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1.1 Project backgroundThe project, ‘Managing Coastal Aquifer in Selected Pacific SIDS’, is supported by the Global Environment Facility and is being implemented by UNDP and executed by the Disaster and Community Resilience Programme (Geoscience Energy Maritime Division) of the Pacific Community (SPC) in the Republic of Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, and Tuvalu. The four-year (2021–2024), USD 5.2 million project aims at improving the understanding, use, management and protection of coastal aquifers towards enhanced water security, including in the context of a changing climate. More specifically it aims at 1) identifying the extent, threats and the development potential of groundwater resources, 2) increasing awareness of groundwater as a water security supply source, 3) providing options for improved access to groundwater and 4) and improving aquifer protection and management, within Pacific Small Island Developing States.1.2 Mission objectives and outcomes
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Managing Water Scarcity through Strengthened Water Resource Management Project in Tuvalu is the second phase of the previous Strengthening Water Security in the Vulnerable Island States that aim to improve the water resource storage system to enhance resilience in communities. This regional project covers 5 Islands which are Cook Island, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Tokelau, and Tuvalu. The project's long-term goal is for communities to be less susceptible to water scarcity. This project is funded by New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC).The sole purpose of the household water survey was to collect data and information about the conditions of water storage and catchment system at the household level on all Island of Tuvalu. As the Tuvalu Water Investment Plan needs solid and up-to-date data and information on the current storage capacity on each island of Tuvalu. The survey is a preliminary step towards the achievement of the investment plan.
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Tuvalu faces several development challenges as one of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The National Strategy for Sustainable Development (2016-2020) (TK III) addresses these challenges and provides important guidelines on Tuvalu’s sustainable development.
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This fraud policy is established to support increased awareness, understanding and transparency of the control environment to support the detection and prevention of fraud against the Government of Tuvalu.The Government of Tuvalu has a zero tolerance approach to fraud, and shall promote consistent behaviour by providing guidelines for staff, assigning responsibility for controls to positions and conducting investigations into alleged fraud.In relation to the commitment to prevent and discourage fraud the Secretary for Finance and Economic Development shall be responsible for the following items:a. Developing and maintaining effective controls to prevent fraud;b. Ensuring if fraud occurs a vigorous and prompt investigation takes place;c. Recording and reporting all cases of fraud to the Audit Committee, the Auditor-General and the Ombudsman;d. Taking appropriate disciplinary and legal action in all cases;e. Reviewing and updating the systems and procedures which did not prevent or detect a fraud from occurring, in order to prevent similar frauds from occurring in the future; andf. Investigating where fraud has occurred if there has been a failure in supervision, and taking appropriate disciplinary action where supervisory failures occurred.