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Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid), Australia - gov
- Organization type:Governmental
General contact information
- URL: http://www.ausaid.gov.au
- Address: 255 London Circuit
- Postal Code: ACT 2601
- City: Canberra
- Country: Australia
- Telephone: +61 261784000
- Fax: +61 262064880
- Email: infoausaid@ausaid.gov.au
Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
AusAID manages the Australian Government's official overseas aid program.
Its objective is to help developing countries reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development. It also provides policy advice and support to the Minister and Parliamentary Secretary on development issues, and plans and coordinates poverty reduction activities in partnership with developing countries.
Its objective is to help developing countries reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development. It also provides policy advice and support to the Minister and Parliamentary Secretary on development issues, and plans and coordinates poverty reduction activities in partnership with developing countries.
- Climate change adaptation project to increase resilience of children and communities
2 Oct 2012 - Australia helps the Philippines brace for disasters
10 Aug 2012 - Australia and Vietnam working together to protect vulnerable communities
30 Mar 2012 - AusAID: Training for emerging leaders in humanitarian assistance
29 Feb 2012 - AusAID: 'Being prepared for climate change saves lives and money'
10 Jan 2012 - AusAID: Community-based climate change action grants
16 Dec 2011 - Australia celebrates international day for disaster reduction 2011
12 Oct 2011 - Caribbean shares lessons learned in climate change and disaster risk reduction
20 May 2011 - AusAID: 2010 International day for disaster reduction
11 Oct 2010 - AusAid: Haiti, Pakistan - 2010 international day for disaster reduction
8 Oct 2010 - Australia-Indonesia disaster reduction facility announced
24 Nov 2008
National Policy, Plans & Statements
- National Policy & Plans
- Investing in a safer future: a disaster risk reduction policy for the Australian aid program2009, AusAid, Australia - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
- Australia: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, AusAid, Australia - gov
- Building urban resilience: principles, tools, and practice
2013 - Building urban resilience: principles, tools and practice
2012 - Tools for building urban resilience: integrating risk information into investment decisions pilot cities report (Jakarta and Can Tho)
2012 - Building a sustainable future: protecting communities
2012 - Australian multilateral assessment (AMA)
2012 - Australian multilateral assessment: United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR) assessment 2012
2012 - Weathering change in Timor-Leste: participatory action research in Timor-Leste identifying climate change and associated impacts experienced at the community level
2012 - Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into approval permits of development activities in the coastal areas of Sri Lanka
2011 - Integration in practice: integrating disaster risk reduction, climate change and environmental considerations in AusAID programs
2010 - Australia: 2009-2010 progress report for the disaster disk reduction policy
2010 - Investing in a safer future: a disaster risk reduction policy for the Australian aid program
2009 - Eco2 cities: ecological cities as economic cities
2009 - Stories from the Pacific: the gendered dimensions of disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change
2009 - The gendered dimensions of disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change: stories from the Pacific
2008 - An assessment of damage to Maldivian coral reefs and baitfish populations from the Indian Ocean tsunami: prepared by an Australian government mission and the Maldives Marine Research Centre
2005 - Focus, the magazine of Australia’s Overseas Aid Program, volume 20, number 2, special edition 2005: tsunami special edition, relieving suffering
2005
- Mainstreaming disaster and climate risk management into development in Myanmar
04-08 Mar 2013 - Australia launch of the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
20 May 2011 - World conference on drowning prevention (WCDP2011)
10-13 May 2011 - International Day for Disaster Reduction - Canberra, Australia
14 Oct 2009
- Disaster reduction specialists - Australian civilian corps register
6 May 2013 - Associate expert in disaster risk reduction - Junior professional officer (UNISDR)
29 Aug 2012 - Community mobilisation officer
22 Aug 2011 - Project coordinator for risk analysis project
17 Jan 2011 - Disaster management adviser
9 Aug 2008
Other Governmental Organizations
- Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence (APCMCOE), Australia - gov
- Attorney General’s Department, Australia - gov
- Australia - government
- Australian Emergency Management Committee (AEMC), Australia - gov
- Australian Emergency Management Institute (AEMI), Australia - gov
- Australian Plague Locust Commission (APLC), Australia - gov
- Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Australia - gov
- Bureau of Meteorology, Australia - gov
- Cooperative Research Centres (CRC), Australia - gov
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia - gov
- Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australia - gov
- Department of Emergency Services (DES), Australia - gov
- Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), Australia - gov
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia - gov
- Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD), Australia - gov
- Department of Primary Industries (DPI), Australia - gov
- Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTRS), Australia - gov
- Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia (FESA), Australia - gov
- Geoscience Australia (GA), Australia - gov
- Government of South Australia, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), Australia - gov
- Local Disaster Management Group – Cairns Region (LDMG-CR), Australia - gov
- New South Wales Government, Australia - gov
- New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW-RFS), Australia - gov
- Office of Knowledge Capital (OKC), Australia - gov
- Parliament of Australia, Australia - gov
- Queensland Government, Australia - gov
- Queensland Studies Authority (QSA), Queensland Gov
- South Australian Department of Education & Children's Services (DECS), Australia - gov
- State Government of Victoria, Australia - gov
- Tasmanian Government, Australia - gov
- The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), Australia - gov
- Western Australia Department of Education and Training (DET), Australia - gov
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