Safeguarding and Compliance

Australia Awards has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) and child exploitation and abuse. As the program managing the Australia Awards in Vietnam, Aus4Skills is strongly committed to ensuring the prevention of SEAH and to ensuring child protection in all our activities and the wider environment.

All Australia Awards Scholarships awardees are expected to fully comply with DFAT’s Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) Policy and DFAT’s Child Protection Policy.

This means all awardees are required to immediately report any concerns, allegations or suspicions of SEAH, child exploitation and abuse, or PSEAH and Child Protection policies non-compliance. Reports can be made by people directly impacted or others who observe or know of occurrences of SEAH and child exploitation and abuse. If in doubt, suspected or alleged incidents should be reported. All reports are taken seriously.

Reporting sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment

Reports of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment or concerns about the welfare of a vulnerable person should be notified to [email protected] using the SEAH Incident Notification Form.

Anonymous reporting can also be made through Aus4Skills’ managing contractor, Tetra Tech International Development, on this website. Tetra Tech is obligated to report all allegations of SEAH received to DFAT.

For immediate support in Vietnam or in cases of emergencies, reports can be made to the Police at phone number 113.

Reporting child exploitation and abuse

Reports of child exploitation and abuse should be made to DFAT’s Child Protection Compliance Section at [email protected] using the Child Incident Notification Form. DFAT’s Child Protection Compliance Section can also be reached on telephone at +61 2 6261 9048.

For immediate support in Vietnam or in cases of emergencies, reports can be made to the National Hotline for Child Protection at phone number 111 or to the Police at phone number 113.