Tourism Development Fund: Grant Approval to Jersey Literary Festival Association in relation to Jersey Festival of Words

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A decision made 14 August 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2015-0068
Decision Summary Title :	Tourism Development Fund – approval of £39,936 grant to the Jersey Literary Festival Association to assist with the funding of off-Island marketing for the Jersey Festival of Words		Date of Decision Summary:	07 August 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Assistant Director		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Tourism Development Fund – approval of £39,936 grant to the Jersey Literary Festival Association to assist with the funding of off-Island marketing for the Jersey Festival of Words		Date of Written Report:	07 August 2015
Written Report Author:	Assistant Director		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Tourism Development Fund – approval of a £39,936 grant to the Jersey Literary Festival Association to assist with the funding of off-Island marketing for the Jersey Festival of Words.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the award of a grant, subject to contract and conditions, from the Tourism Development Fund of £39,936 to the Jersey Literary Festival Association to assist with the funding of off-Island marketing for the Jersey Festival of Words.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Tourism Development Fund Advisory Panel is comprised of members drawn from the private sector who are charged with making recommendations with regard to awarding grants from the Fund. The original application for the Jersey Literary Festival Association was presented to the Panel as part of the 2015 Spring round of applications and was rejected on the basis that there were concerns over the level of finance sought and how the balance of funding was to be sourced. The Jersey Literary Festival Association appealed the Panel’s decision to the Minister, and following a period of analysis and discussions and the provision of an updated festival plan, on the recommendation of Officers, the Minister decided to uphold the appeal and approve funding of a reduced amount of up to £39,936 to support the off-Island marketing efforts for the Jersey Festival of Words, subject to certain conditions being met and the adherence to a grant agreement.
Resource Implications: The grant is made from the Tourism Development Fund, which has sufficient resources to cover the grant. There are no further manpower or resource implications.
Action required: The Minister instructs the Strategic Development Officer to issue the contract on the basis of any conditions and in accordance with the Financial Direction on Grants (5.5).
Signature: Senator L J Farnham		Position: Minister for Economic Development
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):