Development, Multilateral and Europe (DMG)

Australia Awards scholarships in Singapore are a flagship initiative of the Australia–Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, reflecting our countries’ shared commitment to education, leadership, and regional cooperation. Announced alongside the renewal of the Partnership in October 2025, the scholarships recognise Singapore’s role as a regional hub while deepening people-to-people links between Australia and Singapore.

DFAT has approached the market seeking suppliers for the DEV+ Panel through a one-step procurement process published on AusTender.

In the 80th year of the founding of the United Nations, Australia and New Zealand have collaborated to publish the United Nations Handbook 2025-26.

The 2025–26 edition of the UN Handbook is a collaboration between the Australian and New Zealand governments.

The Australian Government’s response to the Senate Joint Standing Committee Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade report into supporting democracy in our region was tabled in Parliament on 2 September 2025. 

Water for Women (AUD159.9 million; 2018-25) was a DFAT funded Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program working in 16 Indo Pacific countries.

This report contains the findings of the independent end-of-program evaluation of the Australia Volunteers Program (the program), a ten-year (FY 2017–2027) $260 million program.

The 7th Australia-EU Joint Committee Meeting was held in Canberra on 16 September 2025. The annual meeting provides overall coordination of EU-Australia cooperation under the 2022 Framework Agreement.

This evaluation was commissioned by DFAT to assess the achievements of the Amplify–Invest–Reach (AIR) Partnership, a pilot initiative through which Australia supports four Women’s Funds to increase resources to women’s rights organisations and other actors working to advance human rights in Asia and the Pacific.