A B C D E F G H I J K AG Capabilities for Implementing Sources Program Authorities Overseeing Agency Implementing Agency Budget Overview and Purpose Guiding Document Prerequisites, requirements, findings 1 Capacity Building Personnel Infrastructure Australian Civilian Corps None found at time of Department of Foreign Australian Civilian Corps Australian Civilian A$7.9 million The Australian Civilian Corps (ACC) was formed in 2011 to bridge the gap None found at time of The budget for the 2014/15 financial year allows the [1]Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Development (ACC) report Affairs and Trade (ACC) Corps (ACC) (2014-2015) [1] between emergency relief and long term recovery programs, and to enhance report government to deploy around 40 specialists for 6 months Trade. "Overview of the Australian Civilian specialists the quality of Australia’s response to situations of disaster and conflict. Since each deployment. ACC specialists deploy as Australian Corps." Australian Civilian Corps. Available: http://dfat.gov.au/aid/topics/investment- its establishment, the ACC has undertaken over 100 deployments in over 15 Government officials under the Australian Civilian Corps Act priorities/building- countries, the majority in Asia and the Pacific. The ACC register is comprised 2011. All specialists are trained and prepared in advance of resilience/acc/Pages/australian-civilian- of over 500 experienced civilian specialists with expertise in fields including deployment, and are typically deployed for between three to corps.aspx aid coordination, disaster risk reduction, electoral assistance, health twelve months. [1] administration, engineering, and law and justice. Consistent with the government’s new development policy the Minister of Foreign Affairs has approved a new ACC mandate - “to provide Australian specialists, primarily to help our neighbours in the Indo-Pacific region, to prevent, prepare for stabilise and recover from disasters and conflict”. This allows the ACC to help build resilience of countries at risk of or emerging from conflict or disaster.[1] 2 Infrastructure Education, Training and None found at time of Department of Australian Centre for The Australian A$33 million over The scope of this program includes a focus on building capacity in partner Australian International None found at time of report [1]Australian Government. Australian Centre for Development Capacity Building report Agriculture International Agricultural International Food 4 years for all countries to accelerate research delivery and adoption of innovations, Food Security Centre International Agricultural Research. Australian (Program 5) Research (ACIAR) Security Centre AIFSC programs[1] including through rapid upgrading of scientists and policy makers. The (AIFSC): Strategy 2012 – International Food Security Centre (AIFSC): Strategy 2012 – 2022 . (2013). Available: (AIFSC) program would build capacity of both individuals and institutions in Africa, 2022 http://aciar.gov.au/aifsc/sites/default/files/imag through a range of activities from PhD scholarships to in-country training. It es/aifsc_strategy_2013.pdf will build formal linkages and two-way staff exchanges between Australian and African universities, thereby fostering scientist-to-scientist and institution- to-institution linkages, playing a modest yet important role in strengthening relationships, understanding and capability. This program will complement the broader education and training programs supported by AusAID, ACIAR and the Crawford Fund.[1] 3 Infrastructure Indonesia Infrastructure None found at time of Department of Foreign Australian Aid SMEC International A$336 million, for IndII is an Australian Aid initiative managed by SMEC International on behalf Indonesia Infrastructure None found at time of report [1]Australian Aid “Indonesia Infrastructure Development Initiative (IndII) Phase II report Affairs and Trade [1] 2005-2014[2] of the Australian Government. Its goal is to promote economic growth by Initiative Phase II Initiative.” March 19, 2015. Available: working with the Government of Indonesia to enhance infrastructure policy, Implementation Document http://www.indii.co.id/ [2]Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and planning and investment. IndII was originally established for a three-year July 2011 - June 2015. Trade. "Infrastructure Assistance in Indonesia". period ending in June 2011. A follow-on project is now underway and will Available: Development Assistance in Indonesia . Available: operate until June 2015. IndII focuses primarily on water and sanitation http://www.dfat.gov.au/abo http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/indonesia/develop issues and on transport by road, rail and sea, as well as a number of cross- ut- ment-assistance/Pages/infrastructure-assistance- sectoral policy issues. All of IndII’s activities are designed to build local us/publications/Documents/ in-indonesia.aspx capacity at both national and sub-national levels. IndII coordinates its efforts infrastructure-imp-doc- with other donors participating in major infrastructure projects, and annexes-ipm.pdf promotes partnerships between government and the private sector. A selection of its current work includes incentive grants for local governments to invest in their water utility companies, assisting with the development of national master plans for ports and railways, and formulating new guidelines Draftand procedures for the management of transport sector public service obligations. [1] 4 A B C D E F G H I J K AG Capabilities for Implementing Sources Program Authorities Overseeing Agency Implementing Agency Budget Overview and Purpose Guiding Document Prerequisites, requirements, findings 1 Capacity Building Personnel Infrastructure International Mining for None found at time of Department of Foreign Australian Aid University of A$31 million, for The International Mining for Development Centre (IM4DC) was established in International Mining for None found at time of report [1]Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Development Development Centre report Affairs and Trade Western Australia 2011-2015[1] 2011 with funding from the Australian aid program. It draws on Australian Development Centre AusAID Trade. "Extractives sector development (IM4DC) and the University of expertise and experience in the mining sector, and is delivered through a Activity Proposal by UWA assistance initiatives". Extractives sector development assistance. Available: Queensland[1] partnership between the University of Western Australia and the University and UQ http://www.dfat.gov.au/aid/topics/investment- of Queensland. The IM4DC provides education and training, fellowships, Available: priorities/infrastructure-trade-facilitation- research, and advice in order to build knowledge, skills and institutional http://www.dfat.gov.au/abo international-competitiveness/extractives-sector- capacity within resource-rich developing countries. It aims to support ut- development-assistance/Pages/extractives- developing countries to manage their natural resources well, maximize the us/publications/Pages/inter sector-development-assistance-initiatives.aspx opportunities from resource production, and minimize undesirable impacts. national-mining-for- Core themes are governance and regulation, community and environmental development-centre-ausaid- sustainability, and operational effectiveness across the mining lifecycle. By activity-proposal-by-uwa- the end of its third year of operation, in June 2014, the IM4DC had trained and-uq.aspx more than 1,800 individuals from over 50 developing countries through 70 short courses, workshops and study tours. It had also completed 50 research projects.[1] 5 Institution Building Asia Pacific Forestry Skills None found at time of Department of Department of None found at time A $12.1 million for The Asia-Pacific Forestry Skills and Capacity Building Programme commenced None found at time of None found at time of report [1]Australian Department of Agriculture. "Asia and Capacity Building report Agriculture Agriculture, Fisheries and of report all of Phase II[2] in 2007 to assist countries in the Asia-Pacific region increase their forest report Pacific Forestry Skills and Capacity Building Program - Phase II Forestry (DAFF) management expertise and improve carbon sequestration performance of Programme." International Forestry . February 25, 2015. Available: their forests. The programme concluded in June 2014.[1] http://www.agriculture.gov.au/forestry/internati onal/asia-pacific-forestry-program. [2]Austrailan Department of Agriculture. "Making headway with sustainable forest management to help combat climate change." International Forestry. February 25, 2015. Available: http://www.agriculture.gov.au/forestry/internati 6 onal/asia-pacific-forestry-program/forest- management-climate-change Institution Building Government Partnerships None found at time of Department of Foreign Government Partnerships Organizations funded A$18 million from Government Partnerships for Development (GPFD) is a competitive funding None found at time of None found at time of report [1]Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and for Development (GPFD) report Affairs and Trade for Development (GPFD) through GPFD 2015-2018 .est[2] program which provides funds to eligible Australian public sector report Trade. "Government Partnerships for organisations to partner with public sector organisations in developing Development (GPFD)". Available: http://dfat.gov.au/about-us/grants-tenders- countries. GPFD supports economic