Regional : Strengthening Social Protection in the Pacific
The TA is designed to address piecemeal and weakly targeted social protection measures in the Pacific and expand social protection systems to promote sustainable support for the vulnerable. It will offer broad support to meet the distinct needs of the region by focusing on social insurance, social assistance, and active labor market programs. Priorities will also be given to assist Pacific DMCs in responding to COVID-19 and other climate and disaster related shocks under all the TA outputs.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Carandang, Ninebeth S.
Pacific Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Regional -
Sector
- Public sector management
| Project Name | Strengthening Social Protection in the Pacific | ||||||||||||||||
| Project Number | 53371-001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Country / Economy | Regional Cook Islands Fiji Micronesia, Federated States of Kiribati Nauru Niue Palau Papua New Guinea Marshall Islands Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||||||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Operational Priorities | OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity OP7: Fostering regional cooperation and integration |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Public sector management / Social protection initiatives |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||||||||||||||
| Description | The TA is designed to address piecemeal and weakly targeted social protection measures in the Pacific and expand social protection systems to promote sustainable support for the vulnerable. It will offer broad support to meet the distinct needs of the region by focusing on social insurance, social assistance, and active labor market programs. Priorities will also be given to assist Pacific DMCs in responding to COVID-19 and other climate and disaster related shocks under all the TA outputs. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Impact | Impact(s) the TA is aligned with enhanced government capacity and leadership in social protection development in selected Pacific developing member countries. |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Social protection systems and programs strengthened in selected Pacific DMCs. |
| Progress Toward Outcome | Social protection policies and programs supported in Palau, Vanuatu, Tonga, RMI, Nauru, and PNG. |
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| Description of Project Outputs | Gender responsive social protection policies and investments identified and prioritized. Capacity in building social protection systems and delivery of social protection services for vulnerable groups improved. Knowledge production and partnerships on social protection strengthened. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | Two projects on strengthening social protection systems and programs in Palau and Vanuatu have been approved in 2021 and 2022. Processing of relevant projects in Tonga and Republic of Marshall Islands ongoing. Rapid assessment of preparedness, mitigation and response measures designed to reduce the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable groups such as poor households, older persons, informal or unprotected workers, people with disabilities, children and the gender-differentiated effects of COVID-19 on these groups mainly from social, economic and health perspective have been undertaken for Cook Islands, Kiribati, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tuvalu. The TA assisted in setting-up the social registry in the Federated States of Micronesia. The TA assisted the Government of Papua New Guinea in developing their National Social Protection Policy which aims at protecting and safeguarding the interest of vulnerable groups and expanding the existing programs and activities pertaining to social protection in the country. A national social protection strategy produced for Nauru which aims to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of social protection programs. The strategy includes ICT Roadmap for the social protection in Nauru. The TA supported Vanuatu, Kiribati, PNG and Tuvalu in the data collection for the 2018 SPI and preparing the Regional SPI Report for the Pacific. Supported the feasibility of aged care services in Cook Islands. |
| Geographical Location | Cook Islands - Nation-wide; Fiji - Nation-wide; Kiribati - Nation-wide; Marshall Islands - Nation-wide; Micronesia, Federated States of - Nation-wide; Nauru - Nation-wide; Niue - Nation-wide; Palau - Nation-wide; Papua New Guinea - Nation-wide; Samoa - Nation-wide; Solomon Islands - Nation-wide; Tonga - Nation-wide; Tuvalu - Nation-wide; Vanuatu - Nation-wide |
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| Consulting Services | ADB will engage the consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions. Concurrence will be sought from participating governments in the shortlisting of consultants. The TA will finance up to 43 person-months of international consulting services and 14.5 of national consulting services. Either individual or consulting firm selections will be used in accordance with the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated staff instructions. The TA requires highly qualified international and national experts in the field of social protection and regulatory framework, social protection investment planning and financing and aged care, among others. Proceeds of the TA will be disbursed in accordance with the ADB Technical Assistance Disbursement Handbook (2010, as amended from time to time). |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Carandang, Ninebeth S. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Pacific Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | PASP |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 13 Nov 2019 |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 15 Apr 2020 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 29 Sep 2022 |
TA 9963-REG
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 15 Apr 2020 | - | 15 Apr 2020 | 31 Mar 2025 | - | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 500,000.00 | 2,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 09 Feb 2023 | 1,274,477.80 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Strengthening Social Protection in the Pacific: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Apr 2020 |
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Related Publications
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Empowering the Vulnerable in Tonga: A Success Story on Social Protection Services | Brochures and Flyers | Dec 2020 |
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Tenders
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| Capacity Development Technical Assistance | Technical Assistance 9963 | 20 Apr 2022 | PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting LP (NEW ZEALAND) | 15 Customs Street West, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010 New Zealand | Asian Development Bank | 197,589.00 | — |
| Capacity Development | Technical Assistance 9963 | 31 Jul 2020 | NAREE International Limited(HONG KONG, CHINA) in association with Training & Technology Transfer Ltd.(NEW ZEALAND) | Room A, 29/F, United Centre, 95 Queenswa Admiralty Hongkong, Hong Kong, China | Asian Development Bank | 319,550.00 | — |
Procurement Plan
None currently available.