Enhancing Knowledge-Driven Development in the Developing Member Countries of the Pacific Subregional Office (ADB-58513-002)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Cook Islands
  • Fiji
  • Kiribati
  • Niue
  • Samoa
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
U
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Voting Date
Dec 22, 2024
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Regional - Asian Development Bank
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Sectors
  • Law and Government
  • Technical Cooperation
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 1.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Other Related Projects
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Mar 14, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Jan 2, 2025

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the Technical Assistance (TA) cluster aims to support communications, knowledge management, and portfolio management for Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) South Pacific developing member countries (DMCs). The TA cluster will help implement the ADB Pacific Knowledge Plan, described in the Pacific Approach, 2021–2025, and will focus on enhancing knowledge and capacity by improving the quality of country programming and portfolio management, as well as the visibility and sharing of experiences of ADB’s Pacific operations.

The TA cluster will have the following outcome: knowledge support and project communications improved across the South Pacific. The TA cluster, (Enhancing Knowledge Driven Development in the South Pacific) in the amount of $2 million, will be approved in December 2024 together with subproject 1, covering the Pacific Subregional Office in Suva, Fiji (SPSO) countries and subproject 2, covering Pacific Liaison Coordination Office in Sydney, Australia (PLCO) countries. The TA cluster will share lessons and experiences regionally to spur replication and upscaling of concepts and approaches.

The subproject will provide support to SPSO DMCs (Cook, Fiji, Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu) for in-depth assessments, analytical work, and real-time evaluations to aid country programming. It will also enable quick responses to emerging challenges in project design and implementation faced by executing and implementing agencies by offering technical support to address and troubleshoot issues. Additionally, the subproject will facilitate activities under PLCO-led Output 2: Strengthening project communications and enhancing the visibility of ADB operations.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

According to the Technical Assistance Report, the Risk Categories are:

Environment: Not Applicable
Involuntary Resettlement: Not Applicable
Indigenous Peoples: Not Applicable

Investment Description
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The TA cluster subproject 1 financing amount is $1,000,000, which will be financed on a grant basis by the ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF 7). ADB may explore additional financing in due course to complement the TA subproject 1 financing and expand the TA benefits. The government will provide counterpart support in the form of counterpart staff and other in-kind contributions.


Contact Information
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Project Officer: Sibesh Bhattacharya
Designation: Principal Operations Specialist - Asian Development Bank
Email: sbhattacharya@adb.org

Project Officer: Nissanka Salgado
Designation: Country Operations Head - Asian Development Bank
Email: nsalgado@adb.org

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

The Accountability Mechanism is an independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by an Asian Development Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Accountability Mechanism, they may investigate to assess whether the Asian Development Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can learn more about the Accountability Mechanism and how to file a complaint at: http://www.adb.org/site/accountability-mechanism/main.

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