News
Leah Lowonbu : Australia Awards Vanuatu Scholar Strengthening Media Links Within the Pacific
Leah Lowonbu is an Australia Awards Vanuatu awardee studying a Bachelor of Journalism at Griffith University who recently attended the Pacific Media Partnership Conference (PMPC) in Brisbane, Australia. This event comes at a significant time by recognising the importance of journalism and freedom of expression…
Reintegration Workshop Provides Connection and Collaboration
Australia Awards Vanuatu’s (AAV) newly returned graduates recently attended a Reintegration Workshop on Friday 23 February at Chantilly’s in Port Vila, with the aim being to to provide an opportunity for returning awardees to connect with alumni; providing a safe space to discuss issues faced…
Locally Led Approach Provides a Sustainable Solution
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) and the Australian Government are partnering in an innovative project to strengthen telecommunications amongst Provincial Education Offices in Torba, Penama and Malampa. Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs) have been purchased from Pacific Networks (PacNET), a locally owned ICT…
Alumni of the Year Award Recognises Female Initiative
The Alumni of the Year Awards is the most distinguished honour given to alumni who have demonstrated achievements at a local, national or international level and who have made an outstanding contribution to their profession, community and country through exemplary leadership, integrity and innovation. We…
AGS Scheme Promoting Inclusion Through Disaster Risk Reduction
The Alumni Grant Scheme recipient, Telstar Jimmy, will soon roll out her innovative project that was highly commended for its originality by her Excellency, Australian High Commissioner Heidi Bootle, at the Australia Awards Wrap-up Event in December 2023. Telstar Jimmy is an Australia Awards graduate…
Australia Awards Alumni Promote Effective Leadership in the Pacific
Australia Awards Vanuatu (AAV) was pleased to host another professional development workshop for the alumni network spanning over two days on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd of September at The Melanesian in Port Vila, and in Santo on Tuesday 26 September and Wednesday 27 September…
Santo Alumni Employ a Data-Driven Mindset
Australia Awards Vanuatu recently hosted a professional development seminar in Santo on Data Analysis and Visualization to replicate those seminars previously hosted in Port Vila. With a rising number of alumni residing within Vanuatu’s largest island of Santo, the seminar was an excellent capacity building…
AAV Alumni Harness Data Analysis and Visualisation Seminar to Leverage Better and Sustainable Results
Australia Awards Vanuatu recently held its first professional development seminar of the year for alumni members to attend. This was the second seminar on Data Analysis and Visualisation facilitated by Marc Delrieu from Vanuatu Data Science, and hosted by Yumiwork in Port Vila. It was…
New Colombo Plan and Australia Awards Vanuatu Working Together To Enhance Linkages
The longstanding history and deep people-to-people links held between Australia and Vanuatu continues to strengthen with guest speaker Max Gale, a New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholar, recently attending a professional development workshop for the Vanuatu alumni network hosted by Australia Awards Vanuatu. Max was able…
Australia Awards Alumni Networking Event Celebrates New Graduates
The Annual Alumni Networking Event was recently held to celebrate the return of the 2021 Australia Awards graduates and to welcome them into the Alumni network. This was followed by the announcement of the prestigious Alumnus of the Year Award 2022. The Australia Awards Scholarships…