Corporate information

Governance

Established under the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Act 1982 (the ACIAR Act), ACIAR is a non-corporate Commonwealth entity under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and a statutory agency under the Public Service Act 1999.

ACIAR is an agency within the portfolio of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The ACIAR Chief Executive Officer reports directly to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

• ACIAR Executive
• ACIAR Audit and Risk Committee
• Commission for International Agricultural Research
• Policy Advisory Council

Key corporate documents

• 10-Year Strategy 2018-27
• Corporate Plan
• Annual Operational Plan
• Annual Report
• All corporate documents can be found here.

Policies

• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Act 1982
• Gender Equity Policy and Strategy 2017-27
• Emissions Reduction Plan 2024
• Standard contract conditions and intellectual property policy
• Code of Conduct Procedures 2022  [PDF 891.42 KB]
• APS Code of Conduct 2021 [PDF 76.26 KB]
• APS Values 2021 [PDF 22.68 KB]

Agency reviews

• Agency reviews

Reporting requirements, disclosures and registers

• Executive remuneration disclosure
• Freedom of information
• Gifts and benefits register
• Information publication scheme
• List of new departmental files
• Privacy impact assessment register
• Senate Order on Departmental and Agency Contracts
• Summary of legal services expenditure
• Commonwealth Child Safe Framework
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transparency Statement