C2 Provision of the award or Limited use of The program will adopt Contractor and Within two Major publicity of individual individuals' data a “no names, no faces” DFAT months of awardees or alumni in publicity, policy in publications Program increases personal threat announcements. and promotions in areas levels. this risk applies (currently Pakistan and Afghanistan). Publicity and promotions will focus on development Rare Moderate Major No contributions, not individuals. A process to coach awardees on minimizing their exposure to such risk as required will be included in the Do No Harm Risk Assessment. Programmatic Outcome 1: The ‘right’ awardees are Application of The design provides Contractor Annual Alumni from not selected, due to poor global Australia revised guidance on planning priority groups targeting, poor selection Awards policies targeting the “best” process or organisations processes. Awardees do and standards candidates, and includes (targeting) will are delivering not select the ‘right’ including for a new provision for an be instituted positive forms course of study. selection Academic Adviser. at of development P1.1 processes. Moderate Rare Low Yes Moderate contributions in of contract; priority sectors academic and/or adviser locations engaged in first half of 2015
C2 Provision of the award or publicity of individual awardees or alumni increases personal threat levels. Limited use of individuals' data in publicity, announcements. Rare Moderate Major No The program will adopt a “no names, no faces” policy in publications and promotions in areas this risk applies (currently Pakistan and Afghanistan). Publicity and promotions will focus on development contributions, not individuals. A process to coach awardees on minimizing their exposure to such risk as required will be included in the Do No Harm Risk Assessment. Contractor and DFAT Within two months of Program Major Programmatic Outcome 1: Alumni from priority groups or organisations are delivering positive forms of development contributions in priority sectors and/or locations P1.1 The ‘right’ awardees are not selected, due to poor targeting, poor selection processes. Awardees do not select the ‘right’ course of study. Application of global Australia Awards policies and standards including for selection processes. Moderate Rare Low Yes The design provides revised guidance on targeting the “best” candidates, and includes a new provision for an Academic Adviser. Contractor Annual planning process (targeting) will be instituted at of contract; academic adviser engaged in first half of 2015 Moderate
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