Office of the Pacific (OTP)

DFAT is now inviting proposals from Australian higher education providers, or a consortium led by an Australian higher education provider, to design and implement a new program: the Pacific Higher Education Partnerships Investment.

The Pacific Ocean Litter Project (POLP) is an A$16 million Australian development assistance funded project (2019-2027) that is administered by DCCEEW and implemented in partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).

DFAT intends to approach the market for a managing contractor to implement Phase II of the Pacific Security College, a regional educational institution dedicated to a peaceful, safe and secure future for all the people of the Blue Pacific.

This opportunity will invite proposals from an Australian higher education provider, or a consortium led by an Australian higher education provider, to design and implement a new program: the Pacific Higher Education Partnerships Investment. 

The Australia Pacific Partnerships Platform is a multi-country platform designed to provide economic governance and development enabling to Pacific island countries (PICs). The platform operates in seven PICs: Nauru, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Cook Island

Papua New Guinea Institional Partnerships Program (PIPP) is a four-year (December 2022–June 2026), $53.8 million program (+4) that builds on the long history of Australian support to PNG public service agencies. As with the preceding programs, it remains the primary means by which Australia, through its participating Australian Government Entities (AGEs), generates and maintains institutional relationships with PNG partner agencies.

Pacific Women Lead (PWL) is a $170 million portfolio of regional investments aimed at advancing gender equality across the Pacific over a period of five years (2021-2026).

TAPQE is a five-year program (2022 – 2027) focused on addressing some of the education challenges in Tuvalu. The mid-term review of TAPQE was completed in February 2025 and was designed to answer five questions on the program’s interventions, use of resources, progress towards end of program outcomes, social inclusion measures and monitoring and evaluation arrangements.
 

The purpose of this Treaty is to recognise and affirm the commitment between the Parties to protect their sovereignty, secure their mutual defence and security interests and contribute to regional stability and security, by strengthening and expanding defence cooperation through enhanced capability, interoperability and integration.

This Memorandum of Understanding (the MoU) works alongside existing climate and energy cooperation between Tuvalu and Australia, by establishing the Tuvalu - Australia Renewable Energy Partnership (the Partnership), supported by the Australia - Pacific Partnership for Energy Transition (APPET).