International Training Institute
ITI
1 December 1973 – 1997
Previously Australian School of Pacific Administration (1947–1973).
Commonwealth training institute at Middle Head, Mosman, that provided management and other training for officials and professionals from developing countries in the Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean under Australia's overseas aid program.
Names over time
- Australian School of Pacific Administration1947–1973
- International Training Institute1973–1997
How it came into existence
Formed on 1 December 1973, when the Australian School of Pacific Administration, until then the responsibility of the Minister for External Territories and whose role of training staff for Papua New Guinea was ending as that territory approached self-government, was reorganised at its Middle Head site as the International Training Institute and placed under the new Australian Development Assistance Agency of the Foreign Affairs portfolio, to train people under the overseas aid program.
- Middle Head training school and its staff
- Training of officials from Papua New Guinea and the Pacific
Changes during its life
- 24 July 1987Moved with the aid agency to the new Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio.
How it ended
Closed in late 1997, by which time the Middle Head campus served mainly as a base for consultants working on aid projects in the South Pacific.
Main functions
- Management training for officials and professionals from developing countries
- Training courses under the overseas aid program
- Base for aid program consultants working in the South Pacific
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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Sources
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