variations throughout each award Short Course Accredited training Effective when Can be highly Requires significant $5000 - Bilateral Training/ Short Annual Awards activity of up to 5 linked to other tailored to meet technical input to $7000 per program fund Term Activity approval of months’ duration aid program or needs of identify, scope and week per allocation to Specialist Country Plan (Core Activity) (but generally less government participants/ design participant Australia support for specifying than 3 months) activities in target target Awards technical number of Administratively $7000+ if sector/ organisation or support for short course Must be delivered intensive – many interpreter/ Global budget organisation sector identification, awards by Australian similar activities to translator measure (e.g. scoping and Registered Training Best used to Can long-term awards, included Enhancing Technical or planning Provider address specific accommodate but in much shorter Education strategic input Likely lower technical skills wider range of timeframe Budget AA Country to identify or Generally expected cost if held gaps English language Measure) – Office for refine course to include Risk of becoming ad in country skills, including secured participant need and Well suited to hoc with little or region through use of through annual selection and response component senior staff who tangible change in translators and bid process via mobilisation cannot spend capacity or May require interpreters SCB long periods away performance due to Substantial brokering or High quality result of training Individual input from promoting program due to being only short-term bilateral Australian opportunity to Australia RTP – unless very well initiatives office – partners provision designed and procurement, Ad hoc funding Requires 1-2 supported logistics, Opportunity for (e.g. DAP) person weeks monitoring and in-Australia of Post input management experience and per course, in development of preparation
variations throughout each award Short Course Awards (Core Activity) Accredited training activity of up to 5 months’ duration (but generally less than 3 months) Must be delivered by Australian Registered Training Provider Generally expected to include component Effective when linked to other aid program or government activities in target sector/ organisation Best used to address specific technical skills gaps Well suited to senior staff who cannot spend long periods away Can be highly tailored to meet needs of participants/ target organisation or sector Can accommodate wider range of English language skills, including through use of translators and interpreters High quality program due to Australia RTP provision Opportunity for in-Australia experience and development of Requires significant technical input to identify, scope and design Administratively intensive – many similar activities to long-term awards, but in much shorter timeframe Risk of becoming ad hoc with little tangible change in capacity or performance due to result of training being only short-term – unless very well designed and supported $5000 - $7000 per week per participant $7000+ if interpreter/ translator included Likely lower cost if held in country or region Bilateral program fund allocation to Australia Awards Global budget measure (e.g. Enhancing Education Budget Measure) – secured through annual bid process via SCB Individual bilateral initiatives Ad hoc funding (e.g. DAP) Training/ Short Term Activity Specialist support for technical support for identification, scoping and planning AA Country Office for participant selection and mobilisation Substantial input from Australian office – procurement, logistics, monitoring and management Annual approval of Country Plan specifying number of short course awards Technical or strategic input to identify or refine course need and response May require brokering or promoting opportunity to partners Requires 1-2 person weeks of Post input per course, in preparation
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