BY BEN BILUA
Gizo

THE Provincial Secretary of Western Province is heading to Japan to meet and hold discussions with donor partners on development initiatives.

Patrick Toiraena will depart this Sunday to attend a three-day workshop and discussion under the LEADS (Lead. Adapt. Scale.) Program, a collaboration between the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the World Bank, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Speaking to Island Sun, he said the workshop will bring together teams from selected projects financed by ADB, JICA, the World Bank and IFC across the region.

Toiraena said the focus areas of the program include infrastructure, governance and health.

He said the workshop aims to build participants’ capacity to understand impact evaluation techniques and to develop practical skills in applying impact evaluation to their respective projects.

“It aims to establish a regional learning agenda that integrates global evidence and trial-and-adopt impact evaluations into project design and implementation,” Toiraena said.

He said the program is co-created with policymakers, operational teams and researchers to help steer projects towards achieving greater development impact.

Toiraena said the workshop is hosted by the World Bank Group with support from ADB and will be held in Tokyo from January 26 to 29.

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