Location of business opportunity and supporting activities

Where in Australia, Indonesia, or both countries will the business opportunity and its supporting activities take place? If the business opportunity is in specific provinces/states/territories, please select these from the lists below. Alternatively if it is national, you can click “All provinces” (for Indonesia) or “All states/territories” (for Australia)

Achieving your business opportunity vision will require several supporting activities. Katalis works by collaborating with beneficiaries on an agreed set of supporting activities, some of which Katalis will fund (either directly or else via a third party “implementing partner”), and others which the beneficiary will fund/support themselves (as part of the Katalis co-contribution requirement). For example, your business opportunity may be to “investigate entering the Indonesian or Australian market”. Investigating the Indonesian or Australian market may include the supporting activities of “conducting desk research” and “conducting a market entry study tour/visit”. This may work with you, as the beneficiary, funding one of these activities yourself (co-contribution), and Katalis funding the other activity. The below questions will ask you to consider these aspects in more detail.

Type of supporting activities

Katalis-funded supporting activity description (type, scale, scope, location):

Please describe the supporting activity you would like to seek Katalis funding for (200 words maximum).

Katalis can invest in a range of supporting activities to help you pursue your business opportunity vision. These supporting activities could include policy, research, networking, or skills development support (as outlined above) to help progress your business opportunity and take advantage of mutually beneficial bilateral opportunities under IA-CEPA. In describing the Katalis-funded activity, please note that Katalis is not a grants program and cannot provide direct funding to beneficiaries. The activity described below should be something that can either be delivered by Katalis directly or else be contracted to a third party “implementing partner”. The Guidelines to Submit a Commercial Business Opportunity provide further information on what Katalis can and cannot fund, and explains the difference between a “beneficiary” and an “implementing partner”.

Beneficiary-funded supporting activity description (type, scale, scope, location) – Also referred to as the Co-Contribution:

Please provide details regarding the supporting activity or activities you would undertake as your co-contribution.
One of the Katalis Investment Criteria is for the business opportunity to “include financial or in-kind co-contribution from the beneficiary or beneficiaries”. Katalis will prioritise business opportunity ideas with financial or in-kind co-contribution.

Katalis has seven investment criteria. You have already provided details regarding the criterion related to co-contribution, now please briefly explain how your activity business opportunity satisfies the remaining six criteria

Maximises outcomes from IA-CEPA.

What commercial outcomes is the expected to deliver? What is the business case for the opportunity? What is the potential return on investment? (Max 200 words.)

Mutually beneficial to Indonesia and Australia and aligned with bilateral and/or regional interests.

Does the business opportunity support ‘win-win’ bilateral commercial opportunities? Please detail who the direct and indirect beneficiaries will be of your proposed business opportunity, and if they are in Indonesia or Australia. What broader economic, social or public benefit (if any) are you expecting beyond the commercial outcomes identified? How does the business opportunity increase bilateral and/or regional growth and prosperity? (Max 200 words.)

Prioritises catalytic outcomes.

Is the business opportunity scalable? Does it crowd in other investors or traders from the sector or from related value chains? (Max 200 words)

Delivers gender equity and social inclusion.

Does your business opportunity idea target, include or make a positive impact on women, people with disabilities or other marginalised groups – particularly in sectors heavily affected by COVID-19? (Max 200 words)

Politically feasible and practical.

Katalis can support policy and regulatory reform to help strengthen and align commercial ecosystems. Is your business opportunity dependent upon large policy or regulatory reform? If so, is the change politically feasible or practical? If the activity doesn’t require any policy or regulatory reform, it is sufficient to just state this. (Max 200 words)

Reflects Indonesia and Australia’s comparative advantages.

What resources (e.g. human, industry, commercial, organisational, management, institutional) from each country will your business opportunity draw on? (Max 200 words.)