A team of twenty-five (25) government officers has visited Buariki on a weekend from 9th -11th August 2019 for retreat to carry out the translation on all the Island Strategic Plans (ISP) for the pilot islands of LDCF-I project which are Maiana, Abemama and Nonouti.
The retreat was coordinated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) through the Local Government Division (LGD). The team comprised of twelve (12) government ministries including, the PSPSM – Public Service Performance and Service Management Division – PSO, KiLGA – the Kiribati Local Government Association, Ministry of Education, Fisheries Division, Culture and Museum, Environment and Conservation Division, Agriculture and Livestock Division, Kiribati National Tourism Office, Ministry of Commerce and Industrial Cooperatives, Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy, Ministry of Women, Youth, Sport & Social Affairs and Kiribati Police Services.
LDCF-(I) Project, Stakeholders meet in North Tarawa to complete the translation of all the Island Strategic for Abemama, Maiana and Nonouti
The objective of the retreat is to gather the key technical staffs from concerned Ministries to assist in translating contents of the ISP from Kiribati to English which are relevant to their areas of work so the ISP can be published into both languages that is in English and in vernacular for Kiribati people. It also to attract more external donors to assist on the issues that had been identified to threaten food security on Maiana, Abemama and Nonouti.
A small closing was done on Saturday afternoon to earmark the completion of the ISP translation with the indoor and outdoor games among the participants and then followed by a dinner. The team returned on a Sunday morning on 11th August 2019. The LGD-MIA is now in the plan to finalize and publish the ISP into the English and the vernacular language and it is expected to be published before end of this year and then launch to the island councils of Maiana, Abemama and Nonouti for implementation.
The retreat was supported by the Kiribati LDCF I Project, funded by the Global Environment Facility and implemented under the Environment and Conservation Division with the support of the United Nations Development Programme.
