The Humanitarian Advisory Group undertook a longitudinal evaluation of the COVID-19 Pacific and Timor-Leste Preparedness and Recovery NGO Partnership to understand the impact of the partnership and support learning for improving implementation. This AHP learning brief captures key lessons for AHP partners.

The COVID-19 Pacific and Timor-Leste Preparedness and Recovery NGO Partnership was set up by the Australian Government in June 2020 to support communities across multiple countries to become resilient to and recover from the impacts of COVID-19, and included support to the Australian Humanitarian Partnership. An independent evaluation found that partnerships achieved significant benefits for affected communities.

In 2021–22, five AHP consortiums received additional funding to support the rollout and uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in Papua New Guinea and to reduce the spread of the virus, through a focus on risk communication and community engagement (RCCE). This report details the achievements, enablers, challenges and learning in relation to RCCE approaches in AHP programming.

This report presents the key lessons learned and challenges faced during the AHP Indonesia COVID-19 Response. During the End-of-Program Learning Event consortium members discussed the innovative localisation strategies which contributed to the program’s success.

This report provides a synthesis of results of DFAT-funded regional and global civil society COVID-19 efforts and reporting against common indicators aligned with the Partnerships for Recovery strategy.