Glossary of acronyms, abbreviations and terms
|
Term |
Definition |
|---|---|
| ADF | Australian Defence Force |
| additional estimates | Where amounts appropriated at budget time are insufficient, Parliament may approve additional funds to agencies through additional appropriation legislation. |
| administered items | Revenues, expenses, assets or liabilities managed by agencies on behalf of the Commonwealth. Agencies do not control administered items. Administered expenses include grants, subsidies and benefits. In many cases, administered expenses fund the delivery of third party outputs. |
| agency | Agencies are Commonwealth entities as defined under Section 10 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| APEC | Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (forum) |
| appropriation | An authorisation by Parliament to spend moneys from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for a particular purpose. |
| APPRs | aid program performance reports |
| APS employee | A person engaged under section 22, or a person who is engaged as an APS employee under section 74, of the Public Service Act 1999. |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AUSMIN | Australia – United States Ministerial Consultations |
| Austrade | Australian Trade and Investment Commission |
| core funding | Contributions to the regular budgets of organisations to support agreed activities in their strategic plans. |
| corporate governance | The process by which agencies are directed and controlled. It encompasses authority, accountability, stewardship, leadership, direction and control. |
| CRT | Crisis Response Team |
| DAP | Direct Aid Program |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| departmental items | Revenue, expenses, assets and liabilities that are controlled by the agency in providing its programs. |
| EAS | East Asia Summit |
| economic diplomacy | Economic diplomacy is the use of Australia’s international diplomatic assets to advance Australia’s prosperity and global prosperity. It is guided by four key pillars: promoting trade; encouraging growth; attracting investment; and supporting Australian business. |
| Efic | Export Finance and Insurance Corporation |
| EU | European Union |
| FCIs | Foundations, Councils and Institutes |
| FTA | free trade agreement |
| grant | Commonwealth financial assistance as defined under the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines (paragraphs 2.3 – 2.5). |
| GCF | Green Climate Fund |
| G20 | Group of Twenty (19 member countries and the European Union) – forum for international economic cooperation |
| IA-CEPA | Indonesia–Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement |
| ICN | international communications network |
| ICT | information and communications technology |
| ISIL | Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant |
| JSCOT | (Parliamentary) Joint Standing Committee on Treaties |
| LES | locally engaged staff |
| MDF | market development facility |
| MIKTA | Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Turkey and Australia |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NCP | New Colombo Plan |
| NGO | non-government organisation |
| non-core funding | Funding for organisations for specific programs with a clearly identified purpose. |
| non-ongoing APS employee | A person engaged as a non-ongoing APS employee under subsection 22(2)(b) or 22(2)(c) of the Public Service Act 1999. |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| ODE | Office of Development Effectiveness |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ongoing APS employee | A person engaged as an ongoing APS employee under subsection 22(2)(a) of the Public Service Act 1999. |
| PACER | Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations |
| performance pay | A payment in recognition of performance. |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| Portfolio Budget Statements | Inform the public and Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources by program to achieve the agency’s outcomes. |
| program | An activity or a group of activities that deliver benefits, services or transfer payments to individuals, industry/business or the community as a whole and are the primary vehicles for government agencies to achieve the intended results of their outcome statements. |
| purchaser–provider arrangements | Arrangements under which the services of one agency are purchased by another agency to contribute to outcomes. |
| SAFTA | Singapore–Australia Free Trade Agreement |
| SATIN | Secure Australian Telecommunications and Information Network |
| service charter | A public statement about the service that a department will provide and what customers can expect from the department. It is government policy that departments which provide services directly to the public have service charters in place. |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| TPP | Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCDF | United Nations Capital Development Fund |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNOCHA | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
| UN Women | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| ‘2+2’ | Meeting of foreign and defence ministers from two countries |