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UNICEF Law and Justice Contributions This program aims to improve access to justice and support services for women and children vulnerable to family and sexual violence, as well as for chilren who come in conflict with the law. This will be achieved through (a) enhancing legal and policy frameworks, (b) training and capacity building, (c) provision of technical support to law and justice sector agencies on child protection and (d) working in partnership with national and subnational partners. The total estimated value of this investment is up to $600,000 to be expensed over two years, starting in the 2017-18 financial year.
Political Economy Analysis for Improved Policy The Political Economy Analysis for Improved Policy aims to equip aid program staff with the information and skills necessary to conduct applied political economy analysis to better inform policy and programming decisions and contribute to more effective aid. Funding will support: the provision of consultancy services in the field of political economy analysis at the country, sector and/or sub-national level; provision of specialist advice on the application of political economy analysis to development policy and programming; and the development and delivery of training, workshops and the facilitation of discussions aimed at building capabilities to conduct, manage and integrate political economy analysis to better inform aid policy and programming decisions. The total value of this initiative is $0.1 million to be expensed during the 2013-14 financial year.
PNG Transport - RoU AusAID and Infrastructure In November 2009, the Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to: (1) encourage cooperation between the two countries in relation to the safety and security of the transport network including air, maritime and road; and (2) develop relations between transport portfolio agencies and relevant industry participants and other organisations concerned with the safety and security of the transport network. This initiative will support implementation of the MoU by providing grant funding directly to the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government to deliver pre-approved projects based on work plans jointly developed by PNG and Australian transport agencies. The total value of this initiative is $3.0 million over 4 years, starting 2009-10.
PNG Audit Services Panel The Australian High Commission Port Moresby routinely requires audit services to review and provide managements recommendations on activities funded by the administered and departmental budgets. To date these services have been sought in an ad hoc manner in separate tenders. Funding under this investment will support the establishment of an audit services panel for a period of up to five years, to provide an independent assessment of, and advice on, the delivery of activities by the Australian High Commission, Port Moresby. The total value of this investment is $4.0 million over 3 years, starting 2016-17.
Sector split:
110 Education 40%
120 Health 30%
150 Govenment and Civil Society 30%
Emergency Preparedness Workshops- AsiaPacific11/12 Australia plays a leadership role in responding to natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific, especially in recent years, with earthquakes in Pakistan and Indonesia, a landslide in the Philippines, tsunamis in Indonesia and the Solomon Islands, and the regular occurrence of cyclones in southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific. In support of this role the Humanitarian Emergency Response (HER) delivers emergency preparedness workshops to increase operational capacity to lead and manage emergency responses to humanitarian crises. Funding under this initiative supports the delivery of emergency preparedness training workshops for Posts with an identified risk of high exposure to natural disasters. The total value of this initiative is $70,000 over 2 years, starting 2011-12.
Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships PNG The Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships (AAPS) is a multi-country initiative that provides access for developing country nationals to tertiary education. Funding under this initiative auports Papua New Guinea institutions.  Study areas are based on respective Papua New Guinean Government's priority areas as well as those of the Australian Aid program. The total value of this initiative is $25.8 million over 8 years, starting 2013-14.
PSS Budget 2009/10 The Program Support Services (PSS) supports the Australian Aid Program in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and is implemented in partnership with Papua New Guinea Government under the 2006-2010 PNG-Australia Development Cooperation Strategy. Funding under this initiative provides program support, including the provision of contracts advice, public relations, human resource management, information technology, financial processing and reporting, travel, fleet management, property and records management support to the aid program through the Port Moresby post. The total value of this initiative is $5.1 million over one year, 2009-10.
Church Partnership Program Phase 2 The Church Partnership Program (CPP) Phase 2 supports seven Australian faith-based Non-Government Organisations (ANGOs) and their Papua New Guinea (PNG) church partners to work together to better deliver services and conduct development activities in communities around PNG. CPP Phase 2 will continue the effective work of Phase 1 of the program ($33.4 million from 2004 to 2010) and will improve upon it. Phase 1 helped participating churches increase their individual and combined organisations capacities in a number of health and education activities in communities across PNG. Phase 2 incorporates recent review recommendations to move to a more cohesive approach through an increased focus on coordination among PNG churches, improved gender equality efforts, better coordination with the Government of PNG (GoPNG). The priorities of all churches are set out in a mix of Annual and Multi Year Activity Plans which align with the following goals: Improvements in education, health, peace buildin
PNG-Australia Law and Justice Partnership (PALJP) The Papua New Guinea-Australia Law and Justice Partnership (PALJP) builds on a strong program of support that has strengthened the capacity of core law and justice agencies to deliver services in: crime prevention; policing; prosecutions; legal aid; prisons; Ombudsman; and courts. The PALJP will provide technical assistance and infrastructure support and will build on the principles of the Partnership for Development. Australia and PNG will work together to achieve measurable improvements in law and justice services at local and national levels throughout PNG. The total value of this initiative is $183.4 million over 8 years, starting 2008-09.
Health Capacity Development &#38;#38;#38; Service Delivery The Health Capacity Development and Service Delivery initiative is a jointly agreed strategy between Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) to deliver better health outcomes through the provision and management of grants, recruitment and placement of technical assistance, and sourcing and delivery of procurement and logistics.
Key Outcomes (i) improved prevention, detection and response to emerging and existing high burden communicable diseases and health security threats  (ii) improved utilisation of government finance and improved health worker recruitment and retention so that rural primary health care centres are delivering primary health care and (iii) provision of improved quality client centred, integrated HIV, reproductive health, voluntary family planning services. The total value of this initiative is $349,411,963.32million over eight years, starting 2011-12. Sector Split: 120 - Health 100%
Australia - Papua New Guinea Network (Phase 2) Funding under this initiative supports the second phase of the Australia-Papua New Guinea (PNG) Network. The key objective of the Network is to expand people-to-people links between Australia and PNG and to foster practical partnerships and sharing of knowledge between business, civil society, communities and academia. The central features of the Network are face-to-face events, especially the Emerging Leaders Dialogue, and an online hub to connect Australian and PNG business, civil society, academia and cultural organisations, with social media a key channel. The total value of this initiative is $1.108 million over 3 years, from August 2017 to June 2020.

Sector Split: 150 - Government and Civil Society 70%
Sector Split: 220 - Communication 30%
AFL Taskforce Secretariat Support The Parliamentary Secretary of Pacific Island Affairs established the AFL Taskforce with the goal of promoting and further developing the game of AFL in PNG. Australia's contribution provides support to the AFL Taskforce Secretariat to promote healthy lifestyles and healthy behaviours, and promoting participation in sports in communities and schools. The total value of this initiative is $55,000 over 2 years, starting 2011-12.
Humanitarian Capability and Training 2017/18 Natural disasters and humanitarian crises within our region are high profile and responding effectively to these crises is a key priority for Australia. This investment provides funding to support humanitarian capability training for Australia's humanitarian response practitioners in-country. The training will strengthen capacity to prepare for and respond to humanitarian crises. The total value of this investment is $0.4 million expensed in the 2017-18 financial year.
EPSG Twinning Schemes 2009-10 The Economic and Public Sector Governance (EPSG) Twinning Schemes fund Australian Government agencies (Treasury, Department of Finance and Administration, Australian Taxation Office, Australian National Audit Office and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service) to build formal institutional links with counterpart Papua New Guinea agencies through short term exchanges of officials. The twinning schemes aim to develop appropriate knowledge and skills of selected PNG staff, and develop the capacity of central PNG departments to undertake their designated roles and responsibilities. The total value of this initiative is $1.2 million over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
Strongim Gavman Program The Strongim Gavman Program (SGP) is a whole-of-government engagement program involving Australian Government agencies  who provide capacity development assistance and advice to counterpart Government of Papua New Guinea (GoPNG) agencies. Senior officials from the Australian public sector are placed in GoPNG agencies for two to three years to provide specific public service policy and strategic advice and capacity development, including administrative, leadership and management support. SGP officials can range from the Executive Level to Senior Executive Service officers. These officials work within broader aid program objectives to assist their counterpart agencies to achieve their mandated contributions to economic, trade and sector outcomes. The total value of this initiative is $193.3 million over 7 years, starting 2009-10.
Justice for the Poor East Asia and Pacific The Justice for the Poor research aims to make development projects more effective and equitable, and to manage the risk of conflict between people about development resources. Australian support has expanded Justice for the Poor's research in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and East Timor. Australian assistance is also helping to improve regional knowledge sharing on areas including land and natural resources development, gender, the use of community-based paralegals (legal workers without formal qualifications), and multiple systems of law and justice . Justas Belong Evian (J4P in Vanuatu) is helping key government agencies and other stakeholders manage and conduct research, develop policy and support pilot programs to improve how different systems of justice work together.  Justas Belong Evian has set up a reference group of government and non-government representatives to review its research, and to provide the research to policy makers in law and justice, land and other
Procurement &#38;#38;#38; Distribution of School Books in PNG This project will procure a number of primary school text books and distribute them to all primary schools Papua New Guinea (PNG). This is part of the Partnership for Development commitment by the Governments of Australia and PNG to assist PNG in achieving Universal Basic Education (UBE). One of the UBE Plan pillars is quality education and it is recognised internationally that quality of learning is linked to student access to textbooks and reading materials. Lack of books and materials is currently one of the biggest gaps in schools around PNG. The importance of access to textbooks for quality education is recognised and this funding supports the Government of PNG to procure and deliver the textbooks quickly and efficiently to all primary schools in PNG. This activity will contribute to better learning outcomes for the boys and girls of PNG, as stipulated under the UBE and the Australia-PNG Partnership for Development. The goal is to have the selected textbooks delivered to all prima
PNG Health Education and Clinical Services Funding under this initiative supports the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) deliver health worker training and specialised medical services through the Health Education and Clinical Services (HECS) program. HECS is a new program which amalgamates two older programs, the Medical School Support Program (MSSP) and the Tertiary Health Services (THS) program. HECS is a more integrated program of support for immediate and longer term health workforce development needs, and aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of SMHS. The program will also ensure AusAID resources are used to support the SMHS's own objectives as set out in their 5 year strategic plan. Another important feature of HECS is its flexibility to support training in a broader range of health worker cadres, such as nurses and midwives, as determined by the SMHS. This is an increase in scope following on from the previous two programs (MSSP and THS) that HECS replaces which f
Administered A-Based Program Support Funding under this initiative provides administrative supports for A-based staff to support the management and technical support costs for implementation of aid activities to Papua New Guinea; support for in-country implementation , oversight and reporting; and to undertake scoping, design, monitoring and evaluation, technical input into development of thematic and country strategies; program review; development of monitoring frameworks, and other related tasks in delivering the Papua New Guinea aid program. The total value of this initiative is $2.9 million expensed during the 2011-12 financial year.
PNG-Australia EPSG Twinning Initiative Phase II The Economic and Public Sector (EPSG) Twinning Initiative Phase II involves six Australian Government agencies partnering with seven Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) agencies on jointly agreed short term (less than 12 months) activities to provide PNG public servants with first hand public policy and technical experience from their Australian counterparts. The primary objectives of the Initiative are to: 1) develop relevant public policies that are implementable to achieve outcomes; 2)  improve technical capacity to achieve institutional mandates; and 3) strengthen workforce capacity, finance and corporate systems for improved governance and performance. This initiative supports some of PNG's highest priority needs. The total value of this initiative is $16.7 million over 6 years, starting 2010-11.
Development Cooperation Treaty Review 2009/10 Joint review of Papua New Guinea-Australia Development Cooperation Treaty to assist in determining how Australia's aid can most effectively contribute to PNG's national development priorities. The total value of this initiative is $0.3 million over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
SGP Administration Costs Funding under this initiative supports the Strongim Gavman Program (SGP), specifically program management and technical support costs for implementation of aid activities; support for in-country implementation, oversight and reporting; and to undertake scoping, design, monitoring and evaluation, technical input into development of thematic and country strategies; program review; development of monitoring frameworks, and other related tasks in delivering the SGP. The total value of this initiative is $3.0 million over 3 years, starting 2008-09.
In-PNG Scholarships From 2013 Funding of this program is for support to Scholarships delivered in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for existing Pacific Island Country (PIC) awardees and for the 2013 intake of students selected under the Australian Regional Development Scholarships (ARDS). Support includes payment of tuition fees, in country training costs, living expenses and other administrative allowances supporting awardees as required. These scholarships awards will address front line service delivery in health and education. The total value of this initiative is $32.7 million over 8 years, starting 2012-13.
PNG Telecommunications Assistance The Papua New Guinea Telecommunications Assistance investment is a component of the Economic and Social Infrastructure Program (ESIP – INL878) and will provide PNG with the expertise to develop sector infrastructure investment plans and undertake sectoral reform. It will facilitate PNG's access to capital and recurrent finance around sector investment plans. This will include leveraging Australian aid funding to broker investment and financing arrangements with international financing institutions, the Government of PNG, private sector and other sources of Australian concessional lending. ESIP will support PNG to improve its infrastructure delivery in line with prioritized investment plans and will also directly deliver some GoPNG priority capital projects. The value of this investment $0.4 million over 2 years, starting 2017-18.


Sector split:  220 - Communications - 100%
Interim Support to the PNG TVET &#38;#38;#38; Higher Education This initiative delivers up to four programs that support a range of interim measures supporting the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Higher Education sub-sectors, while a longer term Higher Education strategy is agreed to by the Governments of Australia and the Government of PNG.  These interim measures include: 1)  delivery of advisory support for higher level policy advice in Higher Education reform; 2) delivery of advisory support for financial and human resource management at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG); 3)  continuing delivery of a volunteer program providing academic support to UPNG; 4) continuing to deliver a development studies cadet program; and 5) the development of a post graduate award in development studies. The total value of this initiative is $10.4 million over 4 years, starting 2010-11.
PNG Education Sector Development 2009 The new spending proposal will be a replica of the current initiative, "Education Sector Development (INB555) and will cover mostly internal administrative costs including adhoc requests from GoPNG relevant to education. In particular it provides funding for;

 • Participation in monitoring and review missions (including for GoPNG staff)

 •Studies and reviews relevant to the PNG education sector

 •Scoping and preparatory work for new activities

 •Provision of technical and advisory support for the  development of the education sector

 •Quality assurance technical assistance for the education sector program ( including audits)

 •Program wide, cross cutting activities such as HIV/AIDS, Gender, Disability and Climate

 •Education sector planning and policy development activities involving GoPNG, AusAID (Desk, Post and Contracts Section), relevant advisors and other donors.

 •Any other activities not directly related to current activities (Education Capacity Building
Commonwealth Local Government GPS - Phase II The Commonwealth Local Government Good Practice Scheme (CLGGPS) operates through twinning partnership arrangements with local councils in Australia. Its objective is to build capacity of selected urban local level governments in Papua New Guinea to promote their effective, responsive and accountable delivery of local authority services. The scheme utilises a partnership model that relies on voluntary services of Australians working in Australian Councils. So far partnerships have been established between the following Australian Councils and PNG Urban Local Level Governments:  Orange City Council and Mt. Hagen Urban LLG; Cairns City Council and Lae Urban LLG; Townsville City Council and National Capital District Commission;  Noosa City ( now Sunshine Coast) Council and Alotau Urban LLG; and  Adelaide City Council and Madang Urban LLG. The total value of this initiative is $3.5 million over 4 years, starting 2009-10.
Scholarships PNG Australia Awards scholarships provide greater access to Papua New Guineans to advance their professional and academic skills through tertiary study both in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea sees the tangible benefits of the Australia Awards, with alumni holding leadership positions in Papua New Guinea’s public service and working as senior managers, business owners, health workers and teachers. Each year, the Australian Government provides around 150 scholarships to Papua New Guineans to undertake tertiary studies in Australia and  500 scholarships for Papua New Guineans to study at health and education institutions within Papua New Guinea, helping to meet the country’s workforce gaps. The total value of this investment is $94.6 million over 7 years, starting 2009-10.
Bougainville Election Support - Cardno Pre-deploym The Australian Civilian Corps (ACC) is a whole of government initiative that deploys civilian specialists to countries experiencing or emerging from natural disaster or conflict, specifically to support stabilisation, recovery and development training. Funding under this investment supports the deployment of ACC specialists to work with the Autonomous Region of Bougainville to deliver a safe, fair and credible election. Work is to be done in relation to election operations, training, field planning, polling and count scrutiny.

A team of up to thirteen ACC specialists will be in-country over a six week period to support the Office of the Bougainville Electoral Commissioner (OBEC) in: field operations and logistics; training polling and of scrutiny officials; supervision of and assistance to scrutiny centres; and setting up IT infrastructure required for scrutiny. ACC specialists will work under the direction of the lead Bougainville Elections Adviser and alongside national OBEC staff a
PNG United Nations Country Fund The PNG United Nations (UN) Country Fund is part of the UN's effort to streamline their operations and reduce transaction costs through its Delivering as One strategy. Funding from Australia through the PNG UN Country Fund supports the UN's efforts in PNG targeting outcomes in education, health, child protection (law and justice), climate change, HIV and AIDS and Millennium Development Goal (MDG) advocacy in line with the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2012-2017. The total value of this initiative is $86.8 million, over 7 years, starting 2009-10.