TA Sectors


Our TA Sectors

Under each of the Program Areas, PFTAC will undertake seven types of activities which will be directed towards the provision of :

  • High quality and timely technical missions by PFTAC Advisors and short-term international and regional experts to assess the adequacy of existing systems and practices both within each PIC and, where applicable, the region;

  • As part of these missions, PFTAC will work with local counterparts to build institutional capacity to understand issues and own the reform initiatives and the associated recommended actions;

  • Joint technical work with other development partners to optimize donor harmonization towards achievement of national development strategies; maintenance of matrices of donor contributions and expected outcomes in the areas relevant to PFTAC's four Program Areas;

  • Organization of secondments and short-term attachments between PICs and relevant organization and agencies; formal capacity development efforts undertaken or arranged by PFTAC either at the national or reginal level; including the organization of regional fora, the conduct of targeted workshops and the development of selected training courses for specified public officials;

  • Provision of secretariat functions, including webpages, for the 4 regional professional associations relevant to PFTAC's Program Areas, with the longer-term goal of making these associations actively run by the members themselves;

  • Dissemination of relevant analysis, training materials and research on topics relevant to members' macroeconomic development; and

  • Quick response (ad hoc) advice to PICs on specific issues.