Theatre Producers | A digitally-delivered creative project inspired by the global best-selling Australian book and stage play ‘The 13-Storey Treehouse’. Young Singaporeans will be asked to design their own treehouse level inspired by ‘Australia meets Singapore’, with the top-three made into a short-film | 42,702.00 | Australia Singapore |
| Hospitality and Tourism: Food Cultures and Tourism Exchange | Australia Philippines Business Council | To share the empowerment of women in both cultures through culinary skills, showcasing cuisines from regional Australia and the Philippines, and at the same time promoting tourism by highlighting regions specific to the produce used | 53,790.00 | Australia Philippines |
| New Video Artwork Commissions presented with digital platform NOWNESS ASIA | Institute of Modern Art | In partnership with NOWNESS ASIA, IMA will commission 5 new video artworks from Australian First Nations and Southeast Asian Diaspora artists. Presented via the NOWNESS platform, artworks will reach their monthly audience of >700,000, increasing Australian artists profile across Asia | 49,500.00 | Australia |
| COVID-19 Healthcare Responses in ASEAN and Australia: Shared Learnings | Melbourne Institute of Technology | To identify and compare COVID-19 hospital sector responses and learnings in each ASEAN country and Australia. A five-year plan and Collaborative Development Centre will sustain trade, collaboration and knowledge exchange for pandemic response capability development across the region | 41,074.00 | Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam |
| Project Balikbayan: The Calamansi Story | The Entree.Pinays Pty Ltd | The development, publication and promotion of an Australian-first book - The Calamansi Story: An Anthology for the Filipino-Migrant experience | 55,000.00 | Australia Philippines |
| Aquatic Industry Personnel/Community Education - Water Safety and Drowning Prevention | Surf Life Saving New South Wales | To deliver online education and training programs across 6 modules to Lifesavers, Coaches and the general community in Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam. The program develops aquatic skills and employment pathways in aquatic safety, Lifesaving and tourism | 33,000.00 | Australia Myanmar Philippines Thailand Brunei Vietnam |
| AASYP Flagships | ASEAN-Australia Strategic Youth Partnership Ltd | To deliver AASYP’s highest value programmes connecting and empowering a network of youth across ASEAN and Australia: (1) ASEAN-Australia Young Leaders Forum 2023, (2) ASEAN-Australia Review 2022 and (3) AASYP Volunteer Capacity Development. | 55,000.00 | Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam |
More details of these grants can be found in the archived documents below.