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Selected Active Projects
| Funder |
Project Name |
Location |
Start Date |
End Date |
| AusAID |
People's Survey
Design, Implementation, Analysis and Reporting of a RAMSI People’s Survey to gather citizen’s perceptions, attitudes and opinions of the current situation in the Solomon Islands in relation to law and order; responses of elected officials and public servants to community need; access to basic services; changes in household prosperity; and the availability and effectiveness of police, RAMSI and legal services. The comprehensive first year pilot (2006) interviewed 1,085 people in the capital, Honiara, and four provinces using both quantitative and qualitative methods. In 2007 the survey was conducted in all provinces except Rennell, interviewing 5,154 people. In 2008 the survey will be conducted in 6 provinces. |
Solomon Islands |
1 Mar 2006 |
31 Dec 2008 |
| World Bank |
Collaborative group on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining(CASM): Asia-Pacific Learning Network
The project aims to implement the recommendations made by participants in the Manila Learning Event through the production, translation and dissemination of case studies that document “concrete examples of equitable, effective, and sustainable local-level partnerships which include small-scale miners or their communities”. This is understood to be the best way to consolidate, activate and expand the network of individuals and institutions initially established by means of the Manila Learning Event. |
Asia Pacific |
1 Jun 2006 |
31 Dec 2008 |
| ADB |
Gender Mainstreaming in Agriculture
The purpose is to reduce gender disparities and increase women’s productivity in agriculture, and thus reduce poverty and promote growth. The objectives are to (i) build gender-responsive institutional structures and systems at the Ministry for Ariculture and Forestry (MAF), (ii) strengthen the capacity of MAF officials and selected provincial and district office staff to incorporate gender dimensions in MAF's policies, strategies, programs, and projects; and (iii) deliver gender-sensitive and pro-poor agricultural extension services. |
Laos |
1 Aug 2006 |
30 Jun 2008 |
| AusReady |
Asia Pacific Emerging Infectious Diseases Facility
The Asia Pacific Emerging Infectious Diseases Facility's focus is to mobilise experts to undertake prevention and preparedness work in the region. AusReady is linked to AusAID’s Pandemics and Emerging Infectious Diseases Strategy 2006-2010 which aims to minimise the impact of emerging infectious diseases on the human health and economic development of the Asia-Pacific region. |
Asia Pacific |
13 Apr 2007 |
12 Apr 2009 |
| AusAID (via subcontract with Austraining) |
Provision of Pre-Departure Training (PDT) and Debrief Services for the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development Program (AYAD)
PDT Workshops are conducted three times per year in Canberra. Each PDT consists of 100-150 participants. For PDT, ANUE design and deliver a face-to-face Training Program across development, thematic and cross cultural topics including capacity building. |
Australia (AYADs go to Asia Pacific) |
18 Jun 2007 |
30 Jun 2009 |
| ACIAR |
Water Harvesting and better cropping systems for the benefits of small farmers in watersheds of the East India Plateau
The Project aims to extend village-scale watershed development including ‘water harvesting’ into the monsoon-high rainfall East India Plateau, to provide the foundation for agricultural development and poverty alleviation by first improving food security through the use of harvested water to reduce climate risk, and then by providing new cropping options with reduced risk of investment in improved technology. |
India |
1 Oct 2005 |
30 Sep 2009 |
| AusAID (Hassalls and Associates is lead firm) |
Community Sector Program
CSP has two key elements: small scale, demand-driven and practical support to communities, and support for analysis and strategy development in areas of capacity building, rural livelihoods and community planning leading to broader engagement with stakeholders and relevant government agencies. The overall goal of CSP is to contribute to poverty reduction and peace building in the Solomon Islands The purpose is to build capacity for self-reliance within communities, civil society organisations and service providers. |
Solomon Islands |
1 Mar 2005 |
28 Feb 2010 |
| UK Home Office (Cambridge University is lead firm) |
Criminal Restorative Justice
Diversion from prosecution to restorative justice cautioning is a promising but potentially dangerous method for closing the justice gap. It is therefore essential that any further tests of diversion from prosecution to restorative justice be able to provide independent and internally valid estimates of effects on crime, and victims, by offence type. This project tests restorative justice within the criminal justice process in the UK. |
United Kingdom |
1 Sep 2004 |
31 Aug 2010 |
| Numerous - mainly Australian local government |
CLAM
The Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool is a modelling approach that allows stakeholders to assess the social, economic and environmental trade-offs associated with development, remediation and use options for coastal lakes and estuaries. |
Australia |
1 January 2007 |
No end date |
| Numerous - mainly UNESCO |
Asia Pacific Migration Research Network
The central focus of the APMRN is the long-term role of migration and increased ethno-cultural diversity as major factors in the social transformation of societies. The aim has been to build an international research network that will carry out interdisciplinary research on social and political aspects of international migration and growing ethno-cultural diversity in the region. |
Asia Pacific |
1 Jan 2004 |
No end date |
Selected Finished Projects
| Funder |
Project Name |
Location |
Start Date |
End Date |
| AusAID |
Improving Data for Decentralized Planning
Improved analysis of data provided by Indonesia’s decennial Censuses and annual SUSENAS (National Social and Economic Survey) is crucial for the Australia-Indonesia Development Cooperation Program – especially in the context of decentralization. This project will correct and archive existing data sets, train local and central staff in techniques for district level analysis, and undertake high priority research for development planning. Through the project, for the first time detailed census data is being utilised for very small area analysis - at the district, subdistrict and even the village levels, over most of the nation. |
Indonesia |
1 Jun 2005 |
31 Dec 2007 |
| AusAID |
Supporting Strengthened Control of Avian Influenza
The objectives of the project are: 1. Support and enrich the Thai National AI Control Plan; 2. Boost working links among Thais responsible for AI control across multiple sectors (private and public); 3. Create new partnerships between universities and the public sector both in Thailand and Australia to support AI control; 4. build Australian-Thai public sector partnerships for AI control; and 5. build on an existing Thai-Australia university relationship to assist AI control in Thailand. |
Thailand |
1 Jul 2006 |
31 Dec 2007 |
| ADB |
Regional Social Protection Systems Assessment
The project improved Pacific governments' capacity to develop social protection policies and programs for the poor and vulnerable. The major output was a social protection assessment study, which for each of the participating countries, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Fiji included (i) a vulnerability and risk profile; (ii) a summary labor market assessment; (iii) a review and analysis of the current social protection system, both formal and informal, that includes an assessment of its adequacy, effectiveness, and efficiency in providing social protection to the vulnerable population; and (iv) recommendations for future social protection policies and programs based on identified needs, institutional capacity, costs of proposed interventions, and financing options. |
Pacific |
1 May 2006 |
30 Apr 2007 |
| Ford Foundation |
Gender and Sexual Health |
Indonesia & Thailand |
1 May 2005 |
30 Jun 2007 |
| Conservation International |
Small Islands in Peril
The Small Islands in Peril program is a cross-cutting program which will contribute to three of the four main outputs of the Milne Bay Community-Based Coastal and Marine Conservation Program (MBCP). It is primarily intended to contribute to Output 4 (the community development output), but will also make distinctive contributions to Output 1 (the provincial capacity-building output) and Output 3 (the environmental education output). The SMIP Program will also address the question of how lessons learnt in the first phase of the
MBCP can be more broadly applied to the management of coastal and marine ecosystems in
other parts of PNG. |
Papua New Guinea |
1 Jun 2006 |
30 Mar 2008 |
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