About the Alliance

The CSIRO AusAID Alliance is a strategic partnership that aims to improve the impact of aid.

The Alliance aims to tackle important development challenges in the Asia-Pacific region through improved knowledge of climate, water and energy systems and by better understanding people’s vulnerabilities and options to adapt and manage their natural environment. 

Countries in the Asia and Pacific regions face daunting environmental pressures that threaten economic growth and poverty reduction. Foremost of these challenges are managing the adverse impacts of development, escalating demand for natural resources, and climate change. Many of these challenges are issues where applied research can play a significant role, both in addressing urgent issues around supporting the delivery of aid and in ensuring that longer-term needs can also be met through strategic investments.

This CSIRO AusAID partnership provides an opportunity to introduce approaches to international aid delivery that better responds to the relationship between poverty and the environment. Alliance projects will achieve impact through influencing AusAID’s development policies, investments and projects, as well as informing international stakeholder policies and decisions.

Alliance Projects

Alliance projects will be delivered in two phases:

Scoping Projects:
Eight small scoping projects were designed in June 2008.  These projects have enabled a better understanding of the science CSIRO can deliver, and have enabled organisational relationships to develop and inform future alliance projects.

Current Projects:
In 2010, larger scale multi-sectoral projects, are being designed through a participatory process with CSIRO, AusAID and international stakeholders.