$2.6M for Indigenous Language Projects (fwd link)

[Kazuko Obata]

If my memory is correct, this separate funding was advertised on the ILS website and applications were open to everyone not just to invited applicants. 

I thought this funding was not one-off but is going to be offered for a few years. I think it came out of the Creative Australia - National Cultural Policy, which says, 'Providing $13.983 million in new funding over four years to develop community-driven language resources and activities'. Mind you, when the annual funding round is not announced yet, we have to wonder whether this money is going to be available.

Kazuko 

-----Original Message-----
From: ilat-request at list.arizona.edu [mailto:ilat-request at list.arizona.edu] On Behalf Of Claire Bowern
Sent: Tuesday, 25 February 2014 09:37
To: ilat
Subject: Re: [ilat] $2.6M for Indigenous Language Projects (fwd link)

Hi Doug,
Thanks for the update! Good to hear that it's not a straightforward budget cut.
Claire

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Doug Marmion <doug.marmion at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Claire,
>
> This appears to be the announcement (nearly a year late) of the 
> recipients of a one-off funding round that was offered in, I think, 
> March last year. It was focused on digital/multimedia projects and was 
> not an open round but available only to invited applicants. This is 
> separate from the usual ILS funding that's offered annually, although 
> this year that usual funding round is very late in appearing. Normally 
> the application period has come and gone by now, but there’s no sign 
> of it yet so we’re all wondering what’s happening…
>
> cheers,
> doug
>
>
> On 25 Feb 2014, at 4:38 am, Claire Bowern <clairebowern at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Australians on the list can correct me, but isn't that budget amount 
>> considerably reduced from previous years? I remember figures closer 
>> to $6mill in some previous years (of course, it all depends on who's 
>> doing the spinning...) Claire
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Phil Cash Cash <weyiiletpu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> $2.6M for Indigenous Language Projects
>>>
>>> Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 09:17 AUS
>>>
>>> Forty-two new projects aimed at preserving Indigenous languages will 
>>> share
>>> $2.6 million in Federal Government funding.
>>>
>>> Announcing the latest recipients of the Indigenous Languages Support 
>>> program, Minister for the Arts Senator George Brandis, and Minister 
>>> for Indigenous Affairs Senator Nigel Scullion said the Government is 
>>> committed to helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 
>>> keep their languages alive.
>>>
>>> “The Indigenous Languages Support program was established in 1991 
>>> and has been a vital tool for maintaining, reviving and sharing 
>>> Indigenous languages,” Brandis said.
>>>
>>> The investment will support 42 additional activities and enable 
>>> communities to develop culturally appropriate learning resources 
>>> across a range of new media and through partnerships with schools, 
>>> cultural organisations and libraries.
>>>
>>> Access full article below:
>>> http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2014/02/26m-indigenous-langu
>>> age-projects#sthash.woswT83q.dpuf
>>>
>