Table 2: Quality at implementation or completion in 2008 of initiatives in the Pacific regional aid program Name of initiative or activity Financial approval Implementation progress Achieve objectives Monitoring & evaluation Sustain-ability Regional organisations Secretariat of the Pacific Community Core Budget $108.75m 6 6 6 6 Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat $21.15m 4 4 6 4 Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission $16.52m 6 6 6 6 Forum Fisheries Agency $18.19m 6 6 4 4 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program $22.44m 4 4 4 4 South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment $5.53m 4 4 3 4 University of the South Pacific $42.43m 4 4 5 4 Fiji School of Medicine $3.15m 3 3 3 4 UNDP Pacific Sub Regional Centre $12.81m 4 4 5 4 UNICEF Pacific Program $12.00m 4 5 4 4 World Bank South Pacific Facility $35.33m 3 3 2 4 Governance Pacific Governance Support Program $27.12m 4 4 4 3 Pacific Public Sector Linkages Program $25.00m 5 5 3 4 Society and Governance Melanesia $5.85m 3 4 2 3 Pacific Governance Partnership na 5 3 3 4 Pacific Executive Program $7.50m 5 4 3 4 Pacific Plan Implementation Support $4.68m QAI exemption Pacific Leadership Program Phase 1 $10.05m 5 5 5 4 Pacific Public Sector Capacity Building Initiative $13.43m 6 4 3 4 Law and justice Pacific Judicial Development Program $5.42m 3 3 3 3 Pacific Regional Policing Initiative $21.55m 5 5 5 3 Regional Maritime Programme $5.40m QAI not prepared Health Pacific Regional Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Project $8.50m 4 4 4 4 Regional Non-Communicable Disease Program $19.89m 4 4 4 4 Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS Project $18.23m 5 5 5 4 Pacific – Health System Strengthening $13.03m 4 4 4 4 Pacific Islands Program $11.88m 5 4 4 3 Pacific Malaria Initiative – Solomon Islands Malaria Program $6.98m 3 4 3 4 Pacific Malaria Initiative – regional research $5.04m 5 5 5 4 Sexual and Reproductive Health Program $2.50m 4 4 4 3 Trade Foreign Investment Advisory Service $3.40m 3 4 2 4
Harmonise implementation reporting Peer reviews of initiatives’ quality at implementation by sector or cluster By November 2009 Pacific regional hub in Suva with Pacific Branch Canberra Increase whole- engagement Working through Law and Justice Steering Committee Increased liaison with the Department of Climate Change Ongoing Pacific Branch Canberra with the relevant advisers to work through the Law and Justice Steering Group to improve harmonisation of initiatives with relevant partners. Program specialist in a climate change position created in Suva collaborating with the Department of Climate Change Increase donor harmonisation Increased alignment between the Health Organization and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community on health programs Greater coordination with New Zealand in a range of areas Ongoing Suva hub with Pacific Branch Canberra and Health Thematic Group Increase engagement of bilateral in regional programs Reporting on the impact of relevant regional programs in annual program performance reports Increased engagement by bilateral posts with regional program managers and program personnel Ongoing Bilateral posts Regional program managers Regional program personnel Review and evaluate progress for 2009–10 To continue the quality improvement process, the following reviews will take place in Regional Non-Communicable Diseases Program Regional health architecture South Pacific Sea-level and Climate Monitoring Pacific Islands Climate Prediction Project Phase 2 UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Program Pacific Enhanced Humanitarian Response Initiative Pacific Drinking Water Safety Plans Program State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program Pacific Sexual and Reproductive Health Capacity Building Program.