Monday, 08 March 2010 12:40 .
MAKIRA province is committed to completing most of its project this year by investing half a million last month.
The province in its February newsletter said the provincial government strengthening program, PGSP, contains a funding component called the Provincial Capital Development Fund (PCDF).
The aim of which is to strengthen skills through developing experience in managing public expenditures and to be able to provide citizens with public services.
"In February, the Provincial Assembly approved a supplementary budget of $503,369 to provide our Province with access to additional funding for capital investments.
"All funding has been approved and allocated to ongoing projects and aims to provide sufficient resources to successfully complete all planned PCDF projects from this financial year," the newsletter said.
Makira Ulawa has also opened tenders nationally and locally for several contracts for goods and works.
Hardware materials will be procured from Honiara and all over the Province, while timber and furniture will be procured and labour/ man power contracted to complete the ongoing PCDF projects within March 2010.
At the end of February, a team from the health, fisheries and administration divisions conducted project site monitoring visits, passing by the villages of Maniata, Tawarogha, Ghupuna, Aurigi, Mami, Namuga and Mwareiraro.
The team met with community representatives and discussed ongoing projects for water tank installation for primary schools and communities, nurse aid post development and the Santa Ana Fishery Centre project.
As a general observation is was found that all communities were committed to the development of their villages through these PCDF projects, however, lots of work is still to be done.
"Let's work together as Government and community to complete the projects we have, as we believe that working together is the key to our success," the provincial government said in the newsletter.
In planning for next year's PCDF investments; the executive respected the decision of the Provincial Development Council (PDC) and plans to invest upcoming PCDF funding in the area of economic development and water and sanitation (WATSAN) projects.
It is for the first time that the government has actively engaged the public in such decision-making.
"The rationale was also in consideration of the investments and funds being made available to the transportation and communication infrastructure, with large scale projects and investments done through the mandate and plans of the central government and other donors such as ADB.
"As such, the executive, on the basis of the Council's recommendations, decided to prioritize funding towards Goals one and three.
"As all new projects are currently being developed we will provide you with an overview of the new projects in our next newsletter," the government said in the newsletter.
[source: http://www.solomonstarnews.com/]
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