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37 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 REVIEW BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARY ........................................................................................... 6 2.0 MINISTRY OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................. 8 OUR PURPOSE ................................................................................................................................................. 8 LEGISLATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 8 RESPONSIBLE MINISTER .................................................................................................................................. 8 2.1 DIVISIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................................... 8 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ....................................................................................................................... 8 DISPUTE RESOLUTION ..................................................................................................................................... 9 PRESERVATION OF ITAUKEI LANGUAGE AND CULTURE ........................................................................... 9 POLICY ADVICE AND DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................................... 9 2.2
9 2.2 ORGANISATION STRUCTURE .............................................................................................................. 10 3.0 REPORT ON 2014 PERFORMANCE .................................................................................................... 11 3.1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ROADMAP FOR DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL AND SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [RDSSED] PLAN 2009-2014 ............................................................................................... 11 3.2 SERVICE DELIVERY PERFORMANCE COMPARED WITH TARGETS ............................................. 12 3.3 OUTCOME INDICATORS ................................................................................................................. 13 4.0 PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS BY DIVISIONS ..................................................................................... 14 4.1 ITAUKEI LANDS & FISHERIES COMMISSION ................................................................................... 14 COMPUTERIZATION OF VKB 2014................................................................................................ 14 DISPUTES RESOLUTION .................................................................................................................. 15 DEMARCATION AND SURVEY OF UN-SURVEYED ITAUKEI LANDS ........................................... 16 TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP ............................................................................................................ 16 LEADERSHIP TRAINING & AWARENESS
 ....................................................................................... 17 MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF RECORDS ................................................................. 18 4.2 ITAUKEI APPEALS TRIBUNAL ............................................................................................................ 18 4.3 INSTITUTE OF ITAUKEI LANGUAGE & CULTURE ............................................................................. 22 CULTURAL MAPPING PROGRAMME .......................................................................................... 22 VERIFICATION EXERCISE ............................................................................................................... 24 Parliamentary Paper No.
37/2015 Page 2 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report SPECIAL REVIVAL UNIT .................................................................................................................. 24 4.4 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION .............................................................................................. 25 POLICY ADVICE ............................................................................................................................. 25 PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 26 CHILD PROTECTION ...................................................................................................................... 26 VANUA MATTERS ........................................................................................................................... 27 ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE UNIT ................................................................................ 27 4.5 CORPORATE SERVICES DIVISION .................................................................................................. 28 HUMAN RESOURCES & ASSET MANAGEMENT .......................................................................... 28 PRODUCTIVITY, RESEARCH & TRAINING .................................................................................... 33 MONITORING & EXECUTIVE SUPPORT ........................................................................................ 35 LIST OF TABLES:- Table 1:
 Service Delivery Performance _______________________________________________________ 12 Table 2: Direct Outcome Indicators __________________________________________________________ 13 Table 3: Staff Establishment _______________________________________________________________ 28 Table 4: MTA Appointment ________________________________________________________________ 28 Table 5: Discipline Issues __________________________________________________________________ 29 Table 6: Correspondence / Mails 2014 _______________________________________________________ 30 Table 7: File Movements __________________________________________________________________ 31 Table 8: Fuel & Oil Consumption Analysis _____________________________________________________ 31 Table 9: Breakdown of Training Attended to by MTA Staff _______________________________________ 34 Table 10: SFCCO Performance Rating 2012-2014 _______________________________________________ 35 Table 11: RDSSED MTA Outcomes Table 2014 _________________________________________________ 35 Table 12: SFCCO MTA Achievement vs Govt.
Performance ________________________________________ 36 Table 13: Policy Advice 2012-2014 to Forums __________________________________________________ 26 Table 14: Vanua Matters Resolved __________________________________________________________ 27 Table 15: Appeal Tribunal Cases by Province __________________________________________________ 18 Table 16: Judicial Review Cases pending in the High Court ________________________________________ 19 Table 17: Villages and Workshops conducted during cultural mapping 2011-2014 ____________________ 22 Table 18: CMP completed in Province 2005-2014 _______________________________________________ 23 Table 19: Resources Used during CMP exercises 2012-2014 ______________________________________ 23 Table 20: Verification conducted in Provinces __________________________________________________ 24 Parliamentary Paper No.
37/2015 Page 3 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Table 21: LHT / ICH Workshops 2010-2014 ____________________________________________________ 25 Table 22: VKB Enquiries ___________________________________________________________________ 15 Table 23: Researched Disputes by Province____________________________________________________ 15 Table 24: Demarcation, Survey & Village Boundary 2012-2014 ____________________________________ 16 Table 25: Customary Titles Confirmed 2012-2014 ______________________________________________ 16 Table 26: Breakdown of Customary Titles by Provinces __________________________________________ 17 Table 27: Leadership Awareness 2012-2014 ___________________________________________________ 17 Table 28: Preservation and Management of Records 2012-2014 ___________________________________ 18 TABLE OF FIGURES:- Figure 1: MTA Organization Chart ___________________________________________________________ 10 Figure 2: 2014 Inward & Outward Mail Chart Analysis ___________________________________________ 30 Figure 3: MTA Vehicle Fuel Usage 2012-2014 __________________________________________________ 32 Figure 4: MTA Uniform display at PSC Sports Day ______________________________________________ 33 Figure 5: Employee of the Year 2014 – Taniela Qutonilaba _______________________________________ 33 Figure 6: Performance Rating of 2014 RDSSED MTA Outcomes ____________________________________ 36 Figure 7: MTA Senior Research Officer with UNICEF Consultants
 ___________________________________ 26 Figure 8 National iTaukei Resource Owners Committee meeting in Nadave (NTROC) ___________________ 27 Figure 9: Left to right – Ratu Inoke Seru (Member), Aminiasi Katonivualiku (Chairman) and Ratu Inoke Tuidelaibatiki (Member) ______________________________________________________________________________ 19 Figure 10: The Secretary Appeals Tribunal, Peni Waqa and a member of the Tribunal, Ratu Inoke Seru on their way to Vanuavatu _____________________________________________________________________________ 21 Figure 11 Iri of Natewa ___________________________________________________________________ 24 Figure 12: LHT Teacher for Iri of Natewa ______________________________________________________ 24 Parliamentary Paper No.
37/2015 Page 4 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report LETTER TO THE MINISTER 30 June 2015 Rear Admiral (Ret) Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama Hon.

Minister for iTaukei Affairs Government Buildings SUVA Dear Sir I have pleasure in submitting to you for presentation to Parliament the Annual Report of the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs for 2015.

The Report highlights the Ministry‟s performance in delivering services to the people of Fiji and contributing to the outcomes targeted by the Government.
The report also illustrates the effort, commitment and achievements of our staff.

Yours sincerely Savenaca Kaunisela Permanent Secretary for iTaukei Affairs Parliamentary Paper No.
37/2015 Page 5 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report SECTION 1.0 REVIEW BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARY I am pleased to report that the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs (MTA) has continued to make significant progress during 2014 towards improving the wellbeing and governance of the iTaukei people as clearly defined under the Roadmap‟s iTaukei Institutions.
Our priority is to improve our service delivery responsiveness through joint forums, planning with other stakeholders and improved training of our staffs.

Major Issues in 2014 In 2014, rugged terrains and inclement weather, landowning unit (LOU) disputes, election campaigns and low attendance by LOUs to demarcation, survey and village boundary discussions led to delaying the implementation of work programmes for villages in some provinces.

This required re-prioritising activities in the action plans.
Performance and Activities in 2014 The Ministry had a successful year in achieving most of its performance targets, as detailed in Section 3.

These targets are set at a challenging level in order to drive continual improvements.

As well as improving services delivery, the Ministry was proud to successfully host the inaugural national iTaukei resource owners‟ committee workshop at Nadave.
This workshop led to a greater understanding of and will pave the way and set the foundation on access benefit sharing (ABS) procedures to ensure fair and equitable benefits arising from genetic resources for the communities.

More importantly the introduction of the concept of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) to strengthen community and government partnerships when pursuing developments in the provinces.
We engaged in a strong community consultation Roadshow process and collaborated with the Ministry of Maritime Services to develop a new Roadshow programme that sets out the importance of considering our major stakeholder when making decisions about iTaukei matters.

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37/2015 Page 6 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report The Ministry‟s continued commitment to volunteers was reflected last year during the recruitment of NEC volunteers to fast track the VKB Computerisation.
In partnership with the local authorities, we continued to undertake fire safety drills organized by the Ministry‟s OH&S Committee with the Landlord and the Fire Authority.

In terms of overall performance, the Ministry contributed to the delivery of services towards nine (9) targeted Outcomes of the Roadmap for Democracy Socio and Sustainable Economic Development (RDSSED) achieving an excellent performance of 95.65% for its third quarter.
Outlook for the Future Over the next 4 years, we will concentrate on improving performance and accountability (particularly the new iTaukei roadshow and public consultations), implementation of best management practice, ensure operations are consistent and aligned to the Roadmap and compliance with all current legal instructions.

This can make a significant difference in the address of issues and improved public confidence where stakeholders will become confident that services are well provided.
Each Division‟s business plan to also focus on reviewing the success and carrying out impact assessments on the programmes, projects and policies that have been in place and how the Ministry can make a difference to improving the reporting and monitoring framework.

I again affirm my deepest thanks to all staffs, temporary, project and NEC volunteers for their commitment to achieving the objectives of the Ministry.
It is you who ensure that our stakeholders are given the service that is excellent and worthy of recognition.

Savenaca Kaunisela Permanent Secretary for iTaukei Affairs Parliamentary Paper No.
37/2015 Page 7 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report SECTION 2.0 MINISTRY OVERVIEW OUR PURPOSE Providing the link with other iTaukei Institutions which includes the iTaukei Affairs Board that directly manages the administration and affairs of the fourteen (14) Provincial Offices as stipulated under the iTaukei Affairs Act (Cap 120).

Our core business is to develop, implement and monitor policies and programs for the good governance and well-being of the iTaukei.
LEGISLATIONS Our responsibilities are entrenched in the following legislations;      iTaukei Affairs Act (Cap 120) iTaukei Lands Act (Cap 133) iTaukei Lands Trust Act (Cap 134) iTaukei Development Fund Act (Cap 121) iTaukei Trust Fund Act 2004 RESPONSIBLE MINISTER The Ministry of iTaukei Affairs is responsible to the Hon.

Minister, rear Admiral (Ret) Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, who is also the Prime Minister and Minister for Sugar.
2.1 DIVISIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE The Corporate Services Division (CSD) is charged with developing and implementing the Ministry‟s key objectives for achieving responsible corporate governance that is well grounded on the Public Service Code of Conduct.
The Division is also assigned the critical task of prudently managing public resources at the Ministry‟s disposal and to ensure statutory compliance with legislations relating to the use and deployment of human, financial and capital resources.

CSD provides for maintenance of secure and reliable information management systems and the safe keeping of official documents.
The implementation and monitoring of government programmes are also analysed and assessed through its Monitoring & Executive Support Section.

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37/2015 Page 8 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report DISPUTE RESOLUTION The Ministry is tasked with the resolution of disputes regarding land ownership, fishing rights and customary chiefly positions.
This role is entrenched in the iTaukei Lands Act (Cap 133);  iTaukei Lands and Fisheries Commission (TLFC) is constituted under the iTaukei Lands Act and the Fisheries Act Cap 158.

The Commission adjudicates on disputes of lands; fishing grounds and customary leadership titles.

TLFC is custodian to various culturally significant registers which are maintained and updated from time to time.

These Registers facilitate the resolution of disputes.
 iTaukei Lands Appeals Tribunal (TLAT) – the Tribunal makes rulings over Appeal cases that challenge the decision of the Commission on land ownership, boundary, fishing rights and customary chiefly titles.

PRESERVATION OF ITAUKEI LANGUAGE AND CULTURE In 1974, the iTaukei Institute of Language and Culture (TILC) was established to spearhead the iTaukei Dictionary Project.
In 1986 Cabinet agreed that the Division be charged with the additional responsibility to deal with the pressing issues concerning the iTaukeis, vis:    the completion of iTaukei Monolingual Dictionary; the protection and preservation of iTaukei Culture; and research and documentation of all iTaukei dialects from the 14 Provinces.

In 2007, the Institute published the first Monolingual Dictionary and is working towards the review of the Dictionary.
The Institute conducts research and documents all aspects of iTaukei language and culture and through available mediums of information sharing, it publicizes and raises public awareness and to also encourage the preservation of and appreciation for iTaukei cultural values and tradition.

POLICY ADVICE AND DEVELOPMENT The Development Division provides policy advice on commercial, economic, social and environment matters that affect the well-being and good governance of the iTaukei community.
The Division engages in consultative forums with Government agencies, financial institutions, civil society organizations etc.

to ensure that the interests of the iTaukei community are considered in key policy issues and programmes that support their overall development.

The Division consults Parliamentary Paper No.


37/2015 Page 9 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report and proactively networks with other iTaukei Institutions to effectively design, implement, monitor and evaluate social development programs/initiatives for the iTaukei.

2.2 ORGANISATION STRUCTURE Figure 1: MTA Organization Chart Parliamentary Paper No.
37/2015 Page 10 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report SECTION 3.0 REPORT ON 2014 PERFORMANCE 3.1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ROADMAP FOR DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL AND SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [RDSSED] PLAN 2009-2014 The Ministry has the primary responsibility for the goal in the RDSSED on well governed “iTaukei Institutions” that effectively execute their mandated role of improving the wellbeing and governance of the iTaukei and to put in place an effective, enlightened and accountable leadership system for the iTaukei.
Other areas of responsibility include proper land use planning and management to support economic development, reducing poverty, empowerment of women, protection and development of Children, strengthen capacity to enhance accountability and a prudent financial management system implemented.
The key performance indicators in the corporate plan that were specifically measured by the Office of the Strategic Framework for Change & Coordinating Office (SFFCO) are set out below together with details of progress achieved during 2014:     Increased demarcation of un-surveyed itaukei lands (67.72%) Increased surveyed and registration of itaukei lands (58.33%) Increased registration of village boundaries and villages (166%) Increased confirmation of traditional and chiefly leaders (226%)  Reviewed of the Institution laws (iTaukei Affairs) and regulations governing traditional leadership – VKB and the Appeals Tribunal (process for appealing chiefly titles)  MTA Risk Management Policy 2014 endorsed  46 cultural heritage sites identified for National Inventory  MTA Establishment Charter 2014 endorsed  Child Protection Plans developed  TOT Teaching manuals and Workbook contextualized and published Page 11 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report 3.2 SERVICE DELIVERY PERFORMANCE COMPARED WITH TARGETS The following Output measures and Targets were used as the baseline for measuring the Ministry‟s performance on delivering services: Table 1: Service Delivery Performance SERVICE Policy Advice  Briefs to the Minister for iTaukei  Cabinet Papers  TAB papers  Policy papers  iTaukei Institutional Reports Actual 2013 2014 Target Actual 2014 30 4 15 122 12 10 5 15 78 16 46 12 19 102 36 Internal Services – strategies undertaken to develop and train our people and use internal indicators to measure
 progress:  Proportion staff obtaining OHS Certificate  Proportion staff obtaining Fire Drill Evacuation Certificate  Proportion staff obtaining First Aid Certificate  Proportion of supervisors rated at least satisfactory in 39.3% 15% 15% 70% 36% 15% 15% 90% 26% 18% 21.4% 88% management skills Preservation of Records  VKB Computerisation scanning of records  CMP Exercise – villages completed  Verification Exercise – provinces completed  Confirmation of Vacant Customary Positions  Cultural Heritage Sites Identified for National Inventory  Management of VKB - 94 - 109 - 3107 Disputes Resolution  Number of researched dispute cases resolved  Number of un-surveyed lands demarcated – metres  Number of un-surveyed lands surveyed - Lots  Number of villages registered  Number of villages demarcated under oath  Number of successful appealed cases by the Appeals 21 38,800 9 150 264 7 Tribunal  Appeals Tribunal Regulation  Vola ni Kawa Bula Regulation Explanation: 3,000 120 1 30 20 30 36,600 7 107 200 10 1 1 377,734 145 2 113 46 3449 99 54,000 12 164 332 8 1 1    The increase in briefs to the Minister was due to improved internal processes and commitment by the HODs to ensure our Minister was updated on the progress on all government initiatives and programmes.
The increased use of NEC has enabled the complete scanning of all VKB records into the system.

The 60% budget utilization government strategy resulted in excelling results in dispute resolution indicators.
Page 12 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report 3.3 OUTCOME INDICATORS Areas in which we contribute directly to measurable Outcomes are set out in this table: Table 2: Direct Outcome Indicators OUTCOME  Demarcation & Survey of un-surveyed itaukei land  Piloting of traditional leadership curriculum model Explanation: Actual 2013 92.3% 55% 2014 Target Increase Increase Actual 2014 96% 40%  The increase in demarcation and surveyed iTaukei land boundaries was due to the rapid increase in development projects and the declining number of older generations who know the location of the old boundary mounds.
 The lack of funding for the Leadership Curriculum Development Committee to pursue the finalization and piloting of the traditional leadership curriculum in 2014 has caused a low performance rating.

In addition to the above “whole of agency” performance measures, the annual corporate plan and the divisional business plans set out performance indicators for each division and work unit.
Page 13 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report SECTION 4.0 PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS BY DIVISIONS 4.1 ITAUKEI LANDS & FISHERIES COMMISSION The iTaukei Lands & Fisheries Commission [TLFC] is legislated under the iTaukei Land Act in 1880.

One of its core responsibilities under the Act is to survey all un-surveyed iTaukei Land to empower all iTaukei landowners understand iTaukei Land boundaries and ownership in accordance to the sworn evidence kept on record.
Another major responsibility is the custody of all iTaukei Land and Fisheries records.

The manual records decay by the year and is almost worn out.

There is urgent need to preserve these documents.

Other functional areas are legitimizing the identity of Indigenous Fijians such as the „Vola ni Kawa Bula’.
In addition a statutory role of the Ministry regulated under iTaukei Lands Act Cap 133, Section 4 is charged with the duty of ascertaining what lands in each province of Fiji are the rightful and hereditary property of iTaukei owners, whether of mataqali or in whatever manner or way or by whatever divisions or subdivision of the people the same may be held.
COMPUTERIZATION OF VKB 2014 In an effort to facilitate the government‟s land reform programmes and to improve service delivery the computerisation project was birthed in 2008.

By 2014 the scanning of the VKB was completed: 377,734 records were catalogued, 4 provinces (Ba, Bua, Cakaudrove & Kadavu) now completed (verification and approval) and is ready for on-line services.
Vola ni Kawa Bula Records, Management of The Vola ni Kawa Bula records is the primary source document for the computerisation of the VKB.

The management of the VKB registers is to ensure that records kept are as accurate as possibly reported when registrations of LOUs are conducted.

Verification of LOU names are conducted by TLTB, FEA, HA LandUse Reform from the Ministry of Lands and others for accurate distribution of lease monies.
There were 3107 VKB general enquiries in 2013 compared to 3441 this year and 8683 in 2012.

The fluctuation of VKB enquiries occurs when there is a surge of economic boom and / or developments occurring in respective provinces.

Tabulated below are the standard enquiries attended to by the Commission in 2014.
Page 14 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Table 3: VKB Enquiries Province Enqui- ries Birth Entries Deletion VKB Copies VKB Cert TLTB FEA HA Land Use Ba Bua Cakaudrove Kadavu Lau Lomaiviti Macuata Nadroga Naitasiri Namosi Ra Rewa Serua Tailevu TOTAL 391 156 293 228 326 322 191 207 290 138 197 200 101 401 3441 Counter Service 459 273 314 621 369 475 254 294 722 182 284 224 145 561 5177 Mail 137 105 629 14 22 97 725 217 16 6 249 4 6 28 2255 Oversea s Birth 25 7 12 15 32 8 6 25 16 1 17 17 11 48 240 Coun ter 52 6 31 54 17 16 51 18 10 4 52 13 5 43 372 EB 456 204 514 25 162 37 1398 183 64 125 116 110 90 94 97 116 35 93 73 34 137 1367 Deed De- Res DISPUTES RESOLUTION The following table reflects issues that were researched in 2014.
Table 4: Researched Disputes by Province 1 Province Ba Bua 5 2 3 Cakaudrove 4 Kadavu Lau 6 Lomaiviti 7 Macuata 8 Nadroga 9 Namosi 10 Naitasiri 11 Ra 12 Rewa 13 Serua 14 Tailevu TOTAL 2014 26 1 10 1 4 6 5 11 5 19 2 2 7 99 2013 2012 9 1 1 1 4 1 3 3 21 2 Page 15 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report DEMARCATION AND SURVEY OF UN-SURVEYED ITAUKEI LANDS Despite a limited capital budget of $348,586 the project team was able to exceed expectations and attain its 60% budget utilization by July 2014.
Village boundaries demarcated were in the provinces of Ba, Nadroga / Navosa, Rewa and Tailevu whilst the demarcation and survey of un-surveyed lands were conducted in the provinces of Serua and the district of Yasawa, Ba.

Table 5: Demarcation, Survey & Village Boundary 2012-2014 Project 2014 2013 2012 Demarcation of Un-surveyed Lands Serua (km) Survey of Un-surveyed Lands Village Boundaries Demarcated Proclamation of Villages Registration of villages Yasawa (Lots) Villages (No.)

Villages (No.)


Target Actual 36 7 200 261 107 54 12 332 211 164 39 5 264 150 150 46 30 289 TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP Customary Titles There were 113 customary positions filled in 2014.

Filling vacant customary positions creates an enabling environment of ownership and stability amongst the villagers.

The Fijian indigenous society is very communal, with great importance attached to the family unit, the village, and the vanua (land).
Table 6: Customary Titles Confirmed 2012-2014 Confirmation of Titles 2014 2013 2012 Turaga ni Vanua Turaga niYavusa Turaga niMataqali 2 30 81 1 24 84 5 13 48 Page 16 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Table 7: Breakdown of Customary Titles by Provinces PROVINCE (YASANA) TOTAL TURAGA NI YAVUSA TOTAL TURAGA NI MATAQALI TY POSITIONS FILLED TY FILLED MALE FEMALE TY POSITIONS VACANT POSITIONS FILLED TM POSITIONS VACANT TM FILLED MALE FEMALE BA BUA CAKAUDROVE KADAVU LAU LOMAIVITI MACUATA NADROGA NAITASIRI NAMOSI RA REWA SERUA TAILEVU TOTAL 139 70 100 87 72 100 97 109 129 22 137 57 18 168 1305 The table indicator for women confirmed to customary positions increased marginally by 5.
57 Marama niYavusa (MY) in 2013 and 58 this year whereas 180 Marama niMataqali (MM) in 2013 and 184 confirmed this year.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING & AWARENESS Strengthening the existing traditional leadership model to build visionary leaders was the primary focus of the leadership training and awareness that was conducted in 39 districts.
Table 8: Leadership Awareness 2012-2014 Leadership Awareness 2014 2013 2012 2011 Leadership Awareness 39 92 108 20 Page 17 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report The contents of the awareness programmes are in the vernacular to build on the piloting of the traditional leadership curriculum.

The Ministry intends to seek external funding in 2015 to pilot the curriculum.

No budgetary allocation was granted in 2014.


MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF RECORDS The goal of managing and preserving of genealogical records is to ensure longevity and that the records of the itaukei heritage will be appropriately preserved for the future generation.

Scanning, amendments and renewals / repairs of itaukei land Registers (RTL) are some of the preservation programmes undertaken.
Table 9: Preservation and Management of Records 2012-2014 Function Scanning Maps mounted Indexed RTL Amended Renewal of Books 2014 18 29 16 35 46 2013 23 23 54 2012 102 29 25 4.2 ITAUKEI APPEALS TRIBUNAL A statutory role of the Ministry regulated under iTaukei Lands Act Cap 133, Section 7 and iTaukei Lands (Amendment) (Appeals Tribunal) Act 1998 is to hear and determine appeals from decisions of the iTaukei Lands Commission and any such determination by the Appeals Tribunal shall be final.
Aggrieved by any such decision of the Commission; the appellant shall within 90 days of the announcement give notice of the appellant‟s desire to appeal to the Commission.

The completion of the iTaukei Appeals Tribunal Regulation 2014 was a major achievement.

There were eight (8) appeal cases determined as highlighted below as compared to the past years.
Table 10: Appeal Tribunal Cases by Province Cases by Province Ba Bua Cakaudrove Kadavu Lau Lomaiviti Macuata Nadroga / Navosa 2014 6 2013 4 2012 1 1 1 1 6 4 Page 18 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Cases by Province Namosi Naitasiri Ra Rewa Serua Tailevu Total Determined Appeal 2014 2013 2012 1 8 1 1 1 14 Cases 1 8 The Appeals Tribunal was appointed by the Prime Minister on the advice of the Permanent Secretary for iTaukei Affairs.
In 2014 they were Mr. Aminiasi Katonivualiku (Retired Magistrate), Chairman; Ratu Inoke Seru of Tailevu and Ratu Inoke Tuidelaibatiki of Lomaiviti.

Figure 2: Left to right – Ratu Inoke Seru (Member), Aminiasi Katonivualiku (Chairman) and Ratu Inoke Tuidelaibatiki (Member) Some Tribunal decisions that were taken for Judicial Review Cases in the High Court are highlighted below.
These were cases seeking a judicial review to ensure that the Appeals Tribunal had followed the processes and no bias taken by any member when determining a decision.

Table 11: Judicial Review Cases pending in the High Court DATE REFERENCE NO.

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04 of 2009 SOLICITOR JUDICIAL REVIEW CASE DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL HIGH COURT’S Jarvas Law Barrister & Solicitor Commissioner Oaths 42 Vukasa St Nasole, Nasinu for Turaga niMataqaliNawavatu/ Turaga niYavusaMatanikorovatu Chairman Judicial Review between the State vs. NLAT (1st Respondent) & (2nd Respondent) & the Attorney General of Fiji (3rd Respondent) Ex-parte: Raibevu Akuila (Applicant) NLC DECISION Pending The the Tribunal gave chiefly title of the Turaga niMataqaliNawavatu/ Turaga niYavusaMatanikorovatu to Eparama Qaranivalu.
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2 of 2009L Tunidau Kevueli Lawyers Barrister & Solicitor 4 Walu St Marine Drive, Lautoka Turaga niMataqaliVanuakula/Turaga niYavusaVanuakula/ Tui Vitogo Judicial Review between the State vs. NLAT (Respondent) &RtWiliameRatudaleSovasova (Interested Party) & Ex-parte: Adi Makereta Marama Roko Tui (Applicant) Page 19 The the Tribunal gave chiefly title of the Turaga niMataqaliVanuakula / Turaga niYavusaVanuakula / Tui Vitogo Ratu to WiliameRatudaleSovasova Judge The Hon.
Inoke) (Sosefo ordered 14/8/2009 that the decision of the Tribunal delivered on 10 June 2009 Ratu that WiliameRatudaleSov asova the holder of the chiefly to be Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report DATE REFERENCE NO.

SOLICITOR JUDICIAL REVIEW CASE DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL HIGH COURT’S DECISION title of Tui Vitogo.

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13 of 2009 Jarvas Law Barrister &Solicitior 42 Vukasa St Nasole, Nasinu Turaga niMataqaliNaisogoliku/ Turaga niYavusaNaisogoliku/ TuNavatu, Vitawa, Raviravi, Ra Judicial Review between the State vs. NLAT (1st Respondent) & The Attorney General of Fiji (2nd Respondent); ex-parte: SainivalatiToroki (Applicant) the Tribunal gave The chiefly title of the Turaga niMataqaliNaisogoliku/ Turaga niYavusaNaisogoliku/ TuNavatu to is is JR for appeal the The orders of Court (Judge Byrne, Judge Goundar, Judge Powell, 29 October, 2008) are: The allowed; Leave granted; JR is granted; The differently is constituted rehear directed to the in appeal conformity with the reasons of this Court; The respondents are to the pay appellants costs as taxed or otherwise agreed.
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02 of 2012 Nacolawa& Co Barrister & Solicitor 111 Vitogo Parade Lautoka Pending The the Tribunal gave chiefly title of the Turaga niMataqaliNavatulevu/ Turaga niYavusaNavatulevu/ Nadi to Ratu SailosiDawai Tui Turaga niMataqaliNavatulevu/ Turaga niYavusaNavatulevu/ Tui Nadi, Narewa, Nadi Judicial Review between Rt Kaliova Dawai (Applicant) &V.Nasetava (1st Respondent) &RtV.Vesikula (2nd Respondent) &I.Buadromo (3rd Respondent) & TLFC (4th Respondent) & the Attorney General of Fiji (5th Ratu Respondent) SailosiDawai (6th Respondent) & 10/11/13 No.
10 of 2013 Tuifagalele Legal Suva Turaga Kalabu, Naitasiri niYavusaNawaidina, 27/06/14 No.

5 of 2014 MessrsMuskits Law Legal Practitioners No.3 Nakelo Lane (Off Nakelo St) Vatuwaqa Suva Judicial Review between the state vs. TLAT (1st Respondent), NLC (2nd Respondent) & the Attorney General of Fiji (3rd Respondent) & Asena Rokowati (Intervener) & Livai Rawavuka (Applicant) Turaga niMataqaliRukunikoro/ Turaga niYavusaNauluvatu/ Tui Vanua, Vanuavatu, Totoya, Lau.
Judicial Review between the states vs TLAT & the Attorney General of Fiji (Respondent) & M.B.N.Cama Semi Semi & (Respondent) Page 20 The the Tribunal gave chiefly title of the Turaga to niYavusaNawaidina/ Asena Rokowati to be It is hereby ordered: The matter struck out -Judge Kotigalage 31 July 2014 Pending The the Tribunal gave chiefly title of the Turaga niMataqaliRukunikoro/ Turaga niYavusaNauluvatu/ Vanua M.B.N.Cama Tui Semi to Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report DATE REFERENCE NO.
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04 of 2014 SOLICITOR JUDICIAL REVIEW CASE DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL HIGH COURT’S Tawadokai (Applicant) Nacolawa& Co Barrister & Solicitor 111 Vitogo Parade Lautoka Judicial review on the decision made by the Tribunal made on 5 August 2014 and stating “Today we will not make a ruling”.

Tribunal has decided not to make any in respect of the earlier 1991 Tribunal ruling.
ruling DECISION Pending vs. the Judicial Review between the states state &SerupepeliManu (Applicant) & TLAT the (1st Respondent), Attorney General of Fiji (2nd Respondent) &MoretiMakara (3rd Respondent) 30/07/14 No.

003 of 2014L Tunidau Kevueli Lawyers Barrister & Solicitor 4 Walu St Marine Drive Lautoka The Tribunal not to deliver their Ruling on the Veitokitaki for Nikotimo Driu.
(Plaintiff) Judicial Review between the State TLAT (Respondent), Ex-parte: Poate Ratu (Applicant) &Nikotimo Driu (Interested Party) & Pending Judicial Review is for the Tribunal cannot make any decision on the Veitokitaki / Veibokoci under section 10 (2) of the iTaukei Lands Act (Cap 133).

Part of the Appeals Tribunal team travelling by boat to hear and determine the appeal case on the Chiefly Title of TM Rukunikoro / TY Nauluvatu / Tui Vanua, Vanuavatu, Totoya, Lau, 2014.
Figure 3: The Secretary Appeals Tribunal, Peni Waqa and a member of the Tribunal, Ratu Inoke Seru on their way to Vanuavatu Page 21 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report 4.3 INSTITUTE OF ITAUKEI LANGUAGE & CULTURE The Institute of iTaukei Language and Culture (TILC) was primarily set up to produce the first ever iTaukei monolingual dictionary.

This was launched in 2007, and is currently being sold.
The TILC was given the added task to undertake, encourage, and facilitate the study and development of iTaukei Languages and Cultures as legislated through the 2007 UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples Rights and 2003 UN Declaration of the Safeguard of Intangible Heritage.
TILC is the Resource Centre on iTaukei literatures, books and other printed matter, photographs, audio and visual tapes with detailed indexes on computer in both iTaukei and English vernacular to ensure material is easily accessible; conducts awareness on the preservation and promotion of the iTaukei vernacular is done through the Weekly Radio Program, Lialiaci Quarterly Publications and Community Workshops.
CULTURAL MAPPING PROGRAMME Two provinces were mapped in 2014:  The Cakaudrove province mapped 38 villages in 2013 before it completed the exercise in 2014 with the remaining 97 villages.

The Cakaudrove province that was fully mapped has a total of 15 districts (tikina) and 135 villages with a village population of 15,621 or 43.42% of the total itaukei population.

(source: 2013 TNK Analysis Report)  In 2014, 48 villages were mapped in 6 districts.
The mapping team will complete the province in 2015 with the remaining 31 villages in 3 districts.

The Kadavu province has 9 districts and 79 villages and a total village population of 5,407 or 54.27% of the total itaukei population.

The table below shows an average of 54 villages completed per year over a span of 4 years.

144 villages mapped in 2014 reflect an improved system, processes and an effective checking mechanism in place.
Compared to 2011-2013 the difference is marginal whereas in 2014: an increase by 34.72%.
Table 12: Villages and Workshops conducted during cultural mapping 2011-2014 Villages Workshops Province 2014 2013 2012 2011 2014 2013 2012 2011 96 48 39 55 Cakaudrove Kadavu Macuata Naitasiri Bua 11 9 2 3 7 5 5 4 54 44 42 54 Page 22 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report The summary of provinces that has CMP completed since 2005 is tabulated: Table 13: CMP completed in Province 2005-2014 Provinces CMP completed Verification 2014 2013 2012 2011 2005- 2014 2010 Ba Bua Cakaudrove Kadavu Lau Lomaiviti Macuata Nadroga / Navosa Namosi Naitasiri Ra Rewa Serua Tailevu √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Resources tabulated below were used to capture raw data from the field.
Data was edited, analysed, digitized, stored and taken back to the authors of the recordings under the verification exercise to complete the mapping exercise.
Table 14: Resources Used during CMP exercises 2012-2014 Resources Transcripts Digitised Audio Tapes Audio Tapes Function Edited Digitized Transcribed Video / images (raw footages) Edited Video Audio Tapes Data input Backup Edited Data entry to database 2014 2013 2012 88 304 194 78 58 400 1104 386 - 9 - 9 84 80 171 52 350 442 63 315 415 TOTAL 1699 1095 1808 Page 23 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report The absence of back up and data entry to the database has been a critical issue in 2014.
The corrupt Traditional Knowledge & Expressions of Culture (TKEC) Database and Server will now be a priority for the MIS Unit (CSD) in 2015 to find funding and immediately resurrect the TKEC system.

VERIFICATION EXERCISE The 3 provinces below were privileged to be revisited with tapes and scripts (474) extracted from the resources table above to conduct the verification exercise to an total itaukei village population of 11,715.

(2013 TNK Analysis report) Table 15: Verification conducted in Provinces No.
Province Serua Namosi of No.

Districts 4 5 of No.

Villages 24 26 Rewa 9 56 1 2 3 Dates 24/2 – 21/3/14 05/3 – 25/4/13; & 24/2 – 28/2/2014 4/8 – 10/10/14 No.
of Tapes / Scripts 134 119 221 Challenges faced by the verification team were commitment by villages to other activities scheduled at the same time of the exercise resulting in resource data (4 tapes) remain unverified, lack of commitment by the villagers to the verification process and absence of owners of the recorded CMP stored data either through migration or death.
SPECIAL REVIVAL UNIT Revitalisation workshops are conducted on living human treasures and intangible cultural heritage as a flow on effect of the CMP to ensure that he unique traditional knowledge and expressions of culture are captured for the next generation.

The Unit also conducts research, documentation, promote and revitalise unique TKEC for the itaukei generations.

The LHT / ICH Workshop was conducted 19-23 May 2014 in Natewa, taught by PauliasiVeileyaki (66 years old).
Both the iri of Natewa (left) and the teacher (below) are in the pictures.

Figure 4: Iri of Natewa Page 24 Figure 5: LHT Teacher for Iri of Natewa Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Similar workshops were conducted from 2010 to revive and signify the importance to our culture and heritage.
Table 16: LHT / ICH Workshops 2010-2014 Province LHT / ICH Workshops 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Cakaudrove IriniNatewa, Vusasivo (Vanua Sovatabua) village, √ Natewa, Cakaudrove Lomaiviti IbeSomovolavola – Vagadaci, Levuka, Lomaiviti Naitasiri LagaVucu – TikinaNawaidina, Naitasiri √ Ra TaliibeBatiwa – Mataveikai, Tokaimalo TaliIbeVakadraunidamanu – Vunisea, Tokaimalo TuliKuroVakaviti – Malake, Rakiraki IbeKuta – Nativi, Nalaba Tailevu TuliKuroVakaviti – Qelekuro, Namena, Tailevu √ √ √ √ √ √ 4.4 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION The Development Services Division is the policy and research arm for the Ministry that works in partnership with key stakeholders undertaking initiatives that provide agreed outcomes for itaukei; provide information and advice on itaukei policy, resource developments, land management and social issues (among others) to Government, the itaukei people and other key stakeholders.
POLICY ADVICE The major role of the Division is to develop, formulate and present policy papers for Permanent Secretary Advice.

Policy issues are generally stimulated from discussions in various meetings, workshops and consultations attended by the officers of the Division.

The following policy advice and discussion papers were formulated for the respective forums of which the Division is secretariat to.
Page 25 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Table 17: Policy Advice 2012-2014 to Forums POLICY ADVICE 2014 2013 2012 Briefs to PM 5 Cabinet 12 iTaukei Affairs Board 19 iTaukei Executive Forum 28 Internal Policy Committee 35 Joint Forum on Climate Change 14 Curriculum Development Committee 14 67 15 51 3 6 The Development Division also provides secretariat support to the iTaukei Traditional Leadership Curriculum Development Committee; and the Joint Forum for Entrepreneurship and Good Governance Forum.
The secretariat support services provided include the development, compilation and distribution of meeting papers, recording the minutes of meetings, circulating of meeting resolutions after the meetings and obtaining attendance confirmation to the meetings.

The Division also represented the Ministry to 140 stakeholder forums in 2014 compared to 141 in 2013 and 162 in 2012.
PUBLICATIONS There were 3 iTaukei Focus bulletins published in an effort to create awareness on Good Governance practices by the iTaukei Institutions and dissemination of Government instructions and policies to all stakeholders.

Figure 6: MTA Senior Research Officer with UNICEF Consultants another 2 years (2015-2016).

The Division also assists in the Gazette Notices for iTaukei Institutions.

There were 15 notices referred to the Government Printing for publishing.
CHILD PROTECTION In 2014 the Development Division conducted the Child Protection Training of Trainers sessions in 22 districts of the Nadroga / Navosa province, published the TOT Teaching manuals and its workbook and secured UNICEF funding for Page 26 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report VANUA MATTERS Vanua matters are issues referred from the Office of the Prime Minister and uploaded onto the Vanua Database to monitor actions taken when referred to the iTaukei Institutions (TI) for feedback or progress on these matters.
A total of 44 Vanua cases were attended to during the year of which 9 cases were resolved through the assistance of respective iTaukei Institutions.

There has been a significant decrease in the number of cases received in 2014 compared to 67 cases in 2013 and 187 in 2012.
Table 18: Vanua Matters Resolved Vanua Cases received 44 Resolved Cases Target Actual 25 9 The different reporting procedures within the TIs and how Vanua cases are managed is still a challenge in trying to establish the actual number of cases that were resolved during the year.Cases such as land (fishing) boundaries, customary titles, land leases, VKB matters, etc.
received are channeled to the relevant iTaukei Institutions for necessary actions and or updates are tabled at the iTaukei Executive Forum for information.

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE UNIT Some of the significant achievements & activities of the Unit are as follows:  Convened the first ever National iTaukei Resources Owners Committee meeting.

 Conducted Orientations to the 8 new TAB Conservation Officers.

 Reviewing of the Mining Act.


Figure 7 National iTaukei Resource Owners Committee meeting in Nadave (NTROC)  Contributed to the compilation of the State of Environment Report 2014.

 Revised the iTaukei Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy  Assisted and final editing of Mechanisms in Place for the Flow of Climate Change Information between National – Provincial – Community Levels in Fiji brochure.
Page 27 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report 4.5 CORPORATE SERVICES DIVISION The engine room for any organisation, the CSD ensures that adequate and quality support services are provided to enable the respective Divisions implement their work plans and programmes in a timely manner in order to achieve their stated outcomes.

HUMAN RESOURCES & ASSET MANAGEMENT Staff Establishment The MTA staff establishment ceiling for 2014 was 117.
Project posts created were 50 to facilitate the computerisation of the VKB, cultural mapping programme and the demarcation and survey of the un-surveyed land, village boundaries and gazetting of villages.

Table 19: Staff Establishment Staff Establishment Permanent GWE Capital Projects NEC Volunteers DEO Project 2013 110 10 28 2012 110 10 28 2014 108 9 28 25 7 Variations in the permanent and GWE establishment in 2014 were due to the creation of a Director Corporate Services position, an SES (US04) cadre.
Appointments There were 100 appointments made in 2014.

Three (3) staffs Contracts of Appointment were terminated.
Table 20: MTA Appointment Appointments Acting New Temporary Promotion Retirement Resignation Re-engagements Renewal of Contracts Internal Posting Transfers Page 28 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Board Meetings The Senior Management Board met throughout the year on a monthly basis and discussed 26 papers compared to 14 papers in 2013.

The Non SES Staff Board discussed 27 compared to 26 papers in 2013.
All SES vacancies are handled by the Permanent Secretary.

The Senior Management Board was chaired by the Permanent Secretary and included all HODs as members.

The Non Staff Board was chaired by the Deputy Secretary.

Disciplinary Committee Meetings Cases brought to the Disciplined Committee were analysed and staffs were counseled.

Monitoring of their attendance and punctuality were supervised by their Section Heads.

This year there were 6 cases dealt with compared to 3 in 2013.
Table 21: Discipline Issues DISCIPLINE ISSUE CASES RESOLVED Resign Deemed to have Counseled Tampering with sick sheet and habitual late arrival 1 Absence without Leave Habitual late arrival Resigned 2 1 3 Whilst investigating the Staff who was found tampering with the date on the sick-sheet, the Staff resigned before the case was completed by the Discipline Committee.
Asset Management Registry functions, procurement planning, building maintenance, transport management, boards of survey and inventory stock-takes‟ are some major functions of the Unit.

Registry functions This year mails received was 1340 compared to 1771 in 2013 and 1394 in 2012.

The Ministry received 127 in the same year but outward mail was at its lowest with 9.

This was also similar in 2013 with only 4 mails going out of the Ministry.
Page 29 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Table 22: Correspondence / Mails 2014 CORRESPONDENCE / MAILS 2014 MONTHS Jan Feb March April May June July August September October November December INWARD OUTWARD Outward Mails Inward Mails 45 43 53 48 43 29 79 70 39 81 78 Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 9 8 134 116 127 127 133 101 100 99 Figure 8: 2014 Inward & Outward Mail Chart Analysis 199 173 199 File Census was a major improvement in 2014 when it was re-activated to monitor the movement of files within the Ministry.
The issuance this year with a total of 977 and 647 returned subject files reflects the amount of research work the MTA staffs are conducting to ensure its customers are provided with quality advice and services.

This is similarly reflected in the confidential movement of files.

Page 30 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Table 23: File Movements MONTHS SUBJECT FILES CONFIDENTIAL FILES 2014 2013 2012 2014 2013 2012 ISSUE RET.

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Jan Feb March April May June July August 85 77 103 74 76 85 85 75 September 111 October November December Transport Management Fuel and Oil consumption for 2014 was $55,425.87 as compared to $46,381.29 in 2013 and $6,060.43 in 2012.
Table 24: Fuel & Oil Consumption Analysis Division Service PSTA DSTA 2014 Fuel & Oil 2013 Fuel & Oil 2012 Fuel & Oil $457.88 $4,319.23 $5,445.46 $7,559.43 $549.77 $908.57 CSD / Admin $8,542.62 $7,144.64 $9,746.23 Road-shows / Exhibitions / Workshops $1,325.70 $3,716.45 National Dengue Clean-up Campaign $667.42 TILC Development TLFC Project $1,178.71 $1,616.29 $8,095.16 $1,111.64 $578.83 $768.03 $24,304.73 $13,324.28 $15,717.21 Page 31 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Division 2014 Fuel & Oil 2013 Fuel & Oil 2012 Fuel & Oil Appeals Tribunal $1,799.25 $2,474.86 $4,138.19 TLFC CMP Child Protection CTLFC $4,131.37 $8,169.81 $5,941.02 $3,070.37 $3,002.10 $8,095.16 $385.00 $1,361.14 Hire of Rental & Hire of MTA Vehicles $785.84 Delegation Visits Funerals $714.60 $720.60 TOTAL $55,425.87 $46,381.29 $60,060.43 The government directive to utilize 60% budgetary allocation by July 2014 would be the greatest contributing factor to the increase of operational costs.
Divisions were required to bring forward their 2014 targets thus involved a lot of movement.

MTA VEHICLE FUEL USAGE 2012-2014 $30,000.00 $25,000.00 $20,000.00 $15,000.00 $10,000.00 $5,000.00 $- 2014 Fuel & Oil 2013 Fuel & Oil 2012 Fuel & Oil Figure 9: MTA Vehicle Fuel Usage 2012-2014 A comparative analysis of the graphs that 2012 – 2014 above depicts an almost 93% fuel & oil increase from 2012.
Increase of fuel usage (55%) by the TLFC Projects team in 2014 compared to 2013 can be attributed to the teams‟ frequent trips to HQ and return on a weekly basis.

The village boundary teams whilst in Page 32 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Ba and Nadroga / Navosa came to Suva weekly as also the demarcation and survey teams in Serua.

The Introduction of four (4) new leased vehicles increased our fleet to thirteen (13) thus impacted the increase in fuel consumption.
PRODUCTIVITY, RESEARCH & TRAINING The newly created unit was formed after the disbandment of the Scholarship Section following government‟s directive in 2013 to transfer all scholarship matters to the TESL Board.

The Unit successfully facilitated the launching of the corporate uniform, sports uniform; implementation of the biometric system and refurbished layouts in the Ministry.
This included the MTA Energy Efficiency Audit (EEA) team was recognized as the Energy Management Team and Green Team of the Year at the Service Excellence Awards Night 2014 taking top Figure 10: MTA Uniform display at PSC Sports Day honors.

Part of its first prize included cash prize.

held at Studio 6 and the highlight of the evening was the employee of the year Award that was won Other events organized was MTA‟s Awards Night by our Lands & Fisheries Commission employee, Taniela Qutonilaba (Messenger).
Some internal policies were endorsed by the SMB in and implemented in 2014:  MTA HRM Manual  MTA Telephone policy  MTA Risk Management policy  MTA Non-SES Staff Board Manual  Naitasiri Road Show  Namosi Road Show  Revitalization of the MTA QC Figure 11: Employee of the Year 2014 – Taniela Qutonilaba Page 33 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs Learning & Development Plan 2014 Annual Report With a budget of $20,000 allocated to train and build staff capabilities, the centralized Training Unit wasted no time in seeking training providers and identified a total of 94 Officers to attend training: 49 Officers of the 94 selected were able to attend more than once of the various training in 2014 compared to 52 facilitated in 2013, and 9 in 2012.
USP, FNU and PSC were the training providers in 2014 including In house training which provided the largest number of trainees.

The Training Unit was able to secure a KOICA scholarship Award for 1.5 years (2014-2015) for one of the senior officers.

The breakdown of training and total staff attended is highlighted in the graph below.
Table 25: Breakdown of Training Attended to by MTA Staff Inuction (NEC new recruits0 Induction (new recruits) Climate Change (Singapore) Procuremenr Workshop Revitilisation of Indigenous Architecture… Min of Finance (In house) Formulation of ACP Good Governave Recruit/Selection H Exam H Tutorials Business Writing OHS Modules 3 & 4 OHS (Modukes 1 & 2) MSC in Capasity Building (Korea) Training of Trainers (TOTS 1) Quality Assuarance SEA Evaluation Training Best Practice Conference Sea Framework Desktob Submission Writers Induction (In house) Business Process reengineering Effective production & opera Mngt China Leadership Training Public Policy Analysis Training 2 Records Management Communication 4 Project Quality Management Critical Elements of Customer Service Induction (new recruits) QCC Communication 3 Public Policy Analysis Communication 2 Communication 1 H Leading High Performance Team 0 Page 34 2014 2013 2012 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report MONITORING & EXECUTIVE SUPPORT The Monitoring Unit has produced reports that have raised the Ministry‟s performance rating to an excellent status of 95.58% for its third quarter in 2014.
The second quarter rating was 93.98% and first quarter was 71.59%.

The table below looks at the Ministry‟s performance from 2012 – 2014.

SFCCO Performance Rating (%) 2014 2013 2012 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter 72 94 96 96 73 73 75 86 70 71 87 91 Table 26: SFCCO Performance Rating 2012-2014 The Roadmap Outcomes have performed exceptionally well in the 3rdquarter.

The ratings for the last 3 quarters are tabulated below.
Table 27: RDSSED MTA Outcomes Table 2014 OUTCOMES BENCHMARK ACHIEVEMENT (%) 1.

Children and Youth 2.

Culture and Heritage 3.

Gender Equality and Women in Development 4.

ITaukei Institutions 5.

Land Resources Development and Management 6.

Leadership 7.

Poverty Reduction 8.


The Accountability Framework (%) 2014 5.00 10.00 8.00 20.00 20.00 10.00 7.00 20.00 1Q 1.00 4.50 4.40 16.38 16.46 8.80 5.80 2Q 5.00 3Q 5.00 10.00 10.00 7.45 18.90 19.48 9.50 7.00 7.98 19.45 20.00 9.50 7.00 14.25 16.65 16.65 Overall Rating 100% 71.59% 93.98% 95.58% In terms of whole of government average rating, the Ministry‟s performance rating was above average as per table below.
Page 35 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Table 28: SFCCO MTA Achievement vs Govt.

Performance SFCCO RATING 2014 (%) 2013 (%) 2012 (%) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 MTA Achievement 71.59 93.98 95.58 95.65 73 73.24 74.77 85.94 70.03 71.3 87.65 91.95 Govt.

Performance 64.12 80.4 88.75 93.68 63.49 78.66 85 90.79 62.3 74.32 82.97 84.5 The Ministry‟s Performance Rating, 2014 RDSSED Outcomes graph below.
Performance Rating of 2014 RDSSED OUTCOMES 25 20 15 10 5 0 Children and Youth Culture and Heritage Gender Equality and Women in Development ITaukei Institutions Land Resources Development and Management Leadership Poverty Reduction The Accountability Framework ) % ( e g a n e c t r e P 3Q BENCHMARK (%) 5 5 10 10 7.98 8 19.45 20 20 20 9.5 10 7 7 16.65 20 Figure 12: Performance Rating of 2014 RDSSED MTA Outcomes Page 36 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 37 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 38 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 39 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 40 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 41 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 42 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 43 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 44 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 45 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 46 Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 2014 Annual Report Page 47