DevDAS

DevDAS is a design house for international aid and development, working in the Asia-Pacific region.

Our aim is to bring developing country designs and solutions to life, crafted by people from our region.

14/03/2023

PNG, Indo, Sols: Interesting insights from The Lowy Institute across two recent articles - 29th A-PNG Ministerial Forum reflections and Indonesian upcoming 2024 elections - as well as the timely book launch of 'Helpem Fren' on the Solomon Islands (today). These countries are Australia's three largest bilateral aid partners in terms of annual ODA budget allocations.

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/how-will-voters-swing-indonesia-s-2024-general-elections
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/reflections-29th-australia-papua-new-guinea-ministerial-forum
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/event/book-launch-discussion-helpem-fren-michael-wesley

13/03/2023

Dev Proc Pipeline updates: Friday's Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade DPP update has 3 new initiatives added to the pipeline: DFAT-377: a Kiribati education initiative (EOIs out in March-April 2023); DFAT-374: Sri Lanka Facility (EOIs out in May-June 2023); and DFAT-375: the new SEAG2GP SE Asia Gov 2 Gov initiative (REOIs released last week, and closing on April 3). Of note: DFAT-359: PNG Governance and Subnational Advisory Services (GSAS) has been removed from the pipeline.

Link here: https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/business-opportunities/development-procurement-pipeline

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08/03/2023

IWD2023 From The Field: Today, 8th March is with the theme, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” . Did you know: Only 63% of women use the internet (69% for men) (ITU, Nov22); By 2050, 75% of jobs will be related to STEM areas yet women hold 1 in 5 AI positions (WEF Report); A study revealed 38 percent of women had experienced online violence (2022 Gender Report).

We wanted to share with you views on this IWD2023 theme from key women in our DevDAS network in the Indo-Pacific. Our thanks to Nyn (Samoa), Bweman (Kiribati), and Meilany (Indonesia) for sharing, and their and others' efforts to embrace gender equality in innovation and tech. Not just today, but beyond.

Link: https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day

06/03/2023

Dev Proc Pipeline updates: Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)'s most recent DPP update has some interesting highlights. For one, there are 8 initiatives where DFAT already has shortlisted orgs, 4 of those will be released this month and 2 will close. Other highlights include: DFAT-361: Papua New Guinea Australia Transport Sector Support Program Phase 3 was finally released after being moved twice.

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Link: https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/business-opportunities/development-procurement-pipeline

01/03/2023

Events for International Women’s Day (IWD2023)? In one week, we will be marking IWD with its global 2023 theme of “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” . Did you know: Only 63% of women use the internet (69% for men) (ITU, Nov22); By 2050, 75% of jobs will be related to STEM areas yet women hold 1 in 5 AI positions (WEF Report); A study revealed 38 percent of women had experienced online violence (2022 Gender Report). For your planning for the day, we've found a few events across Indo-Pacific that might be of interest to you: Sydney with Lowy Institute here: https://bit.ly/IWDLowy and Melbourne with Monash here: https://bit.ly/IWDMonash Bangkok with ESCAP here: https://bit.ly/IWDESCAP Maldives with UNDP here: https://bit.ly/IWDundp and all these events by ADB: https://bit.ly/IWDadb How will you be marking IWD and the works beyond IWD, too?

Link: https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day

28/02/2023

World NGO Day 2023: Did you know on 27th February annually, World NGO Day is celebrated in more than 89 countries and over six continents? The day honors all civil society actors who fight for human rights, respect for democratic values, and the rule of law. At DevDAS we've worked with numerous INGOs and local NGOs, CSOs, and FBOs for over 15 years across Indo-Pacific. We agree with the DFAT 2019 Statement on the World NGO Day site, noting NGOs' "positive change and inspiring results achieved with Australian aid." Thanks for the chance to work with you all. As it notes then (in 2019) 57 ANGOs delivered 450 projects across over 50 countries annually. Really considerable footprint and work.

Link here: https://worldngoday.org and https://worldngoday.org/celebrating-australian-ngos-on-world-ngo-day/

21/02/2023

Where is DevDAS working in Feb? Our four key projects this month span Indonesia, Australia, Indo-Pacific (7 countries), and the USA.

In Indonesia, we're working on GEDSI and activity planning design for Prospera, the flagship Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Indonesian Economic program. In Australia and Indo-Pacific, we're looking into mapping and aligning sector and donor interests for a private client. We're also assisting with comms and reporting for a significant DFAT initiative across the Pacific. For a US client, we're reviewing mutual opportunities and ways forward for their further engagement in Indo-Pacific.

Where are you working this month?

20/02/2023

World Day of Social Justice 2023: This 20th February, we reflect on how social justice is only possible when all barriers that people face based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability are removed. This year's theme is “Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice”. At DevDAS we've been reflecting on how we can further advance this through our current assignments - promoting decent work (in INGO client work this Feb), gender equity (advancing this in our Indonesia economic work), and ways over 15 years we can keep bridging the gap, especially for marginalized communities. We're sure we could do much more, too. Food for thought.

Link here: https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/international-days/world-day-of-social-justice.html

17/02/2023

Dev Proc Pipeline updates: Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)'s DPP has been updated yet again last week. Two upcoming initiatives have minor updates such as DFAT-370: Australia Awards Africa (now only one step) and DFAT-361: Papua New Guinea Australia Transport Sector Support Program Phase 3 has been moved for the 2nd time (now out in March). Two others have closed and are now being assessed by DFAT (DFAT-360 and DFAT-367).

Lastly, the RFTs for DFAT-358 has now been released to shortlisted orgs and will close on March 1.

Link here: https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/business-opportunities/development-procurement-pipeline

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14/02/2023

DevDAS wishes you a Happy Valentine's Day!

As we celebrate a day filled with love, we want to take this moment to express our gratitude and appreciation to all our staff, associates, consultants, and clients in the Indo-Pacific region who we worked with on interesting designs, evaluations, bids, etc. We may not speak the same language, but bringing Asia Pacific designs and solutions to life, crafted by people from our region has always been the universal language that unites us.

08/02/2023

Design and aid insights? For a bite-sized summary of our insights about international aid and notes on the design front, you can subscribe to our regular e-news (weekly or fortnightly). Are you looking to: Design or evaluate your aid or development initiative? Bid for a DFAT initiative in the Indo-Pacific? Get started as an Aid Worker in our region? Then this could be for you. Please subscribe to the regular e-news here: https://devdas.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e1e3925fc2122e1a48345de15&id=49018963cd

07/02/2023

Dev Proc Pipeline updates: Since our update last week, the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)'s DPP has been updated twice. DFAT is now flagging their collaborative events with shortlisted orgs on the Pipeline - i.e. now listed against 4 initiatives so far (DFAT-336, DFAT-362, DFAT-365).

There are also two new initiatives on the pipeline: DFAT-370: Australia Awards Africa and DFAT-372: Aus4ASEAN Futures Initiative.

Link here: https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/business-opportunities/development-procurement-pipeline

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