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Green Climate Fund Board Meetings Support Funding under this investment supported the administrative costs of Australia co-hosting with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Government of Samoa the fiftheenth meeting of the GCF Board in Apia in December 2016.  The meeting was attended by GCF Board members, GCF implementing partners, private sector and civil society. The meeting helped developing countries to secure USD315 million in GCF funding, with USD75 million for Pacific Island countries. The total value of this investment is $46,476 expensed in the 2016-17 financial year.
Resilience: Results Measurement and Communication Australia has emphasised to our implementing partners the need to demonstrate concrete disaster risk reduction and resilience results in our region.  Funding under this initiative supports the OECD's Advisory Group on Assessing and Measuring Resilience to support improved methods for measuring and communicating the results of resilience programmes and create practical guidelines on how to embed resilience in existing and new aid programming. The total value of this initiative is $0.1 million to be expensed during the 2013-14 financial year.
WHO Health Emergencies Program The World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme works with countries and partners to prepare for, prevent, respond to and recover from all hazards that create health emergencies, including disasters, disease outbreaks and conflicts. The Programme will also lead and coordinate the international health response to contain disease outbreaks and provide effective relief and recovery to affected people.  The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is working with the WHO Health Emergencies Programme to strengthen health security in our region, specifically coordinate international action to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies. The total value of this investment is $20.0 million over 2 years, starting 2016-17.
1 Goal Education for All In support of the Education for All: Class of 2015 commitments made at the UN summit in September 2008, FIFA President announced that the 2010 Football World Cup would leave a lasting legacy of education in Africa and the rest of the world through ‘1-GOAL: Education For All’ . 1-GOAL aims to build on football's communications power to raise public awareness and create a groundswell of public support for Education for All around the 2010 World Cup. This Initiative will support the Global Campaign for Education, the organisers of the global 1-GOAL activity, and also support ActionAid Australia to manage the roll-out of 1-GOAl in Australia. The total value of this initiative is $0.4 million to be expensed during the 2009-10 financial year.
United Nations Association Australia Partnership The United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) is a national non-profit organisation dedicated to informing the community about the work of the UN and seeking to advance the goals of the UN in Australia and around the world. Funding under this initiative supports Australia's partnership with the UNAA to: educate the community about the humanitarian work of various UN agencies; increase visibility and recognition of the contribution the Australian Government makes to various UN projects; and generate positive attitudes towards the Australian aid program and multilateral organisations by promoting positive outcomes of aid programs both within the community and amongst Parliamentarians. The total value of this initiative is $0.2 million during the 2012-13 financial year.
Commonwealth Geneva Small States Office At the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago, Australia committed to funding a Commonwealth Small States Office in Geneva for US$80,000 per annum over the next five years.
AusAID-World Bank PFM Collaboration This initiative covers activities relating to the AusAID-World Bank PFM partnership.

At the moment these include:

1)  Strengthening support in the area of Public Investment Management (PIM).  To help consolidate international learning in this area, the WB in collaboration with KDI and AusAID is planning to publish an international volume, "Promoting Public Investment Efficiency: International Experience".  The volume is expected to contain 7 cross-cutting chapters and 16 summary country cases.  Support from AusAid will allow for (i) supplementary review of relevant developed country settings with decentralized PIM settings (Australia, Germany), (ii) elaboration of additional issues raised by the Hanoi conference participants, (iii) a wrap-up review/consultation of the PIM volume and its operational implications anticipated for the second week of Feb 2011, (iv) coordination to support participation of AusAid staff around in country PIM dialogues, (v) initiation of a wider dialogue
GCDT Secondment to Rome 08-09 To develop the operations of the Trust and to address staffing constraints within the Trust Secretariat in Rome, AusAID offered to fund a position within the Secretariat for a period of 24 months. This commitment was in addition to the $16.5 million pledged by Australia to the Trust.
Administrative positions and associated costs Funding under this initiative supports the Non-Government Organisation aid delivery sector, specifically the administrative support for engagement oversight, reporting, monitoring and evaluation and other related tasks in delivering the Australia aid program.
World Bank Remittances Trust Fund The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) World Bank Remittances Trust Fund aims to create conditions for safe and efficient international remittance markets, including in particular lower transaction costs. Funding under this initiative represents Australia's contribution to the Fund and is valued at $3.5 million for the 2011-12 financial year.
Connecting Business initiative (CBi) Connecting Business initiative (CBi) engages the private sector strategically and holistically before, during and after emergencies, increasing the scale and effectiveness of the response in a coordinated manner. It is demand-driven, responds to needs on the ground and puts affected individuals and communities at the center. The Connecting Business initiative was launched at the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016 and takes forward the Summit outcomes, as well as the 2030 Development Agenda and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The initiative is operated by a secretariat and governed by an Executive Committee. Operational and technical support is provided by United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs while United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is playing a role in providing technical advice on disaster risk reduction. The total value of this investment is $0.3 million over 2 years, starting 2
Commonwealth of Learning - Core Grant 2018-2021 The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is a small intergovernmental organisation created by the Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. The two focus areas of COL are education and livelihoods. COL is helping developing nations improve access to quality education and training enabling them to benefit from improved livelihoods, greater gender equity, and overall economic, social and cultural development. It is hosted by the Government of Canada and headquartered in Vancouver Canada. This investment is Australia's core contribution to the Commonwealth of Learning over 3 years, 2018-9 to 2020-21, with an additional period to allow for reporting in 2021-22.
Australian Red Cross Partnership Core Funding Funding under this initiative provides core funding support to the Australian Red Cross (ARC) to assist in the delivery of overseas humanitarian and development work. The partnership with ARC brings together projects such as: deployment of Australians into Red Cross and Red Crescent operations; building of national government and societies capacity; International Humanitarian Law and International Disaster Response Law projects; and rapid release of emergency funding during humanitarian emergencies. The total value of this initiative is $24.5 million over 4 years, starting 2010-11.
2015 World Food Programme WFP Prepositioned Funds The World Food Programme (WFP) is Australia's largest humanitarian partner and one of the highest performing multilateral agencies funded by Australia. WFP plays a critical role in the international response to crises through the provision of food assistance, cash and voucher transfers, nutrition interventions and logistics and telecommunications support. WFP also works to strengthen the resilience of developing communities through food security and disaster preparedness programs. Funding under this investment supports WFP's emergency operations in priority countries identified by Australia. The total value of this multi-country initiative is $5 million, to be expensed by WFP during the 2015-16 financial year.
Commonwealth Youth Programme Core 2015-16 The Commonwealth Youth Program (CYP) provides opportunities to young men and women in Commonwealth member countries to contribute to international youth policy. Australia's objectives in supporting CYP are to promote and facilitate youth development and leadership activities in developing countries within the South Pacific region. The total value of this investment is GBP 327,348 million expensed during the 2015-16 financial year.
Education Knowledge Building and Research The Education Knowledge Building and Research initiative aims to build capacity for research-based policy development in Australia and overseas and generate evidence to improve the effectiveness of aid to the education sector and understanding of the role of education in poverty reduction. This investment includes exploration of the establishment of a Centre of Education for Development (CoED), support to the Australian Council for Educational Research's (ACER) Centre for Global Education Monitoring (GEM), a pilot early childhood development program, and review/evaluation of the Education Strategy.
GPE Replenishment Pledging Conference The Global Partnership for Education is the only multilateral partnership devoted to getting all these children into school for a quality education. Funding under this initiative represents Australia's contribution to the Global Partnership for Education Replenishment Pledging Conference, a co-sponsorship towards the cost of the organisation and administration of the conference. The total value of this initiative is $0.2 million to be expensed during the 2011-12 financial year.
Humanitarian Action for Persons with Disabilities Funding under this investment supports the universalisation and implementation of the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, consistent with our policy commitments on inclusive humanitarian action. This investment is intended to achieve the following objectives: universalizing endorsement and monitoring of the implementation of the Charter; working with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) to support development of globally-endorsed guidelines on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action; and building capacity of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) to engage with humanitarian organizations. The total value of the investment is $0.8 million over 3 years, starting 2017-18.
Whole of Government Operations 2009/10 Funding under this initiative supports the coherence, consistency and efficiency in operational aspects of the Whole of Government aid programs, streamlining the administrative burden and operational aspects of AusAID's program areas. Activities supported through this program include Strongim Gavman Program, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, Nauru Economic Advice and Governance Assistance Program, and the Australia Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development's Government Partnership Fund. The total value of this initiative is $0.7 million expensed over the 2009-10 financial year.
International Disability Alliance Partnership Partnership to ensure the inclusion of persons with disability in the post 2015 development framework and access of Disabled Peoples Organisations to technical resourcers to advicate for its implementation in compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
World Health Organization: Voluntary contribution Australia has made a contribution to the WHO's Twelfth General Programme of Work. The Twelfth General Programme of Work provides a high-level strategic vision for the work of WHO for the period 2014–2019. It reflects the  main components of WHO reform: programmes and priorities, governance and management.
Contribution to United Nation Mine Action Service The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) collaborates with 11 other UN departments, agencies, programmes and funds to ensure an effective, proactive and coordinated response to the problems of landmines and explosive remnants of war, including cluster munitions. Funding under this investment includes the provision of a grant to support UNMAS, including supporting the monitoring and evaluation mechanism and the review of the United Nations Gender Guidelines for Mine Action Programmes. The total value of this investment is $0.3 million to be expensed during the 2017-18 financial year.
Global Remittances Working Group The World Bank-led Global Remittances Working Group is implementing G20 remittances action. Funding under this initiative supports the implementation of the social protection and remittances actions. The total value of this initiative is $0.5 million to be expensed during the 2010-11 financial year.
Design of facility to mobilise civil society Funding under this proposal is for the design of a new facility to support civil society organisations in the Asia-Pacific region. Funding provided through the facility will enable civil society organisations to be effective advocates for and contributors to inclusive, evidence informed HIV responses which meet Australian aid criteria. The Total value of this initiative is $0.1 million over 2 years, starting 2010-11.
Support LDCs at World Chamber of Commerce Funding under this investment aims to assist delegates from Least Developed Countries (LDC) to attend the 10th World Chamber of Commerce conference in Sydney and to build their capacity in leadership, advocacy, business acumen, networking, marketing and technology development, business planning and international trade development. LDC delegates will be equipped to initiate changes and implement innovations back in their own business communities. There will also be opportunities to improve LDC delegates capability to export and access markets. Chamber organisations from LDCs will be able to benchmark themselves against chambers of a similar model and region. For developing countries and LDCs this will be an invaluable experience enabling them to identify areas for improvement in their service delivery and improving the environment for business in their own countries. Developing country and LDC chambers will be able to track their improvement year on year.  A successful capable chamber o
OECD DAC 2014-15 Funding under this investment represents Australia's annual voluntary contribution to OECD DAC's Programme of Work and Budget for calendar years 2015-16. The total value of this investment is $0.5 million expensed in the 2014-15 financial year.
World Bank Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is a global partnership that helps developing countries better understand and reduce their vulnerabilities to natural hazards and adapt to climate change. Working with over 400 local, national, regional, and international partners, GFDRR provides grant financing, technical assistance, training and knowledge sharing activities to mainstream disaster and climate risk management in policies and strategies. The GFDRR is managed by the World Bank.  Australia's contribution to the GFDRR will support partner countries in the Indo-Pacific region to meet their commitments to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The total value of this investment is $12.3 million over 3 years, starting 2016-17.
MDG-related events and policy analysis Funding under this initiative incorporates a mixture of events and analytical work being commissioned by AusAID about the Millennium Development Goals, specifically: a conference on the MDGs organised by the Lowy Institute for International Policy; public consultation hosted by the Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance; and analytical work commissioned by AusAID..  These activities will contribute to Australia's participation in the UN MDG Leaders' Summit in September and to future aid policy. The total value of this initiative is $0.5 million over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
Advisory Centre on WTO Law Australia's investment in the Advisory Centre on World Trade Organization Law (ACWL) provides developing country, and least developed country (LDC), members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with: legal advice; assistance WTO dispute settlement proceedings, and; training on WTO law. This helps developing countries and LDCs to understand and comply with their WTO obligations, which reduces the likelihood of disputes with trading partners, and enables them to participate more effectively in WTO decision-making and trade negotiations. The investment helps developing countries and LDCs better integrate into the global rules-based trading system, implement domestic reform, and make a real economic impact on the lives of their citizens. The total value of the investment is $1.0 million expensed in the 2017-18 financial year.
ICRC multi year funding agreement (2017-2021) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people affected by conflict and armed violence and to promote the laws that protect victims of war. An independent and neutral organization, its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it employs some 12,000 people in 80 countries; it is financed mainly by voluntary donations from governments and from national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies. Funding under this initiative provides multi-year funding for their including core, thematic and country program (Africa and Middle East and North Africa) funding. The total value of this initiative is $110.0 million over 4 years, starting 2017-18.
Imprest Account Review Funding under this initiative supported review of a particular funding mechanism that is used by AusAID, to ensure compliance with the Commonwealth's financial framework. The total value of this initiative is $32,000 over 2 years, starting 2009-10.
IDA16 Supplemental Contribution The International Development Association (IDA) is the concessional arm of the World Bank that provides grants, interest-free loans and low-interest loans to the world's 79 poorest countries. Since 2000, IDA's investments in poor countries have achieved the following benefits: education support which has helped enrol 89 million children in primary schools in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia; transportation infrastructure such as roads and highways benefiting 75 million people; and health, nutrition and population (HNP) activities which have provided more than 47 million people with basic HNP services, immunised 310 million children and provided antiretroviral therapies to almost 2 million people with HIV. Australia's contribution to IDA16 will help facilitate the recruitment and training of 1 to 1.2 million teachers, immunisation of up to 116 million children, construction of up to 44 thousand kilometres of road and the provision of water sources to 36 to 42 million people and sanitat
2011-12 OHCHR Annual Contribution The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) represents the world's commitment to universal ideals of human dignity. We have a unique mandate from the international community to promote and protect all human rights. OHCHR is mandated to promote and protect human rights for all, OHCHR leads global human rights efforts speaks out objectively in the face of human rights violations worldwide. We provide a forum for identifying, highlighting and developing responses to today's human rights challenges, and act as the principal focal point of human rights research, education, public information, and advocacy activities in the United Nations system. Funding under this initiative represents Australia's annual contribution and is valued at $2.4 million expensed during the 2011-12 financial year.
Geneva Int Centre for Humanit Demining 2010-2013 Funding under this proposal provides support to the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) for the elimination of anti-personnel mines and the reduction of the humanitarian impact of other landmines and explosive remnants of war. Activities supported by this funding include: Mine Ban Convention related activities including support for the Implementation Support Unit and sponsorship programs; support to the organisation's operational work in the Asia-Pacific region including the Pacific Region UXO workshop; land rights in conflict-affected countries; reducing armed violence; promoting gender-sensitive mine action; victim assistance research; monitoring and evaluation frameworks; land release; and promotion of International Mine Action Standards. The total value of this initiative is $2.7 million over 3 years, starting 2010-11.
Contribution to WHO Health Emergencies Programme Funding under this investment supports the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme aimed at strengthening capacity in preparedness, response and recovery from disease outbreaks and emergencies with health consequences and mitigate and managing potential emerging health threats. Funds specifically target the Asia-Pacific, including Emergency Medical Teams Initiative in Pacific. The total value of Australia's contribution is $5.5 million over 2 years, starting 2015-16.
OECD DAC 2017-18 Program of work and budget Funding under this investment represents Australia's contribution to the OECD Development Assistance Committee to support the DAC Program of Work and Budget for the 2017-18 financial year. Funds will support ongoing effort in non-grants financial assistance development and other key measures. The total value of this investment is $0.5 million to be expended during the 2016-17 financial year.
World Bank - International Comparison Program The International Comparison Program (ICP) is an international statistical program that collects and disseminates purchasing power parity (PPP) data for developing countries. These data are needed to measure and compare the performance of the different economies in the world and the socio-economic status of different groups of people. The data that is collected by the ICP is essential to measure progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for poverty reduction. Funding under this investment provides funds to the ICP which will: 1) provide Australia with information on the progress in achieving the SDGs; and 2) provide further information for research in thematic areas to help influence the direction of future aid funding. The total value of this investment is $1.0 million expensed in the 2010-11 financial year.
Partnership for Renewable Energy Finance and Trade This investment partners with the Australian National University to improve  renewable energy financing in developing countries. The program works in Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and Fiji  to understand the barriers to recruiting private sector finance and investment in the renewables sector. The work entails complementary research on government policy, market pricing, engagement and capacity building with a focus on institutional investors and other market and non-state actors. The total value of this investment is $0.9 million over 3 years, starting 2017-18.