Australian aid requires strong and effective partnerships. Australia’s development objectives cannot be achieved working in isolation. Australia invests in effective partnerships with other bilateral donors to:
- maximise the impact, geographic reach and influence of our development activities
- learn from, and leverage, each other’s experience and innovation to ensure best practice and results in program delivery
- prevent policy fragmentation and duplication of effort
- ensure the needs of the Indo-Pacific are effectively represented in international fora.
Australia’s investment in development partnerships is guided by:
- pragmatism—a realistic view of our ability to work together productively, based on shared development priorities and like-mindedness on management and quality standards
- multilateral engagement—whether we have shared membership and interests in multilateral agencies, including in forming and utilising constituencies and coalitions to achieve results
- global engagement—the partner’s ability to shape the global development agenda through results, financial contribution, innovation or reputation
- national interest—where the Australian Government is seeking to build relationships to support its broader policy agenda.
How we partner
In engaging with other bilateral donors, we choose the type of cooperation that is most effective and fit-for-purpose, to ensure that our partnerships deliver maximum results.
These relationships are managed through government-level agreements or agency-level memoranda of understanding which guide joint and delegated aid projects, and policy collaboration to drive results through international fora, such as the G20, the UN, multilateral development banks and the OECD Development Assistance Committee.