ADRA Approved for Full Accreditation with AusAID

1 December 2006

Wahroonga, New South Wales — The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia
is pleased to announce it has been approved by the Australian Agency for International Development
(AusAID) to continue with full accreditation for a further five years.

Application for accreditation required that ADRA Australia’s development philosophy, practices, policies
and procedures be assessed by an independent accreditation review team, following the submission of an 83-page agency profile. As part of the assessment, the review team examined ADRA Australia in multiple areas, including project management, marketing, fundraising, financial management, risk management, accountability, compliance to governing body codes, its strategic plan and organisational structure.

“ADRA [Australia] is a professionally run development agency and is fully capable of self-assessing its
areas of strength and challenge,” reported the accreditation review team. “As ADRA moves into a period of consolidation it could well become one of the sector’s most progressive and professional organisations.” The review team also noted that elements of ADRA’s work very likely represent best practice in the sector.

“This is a significant vote of confidence in ADRA Australia’s ability and capacity, and is a process that
ensures we remain accountable to continuing high standards in our development and organisational
practice,” said ADRA Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, David Jack. “It affirms we’re a strong
organisation that is conducting its project management and fundraising activities in a credible and
appropriate manner.”

ADRA Australia is required to renew accreditation every five years, allowing it to continue partnering
with the Australian Government in a number of its projects in the Pacific, Asia and Africa. Most recently,
ADRA Australia entered into a five-year $5.1 million cooperation agreement to work with rural, agricultural communities in Cambodia. ADRA Australia is also implementing a five-year $8.5 million cooperation agreement, its largest AusAID-funded project, in Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia, addressing issues of food security within the context of HIV and AIDS.

Accreditation allows ADRA Australia to apply for government funding for development projects overseas. Cooperation agreements are generally fully-funded by the government and implemented by ADRA Australia, although the cooperation agreement in Africa also requires ADRA to raise funds. The AusAID Non-Government Organisation Cooperation Program (ANCP) requires both AusAID and ADRA Australia to contribute funding to a project, where AusAID provides 75% and ADRA Australia raises the remaining 25%.

ADRA Australia engages in sustainable development programs and disaster relief for people in Australia and abroad and is part of the ADRA network, which has a presence in 125 countries. It is signatory to the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) Code of Conduct. For more information about ADRA Australia visit www.adra.org.au.

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