Our Vision
Life-changing economic and social impact for women and their communities in the Asia-Pacific region
Our Mission
We create local enterprise opportunities for women, supporting them to be agents of their economic and social change – achieving this through local partnerships
Our Values
Assisi Aid Projects is a signatory to the Australia Council for International Development (ACFID) Code of Conduct. Our values are aligned and we are committed to:
Partnership: We support localisation, building strong, collaborative, trustful partnerships
Accountability: We are responsible for our actions and performance
Honesty: We demonstrate truthfulness, authenticity, and integrity in everything we do
Responsiveness: We move quickly to adapt our work to changing circumstances, and aim to deliver great impact in a sustainable manner
Enhancement: We continuously learn and innovate our work.
Our Strategy
Building on our strong history, this five-year period will see Assisi Aid Projects, become a focused, enduring, and impactful international development organisation:
- Shift our focus from broad women’s empowerment to that of economic empowerment for women, addressing their social and gender constraints
- Proactively pursue expansion of effective partnerships (both program and funding related) within the Asia-Pacific region, at a pace that ensures sustainability
- Deepen and optimise our international development impact.
We will achieve our strategy through harnessing our healthy collegial culture and optimising impact by reinforcing our pillars of expertise, partnership, funding, and organisational strength.
Strategic Plan 2022-2027 Overview
An overview of our strategic plan is available to download below. If you would like a hard copy of our most recent strategic plan, please email assisi@assisi.org.au.
Previous Strategic Plans
Our Approach
Assisi Aid Projects’ approach to community development has evolved over years of working with disadvantaged communities and focuses on targeting the root causes of gender inequality. Our success is due to our commitment to supporting tangible, practical and self-sustaining initiatives in disadvantaged communities.
Working in partnership – with and through local civil society organisations – is fundamental to Assisi Aid Projects’ development approach. Assisi Aid Projects partners with local organisations that share our commitment to women’s economic empowerment and gender equality. Our local partner organisations bring significant local contextual knowledge and capabilities to the partnership and, in turn, we provide technical support and access to financial resources.
Through mutually beneficial partnerships, we improve the effectiveness and impact of our programs.
We are very proud of our current partnerships with the Federation of Business and Professional Women Nepal in Jumla, Nepal, and with Dreamdelion in Ngawi, Indonesia.