Annual Planning Process
The main purpose of the annual planning process is to guide the generation of a pipeline of activities and their effective implementation. The planning process is dynamic and ongoing. It is also a collaborative effort involving AusAID and China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the nine program core partner agencies from China and Australia, the independent Environment Advisory Team (EAT) and the Quality Assurance Advisor, the Managing Contractor GHD and other players such as the bi- and multilateral donor community. The Annual planning process culminates in the annual Joint Australia China High-level Roundtable that provides strategic and programming guidance for the Program Coordination Office (PCO) to effectively implement the ACEDP.
Annual Plans
Annual Plan of Work 2007-08 (AP-1)
On the 13th November 2007 the Chinese and Australian governments approved the first Annual Plan (AP-1) of the ACEDP. The Annual Plan is developed on the basis of the endorsement of findings and recommendation of the EAT on the 1st High Level Roundtable. It covers an ambitious program of activities for the period up to 30 June 2008, provides an overview of program strategy issues and the overall budget for total activities.
• AP-1 Final 
Annual Plan of Work 2008-09 (AP-2)
The ACEDP Annual Plan 2008-2009 (AP-2) was approved by the program owners AusAID and MOFCOM on 24 December 2008. The new AP reviews the program implementation performance over the previous year, introduces the program core activities which are at different stages in project process, further clarifies the roles of various parties involved in the program management, updates key program documents such as funding guidelines and monitoring and evaluation framework and sets forth a new work plan.
• AP-2 Final