Development

Australia’s role as a leading development partner in the Indo-Pacific region has been recognised in the Centre for Global Development’s 2021 Commitment to Development Index.

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

The Regional Humanitarian Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan (‘the Strategy’) provides a strategic policy overview to guide Australia’s humanitarian engagement and investments in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2021 to 2024.

The independent evaluation of the Niue development program aimed to determine the impact of Australia’s development assistance to Niue under the Delegated Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with New Zealand from 2014 to 2021 and to inform the future direction of Australian development assistance to Niue.

DFAT will reflect the evaluation findings and recommendations in our future planning for Australian development initiatives in Niue.

DFAT and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) commissioned an independent joint review of its Strategic Partnership Framework (SPF) 2016-20 and 2021 extension (SPF 2016-21) to assess the partnership performance and arrangements over the period and to provide recommendations to inform the next SPF 2022-25.

Australia will deliver more than 400,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam this week, as part of the ongoing commitment to work together with our close friend and strategic partner.

This evaluation was paused in March 2020 so the former Office of Development Effectiveness could pivot its work towards supporting DFAT’s COVID response. This is a summary of the lessons and findings of the paused evaluation.

This evaluation was paused in March 2020 so the former Office of Development Effectiveness could pivot its work towards supporting DFAT’s COVID response. This is a summary of the lessons and findings of the paused evaluation.

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.

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.