rp21 situational analysis - Pacific Health Voices

9.6 Australian involvement
Australian Agency for
International Development
Australian development assistance to Palau
for 2007–08 is approximately AU$436 000
with a priority for education programs via
scholarships and small grants for community
organisations. 558 In addition, Palau is
part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Program for
which Australia provided the boat and technical
assistance worth over AU$1 million in
2007–08. 559 Otherwise, Palau was a recipient
of assistance as part of Regional Pacific
Programs which included AusAID-funded
country programs wound up in 2008. 560
Australian non-government
organisations
According to the Australian Council for
International Development, none of its member
NGOs has registered current activities
in Palau. 561
9.7 International
involvement
United States
Grants already agreed to under the Compact
of Free Association will cease in 2009. Negotiations
for a new agreement are underway.
Significantly the United States Center
for Disease Control and Prevention supports
the biannual administration and analysis of
the YRBS survey, which provides some of the
most useful data on substance use consumption
in the region.
New Zealand
Palau is a current beneficiary under NZAID’s
Environment Facility Small Grants Program. 562
The total program is worth NZ$6.5 million for
2008–09. The grants are targeted to support
cost-effective community development initiatives
for environmental protections, poverty
reduction and sustainable livelihoods. 563 Palau
also benefits from NZAID contributions to
regional organisations, such as the Pacific
Islands Forum Secretariat, but NZAID does
not have a Palau country program.
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558 Above, fn.492.
559 Ibid.
560 AusAID, Aid program in Palau, available at:
(accessed March 2009).
561 ACFID membership available at: (accessed March 2009).
562 Along with five other Pacific Island nations and nine additional countries in the coming year.
563 NZAID, Where NZAID works: Pacific regional environment and natural disasters, available at:
(accessed March 2009).
Palau