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5. Advice to the Program Delegate and Funding Decisions

This chapter outlines the advice provided to the decision maker by the department and Innovation Australia, as well as the funding decisions that have been taken. Introduction

5.1 The

program delegate was responsible for making all funding decisions under the programs. Consistent with the delegate’s broader responsibilities under the Australian Government’s financial management legislation, the delegate also needed to satisfy the requirements of an ‘approver’ for the purposes of the FMA Regulations. 123 In this context, ANAO examined the final merit assessment, recommendation and decision of the 814 applications that were considered by the delegate. 124 Innovation Australia committee assessment

5.2 In

April 2012, the program management area of the department advised IA committee members that: The purpose of the carbon scoring tool is to ensure that AusIndustry Customer Service Managers take a uniform approach to scoring against this criterion. Committee members may wish to score on some other basis. For Merit Criterion 1, Committee Members are asked to give applicants a score out of 70. We are assuming that your score will reflect your level of confidence in the values for the indicators provided in the application and your consideration of the competitiveness of the values of those indicators and their relative importance in overall performance against this criterion.

5.3 In

September 2014, the department advised ANAO that the process for the CTIC and CTFFIC’s consideration of applications included: 123 Up until 30 June 2014, this obligation was provided for under FMA Regulation 9. From 1 July 2014, this obligation was provided for under section 15 of the PGPA Act, which requires accountable authorities to govern Commonwealth entities in a way that, amongst other things, promotes the proper use and management of public resources and the financial stability of the entity, and section 23 of the PGPA Act, which provides the power for accountable authorities to enter into arrangements. 124 Of the 849 applications that were assessed against the merit criteria, 35 were not considered by the program delegate due to the closure of the programs. ANAO Report No.11 2014–15 The Award of Grants under the Clean Technology Program