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Technology for Development Strategic Program Funding under this investment supports the innovationXchange's (iXc) program on technology for development, including support for: strategic research and program design on technology for development working together with geographic aid programming areas, and the International Cyber Engagement Strategy; and working in Papua New Guinea on digital transformation. This engagement will strengthen the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s capability to appropriately use technology to more effectively deliver aid outcomes and to identify the most catalytic investment opportunities to support development outcomes with technology. The total value of this investment is $0.4 million over 2 finnacial years, starting 2017-18.
UNICEF - EENC Ending preventable maternal and neonatal deaths in Papua New Guinea: Saving Lives, Spreading Smiles is a project aimed at preventing and managing the most common causes of neonatal mortality and improve maternal health through improved antenatal care, safer delivery and better care after birth. The investment is focus on ensuring that ‘ pregnant women, mothers and new-borns in Papua New Guinea, especially in the most disadvantaged districts use early essential newborn care (EENC) services that enhances mother’s and child’s health status and chances of survival. The project will be implemented in 89 districts in the country for a period of 3 years (July 2018 – June 2021) with Australia’s contribution of AUD2, 900,000. Sector split: 120-Health 100%.
Implementing the PNG LNG Joint Understanding Funding under this initiative establishes a Joint Understanding between Papua New Guinea and Australia setting out mutual understandings and further cooperation of the PNG LNG Project. Under the Joint Understanding, Australia committed to provide a package of assistance to assist the Papua New Guinea Government, including advice and assistance to establish sovereign wealth funds to manage the revenue increases flowing from the project; technical and other assistance to address urgent capacity constraints and respond to increased demands during the PNG LNG construction phase; and economic modelling to identify the potential impacts of the PNG LNG project. The total value of this initiative is $0.9 million over 2 years, starting 2011-12.
Audit of HSIP Trust Account AusAID and the NDoH agree to undertake an audit of the HSIP Trust Account with the aim to assess and improve the management of HSIP Trust Account.
PNG-Australia Partnership for Dev: Statistics The Papua New Guinea - Australia Partnership for Development commits to achieving specific priority outcomes and targets. This initiative supports Partnership Priority Outcome 5 - development policy and program formulation based on sound statistics and performance reporting. The Partnership will launch a new approach to providing sound development data towards the targets of: Household economic and social/demographic surveys completed every five years;  national census completed in 2011 and reported in 2012; and PNG Government agencies regularly collecting, analysing and publishing key development data in a consistent, coordinated manner and adhering to international compilation methodologies. This initiative proposes to work collaboratively with the Government of PNG and Development Partners in accordance with the PNG Commitment on Aid Effectiveness specifically to deliver the 2009-10 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) and the 2011 Census. The total value of this initiativ
Highlands Earthquake response Funding under this investment represents Australia's response to the Papua New Guinea highlands earthquake. Funds cover: (a) the deployment of Australian Medical Assistance Teams (AUSMAT) - a multi-disciplinary health teams incorporating doctors, nurses, paramedics, fire-fighters (logisticians) and allied health staff such as environmental health staff, radiographers and pharmacists; (b) provision of emergency supplies; (c) protection funded through the United Nations; (d) Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) to deliver more effective, innovative and collaborative humanitarian assistance by allowing Australia to utilise the networks and access of Australian NGOs to respond to natural disasters and protracted crises in our region; and (e) repairs to disrupted electricity services. Total value of investment is $3.6 million over 2 years, starting 2017-18.
The total value of this investment is $3.6 million to be expended during 2017-18 financial year.
Sector Split: Humanitarian 100%
PNG Education Sector Development 2009/10 Funding under this initiative will support the development and management of Australian assistance to the PNG Education Sector, specifically monitoring and evaluation, new program design work, assistance to TVET  sector, provision of technical assistance; and HIV/AIDS awareness activities. The total value of this initiative is $0.7 million over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
Applied Health Research Funding under this investment provides funding for applied health research, specifically addressing health systems and / or policy research in relation to health security in the Indo-Pacific region. Grants of up to $3 million over up to three financial years will be funded under this investment. Key outcomes include: new evidence regarding health policy and systems is used to improve regional health security and to stimulate future research. Intermediate outcomes will include: High quality research outputs produced and disseminated that contribute to the evidence base on strengthening health systems and / or policy to improve regional health security. This investment also includes sponsorship of the first Global Health Security 2019 (GHS2019) Conference. The total value of this investment is $16.3 million over 3 years, starting 2017-18. This investment also includes funding ($1.67m in 2019-20) to facilitate small research activities that will inform the design and implmentation of Rese
AusAID Satellite and Terrestrial Communication Fee Funding under this initiative covers the administrative expenditure for information technology costs allocable to computer applications at overseas posts which are delivered by AusAID. The total value of this initiative is $0.8 million over 2 years, starting 2008-09.
PNG Tertiary Partnerships 2009 - 2010 Funding under this initiative supports the Papua New Guinea education capacity development and strengthening. Indicators for success will include: agreement  by all stakeholders as to the priorities to be addressed and the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in the implementation of the capacity strengthening agenda. Indicators of implementation success would include (but not restricted to): increased curriculum quality and relevance, increased and sustained twining and partnership development with Australian Institution. The total value of this initiative is $1.1 million over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
EVAW review of programs Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) review of Australian Aid program-funded activities in the Pacific aims to assess the relevance and effectiveness of these approaches and to identify interventions that could be replicated in other countries or contexts. The review will also provide a gap analysis on where further support to end violence against women should be provided. The activities to be reviewed include: male advocacy programs located in PNG, Vanuatu and Fiji; Regional training program - Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC); Committees against Violence against Women (CAVAWS) championed by the Vanuatu Women’s Centre (VWC); Family Support Centres PNG (with a focus on mapping out the services they are providing) activities within the PNG- Australia Law and Justice Partnership (PALJP) and other support to the law and justice sector including the Strongim Gavman Program, Interim Protection Orders (IPOs), Family and Sexual Violence Units (FSVUs) located in PNG Police Stations, Family and
PNG-AUS Transport Sector Support Program Ph 2 Australia’s support to Papua New Guinea’s transport sector is delivered through the Papua New Guinea-Australia Transport Sector Support Program (TSSP). TSSP commenced in 2007 as a 15-20 year commitment to support the Government of Papua New Guinea to achieve a well-maintained transport infrastructure network. 

Funds under this investment provides capacity building and technical assistance for governance, providing support services for the transport sector coordination body (TSCMIC) and Secretariat, policy advice, strategic direction, financial and procurement oversight for the program, monitoring and evaluation. 

TSSP2 is currently scheduled to run until 2022.


Sector split: Transport and Storage 100%
CSO Performance and Quality Initiative Funding under this initiative supports the establishment and maintenance of a performance and quality system that supports the Australian Government's aid program engagement with civil society organisations (CSOs) including those non-Government organisations that participate in the AusAID NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP). The total value of this initiative is $1.0 million over 3 years, starting 2012-13.
ODI Fellowships Funding of Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Fellowship Program supports 6 economist positions in the Pacific region to provide governments from developing countries with economic expertise to fill gaps in local capabilities. The total value of this initiative is $2.4 million over 4 years, starting 2012-13.
PNG Corporate Funding under this initiative supports the Papua New Guinea program, specifically program 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 $93 million over 8 years, starting 2012. Sector split - 150 - GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY 100%
PNG National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG) Funding under this investment supports In the Papua New Guinea (PNG) National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG), as a contribution from the Australian people to mark PNG’s 40th anniversary of independence celebrated on 16 September 2015. Australia’s support will help revitalise an important institution that conserves PNG’s cultural traditions and artefacts and helps shape PNG’s national identity. Components of support: the mounting of an exhibition, “Built on Culture”; completion of a comprehensive master-plan for NMAG; priority infrastructure upgrades; and twinning partnership between NMAG and Australian counterpart institutions: National Gallery of Australia, National Museum of Australia, Australian War Memorial.
Polio and Routine Immunization Funding under this investment provides core funding support to the World Health Organisation for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). Australia's contribution to the fund will provide funding and technical assistance for polio surveillance, monitoring, supplementary immunisation campaigns and outbreak responses. Funding to GPEI is $54 million over five years from 2015-16. This investment also provides funding to the World Bank through the World Bank Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Integrating Donor Financed Health Programs. Australia's contribution will strengthen health and routine immunisation systems and ensure they are sustainably financed and managed. Funding to the World Bank is $36 million over four years from 2015-16.  The total value of this investment is $90.0 million over 5 years, starting 2015-16.
Joint Understanding Law &#38;#38;#38; Justice Funding under this initiative is used to support the scoping and design of the Port Moresby Magisterial Services Complex in line with the Joint Understanding on Further Bilateral Cooperation on Health, Education and Law and Order between Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) or the Joint Understanding (JU). The PNG Government's policy goal is to improve court service delivery by consolidating all current assets and operations within the National capital District (NCD) into one complex to enhance access to the courts for civil and criminal cases and the specialist jurisdiction of family, juvenile and land cases. The current building is not fit for purpose, a new site has been located and funds are being used to plan the new building. The total value of this initiative is $15.0 million over 3 years, starting 2014-15.
PNG Provincial and Local-level Governments Program The Papua New Guinea Provincial and Local-level Government Program (PLGP)  focuses on lower level government agencies to build capacity of the PNG's decentralised administrative system through improving the administrative effectiveness. The PLGP will also oversee support to areas of special interest such as service delivery along the Kokoda Track, and peace building and other governance programs in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. The total value of this initiative is $76.7 over 4 years, starting 2012-13.
Scholarships Port Moresby ADS - Initial This initiative supports activities undertaken to deliver the Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) program in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea (PNG). Up until now ADS in Port Moresby has been managed under initiative INI815. Under recent changes by the scholarships section there has been a need by all posts managing scholarships to consolidate funding for current 'on-scholarship' students under a single initiative. On-scholarship refers to awardees in Australia and the associated costs which include tuition fees and living expenses. This funding will support the intake of the 2011 awardees. While up to 148 ADS awardees are selected each year, usual study programs vary in length from one to four years. This means there are around 300 ADS awardees from PNG studying in Australia at any one time. The total value of this initiative is $22.5 million over 7 years, starting 2010-11.
Costs Relating to TSSP2 Tenders Funding under this initiative covers administrative costs relating to the Papua New Guinea-Australia Transport Sector Support Program Phase 2, specifically the procurement of the Implementing Service Provider, Program Director, Project management and Supervision Consultancy. The total value of this initiative is $0.5 million to be expensed during the 2012-13 financial year.
Economic and Social Infrastructure Program The Economic and Social Infrastructure Program (ESIP) will improve the prioritisation, quality, and sustainability of infrastructure investment in PNG. The Program will work in different subsectors at the project, sectoral and national levels.  It will leverage project-level activities to create opportunities for deeper engagement in sector-wide planning and policy, and enable the identification and resolution of broader national level policy, financing and planning reforms and partnerships necessary for sustained long term change. The Program will seek to influence change across these levels through the following key mechanisms: project management, budget and financing advisory services; technical assistance and capacity development for improved planning and prioritisation; and high level engagement in support of institutional and regulatory reform. 
The total value of this investment is $130 million over 4 years, commencing 2018-19. Sector split: 160: Other Social Infr. &#38;#38;#38; Ser. 100%
Design for SNS Phase 2 To fund activities related to designing a second Phase of the Sub National Strategy
AusAID secondments to the ADB Funding under this proposal provides grant contribution to the Asian Development Bank to support ADB Regional Technical Assistance for Enhancing Engagement with Pacific Developing member Countries (Project 6475). The total value of this initiative is $0.9 million over 4 years, starting 2009-10.
PNG - Local Level Government Elections ACC support 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 initiative supports the deployment of ACC specialists to provide surge support to the Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission (PNGEC) in the lead up to and during the 2013 Local Level Government elections. The total value of this initiative is $0.2 million over 2 years, starting 2012-13.
Sports for Development The Sports for Development program aims to build the capacity of Government of Papua New Guinea and private sector partners to manage sports facilities and events to increase economic opportunities for all, leverage diplomatic opportunities through engagement in sports to further Australia’s national interests and strengthen people to people links, and support sports for girls and women and for people with disabilities, and promote respect, inclusion and equality and water and sanitation. The total value of this investment is $10.0 million 4 years, starting 2014-15.
Emergency Relief Fund - Southern Highlands &#38;#38;#38; Hela Funding under this investment provides humanitarian assistance to disaster affected Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands and Hela Province. The funds will ensure women and children most vulnerable and marginalised due to the earthquake have access to support and protection they need. The program will reduce the risk of gender-based violence, promote dignity and provide support for immediate health and psychological issues. The total value of this investment is $0.8 million to be expensed during the 2017-18 financial year.
Bougainville - Multi Sector &#38;#38;#38; Render Safe 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 initiative supports the deployment of up to 6 ACC specialists in line with the whole of government Strategy on Bougainville. The total value of this initiative is $2.2 million over 2 years, starting 2013-14.
Health Services Sector Development Program (HSSDP) The Health Services Sector Development Program to Papua New Guinea aims to support policy actions and investments nationally, and subnationally with focus on direct management of  health service delivery to policy, regulation, monitoring and health sector budgeting as the health system full decentralizes, and support medical supplies strengthening. The program will support health system strengthening through development programs in evidence- based planning, corporate and clinical governance, leadership and management including financial management; and through partnership with district authorities and the private sector, improved information systems and their effective use, community health awareness raising and improved health seeking behaviours, and civil works for new health facilities. The total value of this initiative is $52.4 million over 7 years, starting 20 April 2018, ending 30 May 2025.
Sector split: 120 - Health 100%
Geoscience Strengthening Program The Geoscience Strengthening Program initiative supports the capability of partner governments to understand, plan, manage and use geoscience data, one of the five pillars of AusAID's Mining for Development Strategy. The Strategy supports Australia's aid policy, Effective Aid, in its objective to improve incomes, employment and enterprise opportunities for poor people and boost overall economic development. Developing countries' mineral and petroleum systems are relatively under-explored and many developing countries have a limited appreciation of the distribution or value of their resource endowments largely due to a lack of skilled professionals and education institutions in the mining sector, a lack of comprehensive geoscience knowledge management systems including data and mapping, and weak geoscience governance arrangements. When governments have highly skilled geoscience professionals, knowledge and data about their national mining potential and strong geoscience management arran
Health Service Provision Facility The Health Service Provision Facility initiative aims to strengthen the health sector in Papua New Guinea (PNG) as a result of the PNG and Australia Partnership for Development (P4D) 2008 between the Government of Australia and the Government of PNG (GoPNG) which agrees to achieve improved development outcomes and sustainable improvements in the quality of life of all Papua New Guineans. In June 2010 the two governments signed a health schedule to the partnership which aims to bring improved primary health care services to almost 90% of PNG citizens who live in rural areas. In December 2010 a new direction for the Australian Aid Program in PNG was approved with a specific focus on service delivery. With this new direction AusAID revised its approach to the health sector to focus on five key areas we believe are the best opportunities to support PNG to deliver better outcomes. The five key areas supporting PNG to: 1) procure and distribute drugs and medical supplies including for improv
ACC PNG Election Support 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 Government of Papua New Guinea to support the upcoming 2017 Papua New Guinea election. Support will be provided for up to 24 months and is valued at $1.5 million over 2 years, starting 2016-17.
National Land Development Program Funding under this initiative provides support for the  design and implementation of the National Land Development Program (NLDP) in Papua New Guinea. Initial areas of support is likely to be in strengthening the NLDP concept design document and subsequent projects on land administration and provisions for a flexible facility to respond to GoPNG owned and driven processes related to customary land tenure. The total value of this initiative is $1.1 million over 3 years, starting 2008-09.
Whole Of Government Property Management Funding under this initiative provides administrative support for the management and coordination of whole of government property requirements in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Nauru. The total value of this initiative is $0.5 million over 4 years, starting 2009-10.
Development Assistance and Governance Initiative Housed in the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development program, the Development Assistance and Governance Initiative (DAGI) aims to inform how aid and development policies are used to tackle global poverty and today’s pressing development challenges. DFAT will provide $800,000 over two years to perform research across three major work streams: development finance and effectiveness; development trends and issues; and development agenda and governance. This initiative is expected to inform the global development agenda; strengthen the evidence base on aid and development effectiveness; and facilitate a cross-fertilization of ideas, information, and practical lessons between DFAT and Brookings. The total value of this investment is $0.8 million over 3 financial years, starting 2015-16.