CHAPTER 1year in review

International cooperation

Over the past four years, the Ombudsman's office has been steadily increasing its international program. In 2004–05, funding from various Australian Agency for International Development programs supported our international activities to facilitate the exchange of specialist advice, training, technical assistance and support to the National Ombudsman Commission of Indonesia, the Thailand Ombudsman, and the Ombudsmen in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.

These activities have confirmed that the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman is well placed to play a key supporting role in the development and enhancement of ombudsman offices throughout the Asia-Pacific region.