Publications
Summary of publication
Australia’s Strategic Partnership Arrangement with the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and BRAC provided core funding to BRAC to support the implementation of its Strategic Plan (2016-2020). The plan encompassed BRAC's development programs and its ambitious institutional strengthening agenda to transform its business model in the context of Bangladesh's transition to middle-income country status.
DFAT thanks FCDO for undertaking this Program Completion Review (PCR) of the Strategic Partnership Arrangement (SPA) Phase 2 (2016-2021). As SPA partners, Australia had agreed to undertake the Mid-term Review (MTR, 2018) and the UK the completion review for SPA 2. The review focused on SPA objectives covering BRAC’s development results, institutional strengthening activities and SPA partnership objectives, and included an assessment of the effectiveness of partnership governance and management mechanisms, and the value-add of the partnership modality. The findings, lessons learned, and recommendations are based on consultation with key stakeholders at strategic and operational levels across the three SPA partners (BRAC, DFAT and FCDO), and covers the entirety of SPA programs.
This management response to the recommendations and learnings identified by the PCR has been developed by DFAT in consultation with BRAC. It focuses on the recommendations relevant to DFAT's areas of focus under SPA 2, including education, skills training, poverty alleviation and institutional strengthening. BRAC has already progressed some of the areas identified by the PCR. DFAT will continue to monitor progress toward the actions outlined in the management response over the third phase of the SPA (2021-26).