In determining the rankings attributed to each applicant for an arts grant:

(1) Who makes the assessment for consideration by the Cultural Council.

(2) How are those assessments made.

(3) What opportunities are available for applicants to assess the rankings before funding decisions are made.

(1) Art form based peer committees assess applications for consideration by the Cultural Council.

(2) Grants sought through the ACT Arts Development Funding Program are assessed against a published set of assessment criteria. For 2000 these were:

demonstrated benefit to the ACT community from a project that would not otherwise occur in the marketplace; artistic excellence and innovation; ability of the people involved to deliver the stated outcome; including: qualifications, experience and skills; past artistic and administrative performance; and viability of the group or organisation; and realistic and sound project budget.

(3) Applicants are not involved in the assessment process, and therefore are not able to assess their ranking before funding decisions are made.