GPFD Round 1 2013 Approved Activities

GPFD Round 1 2013 Approved Activities

Approved activities from GPFD Round 1 (2013) are:

Title / Summary / Region/Country of focus / Lead Public Sector Organisation / Duration / Total funds
Implementation of the Asia Region Funds Passport / Improving the technical skills of financial market regulators in developing APEC economies to support participation in the cross-border marketing and trading of managed funds / APEC Developing Country members / Australian Treasury / March 2014 – June 2017 / $1.517m
Structural Reform in the APEC, ASEAN and East Asia Summit regions / Improving the capacity of developing economy officials and organisations to undertake structural economic reforms aligned with APEC/ASEAN / APEC + some ASEAN and East Asia Summit nations / Productivity Commission / March 2014 – June 2017 / $1.134m
Small Scale Mining for Development / Working with Indonesian government agencies in two eastern provinces and two Indonesian universities to improve sustainability of small scale mining / Indonesia / Charles Darwin University / March 2014 – June 2017 / $1.162m
Promoting Infrastructure Private-Public Partnerships / Enhancing the institutional capacity of APEC/ASEAN/ EAS developing country member nations to design, finance and implement private-public partnership infrastructure projects / APEC + some ASEAN and East Asia Summit nations / Australian APEC Study Centre at RMIT University / March 2014 – June 2017 / $2.467m
Developing Research Capacity at the University of Rangoon / Improving the quality of the University of Rangoon’s research capacity particularly in the areas of law and demographics/human resource planning in order to support evidence based policy making / Myanmar / Australian National University / March 2014 – June 2017 / $1.726m
Enhancing Ocean Governance / Supporting Pacific Island Countries and Territories to manage marine and coastal resources for sustainable economic development and food security / Pacific regional / Department of Environment / March 2014 – June 2017 / $3.651m
Supporting Women and Children Experiencing Gender Based Violence / Working with Vietnam Women’s Unions to strengthen service delivery for women and children experiencing gender-based violence / Vietnam / Flinders University / March 2014 – June 2017 / $2.120m
Improving Teacher capacity and Education Systems in Papua, Indonesia / Working with the Papuan Department of Education, Youth and Sport to provide nine years of basic education for all Papuan children / Indonesia / University of the Sunshine Coast / March 2014 – June 2017 / $3.875m
Supporting the Regional Management of Climate Information / Supporting Pacific Island Countries and Territories to be more climate resilient by improving access and utilisation of climate information / Pacific region / Griffith University / March 2014 – June 2017 / $1.524m
Village Poultry Health and Biosecurity Program / Capacity building of government and villagers in poultry raising and marketing, food security and nutrition and biosecurity policies and practices / Timor Leste / Department of Agriculture / March 2014 – June 2017 / $1.363m
Support for Implementation of the Kenyan Constitution / Sharing Australian expertise in Commonwealth constitutional processes to strengthen new democratic institutions in Kenya / Kenya / Queensland University of Technology / March 2014 – December 2015 / $0.779m
Total / $21.318m

GPFD Round 2 2014 Approved Activities

Approved activities from GPFD Round 2 (2014) are:

Title / Summary / Region/Country of focus / Lead Public Sector Organisation / Duration / Total funds
Vocational Education and Training Qualifications and Benchmarking Development / Working with vocational education ministries in Vietnam and the Philippines to better align their vocational educational and training programs with industry needs and with ASEAN Economic Community requirements / Vietnam, Philippines / Department of Industry / Nov 2014 – June 2016 / $0.945m
Economic Development and Food Security through Addressing Illegal Fishing / Improving the capacity of Pacific nations and PNG to combat illegal unregulated and unreported fishing activities in their territorial waters / Pacific, PNG / Departmentt of Agriculture / Nov 2014 – June 2018 / $2.446m
Building Capacity for Evidenced Based Health Management / Working with Ministry of Health and public health faculties of universities to improve management and quality of primary vital health statistics including births, deaths and causes of death / Indonesia / Australian National University / Nov 2014 – June 2018 / $1.960m
Improving Statistical Capability in Fiji / Building the capacity of the Fiji Bureau of Statistics to provide accurate and timely statistics on economy and society / Fiji / Australian Bureau of Statistics / Nov 2014 – June 2017 / $0.846m
Improving the Capability of National Search and Rescue Services in the Indian Ocean / Implementing systems development and training to address gaps in the counterpart countries search and rescue services / Mauritius, Maldives, Sri Lanka / Australian Maritime Safety Authority / Nov 2014 – June 2018 / $2.612m
Capacity Development in the Energy and Power Sectors / Develop human resource capacity in the energy and power sectors through interactions with industry experts in the Australian public and private sectors / Bangladesh / RMIT University / Nov 2014 – June 2017 / $1.110m
Improving Biosecurity Systems for Cargo Treatment / Building the capacity of counterpart biosecurity agencies to manage multi-country cargo treatment and inspection / APEC/ASEAN / Department of Agriculture / Nov 2014 -June 2018 / $1.222m
Australia-Burma Trauma Management Program / Increasing the capacity of emergency and trauma staff in Burma to deliver life-saving emergency care / MyanmarBurma / Alfred Health / Nov 2014 – June 2017 / $0.697m
Promoting Mathematics Learning in West Nusa Tenggara / Build the capacity of teachers in mathematics to engage with Grades 7 – 9 and particularly with girls / Indonesia / University of Canberra / Nov 2014 – June 2018 / $1.992m
Strengthening Prudential Risk Management Capacity in the Pacific / Building capacity of Pacific financial regulators through on-site training and internships / Pacific, PNG, Timor Leste / Australian Prudential Regulation Authority / Nov 2014 – June 2018 / $1.098m
Developing community-based waste recycling / Partnering with counterpart Universities to develop an educational program to support community based waste recycling businesses / Sri Lanka / University of Western Australia / Nov 2014 – June 2018 / $1.030m
Improving the Health of Snakebite Patients in Burma / Improve the quality quantity and availability of antivenom production and the management of snakebite patients / Myanmar / University of Adelaide / Nov 2014 – June 2018 / $2.296m
Supporting and strengthening Ombudsman and allied institutions to combat corruption in the Pacific / Supporting the development of integrity institutions (Ombudsmen’s offices and Auditor General’s offices) in the Pacific to allow them to respond to increasingly sophisticated criminal and corruption activities / Pacific regional and PNG / Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman / Nov 2014 – June 2018 / $1.099m
Total / $19.353m