AusAID Insight: 8 June 2012
AusAID Insight: 22 June 2012
Civil Society Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Fund
22 June: Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced that Australia will provide more funding to help millions of people in developing countries access clean water and sanitation.
More about the Civil Society Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Fund
AusAID helps PNG prepare for elections
Australia has achieved another milestone in its efforts to support the PNG Government with the 2012 national elections. Polling for the elections opens tomorrow (22 June) and will run until 6 July.
More about preparation for the PNG elections
World Refugee Day 2012
World Refugee Day is an opportunity to reflect on the plight of the more than 42.5 million people who are displaced by conflict and political unrest worldwide.
More about World Refugee Day
Recognising leadership in combating human trafficking
Dr Anne Gallagher AO, a leading expert on Australia’s Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project, has received Australian and US honours for her work.
More about combating human trafficking
Launch of Civil Society Engagement Framework
AusAID’s Civil Society Engagement Framework sets out how Australia will work more effectively with civil society organisations (CSOs), in Australia and overseas, to increase the impact of aid for the world’s poorest people.
More about the the Civil Society Engagement Framework
Australia at forefront of G20 food security push
Australia is playing a leading role in helping to address this challenge, including through its support for G20 action to produce more food for the world’s growing population.
More about the G20 food security push
Book deliveries ignite passion for reading in East Timor
Young children in schools throughout East Timor will stand a better chance of learning to read and write, thanks to a recent windfall of books delivered by the Alola Foundation with Australian assistance.
More about book deliveries in East Timor
Australia partnering to create opportunities in Bangladesh
AusAID has entered a new five-year partnership with the UK Government’s aid agency DFID and the world’s largest NGO BRAC to transform the lives of millions of Bangladesh’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
More about the DFID, BRAC and AusAID partnership
Community leaders support South Fly TB Program in PNG
Mr Numa and 19 other community leaders from across the South Fly District in PNG met in early June in Daru to discuss progress of the TB program.
More about the South Fly TB Program in Papua New Guinea
Supporting education in Myanmar
A new Australian education package for Myanmar will give millions of children the opportunity to finish primary school and more than double tertiary scholarships by 2015.
More about the Australian education package for Myanmar
Doubling aid to Myanmar
Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced the increase in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday after meeting with Burma’s President Thein Sein as well as Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi and civil society groups.
More about Australia's increased aid to Myanmar
Blog: Levelling the playing field; Gender and the PNG elections
Mike Wightman, First Secretary in Port Moresby, blogs about what might be a world record in the upcoming Papua New Guinea elections. 3,435 candidates will contest just 109 parliamentary seats, only one of which is currently held by a woman.
Read Mike's blog on female participation in the upcoming PNG elections
Blog: The Importance of Civil Society Engagement
20 June saw the launch of the Australian Government's Civil Society Engagement Framework. Executive Director of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc Purcell, explains what civil society is and why it's important.
Read Marc Purcell's blog on civil society
Blog: The Importance of Civil Society Engagement
20 June saw the launch of the Australian Government's Civil Society Engagement Framework. Executive Director of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc Purcell, explains what civil society is and why it's important.
Read Marc Purcell's blog on civil society
Blog: The Importance of Civil Society Engagement
20 June saw the launch of the Australian Government's Civil Society Engagement Framework. Executive Director of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc Purcell, explains what civil society is and why it's important.
Read Marc Purcell's blog on civil society
Blog: Decommissioning the Australian Development Gateway
AusAID's Lisa Wright explains the evolution of social networking and knowledge sharing websites and technologies since the creation of the Australian Development Gateway in 2004, and the decision behind decommissioning the website on 30 June.
Read Lisa's blog on the Australian Development Gateway
Blog: Australia and UNHCR bringing hope to refugees around the world
Richard Towle is the UNHCR's Regional Representative. On World Refugee Day, Richard blogs on Engage about the millions of people forcibly displaced by war, conflict and persecution all around the world.
Read Richard Towle's World Refugee Day blog
Blog: The great, the good, the glamorous… and Ghana
A year on from the historic GAVI Pledging Conference, the GAVI Alliance's Dan Thomas blogs about the momentum childhood immunisation has gained and shares an inspiring short film about Ghana's ambitious introduction of two new vaccines.
Read Dan's blog on progress made in childhood immunisation
Blog: The great, the good, the glamorous… and Ghana
A year on from the historic GAVI Pledging Conference, the GAVI Alliance's Dan Thomas blogs about the momentum childhood immunisation has gained and shares an inspiring short film about Ghana's ambitious introduction of two new vaccines.
Read Dan's blog on progress made in childhood immunisation
Blog: World Oceans Day
AusAID's Senior Environment Specialist, Claire Ireland, reminds us of the crucial importance of protecting the health of the world's oceans. Our rainwater, drinking water, weather, climate, coastlines, much of our food, and even the oxygen we breathe, are all ultimately provided and regulated by the sea.
Read Claire's blog on the importance of protecting our oceans
Video: Supporting Education in Myanmar
Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced Australia's four-year package to support education in Myanmar will train more teachers, supply textbooks and provide nutritious meals to children who attend school. The package give millions of children the opportunity to finish primary school and more than double tertiary scholarships by 2015.
Watch Foreign Minister Bob Carr talk about Australia's commitment to education in Myanmar
Video: Myanmar early childhood centre
The early childhood development centre in Kungyangon identifies children at risk of missing out on early childhood development and covers their fees and costs. It also runs education sessions to help parents understand the importance of early stimulation, health and hygiene for toddlers.
Watch Foreign Minister Bob Carr at the early childhood development centre in Kungyangon, Myanmar
Did you know?
171 Papua New Guineans graduated from the Australia Pacific Technical College PNG campus in 2011.
More on AusAID's aid program and achievements in PNG
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