Pacific Public Administration Governance Initiative

The Pacific Public Administration Governance Initiative is a consolidation of three activities which is targeted at strengthening Pacific Island Countries (PIC) public administration and financial management systems. Support focuses on public administration, audits and public financial management with institutional arrangements set up in three different modalities. Support to the Pacific Island Centre for Public Administration as part of the University of the South Pacific since 2009 is to respond PIC needs for strengthened public administration by provision of specialised advisory services and capacity development activities including mentoring. Support to Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institution Strategy 2014-19 is a continuation of Australia's support to the Pacific Regional Audit Initiative. Public auditing is a key issue in the Pacific and hence the need for fiscal transparency of government expenditure. Support to the Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre, the first regional International Monetary Fund technical assistance centre since 1995, is aimed to improve macroeconomic management of PIC governments. The total value of this investment is $9.35 million over 3 years, starting in 2014-15.