皇冠体育app

Background

皇冠体育app UK鈥檚 FTAs with Australia and New Zealand entered into force on 31 May 2023 and will be critical to strengthening the UK鈥檚 trading relationships across the region. 皇冠体育appse deals will set new global standards in goods and services and聽are expected to unlock a projected 拢2.3 billion boost to the UK economy from the Australia聽FTA聽and 拢800 million from the New Zealand聽FTA.

Scope of work

Both the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement and the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) include best-in-class provisions for digital trade that will help lower barriers to trade and investment, improve efficiency in cross border trade and create new opportunities for innovative technology companies. 皇冠体育app Australia-UK deal also includes the world鈥檚 first Innovation Chapter, which will enable both countries to discuss the impact of novel discoveries on trade and how to collaborate on cross-cutting issues.

Six months after entry into force of these FTAs, the UK government is seeking to collaborate with partners to deliver a series of events to facilitate collaboration between UK and Australian & New Zealand technology companies and demonstrate the benefits of fully implementing the intentions of the following UK-AU FTA chapters:

• chapter 14: digital trade
• chapter 20: innovation

And the following UK-NZ FTA chapter:

• chapter 15: digital trade

This 4 months programme of activity will include (but is not limited to):

• market visits
• workshops
• roundtables
• business engagement
• reporting

Further benefit includes building bilateral business networks and raising the profile of the FTA to ensure its future utilisation.

Timelines

皇冠体育app bidder is required to deliver phased outputs against set timelines (subject to confirmation).

皇冠体育app duration of this project is likely to be 4 months (December 2023 to April 2024).

Selection criteria

Bids will be assessed against the following criteria:

• project design: feasibility of activities and outputs聽including the capacity of the implementing organisation to deliver outcomes
• impact:聽supporting identifiable, meaningful activities to enhance impact of the project
• scalability: the potential for the project to act as a building block for subsequent FTA implementation activity
• viability聽and risks:聽clear engagement/buy-in of key stakeholders.聽Robust聽analysis of key risks and a plan of action to聽manage and mitigate those risks
• value for money:聽Comparable and reasonable costs聽against聽the scale of achievable outcomes

We draw your attention to the below聽key points:

• proposals should be between聽拢8,000 to 拢20,000 ($13,000 to聽$34,000 AUD)
• all funding must be聽activity-based聽(i.e. not for general support staff costs (admin, finance support), office rental etc)

Process

1. Project proposals must be received by聽23:59 (GMT) on COB Friday 17 November 2023. Late proposals will not be considered.
2. Proposals must be submitted using the attached forms only.
3. Proposals must be submitted to: [email protected].

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