Development assistance

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).

AusConnect is an online marketplace that makes it easier to link searchers and suppliers to opportunities for engagement in the Australian development program.

The Water for Women (WfW) GESI mid-term review complements the recent Independent Review of the Fund completed in August 2020.

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.

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 Australian Agriculture Visa is no longer an available visa product.

The Australian Government operates the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme, which focuses on labour mobility opportunities for the Pacific and Timor-Leste in Australia.

The Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (MAMPU) was an 8-year program ($110.8m) with two 4-year phases. MAMPU aimed to improve Indonesian women’s access to essential services and other government programs in order to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment and support the achievement of relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).