Australia's Support to Fiji's Education Sector is a five-year program (2017-2022), valued at up to AUD25 million, and administered by the Fiji Program Support Facility. It is the latest iteration of a long-term commitment by the Australian Government to support the education sector in Fiji.

The independent review assesses the performance of the Australia-PNG Transport Partnership as at 2022. The Review was conducted from October 2021 to February 2022. This Report presents the Review findings and recommendations for future directions of the Partnership.

The independent review assesses the performance and quality of the Australian funded PNG-Australia Transport Sector Support Program as at 2022. The Review was conducted from October 2021 to February 2022. This Report presents the Review findings and recommendations for future directions of the Transport Sector Support Program.

This report, Australia's Official Development Assistance: Statistical Summary, 2020-21, presents statistical details of Australia's development cooperation and reflects government priorities for 2020-21 with partner countries, multilateral and bilateral development agencies, civil society organisations and the private sector.

The Review outlines six major recommendations that have been agreed upon DFAT and CSIRO.

The rule of law and effective administration of justice are crucial to Papua New Guinea's long-term stability, security and economic growth. Australia has supported PNG's law and justice sector since the late 1980s and currently delivers this support through three pillars; the PNG-Australia Policing Partnership (PNG-APP), the Justice Services and Stability for Development Program (JSS4D) and smaller select investments in PNG's law and justice sector.

This independent evaluation assessed the effectiveness of Australia’s and New Zealand’s joint investment in the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (OPOC) from 2017 to 2021, and provides recommendations for future consideration.

The Gender Action Platform (GAP) concluded in December 2020. Its design prioritised innovation, collaboration and shared learning. In July 2021, an independent Review of the GAP found the GAP achieved its objective to strengthen Australian NGO projects to achieve gender equality outcomes in developing countries.

Lao PDR Competitiveness and Trade (LCT) Project is a multi-donor program administered by the World Bank and implemented by the National Implementation Unit (NIU) of Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) in Lao PDR. LCT was designed for the period January 2019- December 2022 with funding from Australia (AUD 4.5 million), USAID (USD 3 million from September 2019), Irish Aid (EUR 360,000) and a World Bank IDA loan (USD 10 million).

Partnerships for Improving Education supports the Government of Papua New Guinea to improve the delivery of, access to, and quality of education for the children of PNG.

Through the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Australia funded the Australia Balochistan Agribusiness Program phase 2 (AusABBA II). By promoting sustainable agricultural practices and providing technical support to policy development in agriculture and livestock, AusABBA II sought to reduce poverty and economic inequality in six of Balochistan’s districts bordering Afghanistan and Iran.

The Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS) has been the flagship of Australia’s support towards a stronger and more independent media sector in the Pacific for over a decade, with ABC International Development as its longstanding delivery partner.

Underprivileged Children’s Educational Programs (UCEP) Bangladesh is implementing DFAT supported ‘Skills for Economic Growth and Prosperity’ investment in Bangladesh.

The Australian Government in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the Innovation for Social Impact Partnership (ISIP) project in the Philippines in 2018.

Investing in Women (IW) is a 7-year, AUD102 million initiative in Southeast Asia to improve women’s economic participation as employees and entrepreneurs and influence the enabling environment to promote women’s economic empowerment.

As the Lao government rolls out a new primary education curriculum, this multi-year study assesses the extent to which the Australia-supported Basic Education Quality and Access in Laos Program (BEQUAL) results in school leaders and teachers developing intended teaching practices, which in turn leads to improvements in student learning outcomes.

The purpose of the review was to assess Nabilan’s progress against its end of program outcomes with an emphasis on Phase 2 programming with a view to informing the design process for Phase 3. The Review was undertaken by a team of four from DESI Consulting, two in-country consultants and two working remotely.

In June 2021, DFAT commissioned a review of the Australia Awards Papua New Guinea Program to assess progress towards its end of program outcomes.

The mid-term progress report on the Australian Government’s Health Security Initiative for the Indo-Pacific region was completed in May 2021. The Initiative was launched in October 2017 with an allocation of $300 million over five years funded from the Australian aid program. Its goal is to contribute to the avoidance and containment of infectious disease threats with the potential to cause social and economic harms on a national, regional or global scale.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is releasing this Indigenous Diplomacy Agenda to elevate indigenous issues in the work of the foreign affairs and trade portfolio.

An Independent Progress Review (IPR) was commissioned to assess the performance of the Coalitions for Change Program (Phase 2) against its objectives and the program’s continuing relevance including its operational arrangements, in the context of the Philippines’ advanced middle-income status and the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Transformative Agenda for Women, Adolescents and Youth in the Pacific: Towards Zero Unmet Need for Family Planning is a four-year program (2018-2022) that aims to contribute to strengthening national government capacity in six Pacific countries.

This paper provides an overview of literature and evidence from various countries, discussing how social protection can promote social cohesion. Social cohesion has two aspects: relations amongst citizens and the ‘social contract’ between citizens and the state (Babajanian, 2012). During economic downturns and crisis periods such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, social cohesion can be undermined by citizens’ reduced trust in governments and institutions, political unrest, challenges in essential service delivery, poverty and economic hardship. 

The Solomon Islands Gender Equality Plan outlines the approach and investments of the Australian Government’s Gender Equality Program for the period 2020–22. The Gender Equality Plan bridges the final period of Australia’s Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (Pacific Women) program and the transition to Australia’s next phase of support for gender equality programming in the Pacific region.

DFAT uses PPAs to assess how well implementing partners are delivering the services required in aid agreements and to inform future funding decisions. PPAs are DFAT owned documents stored in its information and records management systems. PPA information can be used for internal DFAT purposes and de-identified performance reporting to the public and the Government, including but not limited to, informing future procurement evaluations by tender Evaluation Committees, partner selection decisions, funding to multilateral organisations, partner governments and DFAT's aid program publications. Partners will be de-identified for the purposes of performance data analysis used in public reporting, unless there is a legal duty to do so. Partners must seek DFAT's written consent to share PPAs with third parties.

This matrix provides guidance to agreement managers, those approving PPAs, and implementing partners on the allocation of overall ratings against quality criteria. The matrix is a guide to support clear thinking and good practice in the consistent application of ratings. While the sub-questions are rated, only the overall quality rating for each criterion is used when reporting on delivery partner performance. In awarding ratings managers should take into account the delivery modality. For example, where investments are executed by national entities under the supervision of the partner being assessed, the scope of the assessment should be limited to the partner rather than the executing entity. An overall rating of 1-3 is classified as unsatisfactory and 4-6 is satisfactory.

This report outlines the progress, including key activities and achievements, of the DFAT-funded Governance for Development program (GfD) in Timor-Leste for the period May 2020 to April 2021.

The three core donors to the Wan Smolbag Theatre Community Partnership (WSB) – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand), and Oxfam - commissioned an evaluation of WSB in late 2020 in order to inform the next phase of funding.