Australian Civilian Corps

Australian Civilian Corps Presenter: Cheryl Johnson

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Australian Aid 2011 Global challenges & Millennium Development Goals The Australian Civilian Corps What we do and what we don’t Our progress so far Engineers and ACC – how you can contribute

Australian AID  Is an expression of our national values  Helps our national interests  Good international citizen

Children queue up for their daily meal at the Girl Child Network Project, in Nairobi, Kenya

Expansion of the aid program  Aid program to double by 2015  Criteria for allocation based on: • Poverty and need • Where Australia can make a difference • Our national interest  Major focus on fragile states

Global challenges      

1.4 billion people live in extreme poverty 2.6 billion have inadequate sanitation 915 million poor people have unclean water 1.5 billion people live in fragile or conflict affected states Over 217 million people were affected by natural disasters in 2010.

Every day  22,000 children die – mostly preventable diseases  1000 mothers die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth  25000 people die from malnutrition or starvation

Millennium Development Goals  Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty  Achieve universal primary education  Promote gender equality and empower women  Reduce child mortality  Improve maternal health  Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases  Ensure environmental sustainability  Develop a global partnership for development

What does Australian aid focus on     

Saving lives Promoting opportunities for all Sustainable economic development Effective governance Responding to disasters and humanitarian crisis

The ACC: Who we are and what we do The Australian Civilian Corps deploys civilian specialists to countries experiencing or emerging from natural disaster or conflict.

The ACC supports stabilisation, recovery and development planning.

What are we building?

A register of 500 technical experts A rapid & scalable civilian deployment mechanism for Government  Enable early coordinated planning with military & police  Contribute to stabilisation and recovery efforts  Bridge the gap between humanitarian and emergency response measures and long-term development programs What it won’t do  Replace existing humanitarian support  Replace existing development programs  

First deployment to Haiti

Deployment to Afghanistan

Deployment to South Sudan

Ideal ACC register candidate  resilient, can work under pressure in a challenging environment  flexible and adaptable  team player  self-directed, take initiative  sound judgement and common sense  healthy, fit and robust  willing to deploy to most or all locations and scenarios.

Knowledge and experience       

strong technical skills in their field capable of representing the Australian government understand and reflect the APS values high degree of political acumen sound understanding of cross cutting developmental issues can work across cultures, government and stakeholders history of working in an international context preferable.

Why ACC needs engineers  Skill set you bring  Role you play in:  Stabilisation  Recovery  Development planning

What you can expect as Register Member    

Foundation training Ongoing development opportunities Deployment opportunities Mission-specific training

Interested in ACC? You will find a link to our online application kit at http://www.ausaid.gov.au/acc/default.cfm