Regions and Countries

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Country Assistance Plans - Republic of the Fiji Islands

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V. Donor Activities and Aid Coordination

35. The country’s largest donor and the main source of multilateral aid funds is the European Union. Besides supporting the Sugar Protocol under the Lomé Convention, the European Union provides various grants, with 45 percent of the funds being allocated to human resource development. Major bilateral donors are AusAID, NZODA, and Japan. AusAID’s program currently focuses on good governance and improving public investment in health and education. NZODA assistance emphasizes human resource development. The Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) of Japan recently commenced operations in Fiji Islands with the provision of infrastructure loans. Japan also provides annual small-scale grants through JICA. Numerous other donors include the UNDP who support a variety of small-scale advisory services, and the World Bank whose lending activity is currently limited to FRUP II and technical advice in the form of a financial sector review and strengthening of the transport unit. Most donors have national and regional missions resident in Suva and they regularly meet to coordinate their aid programs.

36. The ADB is considered to be an important multilateral development bank in Fiji Islands. It is actively pursuing donor coordination. In this regard, ADB TAs requiring coordination with other donors are:

1. Capacity Building in support of implementing the Government’s Financial Management Information System with New Zealand;

2. Strengthening public asset and debt management with AusAID;

3. Institutional Strengthening of the Public Policy "Think Tank" with AusAID; and

4. Implementation of the National Women’s Plan of Action-AusAID, Commonwealth Secretariat, New Zealand, and the UN.

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