The Kiribati Marine Training Centre (MTC) is a locally-based organisation that contributes to economic and social-well being in Kiribati through provision of training for occupations seeking work in the local marine sector.

A Community Initiatives Scheme (CIS) was foreshadowed in the NZODA Cook Islands Country Strategy 2001-2006, which recommended a new flexible, responsive mechanism for supporting civil society be introduced and managed by the New Zealand High Commission in Rarotonga. Its purpose was to provide support to civil society organisations in a more focused way than previous...

The strategy, agreed with the Government of Vanuatu, sets out the areas of focus (education, governance, economic development and water) and the intended focus of spending.

Over 2003-2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) committed nearly $NZ 2.5 million to fund two projects aimed at improving the mental health status of young people.

Agriculture provides employment for the vast majority of people in the rural sector who make up approximately 80% of the total population. With the relatively small resources at its disposal, FSA addresses the broader issues facing the position of agriculture in Vanuatu with vision and determination.