Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Foundations of International Development
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
This foundation-level course is designed to help you better understand: why Australia provides development support; who we work with; how we build strong development partnerships; what this means for Australia’s statecraft in the Indo-Pacific; and how we design and deliver an effective, transparent and accountable development program.
4 weeks, 6 hours per week
Kirsty McNeil
Executive Director, Diplomatic Academy
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- explain core development concepts, challenges and relationships, and how Australia works with partners to shape, deliver, monitor and improve its Official Development Assistance program in a changing global context
Syllabus
- Conceptual frameworks for understanding international development and the roles of bilateral and multilateral actors
- Key development challenges and how the Australian Government forms its responses
- The core role played by development relationships in the practice of “statecraft” in the region
- Effective delivery of Australia’s multi-billion dollar Official Development Assistance program
Issued on 23rd October 2026
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