A - Describe progress made against management responses in 2015-16 report Management responses identified in 2015-16 APPR Rating Progress made in 2016-17 Develop an Aid Partnership to reflect development priorities for both Australia and Tonga Green The Australia-Tonga Aid Partnership Arrangement was signed on 21 September 2016 (aligning with the Tonga Strategic Development Framework and Australia’s Aid Investment Plan) Develop an approach to ensure climate change priorities of both Australia and Tonga With support from the Climate Change Interim Support Unit, a pipeline investment plan has are better addressed through the Australian aid program been developed for Tonga Mobilise the new Skills for Inclusive Economic Growth program, with a strengthened Green Tonga Skills has been mobilised focus on gender equality and disability inclusion DFAT will seek to consolidate its portfolio of investments in consultation with An overview of regional and bilateral investments that contribute to the Tonga-Australia Aid Government of and better align bilateral, regional and global expenditure Partnership agreement was circulated Facilitating dialogue with multilateral partners and the Government of Tonga for Green There is a continued focus on gender outcomes across all programs, including close better gender analysis, data collection and monitoring of targets. In addition, the engagement with a dedicated gender adviser continued engagement of a gender adviser. Develop a Performance Assessment Framework to underpin the Tonga Aid Red A preliminary draft has been prepared and will be finalised in consultation with the Partnership Government of Tonga in preparation for aid talks currently scheduled for October 2017 Note: Achieved. Significant progress has been made in addressing the issue Partly achieved. Some progress has been made in addressing the issue, but the issue has not been resolved Not achieved. Progress in addressing the issue has been significantly below expectations
A - Describe progress made against management responses in 2015-16 report Management responses identified in 2015-16 APPR Rating Progress made in 2016-17 Develop an Aid Partnership to reflect development priorities for both Australia and Tonga (aligning with the Tonga Strategic Development Framework and Australia’s Aid Investment Plan) Green The Australia-Tonga Aid Partnership Arrangement was signed on 21 September 2016 Develop an approach to ensure climate change priorities of both Australia and Tonga are better addressed through the Australian aid program With support from the Climate Change Interim Support Unit, a pipeline investment plan has been developed for Tonga Mobilise the new Skills for Inclusive Economic Growth program, with a strengthened focus on gender equality and disability inclusion Green Tonga Skills has been mobilised DFAT will seek to consolidate its portfolio of investments in consultation with Government of and better align bilateral, regional and global expenditure An overview of regional and bilateral investments that contribute to the Tonga-Australia Aid Partnership agreement was circulated Facilitating dialogue with multilateral partners and the Government of Tonga for better gender analysis, data collection and monitoring of targets. In addition, the continued engagement of a gender adviser. Green There is a continued focus on gender outcomes across all programs, including close engagement with a dedicated gender adviser Develop a Performance Assessment Framework to underpin the Tonga Aid Partnership Red A preliminary draft has been prepared and will be finalised in consultation with the Government of Tonga in preparation for aid talks currently scheduled for October 2017 Note: Achieved. Significant progress has been made in addressing the issue Partly achieved. Some progress has been made in addressing the issue, but the issue has not been resolved Not achieved. Progress in addressing the issue has been significantly below expectations