Capability Reinvestment Fund
Capability Reinvestment Fund (CRF) Round 1 projects were completed in 2023–24. Round 2 projects were selected to start in 2024–25.
The CRF supports the Australian Public Service priority to build capability to address service-wide challenges. It supports initiatives that strengthen the APS to deliver for the Australian community, now and into the future.
Adopting a One-APS approach, the CRF delivers project outputs that can be offered to the wider APS at scale through the APS Academy. This encourages cross-agency collaboration.
APS Capability Reinvestment Fund
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Ten projects involving 14 APS agencies shared Round 1 funding of $8.4 million. Project deliverables include:
- producing the MOSAIC multicultural awareness digital magazine
- developing 3 microcredentials on improving gender impact analysis in policy
- developing APS capability in futures analysis
- deepening knowledge and networks in Asia and the Pacific.
Nine projects involving 24 APS agencies will share Round 2 funding of $6.5 million. Projects for 2024–25 include developing an APS integrity data framework, a greening government microcredential, and an APS-integrated unconscious bias training program.
The APS Academy supports the CRF, ensuring projects focus on service-wide capability improvement. It monitors CRF project delivery and provides updates to the Minister for the Public Service and the Secretaries Board on progress.
The CRF is an innovative approach to investing in APS organisational capability. Implementing scalable and impactful activities supports all agencies to better prepare for current and future challenges.
Find out more
Australian Government (n.d.) APS Capability Reinvestment Fund 2023–24, APS Reform website, accessed 18 July 2024.
Australian Government (n.d.) APS Capability Reinvestment Fund 2024–25, APS Reform website, accessed 18 July 2024.