Development assistance in Fiji
Australia will continue working in partnership with Fiji to support its regional ambitions, prioritise Pacific-led solutions to Pacific issues and support Fiji to manage the impacts of climate change. This objective encompasses our support for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), including the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and the Boe Declaration on Regional Security.
We remain committed to helping Fiji respond to disasters just as Fiji helps us when disasters strike Australia. We will deliver effective and timely responses in the event of significant disasters and assist longer-term recovery efforts, while also supporting the Government of Fiji and Fijian communities to lead their own preparation and risk reduction measures.
We are working in partnership with Fiji towards these outcomes:
- Through joint Australian and Fijian efforts, regional and multilateral organisations contribute to peace, prosperity and development
- Fiji's institutions and communities' ability to respond and adapt to climate change is strengthened
- Fiji is better equipped to prepare for and respond to disasters.
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Supporting local Pacific businesses to be more climate resilient
Key supporting investments
- Climate Finance Access Network (CFAN)
- Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH)
- Governance for Resilient Development in the Pacific (Gov4Res)
- Disaster Resilience Program
- Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP)
- Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP)
Climate Finance Access Network (CFAN)
AUD 9.5 million, 2023 – 2026 (total regional)
Through CFAN, Australia is embedding climate finance experts in eight Pacific countries, including Fiji, to assist countries access global climate finance. Countries will be supported in developing high-quality project pipelines, concept notes and full proposals for investments to be approved and funded by a variety of investors.
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Climate Finance Access Network
Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH)
AUD 8.0 million, 2018 – 2027 (total regional)
Through CCFAH, Australia has embedded national climate finance experts in six Pacific countries, including Fiji, as well as a regional adviser. These advisers assist with climate finance grant applications, capacity building, technical and policy support, and knowledge generation and sharing. In Fiji, CCFAH has supported the mobilisation of climate financing, development of a Project Development Unit, use of Earth observation data to support climate finance proposals, Climate Finance Writeshop Training, and feasibility studies for climate initiatives.
Related Links
Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub
Governance for Resilient Development in the Pacific (Gov4Res)
AUD 6.0 million, 2023 – 2026 (total regional)
Implemented by UNDP, Gov4Res supports national and local governments to mainstream gender sensitive and risk-informed planning and climate budget tagging. This assists Pacific governments support their peoples to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change and disasters.
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Governance for Resilient Development in the Pacific
Disaster Resilience Program
AUD1.2 million per year
The first phase of the Disaster Resilience Program focussed on strengthening the institutional capacity of Fiji's National Disaster Risk Management Office (NDRMO), improving responses of tropical cyclone affected schools and humanitarian civil society organisations during disasters, and providing quality and timely response and recovery assistance to Fiji. The next phase of the Disaster Resilience Program (2025 – 2034) is currently being designed.
Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP)
2017-2027
The AHP is a strategic partnership between DFAT and Australian Non-Government Organisations (NGOs). Under the AHP, NGOs in Fiji (World Vision, CARE, Oxfam, Plan International and CAN DO) are funded to strengthen locally-led disaster preparedness and resilience initiatives, and to support humanitarian responses. In Fiji, AHP partners are key humanitarian responders supporting initiatives that reach communities, including for WASH, livelihoods, gender, disability, and social protection.
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Australian Humanitarian Partnership
Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP)
2023-2031
PHWP is a Pacific-led, multi-donor program supporting 14 Pacific countries and Timor-Leste to enhance their sovereign humanitarian warehousing capability by constructing, leasing or refurbishing a humanitarian warehouse and pre-positioning emergency relief supplies. PHWP activities are closely aligned with the implementation of the Boe Declaration on Regional Security by enhancing regional humanitarian capacity and disaster preparedness.