Aid Program Performance Report 2015-16

Annex B - Progress towards Performance Benchmarks in 2015-16

Aid objective	2015-16 benchmark	Target	Rating	Progress in 2015-16
Outcome 1.1: Improved services delivered by the public sector	Number of women and men in the public service trained in core skills*	Women: 2,680 Men: 4,000 Total: 6,680	Achieved	Across the Australian aid program we trained 2,640 women and 4,051 men in the public service in core skills (6,691 total).
Outcome 1.2: Improved law and justice services	Number of survivors of violence receiving services, such as counselling**	Women: 13,720 Men: 280 Total: 14,000	2015-16 figures not available	14,323 survivors of violence accessed support services from Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Family and Sexual Violence Units in 2014. The 2015 data is incomplete and updated figures will be included in future reporting. We expect that figures will be as high or higher for 2015.
	Number of police and law and justice officials trained	Women: 1,139 Men: 2,942 Total: 4,081	Achieved	4,483 (1,056 women, 3,427 men) police and law and justice officials were trained with Australian assistance in 2015-16. The proportion of women was short of the benchmark, but should improve as new activities are rolled out.
Outcome 2.1: Private sector plays a greater role in economic development	Increase to 30 per cent the percentage of the aid program focused on private sector led growth and aid for trade***	28 per cent	Achieved	Several programs commenced in PNG during 2015-16, including the Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access and Market Development Facility programs.
	Number of poor women and men who increase their access to financial services	Women: 12,900 Men: 17,100 Total: 30,000	Achieved	Over 35,491 people increased their access to financial services, 29,843 of whom were women (84 per cent).
Outcome 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 / period maintenance and rehabilitation)	Routine/periodic: 423 km Rehabilitation: 27 km Design: 60 km Total: 510 km	Achieved	During 2015, Australia funded the maintenance and upgrading of 1,400 km of PNG’s road network.
Outcome 3.1: Improved infrastructure provides access to education services	Number of school buildings constructed, maintained refurbished or rehabilitated	30	Achieved	Australia completed 150 classrooms, 55 teachers’ houses, and 57 sanitation facilities in 2015.
Outcome 3.2: The quality of key services in health and HIV/AIDS are improved	Number of additional births attended by a skilled birth attendant	9,250	Achieved	In 2015, Australia contributed to the supervision of 11,457 births supervised by skilled birth attendants.
Outcome 3.3: The quality of key services and access to education are improved	Number of additional girls and boys enrolled in school	Girls: 71,000 Boys: 84,000 Total: 155,000	Partly achieved	In 2015, approximately 133,000 additional girls and boys were enrolled in school.
	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: 80.5% Boys GER: 93%	Partly achieved	For girls, the GER in 2015 improved to 82 per cent. For boys, it improved to 92.4 per cent.

Note:

 Achieved. Significant progress has been made and the performance benchmark was achieved

  Partly achieved. Some progress has been made towards achieving the performance benchmark, but progress was less than anticipated.

  Not achieved. Progress towards the performance benchmark has been significantly below expectations

*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 performance benchmarks captures not only our aid for trade investments but also our investments in private sector led growth, such as support to the Asia Pacific Technical College-PNG.