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Access to Energy - supporting the access to modern forms of energy for the one billion people in the Asia-Pacific region who do not currently benefit from access to clean/cleaner/more renewable energy.
Disaster Risk Management - Developing, collating and disseminating training materials to ensure stronger responses and better risk management by microfinance institutions in the event of natural disasters.
Governance and Gender Leadership - FDC supports projects that strengthen democratic instiutions, promote human rights, and ensure the participation of all groups in democratic processes. More specifically, FDC aims to increase women's knowledge of governance and leadership in the Pacific region by empowering bottom-up governance initiatives of local women.
Local Economic Development - Empowering community economies and livelihoods in developing countries. Through the introduction and application of innovative approaches, and collaborative partnerships, FDC aims to enhance the economy and livelihood prospects for communities in developing countries.
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion - Promotion of greater financial inclusion for the poor in developing countries, through a broad focus on microfinance and related activities such as:
Microfinance Networks: Establishing and maintaining two major networks of microfinance institutions to enable sharing of know-how (Banking with the Poor in Asia, and Microfinance Pasifika in the Pacific).
Partnerships: Promoting new approaches to partnerships which help microfinance instiutions provide more products to their clients such as insurance, leases and pensions.
Migrant Worker Remittances - Analysing the flows and stocks of worker remittances into various developing countries and devising imporved policy and technical responses to lower the transfer costs faced by senders and recipients. P
Private Sector Engagement - Defining a private sector-led development agenda; devising and supporting concepts wihch will provide a vehicle for private sector contributions to be made twoard Australia's and the world's international development effort.
Resource Sector - Working in developing countries to help maximise the benefits resource sector companies can deliver to communities while at the same time supporting and growing their core business.
Social Enterprise Development - Serving as an advisor to various committees and organisations, contributing to global on-line discussions and training forums, implementing technical assitance projects, and developing case studies and research materials; FDC contributes ot expanding knowledge and awarenes among a wide set of people regarding development impacts that cna be achieved through social enterprise.
Technology for Development (ICT4D) - Creating and sharing partnership initiatives which help transfer new technological approaches in developing countries, for example mobile phone banking and virtual education.
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