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The Asia Public Sector Linkages Program (PSLP)

The Asia Public Sector Linkages Program aims to improve public sector capacity for governance and management for nationally determined development outcomes in selected partner Asian countries.

PSLP offers departments and agencies of Australian federal, state and territory governments, as well as Australian public universities, the opportunity to compete for grant funding that will:

  • transfer capacity building skills and expertise to their public sector counterpart institutions in partner countries
  • support strengthening of sustainable development-focused public sector bilateral and regional linkages.

Grants are generally, but not necessarily, between $50,000 and $250,000.

Proposed Activities generally will be self-contained and be from 3 to 24 months in duration. Activities should be long enough to transfer capacity building skills and build sustainable development-focused linkages.

PSLP is administered by a dedicated PSLP Secretariat.

It is flexible and responsive and can meet the different needs of:

  • its diverse range of users and target countries
  • the varying significance of particular sectors, issues and approaches
  • the requirements of evolving Australian whole-of-government priorities.

Activities Funded

Activities proposed for PSLP funding consideration must:

  • have a primary developmental focus
  • comply with AusAID development policy guidelines on gender and development, poverty reduction, environment and sustainability
  • clearly identify sustainable benefits to the partner country
  • be planned and implemented jointly by the counterpart organisations concerned.

Activities will be delivered mainly in the form of technical assistance and training and can include:

  • institutional strengthening and/or capacity-building in partner countries
  • short-term training in either the partner country or Australia
  • in-Australia secondments and work attachments
  • secondments of Australian staff in the partner country
  • applied policy research, feasibility studies and small projects (excluding basic research)

Funding Rounds

Invitation to Submit Activity Concepts for PSLP 2007-08 Round Three

In 2008 there will be three rounds which are scheduled for February, June and October.

PSLP 2007-08 Round Three opens on 2 June 2008 for applications in respect of APEC, APEC AI, East Timor, Indonesia and South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and regionally). The Round will close at 5pm AEST on 30 June 2008.

Note that, unfortunately, due to strong competing demands on available program funds, China and the Philippines cannot be included in PSLP 2007-08 Round Three or in 2008-09 Round One (October 2008). China and the Philippines, however, are still eligible to be included in regional APEC and bilateral APEC AI Concepts.

Please also note that AusAID would like to gauge the extent of potential Australian public sector interest in an expansion of PSLP to include Mongolia. Proposals for a Mongolia PSLP would need to pursue the PSLP objective of linkage and capacity building by addressing good governance and health. E-mails expressing interest in a possible Mongolia PSLP should be addressed to pslp@ausaid.gov.au.

The number of Activities funded under each funding Round is subject, inter alia, to the availability of funds.

Documentation

Documentation necessary for participation in PSLP 2007-08 Round Three is as follows:

Activity Concept Stage

Activity Details Stage

AusAID policy documents:

Further information

For more information about PSLP, contact the PSLP Secretariat at pslp@ausaid.gov.au, ph 02-6206-4393 or fax 02-6206-4613.

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February 2007

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