Pacific Department: Education and Health
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Butch D. de la CruzPacific Department: Education and Health
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Education and Health
• Pacific Strategy
• Pacific portfolio
• ADB priority areas
• On-going projects
• Future opportunities
ADB Business Opportunities Fair
2-3 March 2011
Pacific Strategy 2010–2014
• Promote inclusive and sustainable growth,
with particular attention to disadvantaged
and vulnerable groups. Improve the
quality and enhancing the delivery of
essential social services in education and
health to all group of population.
• Education: Aim to provide better
knowledge and skills necessary for
sustainable economic growth. Focusing
on increasing equity and access,
improving quality, strengthening
education management, mobilizing
resources, strengthening partnerships,
and applying new and innovative
technologies.
• Health: Through infrastructure projects to
increase equity and quality services and to
mitigate the spread of communicable
diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Through
governance work, support public
expenditure management for cost
effective service delivery.
Pacific Portfolio
2008-2010
Loans and Grants 2008-2010 TA 2008-2010
Multisector Multisector
Transport
Transport
Energy
Energy Water / Sanitation
Water/Sanitation Law /Policy/Finance
Finance Social Sectors
27 Projects 60 TAs
ADB Business Opportunities Fair
2-3 March 2011
Pacific Portfolio
2009-2012
50 Projects 85 TAs
ADB Business Opportunities Fair
2-3 March 2011
Pacific Portfolio (pipeline)
2011-2012
• Education
Lending and grants $19 million
Technical assistance $2.4 million
• Health
Lending and grants $20 million
Technical assistance $1.5 million
ADB’s Priority on Education and
Health Sectors
Education
• Higher Education (Distance Learning)
• Technical Vocational Education and Training
• Quality Education (Primary and Secondary)
Health
• Support for Health Outcomes through Infrastructure
Operation, Governance and Public Goods
• Partnership
• Knowledge, Analysis and Policy Dialogue
On-going Education sector
projects
SchoolNet in Samoa: Assist the Government of Samoa to
develop the capacity of relevant divisions of the Ministry
of Education, teachers, and students in ICT competencies
in order to improve student learning outcomes – closing
June 2013
Education Sector Project II in Samoa: Assist the Government
of Samoa to enhance equitable learning outcomes,
through development of a new curriculum and provision
of teacher training that improve the quality of learning
for students – closing June 2013
Pacific Education Strategy: Skills Development (Regional TA):
Regional technical assistance (TA), which provides
detailed analysis of demand-driven TVET in four Pacific
countries – closing Dec. 2011
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Future Opportunities in Education
Revitalization of ICT-based Education with the
University of the South Pacific – approval in Q2
2011 / procurement in 2012
Regional TVET policy TA ($1.2 million) – 2012
School Net and ICT-based Education in Samoa
– 2013
Higher Education with USP – 2012/13
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On-going Health sector
projects
Regional: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity
Development in the Pacific: Renovation of existing
health facilities, condom social marketing, behavioral
change (closing June 2011)
PNG: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in Rural
Development Enclaves: Renovation of existing health
facilities, condom social marketing, behavioral change,
surveillance (closing December 2011)
PNG: Strengthening Rural Primary Health Services
Delivery (PPTA): Policy development, costing tools, GIS
mapping, HR review and preparation of a loan project
(closing in April 2011)
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Future Opportunities in Health
o PNG: Rural Primary Health Services Delivery
Project ($60–70 million)
o Aiming to improve and strengthen the
delivery of rural primary health services
through partnership with non-state service
providers
o Q2 2011: board approval
o Q3 2011: tendering consultancy
o Regional TA: Strengthening Social Sector
Costing and Financing ($1.5 million) - 2012
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For More Information
Education
› Kiyoshi Nakamitsu, Education Specialist,
Pacific Department
e-mail: knakamitsu@adb.org
Health
› Sakiko Tanaka, Social Development
Specialist, Pacific Department
e-mail: sakikotanaka@adb.org
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