Development

Australia is supporting access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for our neighbours.

Australia’s support for the COVID-19 vaccine roll out in the Pacific and Timor-Leste has today provided an initial delivery of 20,000 Australian-manufactured vaccines from our national stocks to Timor-Leste. We have also sent further much-needed medical supplies to support Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 response. 

This paper provides an overview of literature and evidence from various countries, discussing how social protection can promote social cohesion. Social cohesion has two aspects: relations amongst citizens and the ‘social contract’ between citizens and the state (Babajanian, 2012). During economic downturns and crisis periods such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, social cohesion can be undermined by citizens’ reduced trust in governments and institutions, political unrest, challenges in essential service delivery, poverty and economic hardship. 

ANCP NGOs and their in-country partners deliver effective development programs with a commitment to gender equality and social inclusion. This publication draws together a range of case studies provided by ANCP NGOs to demonstrate how the program is working towards gender equality and social inclusion.