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Aid and Development

The International Projects Unit (IPU) draws upon the resources of Queensland's Department of Education and Training to manage its diverse portfolio of global Aid and Development projects. Education Queensland International has proudly supported and contributed to aid and development projects for the past 25 years, providing resources of 50,000 staff.

Funding and facilitation

IPU Aid and Development projects are usually funded by private investors, consortiums and international aid and development agencies, including the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Asian Development Bank, World Bank and organisations such as UNESCO

Projects may be facilitated independently or in association with partner organisations.

Projects

IPU Aid and Development projects which have been supported by EQI include:

• Papua New Guinea Curriculum Reform Implementation Project

EQI is currently supporting this Aid and Development project by providing specialist curriculum advisers to work in collaboration with officers from the Curriculum Development Division of the PNG Department of Education. Queensland’s specialist curriculum advisers have been deployed to provide advice about syllabi development and the compilation of teacher support documents for elementary and primary grades (P-8).

This $AUD5 million project is a partnership activity with the Queensland Education Consortium (QEC) and AusAID.

Other aid and development projects include:

• Papua New Guinea PNG Primary and Secondary Teacher Education Project (AusAID)
• Philippines Philippines-Australia Project in Basic Education (AusAID)
• Cambodia Emergency Training of Teachers Project (Asian Development Bank)
• Laos Education Project (Asian Development Bank)
• Azerbaijan Project Design, Curriculum and Assessment Reform (World Bank)
• Solomon Islands Third Education and Training Project (World Bank)
• East Timor Needs Analysis for the development of Educational Framework

Interesting links

Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
Asian Development Bank
Queensland Education Consortium (QEC)
World Bank

Last updated 7 April 2009