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University of the South Pacific (USP) 2023 -2027 This activity will assist USP to implement its core business as set out in USP’s Strategic Plan 2022-2024 and forthcoming Strategic Plan 2025-27 for the period covering 2023-2028 and to contribute to monitoring the Aotearoa New Zealand and University of the South Pacific Partnership Framework 2023-2033.
Agriculture Mapping This is a short term consultancy to map key agriculture programmes in the Pacific ahead of the MFAT hosted Symposium on Pacific Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change in mid October 2022
Infrastructure Investment in the Pacific To identify improvements that can be made within current infrastructure investments in the Pacific and apply lessons learned to current and future energy projects
Purchase, Transport and Storage of Disaster Relief Supplies This activity funds costs associated with the purchase, transport and storage of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade disaster relief supplies.
Pacific Aviation Safety Office Support Programme Core funding of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office for 2021/22 through 2025/26 FYs. Includes core funding of key staff for corporate services, operations and regional policy. Extends for five years existing funding for safety regulatory support and expansion of services. Includes support for aviation security regulatory support.
Reforming the regional health architecture This activity will improve the impact and efficiency of investments in regional health and strengthen the relationships between the health sector, finance sector and the Pacific Islands Forum processes.
Pacific Non-Communicable Disease Initiative phase 2 The Pacific Non Communicable Diseases Initiative Phase 2 (PNCDI2) is the second phase of support to WHO to address the challenges of non communicable diseases (NCDs) across 14 Pacific Island countries. The Activity is supporting Pacific countries achieve a 25% reduction in premature mortality due to NCDs by 2025 including the provision of WHO technical support to Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, RMI, FSM, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Capacity-Building Facility To improve sexual and reproductive health in the Pacific through strengthening the capacity of International Planned Parenthood Federation Pacific Member Associations to deliver effective sexual reproductive health programmes and services. Capacity building particularly in the areas of management, governance, advocacy, resource mobilization and programmatic skills.
Supporting Pacific Education Leadership This Activity will support Pacific Education Leadership by facilitating opportunities for Education Ministers in the Pacific region to build relationships, engage in genuine dialogue and talanoa with each other and education stakeholders across the region, and to set direction around key regional priorities.  This Activity involves the delivery of the Conference of Pacific Education Ministers during New Zealand's host year in 2023.
2017 Disability inclusion (A12896) Funding to undertake a gap analysis on disability-inclusive humanitarian action in the Pacific.
SPREP Support - Climate Change The activity will provide funding to bolster core climate and environment functions of SPREP, as well as provision for key personnel and digital upgrades to support its operations.
El Nino Drought Response This Activity supports actions delivered through the EHEF in Vanuatu, Tonga and Fiji that are designed to mitigate the effects of the drought in the Pacific. Projects will contribute to local drought mitigation and relief efforts.
Pacific Islands Forum Funding 2024-2026 This Activity covers Assessed Membership fees and voluntary contributions to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat; and annual support to the Forum Chair.
SPC WATSAN Programme To provide SPC’s Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) Programme, with NZ$ 0.3m over 2 years to help operationalise its staff to support the development of high-quality water security-focused GCF proposals. The proposed SPC funding will cover travel costs related to GCF proposal development, and support the SPC to develop a large scale, multi-country GCF proposal leveraging SPC’s existing atoll-focused water security programme (NZ-funded ‘Strengthening Water Security in Vulnerable Island Countries’).
Development of a Regional Mechanism to Support Increased Access to Assistive Technologies This Activity will develop a multi-donor regional mechanism to support increased access to assistive technologies. The Activity will involve scoping, design and testing of the mechanism then the establishment of governance, management and procurement arrangements as well as training.
Sustainable Pacific Fisheries - Country Capacity and Capability Support for the next phase of New Zealand’s regionally-delivered development assistance (2024-2028) into building country-level capacity and capability to address persistent regional challenges to sustainable fisheries management, including Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (particularly for offshore fisheries).
Strengthening Local Government in the Pacific The initiative supports local and provincial government reform to enhance civil society participation in government process. This will be achieved through improving decision-making processes, encouraging participatory policy-making processes, and facilitating local economic development and infrastructure.
Suva Agreement Funding 2023-2025 This funding (NZD1.5 million) supports the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to implement several reforms, as directed by Leaders in the Suva Agreement in June 2022, and subsequent leaders' Communiques. These reforms include a standalone Pacific Ocean Commissioner, new Deputy Secretary General position and the establishment of a sub-regional office.
This funding is transitional (i.e. for the establishment of these reforms), and is intended to be used from 2023-2025.
Forum Fisheries Agency 2021-2026 core funding and membership fee Core Programme funding for priorities identified in the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) strategic plan and annual work plans approved by the governing council and Membership fee confirming New Zealand's membership commitment made by its ratification of the Forum Fisheries Agency convention on 10 July 1979
Climate Change Programme - Pacific Voice This activity is focused on amplifying the Pacific voice, enabling the Pacific to tell its story, and influence global climate change negotiations with greater impact. The Activity enhances Pacific presence and visibility on the global stage in support of action on climate change; builds capacity of the Pacific to engage effectively in international negotiations, workshops and events; and build Pacific credibility by supporting them to deliver on their Paris Agreement reporting obligations.
Nouméa Scholar and Alumni Event Fund 2022-2023 The fund is administered through the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships Programme and can be accessed by all Posts where there are scholars and alumni of the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Programme.
University South Pacific - New Zealand Representatives This Activity will fund a New Zealand representative to the University of the South Pacific Council and the Grants Committee.
The New Zealand Institute for Pacific Research This activity provides five research briefs for the New Zealand Institute for Pacific Research.
French Pacific 2023 Short Term Scholarships This Activity aims to increase the knowledge and skills of individuals so that they can contribute to the development of French Pacific and positively impact the bilateral relationship by providing short term scholarships (less than one year in length) to scholars from French Pacific. These short term scholarships can take the form of vocational training, an apprenticeship, or other workplace experience.
2020 Tropical Cyclone Harold- Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga and Solomon Islands Emergency relief and early recovery support to Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga in response to Tropical Cyclone (TC) Harold.
Pacific Islands Emergency Management Alliance (Phase II) This five-year Activity (2023-2028), jointly funded with Australia, is a continuation of Phase I. It continues to fund SPC (The Pacific Community) to deliver regional and national training, exercises, and technical assistance for Pacific Island countries' emergency services (National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs), Police and Fire emergency services) to strengthen preparedness and response for, and recovery from, emergencies and natural disasters.
Forum Leaders Meeting Support This funding provides support to the hosting country of the annual Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting, in their preparation towards hosting the event. The Pacific Islands Forum is the largest regional meeting in the Pacific and brings together the 18 leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum Member countries.
Pacific Island Fisheries Leaders Reports and Study Tour This activity supports the preparation of high quality reports to Pacific Island Leaders on increasing the economic returns from Pacific fisheries and the evaluation of fisheries monitoring control and surveillance. The activity also funds a Pacific Island fisheries leaders' study tour to New Zealand for Pacific Fisheries Ministers and officials to view New Zealand’s seafood sector and fisheries management systems.
Pasific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions 17th Annual Congress This relates to the Pasific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions 17th Annual Congress
Strengthening Pacific Health Laboratory systems Pacific Health laboratories deliver reliable and timely results and provide critical inputs in making informed decisions.
Climate change and Pacific food systems: Decision-making for transformational change research There is currently a trans-Tasman collaborative research project underway between the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries, and Australia's national research agency (CSIRO) to develop innovative decision making tools that can map transformational options at a regional level to allow exploration and planning for future food systems. MFAT has been asked to contribute funding  for a case study in Samoa for the research.
Transition Support for Transparency International The NZ Aid Programme will provide transition funding for Pacific TI chapters via TINZ over FY 2015/16. The total NZ Aid Programme contribution of up to NZ$400,000 to support the implementation of FY 2015/16 Pacific TI chapters workprogrammes.
Climate Change and Tuna Fisheries The activity will address information gaps on the effects of climate change on Pacific tuna fisheries and improve coordination between international and domestic climate change processes.
Supporting Anti-corruption in the Pacific To provide core funding, technical support and mentoring to four Pacific Transparency International Chapters (PNG, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu).
Trade: Food and Agriculture Organisation/World Trade Organization (Round Table meeting) Annual Round Table Meetings are organized and coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific Islands (SAP), with other regional partners including the Government of New Zealand. Emphasis is on the Pacific Islands Countries' Trade Agreement (PICTA), Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus and others, and how decisions taken may affect the regional development of agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
Education Research Series for Strategic Research Needs This Activity funds strategic education research to help inform the activity design and investment for the delivery of robust educational support to developing countries through the New Zealand Aid Programme. Research can include, but is not limited to, education activity design, education methodologies, education best practice, results and lessons.
Pacific Energy Conference 2016 New Zealand and the European Union will host a Pacific Energy Conference in June 2016. The conference is designed to provide the mechanism to identify and leverage a package of potential activities for design and implementation in the Pacific.
SPEVI - Biennial Conference For the Pasifika delegates, this Biennial Conference will continue to be an opportunity for government liaison, professional development and/or training at a government, professional and/or parent level for those with responsibilities for children and stu
New Zealand Meteorological Forecasting 2021-2025 for the Pacific This activity provides expert meteorological advice (relating to the annual Pacific cyclone season) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade through a four year contract. Due to the good services that MetService Te Ratonga Tirorangi provided in the last four year contract, it is decided to further engage them for meteorological advice for 2021 to 2025.
Fisheries: Te Vaka Moana Programme Coordination and Management Facility A co-ordination and management body that supports the implementation of activities under the Te Vaka Moana fisheries programme, and facilitates co-ordination across donors and regional agencies.
International Search and Rescue Advisory Group Event Contribution This Activity will seek to contribute funding towards an International Search and Rescue Advisory Group Event, co-hosted with Fire and Emergency New Zealand. It will also seek to fund the Fijian National Disaster Management Officer to travel to Christchurch to attend this event.
Pacific Island Law Officer Network Litigation Skills Programme A programme supported by the Crown Law Office where Pacific Island Government lawyers acquire advanced knowledge and practical skills in the conduct of court room functions such as examination in chief, cross-examination, and presenting effective opening and closing addresses.
Pacific Multi-Country Statistics New Zealand: Official Statistics User Forum The 2014 Users Forum “Informing Today: Advancing Tomorrow” is a two day conference designed to ensure that the voices of a broad range of Users of Official Statistics will be heard. Official Statistics provide information on who we are now and are used in the creation of future policy. The conference theme “Informing Today: Advancing Tomorrow” will reflect this. The focus of the 2014 user conference will be to keep discussions at a higher more strategic level and will not be drilling down in
Fisheries: Pacific Island Port State Measures The Activity will provide support to Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) member countries to implement effective Port State Measures to assist in reducing Illegal Unreported and Unregulated(IUU) fishing. New services and advice will be provided by FFA, with input from The Pacific Community (SPC) and New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries.
Energy - Draw Down Consultancy Services A panel of experts who will be used for specific techinical advice on New Zealand Aid Programme energy-related strategies, frameworks, and approaches.
Programme Evaluation Workshop A facilitated workshop with senior leaders was conducted to develop the management response to the 2014/15 country programme evaluation synthesis report.
Pacific Regional South Pacific Lawyers Association (SPLA): Inaugural South Pacific Lawyers Conferenc The objectives of the South Pacific Lawyers Association (SPLA) Conference are to:
• provide a Forum to discuss challenges facing lawyers in the South Pacific region;
• contribute to dialogues that seek sustainable solutions to key issues of regulation and education;
• facilitate the provision of continuing legal education for lawyers in the South Pacific region in core subject areas; and
• provide an opportunity for lawyers to engage with colleagues from across the region.

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Review: An evaluation of activities implemented under the Maritime Portfolio The aim of this review is to provide an independent assessment of MFAT's suite of maritime interventions.
This will help to inform the future direction of activities in the maritime sector, particularly as COVID-19 changes both the needs of the Pacific and MFAT's ability to deliver impact.
Fisheries: Forum Fisheries Agency/Secretariat of the Pacific Community Observer Programme A four year project to improve the functioning of national and sub-regional observer programmes of Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Pacific Island members and increase the employment of observers and related workers.
Support for UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Session in Samoa Samoa is hosting the first ever session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) outside of New York or Geneva. This Activity is a contribution towards hosting costs.
Transport: Design and Management of NZ Pacific Aviation Initiatives Specialist aviation adviser to provide advice and project manage the design and initial implementation of NZ-funded Pacific regional aviation safety initiatives
Trade, Tourism and Private Sector Expert Advice A draw down facility to support the development and implementation of trade sector initiatives- including multi-country and bilateral activities- via trade-related expertise. This trade expertise may relate to improving trade facilitation (customs, bio-security, food standards), improving access to markets (building producer group/exporter capacity, linkage to markets) and improving understanding of trade policy issues.
PIF Forum Leaders Meeting Support - Tuvalu 2019 This funding provides support to the hosting country of the annual Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting, in their preparation towards hosting the event. The Pacific Islands Forum is the largest regional meeting in the Pacific and brings together the 18 leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum Member countries.
Evaluation Support - Climate Change Programme This activity is focused on providing quality monitoring and evaluation  support  for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Climate Change Programme to ensure we have a robust evidence base to monitor the progress and the impact.
Strengthening Implementing Partner Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Capability This activity will provide external monitoring and evaluation expertise to work alongside the Insights, Monitoring and Evaluation (IME) Unit to develop high quality, fit for purpose monitoring and evaluation training tools that help towards building capability of our Implementing Partners.
Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility - Technical Assistance - Phase Four Funding for the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) for Phase Four (July 2019 – September 2024). PRIF is a multi-agency coordination mechanism managed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) aimed at improving the delivery of development assistance to the infrastructure sector in the Pacific. PRIF supports infrastructure development and maintenance in Pacific Island Countries (PICs) through investment coordination, research and technical assistance.
Evaluation of Strengthening Laboratory systems An evaluation will be undertaken to inform decisions on the future of Pacific Laboratory Strengthening programme investment.
COVID-19: WHO Pacific Support in response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus This activity will provide grant contributions to support Pacific Island Countries and Territories to manage their response to and preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic, and support health response priorities, guided by the incidence and prevalence of COVID-19 infection in the country and the transmission dynamics.
Agriculture in the Pacific This research will provide a regional and country-by-country overview of the Pacific Island countries, including areas of greatest potential for NZ Aid Programme investment in PNG and Vanuatu.
Oceania Customs Organisation This Activity provides funding to the Oceania Customs Organisation to support the core functions set out in their Strategic Plan 2015-17.
Climate Science for Ensuring Pacific Tuna Access Development of an advanced warning system to forecast climate induced tuna migration in the Pacific. Also includes work to integrate Tokelau into the advanced warning system and support key regional scientific infrastructure.
Infrastructure Specialist Support (A12904) Specialist infrastructure advisory support for design and implementation of NZ Aid Programme funded infrastructure projects
Fisheries: Effective Coastal Fisheries Management This Activity will strengthen governance structures and processes, specifically legislation, policy, management planning, and monitoring, control, surveillance and enforcement (MCS&amp;E), for coastal fisheries and aquaculture. This will contribute to improved frameworks for the sustainable management of coastal fisheries species, supporting more resilient coastal ecosystems and improved long-term food security.
Increasing Employment and Economic Benefits from Tuna Fisheries This Activity will fund the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) to provide advice, technical assistance, and funding to assist Pacific Island countries to derive greater economic and employment benefits from their tuna fisheries. The Activity will include support for export facilitation, investment advice, and improved crewing conditions.
The Activity will actively consider broader gender, human rights, and environmental issues.
Regional Assessment Project This Activity will design a programme to support a cyclical approach to regional Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessments (PILNA). The design will consider how it could be sustainable and provide detailed costings.
PACollaborate The PACollaborate Fund is available to respond to opportunities to promote economic and social development; and to promote good governance, leadership and relationship building in the Pacific Region.
The influence of stunting on health and education outcomes for children  in the Pacific Stunting of children is known to be widespread throughout the Pacific due to nutritional deficiencies. This Activity will synthesise the evidence about what is known about the effects of stunting on health and education outcomes for children in the Pacific.
Pacific Islands Trade and Invest Core Support The Activity will provide support to the Auckland office of Pacific Islands Trade and Invest (PT and I), who works with exporters from the Pacific Islands to promote their products and services as well as attract investment to the Pacific Island businesses.
Support: Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner The Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (OPOC) will provide stewardship, coordination, collaboration and integration for the sustainable development, management and conservation of the Pacific Ocean and its resources.
Department of Internal Affairs & Pacific Regional Branch of Internal Council-Archives Congress The International Council on Archives (ICA) Congress is a once in 4 year chance to meet with international professionals in the area of records and archival management. This is the first time in the ICA’s history that the Congress has been held in the Pac
Pacific Community (SPC) Core and Programme Funding 2017-2019 The Pacific Community (SPC) is the key provider of technical, research and scientific expertise in the region in agriculture, fisheries science, public health, statistics, geoscience, maritime safety, youth and gender.
This activity is for New Zealand's annual membership fees and programmatic support to SPC.
SPC Pacific Statistics and Data 2 This Activity responds to the issues of quantity, quality, availability, accessibility, and usability of data for evidence-informed decision making across the Pacific and in MFAT's Pacific and Development Group (PDG). It funds The Pacific Community's (SPC) Statistics for Development Division and the Pacific Data Hub to improve capability, governance, publication, dissemination, accessibility, and use of Pacific data, statistics, research and evaluation.
Pacific Infrastructure Technical Assistance Fund (PITAF) The Pacific Infrastructure Technical Assistance Fund (PITAF) provides technical, commercial and legal assistance to support Pacific nations in attracting high quality construction finance.