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Building effective and accountable states

  • Strengthen accountability icon

    12,271

    organisations supported to strengthen accountability and/or inclusion

  • Economic reform icon

    35

    countries supported with policy and technical advice on economic reform and management

  • Direct financing icon

    $844 million +

    in direct financing to partner governments

  • Market access icon

    538

    market actors in key economic sectors supported to expand market access and/or improve supply chain resilience

  • Additional private funds icon

    $127 million

    in additional private funds leveraged to support sustainable development

  • Women entrepreneurs - picture of computer with dollar sign

    469,181

    women entrepreneurs provided with financial and/or business development services

  • Social protection programs icon

    165 million

    people reached through new or improved social protection programs

  • Women’s equality organisations icon

    $70.3 million

    in ODA funding channelled to Women’s Equality Organisations and Institutions

  • Gender-based violence  icon

    231,769

    services provided to victim-survivors of sexual and gender-based violence  (SGBV)

  • Persons with disabilities icon

    1,552

    Organisations of People with Disability receiving capacity building support

Enhancing state and community resilience

  • infrastructure projects icon

    2,941

    infrastructure projects supported that meet internationally agreed quality standards 

  • local people icon

    10,655

    local people accessed jobs created by infrastructure projects 

  • reading and mathematics icon

    15

    countries supported to improve minimum proficiency in reading and mathematics for children and young people

  • quality, accessible icon

    54

    countries supported to improve the capacity of their health systems to provide quality, accessible and affordable health services 

  • sexual reproductive health icon

    3.0 million

    couple-years of contraceptive protection from unplanned pregnancies made available for sexual and reproductive health

  • communicable disease threats icon

    42

    countries supported to improve the ability to anticipate, prevent, detect and control communicable disease threats

  • food security  icon

    816,319

    people supported to improve food security 

  • climate resilient agriculture practices - icon of globe with leaf

    1.7 million

    people assisted to use climate resilient agriculture practices on their farms

  • adaptation to climate change icon

    2.9 million

    people supported to improve adaptation to climate change and resilience to disasters

  • climate change adaptation icon

    64 investments

    (worth $502 million) improving climate change adaptation and disaster resilience 

  • nature-positive outcomes  icon

    26 investments

    (worth $133 million) promoting or delivering nature-positive outcomes 

  • safely managed drinking water icon

    764,399

    people supported to use basic or safely managed drinking water services 

  • safely managed sanitation services - icon with two hands catching water droplets

    1.1 million

    people supported to use basic or safely managed sanitation services and/or a handwashing facility with soap and water

  • maritime domains icon

    37

    countries supported to improve resilience and ability to manage maritime domains and marine resources

Connecting partners with Australian and regional architecture

  • Australia Awards scholarship icon

    1,214

    completions of an Australia Awards scholarship

  • mutual collaborations icon

    420

    Australia Awards alumni worked with Australian organisations on joint projects, partnerships, research, and community initiatives

  • vocational course icon

    687,851

    completions of a tertiary or technical/vocational course or work-related training

  • PALM icon

    30,835

    Pacific Australia Labour Mobility workers sent home $542.9 million for 2024-25

Generating collective action on global challenges

  • Emergency assistance icon

    9.8 million

    people provided with emergency assistance in conflict and humanitarian crisis situations

  • rulesbased trade icon

    64

    countries supported to increase their capacity to participate effectively in rules-based trade and economic architecture

  • multilateral trading icon

    54

    countries supported to engage productively with the multilateral trading system

Fostering links between people, businesses, and communities

Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) fosters links between people, businesses, and communities, creating deeper connections and understanding between Australia and the Pacific.

PALM workers make an important contribution to the Australian economy, including addressing longstanding workforce issues across key sectors in the Australian economy.

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