Development

The ISR found that PRISMA-2 is performing effectively and on track to achieve its end-of-program outcome, noting that efforts towards systemic change, policy influence and ensuring long-term sustainability of its existing results should be priorities for the remainder of the program.

Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls is a key objective of Australia’s development program, including through an 80 per cent performance target to ensure Australia’s development investments effectively address gender equality, and a requirement that investments over $3 million have a gender equality objective.

The independent evaluation assesses the performance of the Technical Disaster Risk Reduction in PNG Program. The evaluation was undertaken from August 2022 to November 2022. This reports presents the findings and recommendations for future partnerships between Geoscience Australia and PNG technical agencies.

The key purpose of the review was to inform investment improvement in the sector with secondary purposes of providing accountability in terms of VESP II’s performance and consolidating information that could provide an evidence-base for decision-making in the sector. The review was also used to inform Australia’s decision on whether continue to continue the current VESP II delivery modality and expand the phase. VESP II has now been extended to 2026.

Representatives from Australia, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Japan, Kiribati, Nauru and the United States of America met today to push forward the delivery of the East Micronesia Cable project.

DFAT will soon go to market for a Contractor to support the design/implementation of the new Strengthening Institutional Relationships in Southeast Asia through government-to-government partnerships (G2G) program.

In August 2022, DFAT commissioned an independent Mid-Term Review of the ASEAN-Australia Counter-Trafficking program to assess the program for relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and contractor performance.

Australia’s support through UNICEF will assist the successful introduction and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines in Vietnam.

Aus4Innovation is delivered through Australia's national science agency CSIRO

The Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme aims to improve the financial preparedness and resilience of Pacific governments and communities against climate change and natural hazards through the development and implementation of innovative and inclusive Climate Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance instruments. This report was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of the program’s first phase.