Performance of Australian Aid 2015–16 May 2017
Target 6: Delivering on commitments
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Target 6: Delivering on commitmentsFrom July 2015, progress against mutual obligations agreed between Australia and its key partner governments and organisations will form part of program performance assessmentsStatus: Achieved This target was achieved in November 2015 with the publication of 2014-15 Aid Program Performance Reports on the DFAT website. Aid Program Performance Reports for 2015-16 were published in September 2016. Performance benchmarks and mutual obligations for all major country and regional programs are set out in Aid Investment Plans and Aid Program Performance Reports. For Pacific programs, mutual obligations are also included in Aid Partnerships completed during 2015-16. Progress towards meeting benchmarks and mutual obligations was assessed in 2015-16 Aid Program Performance Reports. Performance benchmarks assist with assessing progress against a country program’s objectives. A set of 147 performance benchmarks were reported for 2015-16. Figure 6 shows the progress against benchmarks for the six priority areas of the aid policy. Overall, 106 benchmarks were achieved, 35 were partially achieved and six were not achieved. Chapter 2 reports on progress against performance benchmarks by region. Figure 6: Performance benchmarks by investment priority area, 2015-16 
The stronger focus on mutual obligations under Making Performance Count builds on longstanding and widely accepted aid effectiveness principles. Both the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and 2011 Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation highlight ownership and mutual accountability as key principles for making aid more effective. A broad range of mutual obligations is reported against in 2015-16 Aid Program Performance Reports. Australia’s obligations generally take the form of budget commitments, alignment of Aid Investment Plans with country priorities, and ways of working including responsiveness, flexibility and innovation. Obligations for partner governments are derived from a range of sources. National development plans typically represent the overall framework for identifying commitments and assessing progress. These commitments vary and range from minimum sectoral budget allocations to specific legislative and policy reforms. For example, the Solomon Islands Government allocated 23 per cent of its 2015 recurrent budget to education, exceeding the target of 22 per cent. It also contributed SBD58.5 million to the National Transport Fund in 2015, exceeding the target of SBD40 million. Australia ties 20 per cent of direct funding to the health sector in Solomon Islands to the achievement of jointly agreed performance milestones. In 2015-16, 63 per cent of performance milestones were achieved resulting in a performance payment of $1.76 million. One of the milestones achieved was the allocation of 12 per cent of the 2015 recurrent budget to the health sector, which exceeded the target of 10 per cent. Directory: about-us -> publications -> Documents Documents -> Table of Contents 1 Introduction and Background 7 Documents -> Annual Review for 2014 Summary Report Documents -> East Asia regional development cooperation report 2009 October 2010 Documents -> East Asia Regional Organisations and Programs Annual Program Performance Report 2011 Documents -> Development Cooperation Report 2010: Afghanistan May 2012 Documents -> Review of the dfat ending Violence Against Women (evaw) Program in Afghanistan Documents -> Independent progress report Documents -> Annual program performance report: South Asia 2008–09 September 2009 Documents -> Kuala Lumpur, 22 November 2015 Download 2.96 Mb. Share with your friends:
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