Australia is a stable, democratic and culturally diverse nation with a highly skilled workforce and one of the strongest performing economies in the world.
Jenna Hawes says her time in the Republic of Korea and India gave her experiences that were instrumental in building her career in international development.
Only about 400 Australians visit Mongolia each year and in 2017, Dr Josh Tobin was one of them. He says his month-long New Colombo Plan mobility placement in Mongolia was a revelation.
As an undergraduate student of Human Biology at the University of Western Australia, Anton Lucanus intended to return to Australia to study medicine after completing his New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarship in Indonesia in 2015.
150 Australian undergraduates will be awarded New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarships at an awards ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra on 5 December 2023.
Appointed to the Australian Government's Australia-ASEAN Council Board in October, Hayley Winchcombe's career in international public policy is going from strength to strength.
For Fiona Mikic, a two-week international leadership placement in India supported by the New Colombo Plan (NCP), has eclipsed anything she has experienced in life so far.
Tahlia's love of languages and their importance in cultural understanding that is a mainstay for the New Colombo Plan alum as her international career unfolds.
Bachelor of Commerce student, Ariel is currently undertaking a semester exchange at Peking University (PKU) in Beijing as part of the NCP Mobility program.
Supporting Central Queensland University sonography students to take up international placements with Vietnam’s Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy.