ICW Australia Collaborative Awards 2026

Entries are open across a wide range of sectors and collaboration types, including:

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1. Public Sector: For any public sector organisation, such as central government departments, blue-light services, health & care services, local authorities, mayoral combined authorities, etc. delivering specific collaboration projects / programmes.

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2. Defence and Security Sector: For organisations delivering specific collaboration projects / programmes within the defence and security sector.

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3. Transportation Sector: For organisations delivering specific collaboration projects / programmes within the transportation sector which can include air, rail, highways, maritime, etc.

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4. Utilities/Infrastructure: For organisations delivering specific collaboration projects / programmes within the utility sector which can include energy, power, water, renewables etc.

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5. SMEs & Social Enterprise: Solely for small and medium enterprises (SME) and social enterprises (SE), which includes not-for-profits, delivering impactful collaboration projects or programs.

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6. Social Impact & Sustainability Impact Through Collaboration: For organisations delivering measurable social value, sustainability and /or ESG outcomes, as aligned to recognised Government (state or Commonwealth) priorities for community benefit, through collaboration.

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7. Transformation & Innovation Impact Through Collaboration: For organisation(s) who are enabling Transformation and / or Innovation
through collaboration that helps break down organisational barriers internal or across organisations and enables people engagement to create sustainable improvements. May include, but not limited to,

• a specific R&D project;

• an operational requirement that required new ways of working and / or rapid change or integration of new technologies;

• a new approach adopted to improve health and safety, etc.

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8. Unincorporated JV / Alliance based Collaborations: Open to any group of organisations who are working together to deliver a specific project underpinned by a Joint Venture or Alliance Agreement.

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9. Internal Collaboration / Strengthening Organisational Coherence: Open to any organisation (public or private sector) that is developing and strengthening its internal collaboration capabilities – working across departmental and professional silos – to drive change and innovation through collaboration.

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10. Supply Chain / Business Ecosystem Collaborations: Open to any organisation making substantial progress in driving either a collaborative supply chain (a system of organisations, activities, people, information and resources) OR a business ecosystem (a network of interconnected organisations) to achieve a specified and desired outcome. The system would embrace all parties in the supply chain or ecosystem.

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