FDC and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute have recently released a joint research paper, A better fit: National security and Australia’s aid program. The report argues that Australia’s aid program should be better fitted to enhance Australia’s national security.Click here to access the report.
FDC’s Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2010 is now available on our website. Click here to view the latest annual report.
The Foundation for Development Cooperation welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the Australian Government’s Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness. Click here to view FDC’s submission.
The latest BWTP Bulletin has been published in January 2011. Click here to view.
FDC’s Executive Director for the last four years, Craig Wilson, concludes his term on 7 January 2011, ahead of the commencement of his successor, Sean Rooney, on 14 February 2011. Craig will remain connected to FDC as an FDC Associate and contactable on his FDC email. Details of Craig’s impending departure were announced in September 2010.
FDC’s work on the SPC/UNICEF project focused on youth strategy for the Pacific is underway. The SPC/UNICEF funded field trip in French Polynesia, Papeete, was conducted on December 10-16, 2010, by Mélanie Aubé, Senior Operations Officer and in early December in Samoa by Senior Project Officer, Carly Stephan. In Papeete, three focus group discussions were held with the youth, one round table organised with an NGO network and several one-on-one meetings with high governmental officials. The aim was to discuss and understand the current status and issues of Youth in French Polynesia. The outcomes were very positive and will be part of broader report including, besides Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and Fiji.
FDC’s Chairman Bob Lyon has announced that Mr Sean Rooney will join The Foundation for Development Cooperation in mid February 2011 as its next Executive Director. Sean is an experienced management and leadership professional working at the forefront of the cross-sector partnering, development and sustainability agendas. Read more details here.
FDC has released its latest FDC Briefing Note which examines the environmental vulnerability of small island states, reflecting on the experience of Kiribati.
FDC and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) will produce a joint research report, supported by a high-level Task Force, examining the nexus between Australian national security and the Australian official aid program. Noting the recent announcement of the independent review of the effectiveness of Australian official aid, which is to conclude its work by April 2011, ASPI and FDC intend to complete their joint research report by early March 2011, so that it may also inform the deliberations of the panel overseeing the independent review. Read more here.