Aid Program Performance Report 2015-16

15.Performance Benchmarks

The AIP identified 10 performance benchmarks for the PNG aid program in 2015-16. An assessment of progress against each of these performance benchmarks is at Annex B. The program met the 2015-16 targets for seven of the 10 benchmarks. Table 3 identifies benchmarks and targets for 2016-17.

Table 3: Performance Benchmarks 2016-17

Promoting Effective Governance
Outcome 1.1: Improved services delivered by the public sector	Benchmark Number of women and men in the public service trained in core skills*		Target Women: 3,000 Men: 4,000 Total: 7,000
1.2: Improved law and justice services	Number of survivors of violence receiving services, such as counselling**		Women: 15,000 Males: 400 Total: 15,400
	Number of police and law and justice officials trained		Women: 1,300 Men: 3,200 Total: 4,500
Enabling economic growth
2.1: Private sector plays a greater role in economic development	Increase to 30 per cent of the aid program focused on private sector led growth and aid for trade***		29 per cent
	Number of poor women and men who increase their access to financial services		Women: 16,000 Men: 24,000 Total: 40,000
2.2: Improved road infrastructure increasingly connects producers with consumers	Targeted investments contribute to sustained improvements in the national road network. (Assessed by distance (km) of roads that are subject to design/routine maintenance / periodic maintenance and rehabilitation)		Routine: 700 km Design: 125 km Total: 825 km
Enhancing human development
3.1: Improved infrastructure provides access to education	Number of school buildings constructed, maintained, refurbished or rehabilitated		30
3.2: The quality of key services and access to education are improved	Number of additional girls and boys enrolled in school		Girls: 75,000 Boys: 84,500 Total: 159,500
	Improve Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) at Grade 5 (six years of schooling) for girls and boys, ensuring more girls in particular are reaching the upper primary education levels		Girls GER: 81.0 per cent Boys GER: 93.5 per cent
3.3: The quality of key services in health and HIV/AIDS are improved	Number of additional births attended by a skilled birth attendant		9,500
* Excludes number of police and law and justice officials trained. ** These benchmarks reflect results from Australia’s programs across PNG, including in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. ***This includes investments such as Education (Technical Vocational Education and Training); Education (Asia Pacific Technical College-PNG); Transport Sector Support Program (TSSPII); PNG Governance Facility; Private Sector and Rural Development investments; Bougainville private sector development investments; ACIAR investments; Gender investments (20% aid for trade); and Incentive Fund phase IV (30% aid for trade).

16.Mutual obligations

Mutual commitments between the Australian and PNG governments were negotiated as part of the Aid Partnership, which was signed on 3 March 2016. The Aid Partnership period is 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2017.

The mutual commitments include: maintain a zero tolerance to fraud; work together to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment and address family and sexual violence; increase efforts to address tuberculosis; strengthen public service capabilities through the Pacific Leadership and Governance Precinct; and continue to implement the Joint Understanding. Australia also committed to confirming that its development assistance is consistent with PNG National Constitution National Goals and Directive Principles. Australia’s progress against these commitments, where it relates to program outcomes, is reported above. In accordance with DFAT’s Making Performance Count framework, Australia’s aid program in PNG has developed and implemented fraud control and anti-corruption strategies to safeguard Australian aid funding and help address fraud and corruption risks.