Australia is a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation with a highly skilled workforce and one of the strongest performing economies in the world.
… Darussalam. We are both parties to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement , to the concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations, and ongoing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations. Country Fact Sheet … and security links Australia has long-standing defence and security links with Brunei. We engage with Brunei through strategic dialogues, bilateral military exercises, and Australia provides technical assistance to Bruneian defence and … Defence and security Australia has long-standing defence and security links with Brunei. We engage with Brunei through strategic dialogue and training, bilateral military exercises, maritime domain awareness activities, and cooperation through …
… and other development partners are supporting the Kiribati Ministry of Education to implement its Education Sector Strategic Plan (2016-2019). The goal of KEIP Phase III is that young I-Kiribati finish basic education with the knowledge … of Education effectively plans, resources and manages priority sector activities. The Investment Design document includes strategic analysis of the context, a detailed description of the investment, and implementation arrangements. Full … and other development partners are supporting the Kiribati Ministry of Education to implement its Education Sector Strategic Plan (2016-2019). The goal of KEIP Phase III is that young I-Kiribati finish basic education with the knowledge …
… promote exchange and collaboration between Australian and Indian organisations in fields of relevance to the bilateral strategicpartnership deliver high quality programs that demonstrate Australia's economic credentials and technical excellence to … build on signature national or bilateral initiatives such as India's unique identity Aadhaar scheme or Australia India Strategic Research Fund projects on health, agribusiness, water, energy and resources, and urban infrastructure . Recognise …
… Australia and New Zealand Joint Solomon Islands Education Sector Support Program 2020-2023 Investment Design provides the strategic direction and implementation arrangements for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the … of Foreign Affairs and Trade combined investment to support the Solomon Islands Government to implement its Education Strategic Framework 2016-2030. The combined investment will improve outcomes in basic education (Years 1-9). Full …
… since 2009. Current DFAT funding to PASAI is $4.4 million over five years (2014-2019) and aligns with PASAI's 10-year strategic plan (2014-24). DFAT funding supports Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the Pacific to work in partnership with their governments, legislatures and development partners to improve the timeliness and quality of audits, … provide relevant capacity development materials for SAIs to use themselves. The review identified some areas where the Strategic Plan could be reassessed to reduce the risk of it having over-ambitious outcome goals. Also, PASAI to decrease its …
… beggar thy neighbour policies or the rise or diminution of one or more centres of power – can have both an economic and a strategic impact. As we grapple with the question of how we drive national success in the Asian Century, we need to guard … a top ten economy, sometime in the near future. Asia as a region has re-emerged as a region of first order economic and strategic significance in its own right. Australia has already benefitted immensely from the transformations taking place … councils in both countries are working together to push reform under the proposed Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Partnership Agreement. Late last year they submitted a joint report to the two governments, with over 50 recommendations for …
… AAI is a well-established and highly regarded program that is performing well. Notably, AAI aligns closely with the strategic priorities and needs of both the Government of Australia (GOA) and the Government of Indonesia (GOI). With robust …
… of the first phase of the Aus4Innovation (A4I) program. This review is commissioned by CSIRO and has been assigned to the Strategic Development Group. The review covers the period from the start of the A4I in 2018 to mid-2021. The main objectives … the independent review makes six recommendations (see Table 2 for the recommendations in full). Three of which are of a strategic nature aimed at enhancing the coherence of A4I, and three operational recommendations, which seek to reinforce the …
… Australia welcomes the extension of the New START Treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) between the United States and Russia. … US-Russia extension of a Critical Arms Control …
… 1. The Ministers from the 16 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Participating Countries (RPCs) assembled for the 2nd RCEP Intersessional Ministerial Meeting held from 3 … just been concluded in October 2016 in Tianjin, China. The Ministers met to assess the progress made and provide further strategic policy guidance going into the 16th Round in December in Indonesia, the last round scheduled for 2016. 2. The … as envisaged in the Guiding Principles and Objectives for Negotiating the RCEP. To this end, the Ministers provided strategic policy guidance to advance negotiations, especially in the core areas of trade in goods, trade in services, …