SRBJ supported the formerly articulated regional and development priorities of the GoA. It supported the GoA’s desire to that assist law and justice systems” regional security, “effective “promote increase international confidence and help attract foreign investment” which also facilitate regional public goods including crime prevention, victims support and human rights within the country and also reduction in transnational crime, tax evasion and drug trafficking in the region. The guiding policies for Australian overseas development assistance are now in the process of being re-written under the current Liberal GoA. The program continues to ensure that it is aligned with the high level priorities of the GoA as articulated under the Australian aid: promoting prosperity, reducing poverty, enhancing stability. The program has and continues to be aligned with several of Australia’s current ten key strategic targets under the New Aid Paradigm, being promotion of prosperity; reducing poverty; empowering women and girls; focusing on the Indo-Pacific region; ensuring value for money and combating corruption. In addition to the alarming of gender based violence, child abuse and neglect and the anticipated youth bubble of criminality, there are the on-going needs related to delivery of ‘justice’ outcomes to communities beyond Port Vila in a country with extensive remote communities and resource constraints. Relevance The key development challenges identified in the justice and community services sector during the original design and throughout the implementation of 1 include: Internal (within Government) Limited and collaboration between stakeholders within the sector, both government and ad hoc non-government, which has an impact on service delivery in a resource constrained environment. No history of opportunities to target whole-of-system capacity development to support improvement of service. Limited use of evidence to inform policy development, management, planning, financial planning and resource allocation within the sector. GoV budget allocations to the sector are insufficient to meet needs, reflecting a competitive resource environment, limited GoV base revenue available for allocation to the sector, and position of the sector in GoV development priorities. External (those experienced by the community) Limited access to justice for many citizens and particularly for women, children and youth in remote and urban areas. Increasing numbers of coming into conflict with the law but being handled in largely inconsistent and unregulated ways as well as the impact of weak diversionary and rehabilitative opportunities. Limited community confidence in the effectiveness of the justice institutions and the police. Pandemic violence against women and non-responsiveness of the justice system. Abuse and neglect of children.
SRBJ supported the formerly articulated regional and development priorities of the GoA. It supported the GoA’s desire to assist “effective law and justice systems” that “promote regional security, increase international confidence and help attract foreign investment” which also facilitate regional public goods including crime prevention, victims support and human rights within the country and also reduction in transnational crime, tax evasion and drug trafficking in the region. The guiding policies for Australian overseas development assistance are now in the process of being re-written under the current Liberal GoA. The program continues to ensure that it is aligned with the high level priorities of the GoA as articulated under the Australian aid: promoting prosperity, reducing poverty, enhancing stability. The program has and continues to be aligned with several of Australia’s current ten key strategic targets under the New Aid Paradigm, being promotion of prosperity; reducing poverty; empowering women and girls; focusing on the Indo-Pacific region; ensuring value for money and combating corruption. In addition to the alarming of gender based violence, child abuse and neglect and the anticipated youth bubble of criminality, there are the on-going needs related to delivery of ‘justice’ outcomes to communities beyond Port Vila in a country with extensive remote communities and resource constraints. Relevance The key development challenges identified in the justice and community services sector during the original design and throughout the implementation of 1 include: Internal (within Government) Limited and ad hoc collaboration between stakeholders within the sector, both government and non-government, which has an impact on service delivery in a resource constrained environment. No history of opportunities to target whole-of-system capacity development to support improvement of service. Limited use of evidence to inform policy development, management, planning, financial planning and resource allocation within the sector. GoV budget allocations to the sector are insufficient to meet needs, reflecting a competitive resource environment, limited GoV base revenue available for allocation to the sector, and position of the sector in GoV development priorities. External (those experienced by the community) Limited access to justice for many citizens and particularly for women, children and youth in remote and urban areas. Increasing numbers of coming into conflict with the law but being handled in largely inconsistent and unregulated ways as well as the impact of weak diversionary and rehabilitative opportunities. Limited community confidence in the effectiveness of the justice institutions and the police. Pandemic violence against women and non-responsiveness of the justice system. Abuse and neglect of children.