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Climate Change Programme - Averting water-related emergencies though improved early warning systems The scale, severity and frequency of water-related emergencies are increasing due to a climate change impacts. The impacts of these events can be reduced where better information and effective early warning systems (EWS) are in place. This activity seeks to support Pacific Island Countries to anticipate and prepare for water-related emergencies through understanding their vulnerability to water-related hazards and informing vulnerable communities so they can anticipate and respond.
Pacific - Volunteer Service Abroad 2015-2018 Working with Volunteer Service Abroad to place volunteers for development in the Pacific and Timor Leste. This includes a new Polynesia programme and a focus on sustainable economic development.
Covid-19 UNICEF Vaccine Bulk Procurement Contract An activity to provide funding to UNICEF's vaccine procurement contract (via the delegated cooperation agreement) with Australia.
NP: Leprosy Mission New Zealand (LMNZ) Negotiated Partnership Implementation Negotiated Partnership between Leprosy Mission New Zealand and MFAT to fund a multi-year, multi-country health and inclusive development programme in Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Kiribati.
Polynesian Health Corridors Access to Essential Medicines This activity aims to improve access to safe, affordable essential medicines for the populations of the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, and Tuvalu through mSupply Foundation delivered support to implement improved pharmaceutical software and through assistance to strengthen countries' pharmaceutical workforce capability.
Council for International Development Support to the peak body of New Zealand's international non-governamental organisations, to provide coordination, liaison and policy dialogue with New Zealand international development NGO community; coordination of their humanitarian response; and representation on the New Zealand Emergency Task Force.
VSA MERL 2023-2025: Evaluation of 'VSA 2023-25 NZ Volunteer Programme Activity' A process, mid-line evaluation of the 2023-2025 Volunteer Service Abroad GFA
The objectives of the evaluation are to:<ul>  <li>Identify whether there are areas for improved cost effectiveness and efficiency in the current management and implementation of the volunteering programme</li>  <li>Identify the strengths and weaknesses in delivery of the programme</li>  <li>Inform decision-making regarding the future direction of New Zealand’s volunteering for international development programming</li> </ul>
Enhanced Pacific Biosecurity Programme This activity provides support to the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu to improve Pacific biosecurity.
Fisheries: Te Vaka Moana Workplan Te Vaka Moana (TVM) comprises the fisheries administrations of Tonga, Tokelau, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa and the Cook Islands. Its work is underpinned by a legal arrangement (Te Vaka Moana Arrangement) signed between these administrations in 2010. Funding is provided for the implementation of activities in the TVM governing council approved 2014/15 work plan.
Funding Support: OECD - Development Aid Committee Support This activity will focus on strengthening development effectiveness through support to The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC).
Pacific Parliamentary Effectiveness Initiative (PPEI) A multi-donor initiative that provides support to Pacific parliaments in recognition of the importance of building the effectiveness of parliamentary processes and practices as a way to improve systems of national governance.
Pacific Regional - Building resilience to biosecurity threats Working with Viclink Ltd from the Victoria University of Wellington to implement an activity that aims to improve the response of Pacific Island countries to the biosecurity threats posed by invasive ants.
Samoa and Vanuatu - PARTnerR: Pacific Risk Tool for Resilience (Pilot) The activity comprises the delivery of a locally tailored low-cost, easily applied technology for storing, processing, analysing and visualising natural hazard and risk information, which can be used for model disaster scenarios for decision making purposes, such as land use planning. This will be supported by training of local staff to enable the ongoing use of the technology once funding ends.
Pacific Anti-Money Laundering Strengthening Activity This activity will aim to improve compliance with international anti-money laundering standards among Pacific Island countries, boosting confidence in local economies and creating a more stable environment.
Pacific Polynesia - Liggins Institute - Pacific Science for Health Literacy Working with the University of Auckland to adapt for Tonga and the Cook Islands, a successful school-science-community partnership model that supports improved science and health literacy; behaviour change for reduced non-communicable disease risk and increased engagement and attainment in science education.
Specialist Support for Priority Activities Specialist Monitoring and Evaluation support for Priority Activities to examine the implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) system and how well the MERL framework is understood by stakeholders.
Western Pacific East Asia - Improved Tuna Monitoring This Activity supports improved monitoring and management of tuna catches in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam in order to make more accurate catch estimates and stock assessments. Improving this data contributes to the sustainable management of highly migratory tuna species in the Pacific, including combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
Pacific Island Food Revolution This activity incorporates innovative educational interventions to prevent or mitigate the impacts of diet-related non communicable diseases across the Pacific. A celebrity chef, in collaboration with local hosts, will front a cooking competition that will stress the preparation and consumption of healthy, traditional Pacific cuisine. The activity is funded for three years through a joint partnership between New Zealand and Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
COVID-19: Continuity Support of Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights Services across the Pacific Continuation of support to the International Planned Parenthood Federation's Pacific Strategy 2019-2022. This activity will support the provision of sexual reproductive health and rights information and services to Pacific Islands Countries during the COVID-19 global pandemic and beyond.
COVID-19 Vaccine procurement for Polynesia This Activity is supporting Polynesian countries (the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, and Tuvalu) to achieve high levels of COVID-19 vaccination coverage and reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through the provision of COVID-19 vaccines from New Zealand's domestic stocks. It reimburses the Ministry of Health and Pharmac (from April 2023) for the cost of vaccines procured.
Pacific Regional: Legislative drafting assistance to Pacific Island Nations Legislative drafting assistance and training provided to Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau.
Pacific Connectivity Project The Pacific Connectivity Project is the result of a Cooperation Arrangement signed by New Zealand, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Niue and Tokelau to undertake a joint project to improve international connectivity at a sub-regional level. The focus for New Zealand is to improve international connectivity for the New Zealand realm countries. French Polynesia are involved because of an opportunity to achieve mutual benefits due to their interest in a second submarine cable.
Provide Specialist Education Services for Inclusive Education This activity will source and manage service providers from a range of disciplines such as educational psychologists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and other early intervention specialists. These specialists will deliver specific support for children and young people with disabilities in Niue, Cook Islands and Tokelau.
CERT NZ Support to Pacific Island Countries Support to Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) New Zealand so that Pacific Island countries:
<ul>  <li>have tailored strategies in place to deliver size-appropriate CERT-style services;</li>  <li>use best-practice guidelines for CERT establishment and delivery;</li>  <li>have the tools and connections to continue to build CERT capacity long-term;</li>  <li>effectively share information on cyber incidents;</li>  <li>are equipped to undertake domestic cybersecurity awareness-raising campaigns.</li> </ul>
Transport: Pacific Regional Aviation Group This activity relates to contracting consulting services to help develop an improved understanding of the opportunities, barriers, necessary conditions and incentives required to improve intra-regional air services in Polynesia.
MF2-04 Securing a Polynesian Promise for Climate and Community Resilience in Samoa and Tokelau The Activity will reach at least 25 communities via schools in five Samoan districts and Tokelau’s three atolls implementing environmental programmes and fostering a new generation of ocean stewardship and climate champions. It will increase understanding of critical marine ecosystems, climate change threats and mitigations as well as contribute to implementing ocean and climate policies and improve marine management through enhanced understanding and inclusive citizen science.
Scholarships Programme Design This activity covers the resourcing requirements to design the Scholarships Programme as a result of the Scholarships Improvements Project which will run from 2019 - 2021 or beyond in its implementation phase. The improvements project includes building an enhanced scholarships model; ensuring our policies, systems and processes support efficient delivery of the New Zealand Scholarships Programme; and improving monitoring and evaluation.
ASEAN and Timor-Leste Hybrid Food and Agribusiness Short Term Training This activity is a professional development programme (short course), which improves agricultural productivity and income in the ASEAN and Timor-Leste agricultural sector.
The online course will equip scholars with the concepts, principles, and tools they need to leverage value chain approaches to enhance agri-food systems.
The in-country component will continue this learning and solidify their affinity built with Aotearoa New Zealand.
Polynesian Health Corridors Mental Health This Activity aims to improve mental health outcomes in Polynesian countries by <a target="_blank">completing in-country research on population mental health status (currently Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Tokelau) to strengthen the evidence base for mental health initiatives and implementing priority mental health initiatives agreed with partner countries.</a>
Multi-region - Trade Aid Working with Trade Aid to reduce poverty through the promotion of fair trade through business development, securing a fair and stable price for product purchases from overseas partners, product development, and capacity building for producer partners.
Private Sector Hub The Private Sector Hub will better connect the New Zealand private sector with Pacific entrepreneurs and businesses to support Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) outcomes in the Pacific, through delivery of;
<ul>  <li>an engagement platform bringing together private sector stakeholders to consider and overcome challenges.</li>  <li>a viability gap fund for exploring the validity of commercial opportunities with development outcomes.</li>  <li>an ‘ideas lab’ to trial and test new ideas for private sector engagement.</li> </ul>
2020 Central Emergency Response Fund- Support for Famine Mitigation and Severe Food Security Contribution to the United Nations-administered Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for addressing severe food insecurity across the world’s most at risk settings, with a focus on children, women and persons with disabilities.
English Language Training Courses for African Officials A tailored English Language Training Courses for African Officials (ELTO Africa) is designed and implemented to improve the English language ability of participants and create and further links both between participants and with New Zealand.
COSPPAC - Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (E13046) COSPPac 2 is an Australian led mutli-country programme for addressing climate change and disaster resilience in the Pacific
The activity has a budget of A$22.6m to deliver 3 project components:
• Pacific Sea Level and Geodetic Monitoring Project;
• Climate Data for the Environment (CliDE);
• A seasonal prediction project.
New Zealand will provide funding for the CliDE component which will include funding for NIWA-led activities within CliDE.
Pacific 2023 Trade Policy Short Course This Activity aims to deliver Trade Policy short term training scholarships to 30 scholars from Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Tuvalu, Kiribati,  Fiji, French Pacific, Solomon Islands and PNG.
The course will be delivered November 2023 in Auckland, by the University of Auckland's Public Policy Institute.
Negotiated Partnership: ADRA Implementation Negotiated Partnership between ADRA New Zealand and MFAT to support healthier and more resilient rural communities in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, improving health, protection and economic resilience for women and girls, food and income security. ADRA are also strengthening climate change adaptation in water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and infrastructure.
Negotiated Partnerships: Habitat for Humanity (HFHNZ) Implementation Negotiated Partnership between Habitat for Humanity New Zealand and MFAT to fund a multi-year, multi-country housing resilience programme in the Pacific (Fiji, Samoa, Tonga).
Disaster Preparedness Partnership This Activity will build preparedness, response and recovery capacity of communities in the Pacific and South East Asia so that they are more resilient to natural disasters, through: Training and deployment of aid workers, first aid training, maintenance of the IT and Telecommunciations Emergency Response Unit, and prepositioned relief supplies.
Regional support for strengthening export pathways and new market access Provision of technical assistance to improve the capacity of Pacific competent authorities to maintain and strengthen existing export pathways, to gain new market access to New Zealand, and to reduce costs and time for biosecurity compliance.
MF3-03 Enhancing Climate Resilience of Coastal Communities in Timor-Leste Conservation International to deliver improved marine protection and management, and improved livelihoods and resilience of fishers and their communities in Timor-Leste, as well as improved, climate-sensitive, shared fisheries management between Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
CCP - Access to Finance This Activity will improve Pacific Island Countries (PICs) capability and capacity to better access and use climate finance by supporting the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), to enhance the support they provide to PICs as regional Direct Access Entities to the Green Climate Fund, and other climate funds. This Activity also provides direct support to the Cooks Islands to support access to finance and climate priorities.
Scholarships Programme Evaluation This evaluation is one of 14 Programme evaluations to be undertaken 2015-2018. The evaluation will assess our performance in managing the programmes, including how well we have managed relationships with our partner countries (on delivery and policy dialogue) and key stakeholders, and how effectively we have applied the development effectiveness principles, and the impact of the programme.
Regional Development: Pacific Financial Technical The Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre (PFTAC) is a collaborative venture between the International Monetary Fund (IMF), recipient Pacific Island countries, and bilateral and multilateral donors. It supports the design and implementation of sound macroeconomic and financial policies through the provision of technical advice and capacity building in key areas of public sector financial management.
Fisheries: Memorandum of Understanding with MPI: Parties to the Nauru Agreement Component A three year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) (previously Ministry of Fisheries) and MFAT to enable MPI to deliver on key areas under the Ministerial arrangement between New Zealand and Tuvalu, Nauru, Solomon Islands and Kiribati and bilateral initiatives, namely in Fisheries Management, Governance and Monitoring, Control, Surveillance and Enforcement. (Activity completed).
2023 Ukraine Regional Refugee Response 2023 humanitarian contributions to support the Ukraine Regional Refugee Response.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Quality Assurance, Expert Advice, and annual synthesis This Activity provides expert quality assurance, advice and support in monitoring, evaluation, research and learning for the New Zealand Aid Programme. The expert contractors will also prepare annual evidence synthesis for each Four Year Plan, based on the Activity Monitoring and Completion Assessments, and Activity evaluations.
Pacific regional - Local government development A draw-down facility designed to coordinate and respond to requests from Pacific Island countries for technical assistance in the sphere of local government responsibilities.
Pacific e-Government and Digital Economy Regional Strategy Activity to develop a strategic plan for the improvement of digital government services for Pacific countries, to support the delivery of 4 year plan objectives aligned to better governance and increasing the efficiency of the public service in those countries. Also includes options to improve the digital economy in those countries by strengthening the enabling environment.
The main implementing partner is the World Bank, with additional funding to include the Realm countries in scope.
New Zealand Field Aid Workers Funding to support deployment of professional and volunteer aid workers to field missions in the Pacific and beyond.
Interim Support for International Planned Parenthood Federation Pacific Strategy 2019-2022 Interim support on the current funding shortfall for the International Planned Parenthood Federation Pacific Strategy to enable the federation and their Pacific Member Associations to implement the necessary initiatives within the International Planned Parenthood Federation Niu Vaka Pacific Strategy 2019 – 2022.
Negotiated Partnership: Save the Children New Zealand (SCNZ) - Implementation Implementation of a multi-year, multi-country, child and youth-focused Negotiated Partnership with Save the Children NZ. The programme builds resilience to disasters and climate risk through safe schools, ensures that families can meet health, nutrition and educational needs and that children face less harm from all forms of violence.
Pacific Literacy and School Leadership Programme To deliver a wraparound model that provides training, resources, policy support and action research specifically targeted at changing teaching and literacy outcomes in classrooms. It will provide the intensive support needed across critical levels (classroom, school, system)  to create lasting change. It addresses the key role of principals in change, positioning principals as leaders of learning in their schools, and integrates leadership and literacy components.
Pacific multi-country: Turtle protection for Eco-tourism development Working with the New Zealand Department of Conservation to build the capacity of communities in the Pacific (Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tonga)  to improve knowledge and skills to sustainably manage natural resources, increase local skills in resource and business management, and support the development of sustainable heritage-based businesses that bring economic and social benefit to local communities.
Pacific Detector Dog Programme 2018-2024 The Pacific Detector Dog Programme (PDDP) 2018-2023 builds detection capability in the Detector Dog Units of border agencies in the Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. The programme provides trained dogs, and builds capability in dog handling, leadership, systems and processes, and investigation and use of legal powers to enforce and prosecute intercepts of illicit material, primarily drugs. PDDP is implemented by NZ Police, and jointly with NZ Customs in Fiji and Samoa.
Pacific Regional -  Biological Control in the Pacific Working with AgResearch to partner with Pacific Island government agencies to address priority needs for partners relating to pest management. Initial partner priority areas include biological control of rhinoceros beetle, control of soil pests, and pest management in coconut palm plantation improvement. The activity will introduce new agricultural technologies that focus on using biological control for pest management.
NZ - Young Enterprise Scheme Award 2022-2024 The Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) is a business development programme delivered through secondary schools, where students are supported to develop a business plan and form a company. The curriculum includes the SDGs, sustainable economic impact, and innovation in developing countries. Students can design their business with this in mind and compete for an 'NZ Aid' award, distributed at the end of each year. It contributes to MFAT public diplomacy and development impact outcomes.
Management of Tertiary Study in Pacific 2023-27 Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Programme (MNZSP) scholars studying at a Pacific tertiary education institution receive a high-level of pastoral care and support in order to successfully complete their tertiary education, gaining new skills that can be utilised in the development of their home countries.
Partnerships Fund Evaluation This activity is a strategic evaluation of the Partnerships Fund 2007-2017. It will assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the fund. The evaluation will also provide recommendations to the Fund’s future direction.
Climate Finance for Community Resilience: World Vision New Zealand In this activity, WVNZ increases resilience to climate change and disasters with rural and remote communities Solomon Islands, PNG, Vanuatu and Timor-Leste focusing on youth, women and people with disabilities. Climate change adaptation is supported through increasing community contribution in climate action and planning and improving biodiversity and waste management. Economic and food security will also be strengthened to increase community resilience to climate hazards, shocks, disasters.
Negotiated Partnership: UNICEF NZ Implementation Negotiated Partnership between UNICEF NZ and MFAT to fund a multi-year, multi-country child focused programme in the Pacific (Vanuatu, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea) and South East Asia (Timor Leste).
PHAMA Plus Phase II The Pacific Horticulture and Agriculture Market Access (PHAMA) Plus programme is a joint Australian and New Zealand government initiative that aims to contribute to economic growth and improved livelihoods in the Pacific through the development of their primary export sectors. It will do this through support for market access and quality and productivity improvements.
Statistics New Zealand Pacific Programme 2023-2027 This Activity aims to provide technical support, coordination, and capability and training programmes to Pacific Islands Countries and regional agencies to improve the production, use, interpretation, and analysis of statistical evidence to inform policies and programmes.
Tourism: Engaging Women Vendors in the Tourism Sector This project aims to improve the quality and quantity of handicrafts and cultural tours so as to increase income for Tongan men and women. This will involve handicraft and tourism experts transferring their design and product development expertise to handicraft producers and cultural tour operators via a train the trainer approach.