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Original text: English 2 Produced by the Niua Development Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs With the assistance of the Pacific Risk Resilience Programme and the Tonga Rural Innovation Project. Pacific Risk Resilience Programme Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga, 2015 3 4 5 Map of Tonga ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Map of Niuafo’ou Island .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Map of Niuatoputapu Island .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Table of Content ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Abbreviation & Acronyms ................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 1 Foreword ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 2 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 3 Background ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 4 Approach And Methodology ......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 4.1 Wider Planning Process Structure in Tonga ..................................................................................................................................... 12 4.2 Review Of Existing Niuas Development Plans ................................................................................................................................ 12 4.3 The Planning Process ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12 4.4 Climate and Disaster Risks Integration .......................................................................................................................................... 13 5 Sectoral Background And Issues........................................................................................................................................................... 16 A. Economic Sectors ............................................................................................................................................................................. 16 5.1 Agriculture and Handicraft ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 5.2 Fishing ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 B. Infrastructure Sectors ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 Water ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.4 Renewable Energy (Solar Electricity) ......................................................................................................................................... 17 5.5 Road ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 5.6 Wharf and Shipping.................................................................................................................................................................... 18 5.7 Airports and Air Services ........................................................................................................................................................... 18 5.8 Telecommunications .................................................................................................................................................................. 19 5.9 Town Halls And Evacuation Centers ........................................................................................................................................... 19 C. Social And Community Service Sectors ............................................................................................................................................ 20 5.10 Education .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20 5.11 Health And Sanitation ........................................................................................................................................................... 21 6 Tier One Development Priorities .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 7 Second Tier Development Priorities ..................................................................................................................................................... 27 8 Monitoring And Evaluation ................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Annex 1: Wider Planning Process Structure .................................................................................................................................................... 29 Annex 2: Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threath Analysis ....................................................................................................................... 30 Annex 3: List Of People Consult ...................................................................................................................................................................... 36 6 CCDRR Climate Change Disaster Risk Reduction CDP Community Development Plan CHARM Comprehensive Hazard and Risk Management DDP District Development Plan EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation FISA Friendly Island Shipping Agency GoT Government of Tonga HH's Household IMC Island Management Committee MAFFF Ministry of Agriculture, Food , Forestry & Fisheries MFNP Ministry of Finance and National Planning MIA Ministry of Internal Affairs MOE Ministry of Education MOH Ministry of Health Mainstreaming of Rural Development Innovation Tonga MORDI TT Trust NCD Non-communicable diseases NFO Niuafo'ou NSDP Niua Strategic Development Plan NTT Niuatoputapu NZ New Zealand PLA Participatory Learning Action PRRP Pacific Risk Resilience Programme SPBD South Pacific Business Development SWOT Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat T$ Tongan Pa'anga TBEC Tonga Business Enterprice Centre TCC Tonga Communication Corporation TERM Tonga Energy Road Map TSDF Tonga Strategic Development Framework TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training USA United States of America WHO World Health Organisation 7 It gives me great honor to introduce the Niua Islands Strategic Development Plan (NSCDP) for 2016-2019. Tonga’s Strategic Development Framework 2 (TSDF 2) was in the process of finalization, when the NSCDP was formulated. The timeliness of its preparation was made possible through several years of community-based, bottom up approach to rural community planning by the communities of these two remote, and most often neglected island districts. This plan compliments previous development plans prepared to guide the strategic and thematic developments in these two islands. The NSCDP links to all the five Pillars of the TSDF, but emphases predominantly in facilitating Pillars