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The
Pacific Financial Technical
Assistance Center (PFTAC) was
established in Fiji in 1993
to provide technical advice
and capacity building to 15
Pacific island countries (PICs).
The Center is operated by the
IMF in consultation with the
governments of the PICs and
the donors supporting it. The
recent Steering Committee Meeting
(March 20-21, 2006) endorsed
PFTAC’s current work program
for FY06-08, which is fully
funded.
Mission
and Areas of Technical Advice
PFTAC’s mission is to enhance the
institutional and human capacities
of member countries and regional
bodies in the Pacific region
to achieve their financial and
economic policy objectives.
It’s objective is to be a center
of quality advice and capacity
building on the technical aspects
of financial and economic policy
formulation and management to
member countries and regional
bodies. The four key areas of
technical advice are financial
sector supervision, economic
statistics, revenue administration
and public finance management.
Key
PFTAC personnel
Susan J Adams( SAdams@imf.org)--
Coordinator
John Vaught-- Financial Sector
Supervision ( JVaught@imf.org)
Zia Abbasi-- Statistics ( ZAbbasi@imf.org)
Carson McNeill -- Tax and Customs
Administration ( CMcneill@imf.org)
Suhas Joshi -- Public Expenditure
Management ( SJoshi@imf.org)
Administrative Staffs
-- Elenoa
Bogiwalu ( EBogiwalu@imf.org);
Nina Samuela (
MSamuela@imf.org);
Peter Amputch ( PAmputch@imf.org)
and Rusila Bituwaqa ( rbituwaqa@imf.org)
Approach
PFTAC
carries out its mission through:
a) an average of over 50 TA
missions per year to 15 member
countries, b) at least one capacity-building
exercise imbedded into every
TA intervention; c) organizing
regional fora to share experiences
and best practices, such as
the PITAA and AFSPC; d) short-term
attachments between PICs and
relevant agencies (sporadic);
and e) quick ad hoc response
to PICs on specific issues (daily).
PFTAC
cooperates actively with other
international and regional organizations,
including the Pacific Forum
Secretariat, the Secretariat
of the Pacific Community (SPC),
the Commission of the European
Union (EC), the United Nations
Agencies, and the World Bank.
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