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AANZFTA Economic Cooperation Support Program The ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) Economic Cooperation Support Program (AECSP) assists developing ASEAN member states to implement their commitments under the AANZFTA and thus participate in the benefits of greater trade liberalisation and regional economic integration.  The program funds an AANZFTA Support Unit within the ASEAN Secretariat and the delivery by that Unit of the Economic Cooperation Work Program (ECWP) activities. The total value of Australia's contribution is $32.8 million over 12 years, starting 2008-09.
TRIANGLE in ASEAN The Tripartite Action to Enhance the Contribution of Labour Migration to Growth and Development in ASEAN project (TRIANGLE II) will be implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO). TRIANGLE II builds on the key achievements and lessons learned of TRIANGLE I through: strengthening labour migration governance frameworks to better protect migrant workers; supporting efforts to reduce the costs and fees associated with migration, increasing access to manage financial resources and reintegration services; and developing an ASEAN regional architecture for the labour mobility and protection of low- and semi-skilled migrant workers. The total value of this multi-country initiative is $20 million over 10 years, starting 2015-16.
Supporting MRC and Mekong governments This investment hosts a number of activities of Australia's support to Mekong governments on water resources management. It includes our contribution to the Mekong River Commission, World Bank, ACIAR, M&#38;#38;#38;E and Activity for Water Lead Specialist.

1). Australia provides A$6.5 million to baseket fund of Mekong River Commission to support the implementation of MRC's Strategic Plan 2016-2020. This is the main activity under this investment. Grant agreement with MRC commenced in 2014 and scheduled to end in June 2019.

2).  Australia provides A$1,305,000 to World Bank's Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management Program as complementary support to MRC's component on transboundary and national programs in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. Our Agreement with WB is scheduled to end in December 2019.

3). From July 2017, Australia provides $A1 million to co-finance with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research to assess fish passage facilities at Xayaburi dam in Laos.
Australia Mekong-NGO Engagement Platform The Australia Mekong-NGO Engagement Platform (AM-NEP) will provide advisory and administrative support to Australia's Mekong programs and forms part of the commitment to increase engagement with non-government organisations and the quality of that engagement in delivering a growing aid program.  Engagement with NGOs will generally be through competitive grants that are managed by Australia's Mekong program teams at Post and open to Australian, international and potentially local (Mekong region) NGOs where strategy exists. It will run for an initial five years and provide strategic regional resources to strengthen the quality of NGO engagement including: forums for regional dialogue on effective NGO engagement and cross-cutting issues; policy and technical expertise to strengthen sector strategy and activity designs; support to promote monitoring, evaluation and lesson sharing; and administrative support to free up NGO and AusAID time so that staff can increase their focus on developmen
SIDS Community-based Adaptation Program The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Community-Based Adaptation Program builds on and extends the existing Mekong and Asia-Pacific Community-Based Adaptation Programme which provides grants to communities to funds priority climate change adaptation activities at the local level. The existing Program (MAP-CBA) focuses on 14 Pacific Island Countries, the Mekong sub-region (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) and Sri Lanka. This new Program will extend support to the SIDS of the Caribbean and Indian and Atlantic oceans. This Program will also extend further funding to the Pacific Island Countries. The MAP-CBA is a new climate change adaptation funding window of the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (SGP) managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and will be a key community-level activity under the International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. The total value of this initiative is $12.0 million over 5 years, starting 2008-09.
Comprehensive Response to Child Sex Tourism This program is in response to the Strategy Paper developed for ASEAN by the Australian Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Child Wise which outlined a comprehensive response to Child Sex Tourism (CST) in South East Asia. This funding supports the design of a four-year initiative to counter CST in South East Asia. The design will be divided into three main pillars: (1) prevention; (2) protection; and (3) recovery and reintegration. The total value of this initiative is $67.7 thousand expensed over tow financial years, starting in 2008-09.
Infrastructure Development Fund The Infrastructure Development Fund (IDF) initiative provides funding for infrastructure project development, public-private partnerships and infrastructure financing, and social safeguards. The IDF will focus on enhancing the enabling environment for delivering economic infrastructure that supports trade and economic growth. IDF provides funds for these purposes to the Private Infrastructure Development Group and the World Bank to attract private sector resources to infrastructure investments in the Indo-Pacific region and to improve the management of key risks in project development and implementation. The total value of this multi-country investment is $38.9 million over 5 years, starting 2013-14.
IFC Sustainable Hydropower in the Mekong Countries Funding under this initiative aims to improve environmental and social standards for water resources development in the Mekong region through the provision of grant funding of AUD 8 million over a period of 2014-2019 to the International Finance Cooperation to work with the government of Laos and Myanmar to improve laws and regulations contributing to better governance of the water resources development in these countries. The program also works with private sector investing in water infrastructure development to better adhere social and environmental standards for water investments. This includes providing technical support and active encouragement for adoption of higher environmental and social standards.
Capacity Building in EcoHealth Research on EID The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is launching a new program for Ecohealth Research on Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) with major funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) under the auspices of the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI). The goal of the program is to build capacity for EcoHealth Research on EID at the research-policy interface in the Southeast Asia region.  The initiative will specifically fund: capacity Building programs targeted to key Southeast Asian stakeholders on applied EcoHealth research approaches to EID; and one EID research project on EID-prevention and mitigation within vulnerable communities in Southeast Asia.  Ecohealth research seeks an integrated understanding of the social, economic, bio-physical, and ecological determinants of health while improving environmental sustainability. New knowledge is used to design and test interventions for improving the health and well-being of people through better manageme
Co-Financing to MRC Council Study Funding under this investment provides support for the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to conduct a comprehensive study on the environmental, social and economic consequences (positive and negative) of development in the Mekong River Basin. The study will present the MRC with a set of actionable recommendations addressing potential uncertainties, risks and information needs for development planning in the Lower Mekong Basin, including recommendations for impact avoidance and mitigation measures for future development. The project is co-funded and this funding represents Australia's contribution. The total value of this investment is $0.5 million over 2 years, starting 2013-14.
SPRINT Stage 2 International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) SPRINT Stage 2 is designed to address sexual and reproductive health gaps in minimum standards and increase access to sexual and reproductive health information and services for people in crisis and post-crisis situations. This initiative builds on the work of SPRINT Stage 1 with a more refined set of objectives and greater focus on Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Preparedness and targets the reduction of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries (contributing to the health related MDGs 4, 5 and 6). The design is narrowed to focus on a set number of priority countries in each geographic region. This will provide for more in-depth technical support and funding based on identified needs in the area of emergency preparedness, response and early recovery. The total value of this initiative is $10.0 million over 3 years, starting 2011-12.
Mekong Business Initiative The Asian Development Bank and the Australian Government jointly launched the Mekong Business Initiative (MBI) in 2015.   The MBI promotes private sector development (PSD) in emerging Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) markets, focusing on Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar, and Vietnam. The program is implemented across has three pillars: an improved business regulatory environment; a more robust financing environment; and a more dynamic innovation ecosystem, with a strong focus on engaging with young entrepreneurs, especially women entrepreneurs.  The total value of this multi-country program is USD10milion (or approximately AUD 13.5million) million over 2015-2019
Design of Counter Trafficking Investment (2018) Funding under this proposal is for the design of a new regional counter-trafficking initiative. Key areas for the design phase include reviewing investment approaches to trafficking survivors’ access to justice and revising a suitable M&#38;#38;#38;E framework for counter-trafficking investments to ensure relevance and efficiency. The total value of this initiative is $0.3 million from April 2017 through June 2018.
Integrating Financing for Health Security The objective of the Integrating Financing for Health Security in the Asia Pacific Region window is to support countries in strengthening their health systems with a particular focus on supporting financial and institutional sustainability to improve health security in Asia and Pacific region and strengthened public health systems. This new investment will support a range of activities focusing on integrating and leveraging national, regional and global financing to improve health security across the Asia Pacific region. This investment is aligned with DFAT’s objectives of supporting strong and resilient health systems to protect the health security, economic and human development of our region. It will utilize World Bank Group’s (WBG) expertise in leveraging additional financing for health and development, including greater domestic resource mobilisation. The proposed activities are linked and aligned to the overall Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) program development objective and pilla
Mekong Regional Research Projects The Mekong Regional Research Projects will focus on three key sectors: trade and transport facilitation; social protection; and small-scale infrastructure. The research will inform future program and policy approaches; managerial arrangements and Mekong country situational analyses and strategies by providing background and context, technical analysis, trend projection and modelling, and policy recommendations. The total value of this initiative is $218,000 over 2 years, starting 2012-13.
Support to ILO Labour Exploitation Program Funding under this initiative provide support to the International Labor Organisation (ILO) towards the design and preparatory phase of their Labour Exploitation Program in the Greater Mekong sub-region and Malaysia. The total value of Australia's contribution is $0.4 million over 2 years, starting 2008-09.
Trade in Services The services sector (including tourism) is becoming an increasing source of jobs and incomes, including in least developed countries.  An effective services sector, such as those that support the movement of goods (e.g. logistics), is critical to boosting trade.  Investments under this investment will seek to assist developing countries boost their ability to expand and diversify their trade in services, including by reforming cumbersome regulations, improving the trade negotiation skills of officials, and enhancing the private sector to influence policy. The total value of this investment is $2.5 million over 2 years, starting 2014-15.
Supporting ASEAN-Australia Plan of Action (2015-2019) This investment responds to the ASEAN-Australia Strategic Partnership Plan of Action (PoA) and Australia’s Foreign Policy White Paper.  It supports Disability Rights in ASEAN (DRiA) (AUD2.2m, 2017-2021), through the development and implementation of ASEAN’s Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  DRiA provides capacity building for ASEAN Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) and ASEAN bodies to effectively implement and monitor the Masterplan and enhances DPOs’ engagement in ASEAN processes.  DRiA is implemented by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA).  The investment also supports the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for human rights dialogues and events in ASEAN (AUD480,000, 2019-2022) through its engagement with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR).  

Investment’s total value is AUD2.7m over 5 years, starting 1 May 2017.
Mekong Trade and Transport Facilitation The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Trade and Transport Facilitation initiative provides funding through the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in support of ADB's project on Trade and Transport Facilitation in the GMS. The project aims to address the most significant constraints to efficient cross-border trade in the Mekong, building on previous aid program support to Cross Border Transport Agreement (CBTA) implementation.  The objective is to reduce the time need to export and import goods in the GMS through work at three levels: transport facilitation, trade facilitation and regulatory/legal reform. The potential gains offered by reduced trade times are significant.  For each reduction by one day in the time taken to export, for example, GDP for GMS countries could increase by up to 1.2 per cent.  This reflects the important role of trade in economic growth in the GMS. This project complements Australia's investments of approximately $127 million in physical connectivity infrastructure pro
ASEAN Mission Corporate Program Enabling Funding under this initiative supports the Corporate Enabling program, specifically technical support costs for implementation of aid activities under the Australian Mission to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); support for in-country delivery of training, oversight and reporting; and to undertake monitoring and evaluation; program review; and other related tasks in delivering the Australia aid program. The total value of this initiative is $2.7 million over 6 financial years, starting 2015-16.
EVAW Budget Measure 2011-12 to 2016-17 The East Asia Regional Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) initiative aims to eliminate violence against women and to support women effected by violence across the East Asia Region through regional work on improving the services available to women who have been subjected to violence, preventing violence against women by changing community attitudes, and increasing our efforts to combat violence against women in conflict affected areas. The total value of this East Asia regional initiative is $4.7 million over 4 years, starting 2011-12
WASH Joint Monitoring Program Joint Monitoring Program is the official United Nations mechanism tasking UNICEF and World Health Organisation with monitoring progress towards the SDGs related to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. Its objective is to produce reliable estimates of national, regional and global progress on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) progress to inform decision making by governments, donors and civil society organisations. Australia contributes funding for improved monitoring of WASH in the Indo-Pacific region.
Africa Commission. Benchmarking of competitiveness in Africa (WEF) Benchmarking af konkurrenceevnen i Afrika er et af de fem initiativer, der blev identificeret af Afrikakommissionen i 2009 til gennemførelse af Kommissionens visioner om øget privatsektordrevet vækst og beskæftigelse i Afrika.

Initiativet har til formål at forbedre afrikanske landes konkurrenceevne som en forudsætning for øget afrikansk deltagelse i globaliseringen. 

Dette sker med en tostrenget tilgang: For det første vil initiativet sikre dækning af et betydeligt og stigende antal afrikanske lande i World Economic Forums veletablerede årlige Global Competitiveness Index (fra 31 til 38 lande). For det andet vil initiativet understøtte gennemførelsen af politiske reformer i de enkelte lande gennem tiltag til at engagere forretningsverdenen og politiske ledere i en resultatorienteret dialog om, hvor indsatsen for en forbedret konkurrenceevne bør prioriteres. 

En afledet målsætning er at styrke offentlighedens bevidsthed om og forståelse af betydningen af en forbedret konkurrenceevne for at understøtte den politiske reformproces.
Pemagatshel District Court Construction Pemagatshel District Court Construction Pemagatshel District Court Construction Pemagatshel District Court Construction
B2B: Nhu lam Jewellery Ltd. and Guldsmed Visholm A/S B2B: Nhu lam Jewellery Ltd. and Guldsmed Visholm A/S
Financial support to IPDET 2011-2012 The purpose of Denmark's financial contribution to IPDET is that applicants from selected developing countries can participate in the yearly IPDET course to develop their capacity to carry out evaluations of development aid at a high level. Thereby, the support contributes to the gradual capacity development within evaluation of development activities in partner countries.
Media in Transition Exploiting the new oppertunities that have risen from the Arab Revolutions the project aims at empowering local media stakeholders and enhance dialogue and partnership for futher reform.
Gennemforelse af samlede fredsaftale (CPA) styrkes. Implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is
Promotion og Judicial Reforms, Human and Minority Rights of Georgia The objective of the Programme is to promote judicial reform and human and minority rights in Georgia. 
The Programme will advise the Georgian government, national authorities, justice sector and civil society on European norms and standards.
B2B Pilot Phase: Danish Knowhow & Machado Holding this project is focused on agriculture business development - with a target group of women and young entrepreneurs - linked to an agriculture incubator centre.
B2B Stimiro SRL and Dairy Fruit AS The overall objective is to establish a business alliance for the production of frozen fruits (especially "exotic fruits") and vegetables for export. The companies will set up the production in the Cacato Valley in La Paz.
Mini Mobile Circus for Children To build the capacity of the children regarding the social circus, theatre, media activities and a network is established to ensure project activities` sustainability
Accountable governance institutions at central and state level (CBTF) Capacity building support to GoSS, via Dutch administred muliti-donor fund
Stabilization Advisors Danmark har haft stabiliserings rådgivere i Helmand siden slutningen af 2007. Rådgiverne støtter kapacitetsopbygning både på provins- og distriksniveauet. Der ydes støtte indenfor sundhed, økonomisk væskt og jobsskabelse, rettstasrådgiver, politisk rådgiver. En af rådgiverne har været Danmarks øverste civile repræsentant i Helmand. I 2012 overtog rådgiverne ansvaret for de stabiliseringsprojekter, som tidligere har været implementeret af de danske kamptropper i Nahr-e Saraj/Gereshk. I takt med udfasningen af militær tilstedeværelse i Helmand vil rådgiverne blive udfaset.
UNFPA for rehabilitation of trafficked womans - (primary Nigeria) Support to the rehabilitation of victims of trafficking and reducing gender based violence.
Civil Society Support Facility Support to democratic institutions, human rights, gender equality for women though Pakistani civil society organisations and independent media. Also support of media activities though Danish NGOs
Private Sector Programme Armenia The development objective of the Grant was to promote inclusive rural business models and reduce rural poverty through better access to financial services. The immediate objective of the Grant was to provide the horticultural sector with improved access to tailor-made financial services aimed at improving productivity, incomes and employment generation.
Buon Ma Thout Extension of Drainage and Sewerage Systems Project The overall development goal of the project is to contribute to the reduction of poverty and enhance the general living standard by creating a foundation for economic growth through improvement of the environment and the health status. By extending the existing rainwater- and sewer systems, wastewater treatment plant and training and capacity building of the operation and maintenance organisation in the city of Buon Ma Thout the project will enhance the environment and health conditions and ensure the development of the city by keeping the population in the rural areas.

The immediate objective is to establish sewer systems in the periphery of Buon Ma Thout including construction of a pumping station, all of which is expected to be financed by a subsidised loan. The project also entails a continuation of the campaign for active local involvement and preventive hygiene. This part of the project is planned to be financed by the local authorities.
Institutional Support to Ministry of Local Government for Ensuring Compliance with the Local Governments Act Ensure that local services are accessible by the majority and that local governments operate on sound governance principles. Institutions supported are Ministry of Local Government, Inspectorate of Government and Uganda Local Government Association
B2B Central Uganda Grain og Sdr. Esp v. Jens Jensen og Moderne Kornbehandling The Project Phase builds upon a successful Pilot Phase, that proved the economical viability of processing, storing and trading grain, producing seeds and maizxe flour. These activities as well as local community development will now be expanded upon.
Humanitarian contribution to the victims for the earthquake in Haiti 2010 Humanitarian contribution to the victims for the earthquake in Haiti 2010
Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) - 2010-2021 The Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) supports the development of effective and democratic political parties and well-functioning multiparty systems in developing countries. It operates through party-to-party and multi-party partnerships