The Cultural Precincts and Community Infrastructure Fund aims to:

•  Support projects that will enable Victoria’s most captivating and exciting precincts to remain sustainable and attractive for investment and cultural and tourism activities; and
•  Support the upgrade of existing or construction of new community facilities, promoting greater use and access by Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

The funding program is an extension of the already successful $10 million Cultural Precincts Enhancement Fund, which revitalised cultural precincts of the Greek, Italian and Chinese communities in Melbourne's Bourke, Lonsdale and Lygon Streets.

The 2011 Small Capital Infrastructure round of the Cultural Precincts and Community Infrastructure Fund is now closed and submitted applications are currently being assessed. 

In accordance with commitments outlined in the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition Plan for a Multicultural Victoria, a number of policy and program functions formerly located within the VMC have been transferred into the new Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship (OMAC) within the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Programs outlined on this page are now administered by OMAC.

For more information about OMAC visit the Department of Premier and Cabinet website or call 9651 1101.