Colombo Plan

So young -- historically, one of the best things Australia did was what we used to call the Colombo Plan, where we got young students from Southeast Asia coming to Australia to study in the ‘50s and ‘60s and ’70s.

Transcript - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2008

Born into Malaysia's middle class as the son of a civil servant, Krishnan's chance to study abroad came courtesy of the Colombo Plan, an effort to develop human resources in South and Southeast Asia launched in Sri Lanka's capital in 1950 by 25 Asia-Pacific nations.

Asia's Heroes Of Philanthropy 2010

Many people in Singapore are the beneficiaries of Australia's Colombo Plan.

Joint Press Conference - 6th Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Conference 2009

In 1949, Chifley inaugurated planning for a comprehensive international aid program for South and Southeast Asia, which came to fruition in 1950 as the Colombo Plan, one of Australia's most influential public and foreign policy achievements.

Australia and the Asia-Pacific Century 2009

Malaysia has historically been a very important partner with Australia, both in terms of people to people contact - particularly students, going back to the Colombo Plan, but also through our defence support and defence arrangements and we'll of course also be having very serious conversations with the Malaysians about our joint efforts against people smuggling.

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith: Interview with Laurie Oakes, Channel 9 2009

The historic Colombo Plan demonstrated the power of education both for developing countries and for developing relationships.

Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2008

The historic Colombo Plan demonstrated the power of education both for developing countries and for developing relationships.

Stephen Smith Speech to ACFID 2008

We started, as many of you will know, with the Colombo Plan in the 1950s and we continue the investment today through the Australian Scholarships program, which has been substantially enlarged over the last year.

Launch of Better Education Policy 2007

He was talking about our contribution to the development of sustainable free societies in our region, including through the Colombo Plan.

40 Years of Australian Foreign Policy - Democracy, Liberalism and Australia's National Interests 2006

I am inspired by the vision of the Menzies Government and their Commonwealth colleagues in the early 1950s who were the architects of the great Colombo Plan.

Launch of the Australian Aid White Paper 2006