Leaders of the Pacific in 2024 demonstrated and expressed urgent need for support in the implementation of the Pacific Regional Trade Facilitation Strategy, and the region has requested funding for the Accelerating Trade Facilitation in the Pacific Project ‘The Project’ to be financed by the World Bank (WB). Each of the project components builds upon extensive WB technical assistance and operational experience in the areas of trade facilitation and maritime transport as well as regional coordination on trade facilitation.

The Government of Tonga (GOT), amongst others in the region has requested funding for the Pacific Healthy Islands Transformation (PHIT) Project to be financed by the World Bank (WB) through the International Development Association (IDA). PHIT Project is a regional project involving Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga and Tuvalu, and the Pacific Community (SPC) as a key regional coordinating partner. The PHIT project is designed as a suite of regional investments to support the transformation of Pacific health systems into fit-for-purpose primary health care (PHC) oriented health systems that promote health and deliver adequate preventive and curative services in the region.

The Ministry of Finance is seeking to engage suitably qualified and experienced consultants for the following assignment:

The Hon. Dr. ‘Aisake Valu Eke, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, and Governor for Tonga at the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF), led the Tongan delegation to the WBG-IMF Spring Meetings 2025 held in Washington, D.C., USA (21st–26th April 2025). The delegation included Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet,

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTING SERVICES) PROJECT COUNTRY COORDINATOR TONGA. The Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and seven pacific island member countries (Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu) have received financing (grants and credits) from the World Bank (WB) Group’s International Development Association (IDA) towards the “Pacific Strengthening Correspondent Banking Relationships Project”