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For an overview of Australia's Official Development Assistance, please click
here.
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The Australian Agency
for International Development (AusAID) is the managing
agency of the Australian Government's official overseas aid
programme. It is an administratively autonomous agency
affiliated with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade. Australia's aid contribution lies with 0.25% of the
gross national income over the international average of 0.23%. |
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Priority countries are
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji,
India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Iraq,
Kiribati, Maldives, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru,
Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Papua New
Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu,
Viet Nam. There are special programmes for Regional East Asia,
the Regional South Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.
Detailed information can be found on the following Website: http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Country Information [Direct
Link]. You can also access information through a world map
which shows the target countries of Australian aid: http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> How Australian aid makes a difference > Where we give
aid: world map [Direct
Link].
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The guiding issues faced
in Australia's aid program in order to reduce poverty and
advance sustainable development are the following: governance,
globalisation, human capital, regional security, sustainable
resource management. [1] |
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AusAID has seven
priority sectors: governance, health, education, rural
development, infrastructure, gender, environment. Additional
program focueses are humanitarian assistance, peace, HIV/AIDS,
food security, private sector development, human rights,
Information and Communication Technologies.[2] |
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AusAID uses the terms
"program approach"/ "program aid".
In the past AusAID applied the term "program
approach" when referring to different approaches to aid
delivery including sector support programs, technical
assistance facilities and flexible implementation mechanisms
as they differed from typical bilateral project aid in terms
of their flexibility, progressive design or level of partner
government ownership. According to international donor trends,
only sector support programs now are being defined as
"program approach" or "program aid".
AusAID supports the sectoral approach. Special emphasis is
given to in-country activity management and monitoring.[3]
Projects are the most common type of AusAID's bilateral
development assistance.[4] |
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Concerning the field of
education, AusAID puts particular focus on basic and technical
and vocational education. Major topics are TVE curriculum
development, teaching standard and competency, and
infrastructure. Support is given to the introduction of demand
driven approaches, the encouragement of public and private
sector employers, and activities to improve the access of
vulnerable groups to TVET and skills development, especially
girls.
Major regional focus areas are Australia's closest neighbours
in the Pacific and South East Asia.
According to the AusAID's document on Education
Sector Interventions [PDF - 340 KB] (July 1999), education
and training is AusAID's largest allocation sector - in
1998/99, 17% of Official Development Assistance (ODA). The
division of this amount between training and education in
1998/99 was approximately 60:40.[5] |
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| Name |
Australian
Agency for International Development (AusAID) |
| Street
Address |
62
Northbourne Avenue
Canberra ACT 2601 |
| Mailing
Address |
GPO Box 887
Canberra ACT 2601 |
| Phone |
[+61]
(2) 6206 4000 |
| Fax |
[+61] (2) 6206
4880 |
| E-Mail |
infoausaid@ausaid.gov.au |
| Website
(language) |
http://www.ausaid.gov.au
(English) |
AusAID's head office,
Canberra provides you with information about AusAID presences
in individual states.
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| [1] |
Australian
Agency for International Development, http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Key Aid Sectors [Direct
Link], 13 June 2003. |
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| [2] |
Australian
Agency for International Development, http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Key Aid Sectors [Direct
Link], 13 June 2003. |
<back> |
| [3] |
Australian
Agency for International Development, http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Publications > AusGUIDE > Introduction >
Key terms > Program Approach [Direct
Link], access: 20 June 2003. |
<back> |
| [4] |
Australian
Agency for International Development, http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Publications > AusGUIDE > Introduction >
Key terms > Project [Direct
Link], access: 20 June 2003. |
<back> |
| [5] |
Australian
Agency for International Development, http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Key aid sectors > Education [Direct
Link], access: 13 June 2003.
AusAID, "AusAID's
Education Sector Interventions" [PDF - 340 KB],
http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Publications > Policy Documents > AusAID's
Education Sector Interventions, access: 14 June 2003. |
<back> |
| [6] |
Australian
Agency for International Development, http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Publications > AusGUIDE [Direct
Link], 14 June 2003. |
<back> |
| [7] |
Australian
Agency for International Development, http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Publications > Policy Documents > Australian
Aid: Investing in Growth, Stability and Prosperity [Direct
Link], 13 June 2003. |
<back> |
| [8] |
Australian
Agency for International Development, http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Publications > Policy Documents > AusAID's
Education Sector Interventions [Direct
Link to PDF - 340 KB], 14 June 2003. |
<back> |
| [9] |
Australian
Agency for International Development, http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> Publications > Policy Documents > Education
and Training in Australia's Aid Program [Direct
Link to PDF - 283 KB], 14 June 2003. |
<back> |
| [10] |
Australian
Agency for International Development, http://www.ausaid.gov.au
> NGOs > NGO Policy Statement > Working with
Australian NGOs. An Australian Aid Program Policy Paper
[Direct
Link to PDF - 632 KB], access: 25 June 2003. |
<back> |
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Information for this section
on Australian Development cooperation was taken from AusAID's website: http://www.ausaid.gov.au,
access: 12 June 2003. |
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