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AusAID

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Name: AusAID

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Scholarships for Talented Filipinos Granted by Australia Awards

Metro Manila, Philippines -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/21/2013 -- Postgraduate scholarships are given to Filipinos who have the talents and passion to pursue a leadership role for development work through Australia Awards. The Australian Agency for International ... [Published SBWire - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Australia, Philippines, Manila, Coffey International Ltd

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Send cattle to PNG Entsch

QUEENSLAND Liberal MP Warren Entsch is seeking to export 150,000 head of Australian cattle into Papua New Guinea (PNG) using a share of AusAID funding, to help resolve the current emergency cattle feed crisis. Speaking to Fairfax Agricultural Media last ... [Published The Sydney News - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Warren Entsch, Cattle, AusAID, Campbell Newman

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

University of Melbourne

Center to give research support for K to 12

ACTRC will focus on curriculum development, school assessment and the application of technology in upgrading the education system.“Australia strongly supports the Philippine government’s efforts in implementing theK to 12 program. Investing in a quality ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 20 2013]

Entities: Education, University of Melbourne, Philippines, Government of the Philippines

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Diggers

21 May: Diggers make Brisbane boy?s dream come true

Sappers Roger Sharp (left) and Ben Pitkethley from the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Task Group prepare to hand out soccer balls donated by Brisbane boy Mac Millar to children at the Salambaba Boys School in Uruzgan province, Afghanist ... [Published Noodls - May 21 2013]

Entities: Brisbane (Australia), Diggers, Task Group, Royal Australian Regiment, AusAID

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Niue already implementing integrated approach to addressing DRR and Climate Change

Niue, like other Pacific Island Countries, is already implementing an integrated approach to addressing disaster risk management and climate change.And, the island nation’s chief adviser to cabinet, Richard Hipa shared this experience with parliamentarians ... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - May 21 2013]

Entities: Niue, Global Warming/Climate Change, AusAID, Tsunami, Donor

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Rio Tinto Group

Mozambique says miners must give as well as take

Responsibilities: Minister Esperanca Bias. Photo: Peter Bottrell Large mining companies must take responsibility for their activities in Mozambique, and that includes giving back to local communities.Mozambique Mineral Resources Minister Esperanca Bias ... [Published Business Day Australia - May 20 2013]

Entities: Mozambique, Esperanca Bias, Mineral, Rio Tinto Group

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 4 reports

$105m record aid

THE Australian Government has announced that it will provide a record $105.5million ($A58.2m) in Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Fiji in the 2013-14 financial year.The allocation is an 18 per cent increase from the previous years allocation of ... [Published Fiji Times - May 20 2013]

Entities: Fiji, AusAID, Australia, Australian Government, Allotment

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Health leadership, governance program for mayors launched

MANILA, Philippines - A newly launched public-private partnership is set to enhance the skills of local government executives nationwide in providing health benefits for the poor.The joint undertaking between the Department of Health (DOH) and the Zuellig ... [Published Philippine Star - May 20 2013]

Entities: Leadership, Roberto Romulo, AusAID, United States Agency For International Development, Merck & Co Inc

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Inaction by govt depts irks MP

INACTION by the bureaucracy to progress work on restoring bridges destroyed by Cyclone Guba in 2007 has led to the deaths of vulnerable women and children, says Oro Governor Gary Juffa.The Governor said this when criticising the relevant Government departments ... [Published Post-Courier - May 20 2013]

Entities: Cyclone Guba, AusAID, Construction

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Australia seeks global role in tackling the resource curse

Australia is putting itself at the forefront of the global campaign to reduce the negative impact of extractive industries in developing countries.Australia has over 300 mining companies operating in Africa and more working in Asia, the Pacific and Latin ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 20 2013]

Entities: Australia, Australian Government, Mark Lowcock

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Fiji launches a campaign to protect its mangroves

Fiji has recently launched its first National Awareness Campaign on mangroves .The six months campaign called, My Mangrove, My livelihood, targets coastal communities.It aims at raising awareness on the multiple benefits of mangroves like stopping coastal ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 20 2013]

Entities: Fiji, AusAID, World Wide Fund For Nature, Resilience

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Mining potential way forward for developing world

World-leading experts on sustainable mining and economic development will converge on Sydney Monday for the Mining for Development Conference 2013, funded by Australian international aid agency AusAID. Held over 20-21 May, the conference will host discussions ... [Published Individual.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Mining, Developing World, AusAID

Quotes

"In addition to the six new schools already under construction, another 30 schools will be rehabilitated through the AusAID-funded Children of Uruzgan program which is helping improve access to basic education and health across the province" Mr Burrough said

21 May: Diggers make Brisbane boy?s dream come true [Published Noodls - May 21 2013]

"Oversight of environmental impacts, [and] emergency preparedness, mine safety and resource management is essential and the relevant capacity must be built."

Mozambique says miners must give as well as take [Published Business Day Australia - May 20 2013]

"AusAID is helping the poorest children to attend school more regularly and working to see more babies growing safely through their early years. We are also helping to promote food security and increase incomes for poor families. With this increased allocation, we will be able to improve the lives of tens of thousands more people and to reach every province of Fiji."

$105m record aid [Published Fiji Times - May 20 2013]

"We could not of got through those first two weeks of our nightmare in January without Megan here with us and we will be following Megan closely as she walks for our boy."

Poison victim's parents hope charges close [Published Southland Times - May 20 2013]

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Mozambique says miners must give as well as take [Published Business Day Australia - May 20 2013]
$105m record aid [Published Fiji Times - May 20 2013]
Poison victim's parents hope charges close [Published Southland Times - May 20 2013]
Health leadership, governance program for mayor... [Published Philippine Star - May 20 2013]
Nepal's great lesson in recycling [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 20 2013]
Center to give research support for K to 12 [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 20 2013]
Australia extends Palau demining funds [Published Special Broadcasting Service - May 20 2013]
Governments called on to reveal resources revenue [Published ABC Online - May 20 2013]
Inaction by govt depts irks MP [Published Post-Courier - May 20 2013]
Australia seeks global role in tackling the res... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 20 2013]
Fiji launches a campaign to protect its mangroves [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 20 2013]
Fiji's coastal communities replant mangroves fo... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 20 2013]
World Bank-Singapore Infrastructure Finance Sum... [Published Hogan Lovells - May 20 2013]
Mining potential way forward for developing world [Published Individual.com - May 20 2013]
Australia Boosts Official Development Assistanc... [Published Bernama - May 20 2013]
World: Saving Lives of Mothers and Babies throu... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 20 2013]
Your views - Australias annual aid to Fiji to t... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - May 20 2013]
Aust govt to provide $105.5M in development ass... [Published Fijivillage.com - May 20 2013]
Australia teaches lessons on development from m... [Published ABC Online - May 20 2013]
Sydney conferences aim for a better deal from m... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 20 2013]
Australian aid tops $100m [Published Fijilive.com - May 20 2013]
Speech: Making Mining work for Development: And... [Published Inside government - Department for Internationa ... - May 20 2013]

Blogs

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Speech: Making Mining work for Development: And... [Published Inside government - Department for Internationa ... - May 20 2013] Introduction I want first to congratulate the Government of Australia, and in particular my friends and colleagues in AusAid, for their initiative in hosting this event. You know more about this than most of us. Especially about how to do it well. Australia ...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Finance Corpo... [Published MicroCapital - Apr 20 2013] The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the US-based World Bank Group, and Jordan Ahli Bank, a Jordan-based financial institution, recently launched the SME Toolkit, an initiative of IFC, in Jordan. SME Toolkit is a free online platform ...
Geocoding and public aid data in Nepal [Published Zunia.org RSS - Apr 14 2013] The Government of Nepal (GoN) recently hosted the AidData team on its first geocoding launch trip as part of the Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN). The GoN has been operating an Aid Management Platform (AMP) since 2010 with admirable results. ...
Women in Vanuatu: analyzing challenges to econo... [Published Zunia.org RSS - Apr 11 2013] Women's contributions to poverty reduction, economic growth, and private sector development are increasingly recognized globally. A growing amount of research demonstrates the link between women's empowerment and societal well-being. Yet research also ...
Vietnam: Spreading Knowledge to Prevent HIV/AID... [Published blogs.worldbank.org - Apr 10 2013] Cũng có ở Tiếng Việt Doing something useful for my country, Vietnam, always makes me happy. And I’ve tried to get this feeling through my work in developing the transport infrastructure network in Vietnam for over 10 years. Vietnam has come ...

Press Releases

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Australia's Agency for International Developmen... [Published PR Newswire: Health - Apr 18 2013]
Pipeline Brings Drinking Water to Displaced Sri... [Published IOM Press Briefing Notes - Apr 09 2013]
Neue Studie ergibt, dass Frauen eingeschränkten... [Published PR Newswire - Feb 26 2013]
GSMA, Qtel Group, USAID und AusAID geben Gewinn... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Technology - Feb 26 2013]
GSMA, Qtel Group, USAID y AusAID anuncian los g... [Published PR Newswire: Telecommunications - Feb 26 2013]