AUSTRALIA'S OVERSEAS AID PROGRAM
2003-04
STATEMENT BY
THE HONOURABLE ALEXANDER DOWNER MP
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
13 MAY 2003
© Commonwealth of Australia 2003
ISBN 1741 18908 X
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACIAR — Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
ADB — Asian Development Bank
ADF — Asian Development Fund
ADS — Australian Development Scholarships
AMS — Activity Management System
ANCP — AusAID/NGO Cooperation Program
APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ARDS — Australian Regional Development Scholarships
ASEAN — Association of South-East Asian Nations
ATSE — Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering
AusAID — Australian Agency for International Development
BEAM — Basic Education Assistance to Mindanao
CRP — Comprehensive Reform Program
DAC — Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD)
DAP — Direct Aid Program
GCT — Global Conservation Trust
GDP — Gross Domestic Product
GDLN — Global Development Learning Network
GEF — Global Environment Facility
GNI — Gross National Income
HIPC — Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
HIV/AIDS — Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
IARC — International Agricultural Research Centre
ICRC — International Committee of the Red Cross
ICTs — Information and Communication Technologies
IDA — International Development Association
IFAD — International Fund for Agricultural Development
IMF — International Monetary Fund
IM&T — Information Management and Technology
ISSS — International Seminar Support Scheme
ITTO — International Tropical Timber Organisation
LICUS — Low Income Countries Under Stress
MDB — Multilateral Development Bank
MPMF — Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund
NGO — Non Government Organisation
ODA — Official Development Assistance
OECD — Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OGD — Other Government Department
PALMS — Paulian and Lay Missionaries
PNG — Papua New Guinea
SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
UN — United Nations
UNAIDS — Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
UNDP — United Nations Development Programme
UNICEF — United Nations Children's Fund
USP — University of the South Pacific
VCP — Virtual Colombo Plan
WHO — World Health Organisation
WTO — World Trade Organisation