The project is facilitating the increased access to electricity in rural communities in Solomon Islands. It is working towards five indicators and these include: Contact online >>
The project is facilitating the increased access to electricity in rural communities in Solomon Islands. It is working towards five indicators and these include:
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It is a pleasure and honour to join you this morning at this historic event to commission the solar energy installation in the Chiefly Island of Bau. This
The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment and the Government of Vanuatu have authorized the first carbon reduction project in the South Pacific country of
The Solomon Islands Government, through the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE), Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster
Public lighting has long been associated with safety. Before the advent of modern electricity, cities and communities ceased most activities at sunset. Despite
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The MMERE as the Implementing Partner and Chairman of the SPIRES Project Board, shall coordinate to realize synergy and avoid duplication of efforts with implementers of various RE/EE and rural electrification projects funded by several organizations as listed in the Baseline Projects. This shall consider different objectives, timelines and focus of the related projects.
For those partners that have major involvement and shared resources and benefits, a co-financing arrangement for parallel activities will be formalized through a commitment letter. This will be backed up by an engagement plan and progress monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system consistent with the Annual Project Report/Project Implementation Review (APR/PIR) system of the UNDP and GEF to account for the utilization of GEF and co-financed resources mobilized by the project.
It is expected that for the procurements of technology suppliers for Activities 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 will follow the SIG procurement procedures, rules and regulations. Apart from multi-lateral and bilateral donor-funded projects, the MMERE and MECDM have implemented SIG-funded energy projects wherein the selection of technology suppliers was part of the implementation process. Most likely they will come up with a technical working group to evaluate the potential suppliers and the bidding will be through a central tender board under the Ministry of Finance and Treasury.
GEF has administered funds through UNDP to facilitate the project. This has made UNDP as an administrator of the project. UNDP always endeavors to seek adaptive management approach in the implementation of projects. Based on the partnerships defined and firmed up during the project development, the management arrangements have always been anchored on co-operation and mutual sharing of benefits where accountability and responsibility for implementing the project and achieving the project outputs.
SPIRES is implemented through the government under Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification. The Implementing Partner (MMERE) will designate Responsible Parties who will provide implementation support to carry out project activities and produce outputs. Responsible Parties will act on behalf of the MMERE based on a written agreement or contract defining specific roles and responsibilities, including procuring goods and services using the project budget. Responsible Parties will be directly accountable to MMERE in accordance with the terms of their agreement or contract with MMERE.
The chosen sites and the surrounding communities have become partners of the project. There are overall 14 sites in total namely:
Through CRISP residents of Mbalo on Guadalcanal have access to safe drinking water
Challenge The 2019 World Risk Report ranks Solomon Islands the fourth most ''at risk of disaster'' country in the world, and it is amongst the top 20 countries in the world with the highest economic risk exposure to geological, hydrological and climatic hazards, including tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, floods and droughts. Each year, the country incurs an average loss of US $20 million as a result of earthquakes and tropical cyclones alone, and it hashad seven major disasters in the last 40 years.
In 2014, with more than 992 islands stretching across 1,500 kilometers, the country then had an overall population of roughly 620,000. Before CRISP, climate and disaster risk resilience was not yet fully integrated into the country''s planning and budgeting process, nor was it considered in major sector investments.
Approach The project supported; (i) rural communities at the community and provincial level to increase their resilience through access to safer evacuation routes and evacuation centers during tropical cyclones and safe drinking water during prolonged drought; and (ii) strengthened climate and disaster risk information and early warning systems at both the national and sub-national levels to better mainstream risks in government policies and operations – and provide timely warnings to communities to prepare and respond to natural disasters.
A raised community hall was constructed in Longgu village to act as an emergency shelter during cyclones and other disasters. Water tanks like this one in Mboeni, Gudalcanal, are also being provided throughout Solomon Islands.
Partners The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) contributed US $1.8 million to the project. CRISP was implemented by the Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology. Moving forwardTo help mainstream resilience into rural infrastructure to enhance economic growth, and to protect communities – including those in low-lying atolls and on artificial islands – against the impacts of climate change and disasters, the Solomon Islands government and the World Bank have agreed to scale up the CRISP-led community resilience activities through a new integrated program in 2022.
The new program will also strengthen government capacity to implement resilience-informed investments.
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