Australia has released a new international development policy, setting the long-term direction for Australia's development program and priorities for years to come and is the first substantive policy setting for ten years.
The new policy is centred on listening, respect and genuine partnership. It will guide how Australia's development program supports a peaceful, stable, and prosperous future for Australia and our region.
ACFID welcomed the new policy along with major NGO's, Contractors, Consultants and disability organisations.
If you work in the sector then this policy will impact your working life and career for some time to come. so join us for an expert online panel discussion of the key points that have been welcomed by the sector along with areas that would strengthen the policy in future. We will also touch on what would benefit those living in poverty in the forthcoming Gender Development policy.
Speakers
Rebecca Worner
Rebecca Worner has recently joined Palladium as Director - APAC. Rebecca has 20 years of experience working in international development, foreign affairs and international security, including with Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Defence, and the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
Rebecca served as adviser to Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and senior adviser to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific. She helped to steer government strategy and policy development for Australia’s engagement in the Pacific and international development response to COVID-19 and supported Ministers in high-level meetings with leaders from the APAC region. The Australian Government has previously posted Rebecca to Papua New Guinea and Kenya and with the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
Wayne Gum
Wayne is Oxfam Australia’s Business Development Advisor and Institutional Partnership manager with over 29 years of international development experience.
Wayne spent about 15 years in Southeast Asia, Horn of Africa and South Asia playing numerous roles as an advisor and manager for a range of agencies and programs. He has worked in Australia with Oxfam since 2010 supporting humanitarian and development programs across the Asia-Pacific.