Australia is a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation with a highly skilled workforce and one of the strongest performing economies in the world.
The New Colombo Plan mobility program recently supported Tim Ha from the University of Western Australia to participate in an Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Humanitarian Design Summit in Cambodia.
Amarina Smith, the first Indigenous New Colombo Plan Fellow, has been featured on the Australian Government's Indigenous news website indigenous.gov.au.
Twenty New Colombo Plan mobility students participated in a field trip to deepen their understanding of the culture and history of the indigenous Paiwan people of southern Taiwan.
On 18-22 November, nine New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholars visited Kuala Lumpur to attend the ASEAN+ Young Leaders Summit (AYLS) and a business function hosted by the Australian High Commission.
One hundred of Australia’s best and brightest undergraduates have been awarded New Colombo Plan 2016 scholarships to live, study and intern in the Indo-Pacific.
The New Colombo Plan Alumni Program supports alumni to maintain a connection to each other, the New Colombo Plan and the Indo-Pacific region as they progress in their lives and careers.