scaling up pilot activities. Much of Australia’s support to strengthen Indonesian civil society organisations is managed by commercial suppliers, who provide good oversight and accountability for grants to Indonesian organisations at the national and community level. In total, Australia directly supported 54 national NGO partners in Indonesia, and indirectly supported a further 162 community organisations through our development programs. A total of 21 other Australian Government agencies worked with Indonesian counterparts under our economic partnership. This included the departments of Finance, Treasury, Agriculture, the Attorney-General and Education, as well as CSIRO, Geoscience Australia, the Australian Federal Police, and the Australian Taxation Office. 3: Management of Key Risks to Achieving Objectives Are these in in What actions were taken to What further actions will be Risk Rating (low, Post’s Risk Key manage the risks over the past taken to manage the risks medium, high, very Register year? in the coming year? high) (Yes/No)* We implemented a robust Performance Assessment The Performance Framework to monitor program Assessment Framework will performance be further strengthened to The Indonesia aid program is perceived as We ensured senior management focus on measuring MEDIUM YES ineffective, not relevant, oversight of program strategy achievement against or poor value for money and performance program milestones, with senior management We communicated program oversight. results through a variety of forums and media Lack of trust or We will hold a Senior We work closely with Indonesian misunderstandings in Officials Meeting in 2017 officials in monitoring program our relationships with to review progress against strategy and performance key Government of our Aid Investment Plan MEDIUM YES Indonesia partners, Our program management including as Indonesia and re-confirm our shared complies with Indonesian approaches the 2019 vision for the development elections Government requirements partnership We provided training, policy We will continue monitoring guidance and support for staff safeguards, fraud risks and Failure to comply with standards and and implementing partners on the effectiveness of control safeguards puts standards and safeguards issues measures, and support HIGH YES program outcomes at (including fraud control, financial staff and partners to risk management, child protection, strengthen contract gender and disability) management. The overall risk profile for the program has not changed considerably over the last twelve months. The following management actions respond to the amber ratings for outcomes three, six and nine To improve performance against outcome three (more jobs and higher incomes, especially for poor households) in 2017-18 we will support Indonesia’s efforts to attract foreign investment and reduce barriers to business and trade by making it easier to register a business and obtain construction permits.
scaling up pilot activities. Much of Australia’s support to strengthen Indonesian civil society organisations is managed by commercial suppliers, who provide good oversight and accountability for grants to Indonesian organisations at the national and community level. In total, Australia directly supported 54 national NGO partners in Indonesia, and indirectly supported a further 162 community organisations through our development programs. A total of 21 other Australian Government agencies worked with Indonesian counterparts under our economic partnership. This included the departments of Finance, Treasury, Agriculture, the Attorney-General and Education, as well as CSIRO, Geoscience Australia, the Australian Federal Police, and the Australian Taxation Office. 3: Management of Key Risks to Achieving Objectives Key What actions were taken to manage the risks over the past year? What further actions will be taken to manage the risks in the coming year? Risk Rating (low, medium, high, very high) Are these in in Post’s Risk Register (Yes/No)* The Indonesia aid program is perceived as ineffective, not relevant, or poor value for money We implemented a robust Performance Assessment Framework to monitor program performance We ensured senior management oversight of program strategy and performance We communicated program results through a variety of forums and media The Performance Assessment Framework will be further strengthened to focus on measuring achievement against program milestones, with senior management oversight. MEDIUM YES Lack of trust or misunderstandings in our relationships with key Government of Indonesia partners, including as Indonesia approaches the 2019 elections We work closely with Indonesian officials in monitoring program strategy and performance Our program management complies with Indonesian Government requirements We will hold a Senior Officials Meeting in 2017 to review progress against our Aid Investment Plan and re-confirm our shared vision for the development partnership MEDIUM YES Failure to comply with standards and safeguards puts program outcomes at risk We provided training, policy guidance and support for staff and implementing partners on standards and safeguards issues (including fraud control, financial management, child protection, gender and disability) We will continue monitoring safeguards, fraud risks and the effectiveness of control measures, and support staff and partners to strengthen contract management. HIGH YES The overall risk profile for the program has not changed considerably over the last twelve months. The following management actions respond to the amber ratings for outcomes three, six and nine To improve performance against outcome three (more jobs and higher incomes, especially for poor households) in 2017-18 we will support Indonesia’s efforts to attract foreign investment and reduce barriers to business and trade by making it easier to register a business and obtain construction permits.