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The Australia–Papua New Guinea Development Partnership Plan 2024—2029 (DPP) translates into action the development priorities Australia shares with PNG. The DPP responds to objectives articulated through the Comprehensive Strategic and Economic Partnership and the Bilateral Security Agreement. It sets out how we will work together to deliver shared outcomes, and how progress will be monitored. It also identifies where Australia can add value to PNG’s national development priorities and how Australia will work with other development actors, ensuring Australia’s whole-of-government contribution to PNG’s development ambitions is well-coordinated.
Our broad development cooperation is reflective of our enduring commitment as close neighbours, the breadth of PNG’s development needs and our many shared interests. To achieve impact, our programs will support the PNG Government to lead its own development through long-term and predictable investments in state capacity and systems. Our enduring commitment, reflected in this DPP, is to make our already strong relationship even stronger.
Purpose of the Development Partnership Plan
Australia’s International Development Policy (2023) presents a long-term vision for how the development program will meet the critical needs of our partners, and help lift people out of poverty through sustainable development. Australia will engage through relationships based on respect and partnerships that create economic and social value for us all. To achieve this, Australia supports our partners to:
- build effective, accountable states that drive their own development
- enhance state and community resilience to external pressures and shocks
- connect with Australia and regional architecture
- generate collective action on global challenges that impact us and our region.
The DPP reflects the full spectrum of Australia’s development support – whole-of-government bilateral ODA as well as significant regional and global ODA and non-ODA development activities. A commitment to ongoing dialogue and engagement with government and non-government actors in support of a genuine and respectful partnership underpins this DPP. A mid cycle review of the DPP will be undertaken.