Ausaid, the Australian Agency for International Development, manages Australia's overseas aid program with a focus on sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. It operates in several regions and emphasizes education interventions in Bangladesh, aiming to improve access and equity, particularly for marginalized groups. Challenges include limited funding and outreach, and recommendations suggest collaborating with more NGOs and optimizing budget use.

1. AUSAID
(AUSTRALIAN AID)

2. GROUP MEMBERS
• Zobayer Ahmed- 19584
• Mahathir Mohammad- 19598
• Muhammad Ferdaus- 19618
• Md. Mahmudul Hasan- 19619
• Rezwan Habib Rafsan-15178
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3. WHAT IS AUSTRALIAN AID
• The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) is the Australian
Government agency responsible for managing Australia's overseas aid program.
AusAID is an Executive Agency within the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio and
reports to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• The fundamental purpose of Australian aid is to contribute to sustainable economic
growth and poverty reduction. This also serves Australia’s national interests by
promoting stability and prosperity both in their region and beyond.
• AusAid focuses its efforts in areas where Australia can make a difference and where
their resources can most effectively and efficiently be deployed.
• Australian Aid is also called “ Official Development Assistant”.
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4. AT A GLANCE
• Before the creation of this entity under the title 'Australian Aid', the Australian government's agency for
the delivery of foreign aid was the separate entity known as AusAID, which indeed had formally.
• Headquarters: Canberra, Australia
• Number of employees: 1,652
• Jurisdiction: Australia
• Source of funding: Government of Australia
• Agency executive: Ewan McDonald, Acting Director-General
• Minister responsible: Hon. Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Awards: MTV Australia Award.
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5. GOALS
• To provide policy advice and implement the overseas aid policy of the Australian government of the
day.
• Improving health and education services.
• Fighting corruption.
• Improving security.
• Engaging in the fight against HIV/AIDS and improving the effectiveness of government organisations
through training and other assistance.
• It actively worked with the United Nations and the World Bank, as well as a variety of non-government
organisations, such as the Australian Red Cross and World Vision in order to co-ordinate the delivery
of aid services.
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6. PROJECTS & FOCUS ON AREA
• It operated programs in five separate regions: Neighborhood: Papua New Guinea,
• South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka),
• East Asia (Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia,
the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam), the
• Pacific (the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, the Solomon
Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) and the
• Middle East (Afghanistan and Iraq).
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7. THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE AID PROGRAM:
PROMOTING PROSPERITY, REDUCING POVERTY, ENHANCING
STABILITY
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8. EDUCATION INTERVENTION IN BANGLADESH
• Enabling primary education to the rural poor people
• Creating scholarship program for the students who need it
• Reducing poverty so that all the people can contribute in the field of education
• Aligning with the Bangladesh Government’s vision for the country
• Building economic resilience among the poorest and most marginalized
community
• Focusing on gender equality for achieving education for all
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9. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
The main objectives of AusAid for our country are:
Objective 1: Improving education access, equity, efficiency and
learning outcome
Objective 2: Building economic resilience by reducing
vulnerability and improving inclusion in the growing economy
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10. CONTINUED
• They are supporting primary education to address it’s productive constraints by
improving literacy, numeracy and employability of future workplace
• Australia is supporting the Government of Bangladesh's reform drive by actively
participating in the policy and management working groups of the Government's
primary education program, complemented by AusAid’s budget support and funding
for technical assistance.
• Australia is also working with BRAC, the largest non-government organisation in
Bangladesh to provide second-chance education. This benefits children,
predominantly girls from poor families as well as children with a disability, who have
dropped out or never enrolled in school.
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INCREASED ENROLMENT
Learning to read and write is a basic and fundamental human right of every
child, and lays the foundation for future learning.
How does Australian aid create education
opportunities?
POSITIVE CLASSROOMS
Child-friendly learning spaces are vital, so children are excited to come to
school and have access to all the resources they need.
BREAKS THE CYCLE
Education is the most powerful tool we have to lift communities out of
poverty – it means better jobs, higher incomes, and more opportunities
[Source: https://australianaid.org/topic/education/]

12. RELATED INITIATIVES
• BRAC Strategic Partnership Arrangement: Australia's
Strategic Partnership Arrangement 12with BRAC and
the UK Government is an innovative approach to
delivering aid through non-government organizations.
It provides BRAC with the flexibility to allocate funds
from its development partners in areas of agreed
priority. Through this partnership BRAC delivers basic
education to approximately 180,000 students annually
(60 per cent female) in rural and urban areas. These
students are from extremely poor families who without
this support may well not have access to an education.
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13. CONTINUED
• Government of Bangladesh’s Third Primary Education Development Program:
Bangladesh's Third Primary Education Development Program is a sector-wide
program designed to deliver an efficient, inclusive and equitable primary education
system that delivers effective learning to all Bangladesh's children from pre-primary to
grade five.
• The program is financed by the Government of Bangladesh and nine development
partners: Asian Development Bank, World Bank, UNICEF, European Union, and the
governments of Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan and Sweden.
• The program focuses on learning outcomes, participation, reducing gender and social
disparities, decentralization, effective use of budget allocations, and program planning
and management.
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14. CONNECTING WITH NEP-2010
• One aim of the government is to eradicate poverty of the country by making the
students eligible to understand things scientifically, understand their situation and
providing with better understanding towards economy. AusAid focuses on
teaching the poor and marginal level students to make them sensible towards the
economy and making them ready for eradicating poverty.
• An aim of the government is to create an environment where there is gender
equality and providing education for all. Ausaid focuses on teaching this way,
creating environment or providing budget, scholarship in such a way that both
male and female get to have education.
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15. CONTINUED
• The government’s one goal is to create educational environment for the people
who cannot get education because of poverty or the students who drop out.
AusAid focuses on teaching the students who have dropped out or need financial
help to achieve education
• One goal focuses on giving education towards the physically challenged people
who have not been able to get education, engage into education. AusAid focuses
on giving them education or creating opportunity for the people who have not
attained any school program at all.
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16. CONTINUED
• One Goal focuses on providing education to the areas where the students do not
have the benefits of other areas, in other words, the students of remote areas.
AusAid, with the help of BRAC, is trying to provide education to the distant areas
and thus can help the population of our country to achieve education.
• Creating a society where education achieving will not be focus on some people,
some classes and the education will be the focus of the people of all classes and
all ages is another goal of our government. It is hard for our country because of
the poverty and thus AusAid is trying to give financial help towards the poor
classes to give them chance to achieve education equally.
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17. THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN INCLUSIVE AND
EQUITABLE EDUCATION FOR ALL
• Their main objectives for our country is to improve education access, equity,
efficiency and learning outcome. And SDG-4’s main theme is to ensure inclusive
and equitable quality education and provide life long learning opportunities for
all. This shows that how much reliable and logical their objective is.
• Their another objective is to building economic resilience by reducing
vulnerability and improving inclusion in growing economy. This is logical in this
way that if there is economic stability, then the people will focus on more
education and work towards gaining education
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18. CONTINUED
• Their contribution towards the students of rural areas focuses that they are trying
to ensure education for the students who are not getting proper education. They
are trying to give scholarship towards them, make them eligible in taking
education. They are doing it with the help of BRAC and government. Thus, this
seems very much logical.
• Not only they can contribute in education, they can contribute to economy and
thus can ensure proper education for all. And can ensure that money will not be a
problem for the people while taking education.
• And they are focusing on the remote areas, the students who have dropped out
and physically challenged people. They are focusing on every aspect.
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19. CHALLENGES
• The funds may not be sufficient to provide economic support to every aspect
• Many rural areas may not be reached
• The data may not be interpreted correctly to find out all the people who may
need help.
• Only government’s and BRAC’s help may not be sufficient for proper distribution
of the education and scholarship programs.
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20. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
• AusAid should work more with other big NGOs and should make the government
understand the usefulness of their program.
• AusAid should focus on investing their budget wisely and focus on how their
budget is used. The organization should focus that the money is used correctly.
• If possible, the funds may be increased.
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21. Thank You All
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