PROSIVU will extend Australia’s longstanding partnership with Timor-Leste in support of good governance and economic development while re-calibrating the approach based on lessons learnt and updated for contemporary challenges. It will be Australia’s main program for providing support to Timor-Leste’s central government agencies and economic line ministries.
The program will complement Australia’s broader bilateral program, including targeting upstream blockages to downstream service delivery and working with the Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL), civil society and the private sector on priority economic reforms aimed at growing and diversifying the economy.
PROSIVU has been designed as an adaptive program that holds the characteristics of a Facility. It supports longer-term, strategic programs of work that are aligned with the GoTL policy priorities but also has the flexibility to adapt and respond to new opportunities, using a variety of delivery approaches.
DT Global uses an adaptive management approach, building on opportunities for reflection to make sense of new information, and course correction during implementation. This includes fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and evidence-based decision-making.
The goal of Australia’s Timor-Leste development program is to support the Government of Timor-Leste to achieve the social and development outcomes from its Strategic Development Plan. PROSIVU will contribute to this goal through three end-of-facility outcomes:
