Wallis and Futuna Results Summary 2019

Each year, as part of SPC’s organisation-wide annual results reporting process, SPC collates the results achieved in each of its member countries and territories, and in the region.

In 2019, 442 results were reported across the organisation towards the achievement of our development objectives. Of these results, 0 country-specific results were reported for Wallis and Futuna, with 16 multi-country results benefitting Wallis and Futuna.

16 RESULTS IN TOTAL Results by change type %

IMPACT 0 country-specific 506 38 CHANGE IN PRACTICE

25 CHANGE IN KNOWLEDGE 16 multi-country results* 31 OUTPUT

*Multi-country results including more than 10 Pacific Island countries and territories are included in the Regional Results Summary 2019

SPC’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

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In 2019, SPC continued to play an essential role in bringing the 17 1 SDGs to life in the Pacific region, working with our members 2 16 10 RESULTS to review and report on progress towards implementing the 3 5 1 2030 Agenda. 2 RESULTS 4

In Wallis and Futuna, results contributed to 4 of the 17 SDGs. 5

1 RESULT

The highest number of results supported SDG 3: Good health

and well-being. 1

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Performance stories

Data on disability aims to improve equality of access to social services TARGETS 4.5, 4.A, 10.2, 11.7, 16.7, 17.18

Emerging results for national statistical offices, aiming to achieve systems change. For more information, see article on the disability analysis workshop here1 Working in partnership with UNICEF, SPC has increased the capacity of National Statistics Offices to collect, analyse, use and mainstream data on people living with disabilities in the Pacific. Context

An estimated 3% of the Pacific population lives with a Activities have also focused on building and strengthening disability. Reports suggest that people living with disabilities partnerships for disability data collection and use, bringing have less access to social services, such as education, together national, regional and international partners. healthcare and employment, than people without disabilities. However, with limited data on disability prevalence, severity Results and impact and access to services, it is difficult to confirm this situation or change it. Key advances have been made in mainstreaming data on disability. A short module to gather data on disability, from SPC and UNICEF have been working together with PICTs to the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (a UN group enhance data production and compilation of statistics relating that focuses on standardisation of disability statistics), was to women, children and people living with disabilities. This incorporated in the HIES form, which was then used for HIES partnership was strengthened in 2018 when SPC and UNICEF in Marshall Islands, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna. The same signed a Programme Cooperation Agreement (PCA) and set module was used by Solomon Islands in its 2019 census and out an associated two-year workplan. in Nauru’s 2019 mini-census. A longer version of the module – which includes child functioning and details of functional Change process challenges across all age groups for more targeted policy – was used in Kiribati’s 2019 HIES and in its Multiple Indicator Cluster The PCA aims to strengthen PICT capacity to collect, analyse, Survey. Tonga also carried out a national disability survey in use and mainstream statistics on women, children and people 2018 to better understand the prevalence of disability and the with disabilities and to use the data to influence policy to restrictions that people with disabilities face. improve the situation of these groups and their access to quality education and basic services. In 2018 and 2019, a Data collected indicate a prevalence rate for disability of 3.0% series of projects under the PCA promoted the production for Fiji, 2.0% for Samoa, and 3.3% for Tuvalu. Examples of some and use of such statistics. early findings show that: • in Fiji, 94.1% of people without disabilities have attended Several capacity-building exercises were conducted. Two school, while 84.8% of people with disabilities have workshops in Samoa in 2018 focused on interpreting and attended school; communicating data on disability. Both workshops included national statistics officers, policy specialists (from education, • corresponding figures for school attendance were 97.8% health and labour) and national disability focal points – that and 63.0% for Tuvalu, and 97.5% and 79.9% for Samoa; is, participants were both statistics producers and users. The • in Fiji, 47.3% of people without disabilities have been workshops were designed so they could learn from each involved in paid work compared with 22.4% of people other, with producers talking about data use, analysis and with disabilities; interpretation, and users talking about policy implications. • corresponding figures for paid work in Tuvalu are 36.2% A regional workshop on analysis of disability data, which and 9.6%, and in Samoa, 26.8% and 5.3%. was held in Noumea, also brought together specialists and non-specialists. The participants from Tonga, Tuvalu and Fiji included national statistics officers, disability focal points and gender focal points, as well as representatives from the Pacific Disability Forum, the Centre for Inclusive Policy and SPC’s Social Development Programme.

1. https://www.spc.int/updates/blog/2019/09/using-census-data-to-better-understand-the-situation-of-persons-with

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Lessons learned building exercises proved very beneficial. Non-specialists are often sceptical of statistics, but when they understand how UNICEF has proved to be a highly supportive partner, with data is collected and what it means, this attitude changes a partnership approach of development and financial and they begin to see its value for evidence-based decision- exchange rather than a service-based approach. Recognising making. Collaboration across SPC helped to reach appropriate that comparative advantages can be leveraged through non-specialists. partnerships, UNICEF’s approach is therefore to fertilise partnerships rather than contract partners for services.

Statistical capacity and understanding outside National Division: SDD Statistics Offices are low. Including a broader range of Donors: Government of Australia, United Nations Children’s Fund stakeholders, not just professional statisticians, in capacity (UNICEF)

Better data and lower collection costs – new methods for Household Income and Expenditure Surveys TARGETS 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

Sustained results for national statistical offices. For more information, see article on the HIES experiment.2 SPC and partners carried out an experiment in the Republic of the Marshall Islands to identify more cost-effective ways to collect data in HIES. The findings have led to the PSMB recommending that PICTs use seven-day recall and computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) to conduct HIES. Context complementary modules were also trialled, including modules to collect data on food eaten away from home, and A national HIES provides valuable information that helps experiences of food insecurity. The field work was done in 2018, governments to plan and to formulate policy. High-quality, and analysis and technical review were completed in 2019. accurate data, based on international standards and classifications, also enables countries to report on global Results and impact indicators, such as the SDGs, to the international community. The experiment showed that data collected through diaries However, collecting such data can be expensive and time is often of poor quality unless highly monitored. Highly consuming. Some of the methods used in the Pacific are monitored diaries cost five times more than the seven-day costly, for example, those based on keeping a 14-day recall method, for similar quality results. Digital CAPI worked diary, which require interviewers to make repeat visits to well, even in low-connectivity settings. The complementary responding households. Because of the cost, governments modules added value for policy and planning. can only afford to survey on average once every nine years. This means data is often out of date and produced irregularly. As a result of the findings of the experiment, the PSMB, which Other problems with these methods include ‘diary fatigue’, reviews and recommends best-practice statistical methodologies with responding households reporting less and less over the for all PICTs, now recommends that PICTs use seven-day recall 14 days due to the burden on time-poor families, and under- and CAPI when conducting HIES and that they include the reporting of food eaten away from home because there are complementary modules. no specifically related questions. Through this work, SPC has strengthened partnerships Change process with and between National Statistics Offices and technical partners, including the World Bank, UNICEF, International SPC worked with partners, including Marshall Islands, the Labour Organization (ILO) and FAO. In 2019, SPC supported World Bank, the University of Waikato, FAO, and others, to labour force surveys in Tonga and Cook Islands, a disability carry out an experiment looking at different ways to collect survey in Tonga, and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys in household consumption data. Alternatives were keeping a Tonga, Kiribati, Fiji and Samoa (in 2018 and 2019). SPC also diary for 14 days with different levels of support, or using supported HIES in Vanuatu, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and recall methods where people were prompted to remember Wallis and Futuna based on the new methods. what they had eaten over the previous seven days. The cost-effectiveness of using pen and paper versus electronic devices (CAPI) to record responses was investigated. New

2. https://www.spc.int/updates/blog/2018/07/a-real-world-experiment-with-real-world-data

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New modules (e.g. on disability) Lessons learned enhanced data collection in Kiribati, MODULE Marshall Islands, Vanuatu and Wallis The new survey methods are in line with international best and Futuna HIES practice. However, they need further contextualisation to Solomon Islands census and Nauru ensure methods are culturally appropriate and responsive to mini-census in 2019 included disability module Pacific social and economic patterns.

Changing a survey methodology limits the ability to compare results with data from previous surveys. Changes should only These HIES incorporated a new labour force module designed be made infrequently and after careful consideration of this in collaboration with ILO, an FAO module on food insecurity, limitation. National Statistics Offices need to be aware of a module on disability that complies with criteria set by the this issue. Washington Group on Disability Statistics, and a new module on food eaten away from home. Division: SDD Donors: Governments of the Republic of Marshall Islands and New Zealand, and the World Bank

PROTEGE3 enters the operational phase: PROTEGE is a four-year project designed to promote sustainable and climate- change-resilient economic development in the European Pacific OCTs (Pitcairn Islands, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna). The project areas are agriculture and forestry, coastal fisheries and aquaculture, water, and invasive species. SPC is leading the implementation of PROTEGE, in co-delegation with SPREP. In 2019:

• two regional workshops on the themes of coconut (held in French Polynesia), and coastal fisheries and aquaculture (held in Wallis and Futuna) reviewed strengths and challenges, existing policies and initiatives pertaining to the sectors, and technical issues, and stimulated exchanges with local implementing partners • a network of agri-ecological demonstration farms was launched in New Caledonia and French Polynesia • technical expertise was extended to Wallis and Futuna to review the status of the coconut industry.

3. PROTEGE means ‘protect’ in French.

4 Wallis and Futuna Results Summary 2019 Wallis and Futuna Wallis territories (PICTs) (PICTs) territories Wallis and Futuna Wallis Pacific Island countries and countries Island Pacific Tonga; Nauru; Polynesia; French Fiji; Tuvalu; States Federated Polynesia; French of Micronesia; New Caledonia; Solomon Islands;

SPC contribution SPC provided TA, funding and/or played funding and/or played TA, SPC provided with Pacific role a coordination/advocacy Solomon IUHPE conference, ECHO workshop, Tonga actors workshop, Islands non state W&F workshop, association diabetes childhood obesity intervention project, training management data Territories French training Association Diabetes Fiji workshop, Solomon and management, care diabetes for survey in FP, STEPs workshop, NCD roadmap NCD training, Tuvalu W&F, survey in STEPs Oceania security with FAO, workshop food training youth Tonga conference, tobacco training, Nauru NCD committee workshop, workshop MANA/PLF NCD and childhood obesity that PHD ensured and regional at key a high profile have meetings: 1) prepared ministerial national NCD papers on roadmap and presented childhood obesity and and MANA, progress at the FEMM, framework legislative Pacific HOH, PHMM, Early Childhood Development Secretariat Forum Meeting, High Level network research Meeting and Pacific NCD and presented and 2) prepared meeting, level national at presentations PHD conducted advocacy meetings for of NCD & childhood obesity integration SDG: 1) Undertaken national into strategies as part and civil society of the NCD workshop countrymeeting at level Result SDG 3 Good health and well-being

17 initiatives with governments and civil with governments 17 initiatives supported society strengthen to were action on NCDs collaborative non- national strengthened have PICTs Five led by disease initiatives communicable or senior public servantsministers and Result Area SPC Development Objective SPC Development

to multi-sectoral responses DO7: Improve non-communicable diseases (NCDs)and food security both at strengthened initiatives Collaborative & country level regional multi-sectoral responses DO7: Improve non-communicableto diseases and food security national established/strengthened have PICTs and/or multi-sectoral NCD committees ministers, led by NCD initiatives national senior public servantsparliamentarians, Division Public Public Health Division (PHD) PHD

Wallis and Futuna Results Summary 2019 and Futuna Results Wallis

5 Wallis and Futuna Results Summary 2019 Wallis and Wallis territories (PICTs) (PICTs) territories Wallis and Futuna Wallis Pacific Island countries and countries Island Pacific Federated States of Micronesia; States Federated Tuvalu; Solomon Islands; Futuna New Caledonia; Polynesia; French Tuvalu; Solomon Islands; Tonga; and Futuna Wallis Marshall Islands; Solomon Islands; and Futuna Wallis Marshall Islands; Polynesia; French New Nauru; Papua New Caledonia; Tuvalu; Guinea; Solomon Islands; Tokelau; Marshall Islands; New Caledonia; Fiji; and Futuna Wallis

SPC contribution

PHD co-funded the national NCD workshops PHD co-funded NCD workshops the national and TA and partnerships provided meetings, conducted advocacy activitiesintegration for into of NCD & childhood obesity strategies SDGs national multi-sectoral a national PHD developed plan for NCD plan and Alliance Solomon Islands and ongoing support for implementation PHD supported and development multi-sectoral of national implementation Tonga for strategy diabetes PHD supported of multi- strengthening for sectoral NCD plans and implementation Tuvalu FP and WF, NC, PHD supported compiling/updating for gaps and identified dashboards MANA for findings action, and the use of research and decision makingimplementation during PHD supportedNCD awareness No World e.g. events/campaigns, related etc. Day, Diabetes World Day, Tobacco PHD supported of NCD risk implementation factors and sub- national intervention at level national support (both research TA PHD provided healthy and intervention) to component project in Fiji research future promising child, and W&F. and reporting) analysis (data TA PHD provided school-based childhood obesity surveyfor in survey in NC RMI, and breastfeeding Result NCD advocacy activities conducted in four as part and NCD workshops of national PICTs partnership political strengthen meetings to leadership and ownership or strengthening implementing are Six PICTs of their NCD plans in implementation with stakeholders (e.g. collaboration of national and implementation development Tonga) in strategy multi-sectoral diabetes the use of findings demonstrated PICTs Three and evaluation NCD monitoring from or from dashboard, (M&E) and their MANA Marshall Islands e.g. research, operational of school health survey is using results for policy and implementation; development are and Futuna Wallis Solomon Islands and to develop findings dashboard using MANA NCD plans implementing/strengthening are Nine PICTs staff and NCD interventions with trained NCD through SPC, e.g. by provided resources Tobacco (World campaigns No awareness and improving Day), Diabetes World Day, in clinical and care treatment diabetes settings research operational collaborative Three with initiated, or were projects continued actionto inform (Marshallfindings used Wallis Islands — school health survey; and Fiji — childhood obesity study; New and Futuna survey) — breastfeeding Caledonia and Result Area SPC Development Objective SPC Development

DO7: Improve multi-sectoral responses multi-sectoral responses DO7: Improve non-communicableto diseases and food security political leadership and ownership Improved level and regional national at multi-sectoral responses DO7: Improve non-communicableto diseases and food security their multi-sectoral NCD implement PICTs with stakeholders plans in collaboration multi-sectoral responses DO7: Improve non-communicableto diseases and food security dashboard use their M&E/MANA PICTs to guide findings research or operational decision-making processes multi-sectoral responses DO7: Improve non-communicableto diseases and food security applying the knowledge/skills are PICTs SPC-supportedgained from capacity SPC, by provided or using resources building, their NCD interventions strengthen to multi-sectoral responses DO7: Improve non-communicableto diseases and food security research relevant to access have PICTs findings Division PHD PHD PHD PHD PHD

6 Wallis and Futuna Results Summary 2019 Wallis Wallis Wallis and Wallis territories (PICTs) (PICTs) territories Wallis and Futuna Wallis Pacific Island countries and countries Island Pacific Cook Islands; French Polynesia; Polynesia; Islands; French Cook Tuvalu; Niue; Solomon Islands; Fiji; Vanuatu; Tonga; Tokelau; Futuna New Caledonia; Islands; Fiji; Cook Tokelau; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu; of States Islands; Federated Cook Tonga; Micronesia; Samoa; and Futuna New Caledonia; Polynesia; French and Futuna Wallis SPC contribution PHD supported health professional from from PHD supported health professional the attend to nine PICTs from professionals (IUHPE) conference Health Promotion World and and funded/co-fundedConducted youth NCD training Tuvalu for developed the bite’ ‘Fight Posters and Wallis Islands, Cook by in 2017, adapted and Futunian) Wallisian in (produced Futuna in Samoan). Advice/ and Samoa (produced in- Islands for Cook to provided comments message on dengue outbreak flight OCTs in 2019 for Action plans developed of: in the areas coconut. fisheries, coastal the benefit of Over 50 activities for initiated of sustainable management in terms OCTs Set up the (PROTEGE). resources of natural project and the PROTEGE for governance modalities and architecture, implementation and monitoring for and procedures process and tools, strategy communication planning, with SPC divisions and modus collaboration with the beneficiaryoperandi territories Result SDG 13 Climate action SDG 13 Climate

Over 90% of participants in the World World Over 90% of participants in the (IUHPE on Health Promotion Conference knowledge2019) reported increased and skills of action address in implementation to NCD risk factors management and data and NCD’ ‘Youth Over 90% of participants in knowledge reportedtraining increased and skills and communication education Information, for PICTs support five to provided of materials or review development in local updated poster the bite’ (e.g. ‘Fight and Futuna Wallis Islands, Cook languages for develop to Islands assisted and Samoa; Cook message on dengue outbreak) in-flight RESCCUE implementing learned from Lessons in projects widely shared resilience integrated and internationally region Pacific

and Result Area SPC Development Objective SPC Development

DO7: Improve multi-sectoral responses multi-sectoral responses DO7: Improve non-communicableto diseases and food security participants reporting/ Training has NCD training that demonstrating their knowledge increased and skills multi-sectoral responses DO7: Improve non-communicableto diseases and food security participants reporting/ Training has NCD training that demonstrating their knowledge increased and skills public health regional DO8: Strengthen surveillance and response to respond to preparedness Improved and other health events public health events change climate about by brought of sustainable management DO1: Strengthen resources natural demonstrated resilience Integrated - - Division PHD PHD PHD Climate Change and Envi ronmental Sustainabil ity (CCES)

7 Wallis and Futuna Results Summary 2019 Wallis and Futuna Wallis territories (PICTs) (PICTs) territories Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna Wallis Pacific Island countries and countries Island Pacific of States Islands; Federated Cook Kiribati; Marshall Micronesia; Fiji; New Islands; Nauru; Niue; Papua Tokelau; Guinea; Solomon Islands; Vanuatu; Tuvalu; of States Islands; Federated Cook Polynesia; French Micronesia; Fiji; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Nauru; Papua Niue;New Caledonia; Palau; New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Tuvalu; Tonga; Islands; Tokelau; Vanuatu; Vanuatu; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; and Futuna Wallis of States Islands; Federated Cook Micronesia; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; New Guinea; Nauru; Niue; Papua Tuvalu; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu;

SPC contribution of PSMB and contributing Coordination partners;technical hosting sampling of the RMI HIES lead implementor workshop; experiment agreements licence data Developed Result SDG 14 Life below water below SDG 14 Life

SDG 17 Partnership for the goals SDG 17 Partnership for

11 PICTs provided with reports on FAD with reports on FAD provided 11 PICTs fishing summaries, longline fishing, closure, analyses, bioeconomic limits, FAD potential fishery on commercial plots (each SPC update a member country log-in to has a dedicated information containing page’ web ‘country fisheries), and commercial to its specific decision- inform productivity to analyses making on fisheries management WCPFC Part submit to required 16 PICTs 1 reports with just met 13 July deadline, that one PICT demonstrating being late, in meeting reporting improvements been sustained since have requirements last year HIES (based for New methods developed were of RMI HIES experiment) on results Statistics Methods Board Pacific endorsed by enabling generation PICTs, and used in four cost quality lower at of better data were (DLAs) Agreements Licence Data relationship, govern to with 12 PICTs signed and duties of SPC rights responsibilities, and to and users, producers data vis-à-vis access safe effortsto provide underpin SPC’s research to enable Island microdata Pacific to Pacific Island people. benefit that and analysis Officeshave Some Statistics (NSOs) National so been conservative in disclosing microdata, milestone is a significant DLAs signing

and Result Area SPC Development Objective SPC Development of sustainable management DO1: Strengthen resources natural and analysis economic integrated Provide decision-making informed for advice of sustainable management DO1: Strengthen resources natural and support tools systems, Develop collection, data services standardised for and reportingmanagement and use of to access DO4: Strengthen in policy statistics development progress and monitoring support technical data national to Provide collections processes and quality assurance and systems methods, using standardised processes and use of to access DO4: Strengthen in policy statistics development progress and monitoring and governance statistics regional Improved coordination - -

Division Fisheries, Fisheries, Aquacul and ture Marine Ecosystems (FAME) FAME for Statistics Develop ment Division (SDD) SDD

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Wallis and Futuna Wallis territories (PICTs) (PICTs) territories Pacific Island countries and countries Island Pacific Cook Islands; Fiji; Kiribati; Nauru; Islands; Fiji; Cook Palau; New Caledonia; New Guinea; Samoa; Papua Tonga; Solomon Islands; Tokelau; Vanuatu; Tuvalu; SPC contribution Consultant completed Tuvalu census report census Tuvalu completed Consultant Other analysis NSO. Tuvalu to and submitted and will ongoing during was the year technical 2020. SDD provided into continue deliver to or engaged consultants assistance support in the subject the countries to areas Result Niue and Cook Islands HIES (povertyNiue and Cook reports in progress) from data labour and employment (preliminary12 censuses in analysis progress) and Samoa disability data Tonga 2016 mini-census report Tuvalu (completed) all for projection updates population (preliminary completed, results PICTs and knowledgeand analysis products in preparation) (CRVS) and vital statistics civil registration of causes coding PICTs), (three systems of development PICTs), (two of death reportvital statistics (one PICT), business (one PICT),statistics (four statistics trade (1 PICT), accounts satellite tourism PICTs), PICTs) (four and prices Data analysis or analysis support or analysis for: analysis Data provided • • • • • •

and Result Area SPC Development Objective SPC Development DO4: Strengthen access to and use of to access DO4: Strengthen in policy statistics development progress and monitoring support in quality Provide assurance, packaging of datasets and analysis Division SDD *Contribution to SDGs is assigned by the project team reporting the result as part of the SPC’s annual results reporting annual results process. reporting the project as part team by the result SDGs is assigned to of the SPC’s *Contribution

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