Can shared value help solve our wicked problems? Features FEATURE: Government can gain huge advantage from working with the shared value movement. Co-design can benefit everyone, but first the public service must confront…
Fix DFAT culture to retain foreign aid skills: stakeholders Thursday February 11, 2016 By David Donaldson Foreign Affairs & Immigration DFAT needs to focus on retaining aid staff and replacing those who left after the department's absorption of AusAID, say experts who worry our aid…
Inside DFAT's independent evaluation experiment Friday June 5, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features When AusAID joined DFAT, it brought one of the federal government's most successful evaluation teams with it and its only independent evaluation committee. Now the…
Is DFAT open to 'fail early, fail often' with innovationXchange? Wednesday March 25, 2015 By David Donaldson Features The foreign service is not normally associated with a pro-risk culture, yet the launch this week of innovationXchange is being touted as the key to…
DFAT will reach 500 job cut target, secretary tells Estimates Thursday February 26, 2015 By David Donaldson News DFAT is on track to cull 500 staff from its ranks following the merger with AusAID. Secretary Peter Varghese discussed job cuts, economic diplomacy and…
The goals of foreign aid: to reduce poverty or feed the 'fads' Monday January 19, 2015 By David Donaldson Features Would Australia's foreign aid program be more effective if it had the singular goal of eliminating poverty? Maybe -- but being more selective with money…
Operational plan: ACIAR sets agenda for foreign agriculture research Wednesday July 30, 2014 By The Mandarin Foreign Affairs & Immigration Agency outlines its approach to achieving Australia's international aid and development goals of reducing poverty and lifting living standards via projects in Africa and Asia.
Australian aid program 'haemorrhaging skills' after DFAT merger Monday July 14, 2014 By David Donaldson Features The assimilation of AusAID into the Department of Foreign Affairs has seen decades of public service experience walk out the door, insiders tell The Mandarin.
