Current Projects

Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program

Description

The Philippines Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP)commenced in 1986 at a time of major social and political changes in the Philippines. Since 1986, the Program has supported about 1,200 small activities benefiting at least 600,000 poor people through partnership with more than 500 civil society, non-profit organisations, primarily Non-Government Organisations and People's Organisations. It is now an integral part of Australia's official bilateral assistance to the Phlippines. The counterpart agency throughout has been the National Economic and Development Authority.

Since its inception, the Program has been managed by a Secretariat comprised of locally engaged staff contracted by AusAID Manila Office. In February 2005, the management of PACAP was turned over to HAI in collaboration with our Philippine patner, Sustainable Development Solutions (SDS).

Responsibilities

As the managing contractor HAI together with SDS have composed a team of professionals to facilitate the implementation of the program.

To achieve the project goal which is to:

"reduce poverty and improve the standard of living of poor communities through sustainable economic and social development"

the following will be undertaken:-

- Component 1 - Strategic Direction;
- Component 2 - Focused Community Assistance Scheme;
- Component 3 - Responsive Assitance Scheme and
- Component 4 - Coordination and Management