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AustLII operates a number of free-access multi-country Legal Information Institutes, namely AsianLII, CommonLII and WorldLII. Over 200 of the databases accessible via these portals are developed and maintained by AustLII, and many more are provided by other members of the Free Access to Law Movement.

AustLII's international work is funded separately from its Australian services. The current sources of funding for AustLII's international work are listed below.

AustLII's international contributors - an invitation to join us

AustLII's international free access services are not funded by usage charges or advertisements. As with its Australian services, AustLII's funding is provided by a range of contributors. By broadening its range of contributors as far as possible, AustLII aims to lighten the burden on any particular organisation of funding access to legal information, and to ensure sustainability of these international services.

New contributors are welcome. All contributions will be duly recognised on this page and by other means. Enquiries should be addressed to AustLII's Co-Directors Professor Graham Greenleaf, Professor Andrew Mowbray, or Mr Philip Chung, or you can use our form.

AustLII thanks all those organisations that provide it with funding, data and other assistance for its international work.

Organisation	2007 Funding	Average Annual Funding	Years of Support (*)
	$235,000	$167,500	2	AusAID has provided from its Public Sector Linkages Programme (PSLP) $201,000 funding for 2006/7, and $275,000 for 2007/08 for the inclusion of content in AsianLII from eight countries (Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, China - including Macau SAR and Hong Kong SAR, Laos and Mongolia) and to support capacity development in those countries.
	$30,000	$16,254	5	The Federal Attorney-General's Department assists with the funding of the inclusion of four Asian countries in both AsianLII and CommonLII and with AustLII's Indonesian Training Program. Please also see the Australian funding page.
	$25,000	$25,000	1	The New Zealand Law Foundation provides funding, via the New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII), for AustLII's work in supporting the development of NZLII.
	$10,000	$209,828	8	The Australian Research Council (ARC) has awarded competitive research grants and research infrastructure grants to AustLII since its inception. ARC/DEETYA grants have been AustLII's largest single source of support. AustLII's 2007 ARC funding is for the development of databases for ARC Linkage and Discovery projects relating to intellectual property law and privacy law. Please also see the Australian funding page.
	$10,000	$10,000	2	The Constitutional Court Trust of South Africa provided funds for the costs incurred in supporting the development of the Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII).
	$5,000	$5,000	1	The Commonwealth Legal Education Association assists with the funding of the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII).
	$4,000	$4,000	1	The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) assists with the funding of the Asian Legal Information Institute (AsianLII).
	$2,000	$2,000	1	The Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) assists with funding for the development of the International and Humanitarian Law Library on the World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII).
	----------	$2,500	2	The International Bar Association (London) funded Swaziland case law on the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) site.
* Note: Years of Support are counted from 2000. An organisation is considered to be supporting AustLII for two years after funding contributions cease, after which time the organisation is moved to Previous Funding Sources.

Previous Funding Sources

AustLII wishes to thank those sources that have provided it with significant funding in past years, but no longer provide funding:

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded Project DIAL (Development of the Internet for Asian Law) providing $359,000 over 2000-2002.