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Governance and Management

PRIF is a partnership between development partners and Pacific island country governments. The current PRIF development partners are the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the European Commission (EC) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), the New Zealand Government via the New Zealand Aid Programme, and the World Bank Group (WBG).

The governance and management structure of the PRIF is designed to ensure that it is accountable to both its development partners and country partner governments. The current PRIF governance structure consists of:

  • Senior Management Team (SMT) - consists of a senior representative from each of the development partners. Responsible for overall direction and partner input into PRIF.

  • Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) – consists of a senior officer-level staff member from each of the development partners. Responsible for PRIF management and strategy implementation, including ongoing input into the PRIF design process.

  • PRIF Secretariat – consists of two staff engaged to provide program support to the development of PRIF and to SMT and IWG.

  • Pacific Infrastructure Advisory Centre (PIAC) - consists of four staff who are responsible for coordinating technical assistance for advisory and project preparatory support to partner countries. For more information about PIAC's role please see the "Assistance through PIAC" page.

 

Following the PRIF Design workshop with representatives from Pacific island countries in Brisbane in August 2009, the PRIF Design Document was finalised and underwent an Appraisal Peer Review process in November 2009. The Design Document was endorsed by the PRIF partners in December 2009 and work is currently underway to establish a PRIF Management Unit to continue to support Facility operations and provide:
  1. Advisory services – technical assistance to Pacific island countries for sector planning, policy, regulatory and institutional reforms, capacity development, technical assistance, activity development, and brokerage of investment activities.
     
  2. Knowledge hub – coordinate and communicate information on infrastructure activities in the Pacific and good practice via networking, analysis and database management.
     
  3. Coordinated assistance – supporting the PRIF partners in bringing together support from multiple development agencies to make assistance go further and make a bigger difference.

 

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Fast Fact #1

PRIF is an initiative jointly supported by:

  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
  • European Commission (EC)
  • European Investment Bank (EIB)
  • New Zealand Government via the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZMFAT)
  • World Bank Group (WBG)

Fast Fact #3

PRIF aims to help improve infrastructure outcomes in the following economic infrastructure sectors:

  • Energy
  • Telecommunications
  • Transport (land, sea, air)
  • Waste Management
  • Water and Sanitation

Fast Fact #2

PRIF provides support to:

  • Cook Islands
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Kiribati
  • Republic of Marshall Islands
  • Nauru
  • Niue
  • Palau
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu

Fast Fact #5

Partner countries are encouraged to engage with the PRIF partners by having:

  • a single government agency responsible for the coordination of other agencies and for contact with PRIF development partners.
  • a process to sort out infrastructure priorities and lead development partners
  • a roadmap for future investment in economic infrastructure

Fast Fact #4

PRIF has eight priority principles to support improved infrastructure services which are:

  • long-term support to countries
  • country-led support
  • sector-based approaches
  • institutional support
  • supporting private sector development
  • use of appropriate technology
  • strengthened coordination
  • performance incentives

 

PRIF in action

 
 Building and maintaining roads


Constructing bridges


Securing clean water supplies


Supporting sustainable energy