Among 30 young leaders from Fiji, Samoa, Tuvalu, and Tonga who received New Zealand Short Term Training Scholarships (NZSTTS) under the He Manawa Titi Programmme for 13 weeks are Principal Accountant Ms. 'Ailine Taumoha'apai and Senior Accountant Ms. Ane Taufa of the Ministry of Finance.

Mr. Sione Toutou Tokai was selected for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Fellowship Programme for 2023. He joined the Ministry of Finance in 2017 and is currently a Senior Economist under the Aid Management and Resilient Development Division (AMRDD).

The Voice Secondment Program (VSP) is a capacity building opportunity that was initiated by the World Bank’s Executive Directors for their constituent countries’ civil servants. The VSP targets key individuals in focal agencies that are in dialogue with the World Bank Executive Director’s Office and Bank’s operational teams and it is administered by the Corporate Secretariat Vice Presidency Unit.