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Australia's AUD80 million flagship investment (2021–2031) working with the Government of Timor-Leste to strengthen governance, deliver resilient infrastructure to all 452 villages, and ensure every citizen has a voice in decisions that shape their lives.
A quarter of Timorese households lack access to safe drinking water. PARTISIPA is strengthening the systems and maintenance structures needed to close this gap — sustainably.
Seven in ten core rural roads are deteriorated, cutting communities off from services and markets. PARTISIPA embeds climate-resilient road maintenance into municipal governance systems.
Timor-Leste has the highest multidimensional poverty rate in Southeast Asia. PARTISIPA addresses root causes — weak local governance, poor infrastructure and excluded voices — from village level up.
Three mutually reinforcing pillars spanning all 13 municipalities — integrating infrastructure, governance, and resilience to deliver Australia's largest investment in Timor-Leste's future.
Strengthening national policies, standards, and coordination to ensure coherent, inclusive mandates flow clearly to municipalities.
Learn moreImproving planning, budgeting, and participation — embedding citizen voice, GEDSI, and resilience into municipal administrations.
Learn moreUnifying PNDS, rural water, and roads into a single framework for quality, sustainability, and climate resilience.
Learn morePARTISIPA reaches every one of Timor-Leste's 452 villages across all 13 municipalities — from the capital Dili to the Oecusse enclave.
Official videos from Australia's programs in Timor-Leste — including the Australia Awards scholarship program, which has supported over a thousand Timorese leaders to study in Australia.
Working with local administrators, PARTISIPA helped Baucau develop a participatory budgeting cycle that now ensures women and people with disabilities have a genuine seat at the planning table.
A new rural water scheme, built with community oversight, now serves over 1,200 people year-round.
Community facilitators trained by PARTISIPA are now permanent fixtures in Aileu's suco council process.
PARTISIPA mainstreams GEDSI across all components — ensuring women, people with disabilities, and marginalised groups have greater visibility, voice, and agency in governance and infrastructure at every level.
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