BY BEN BILUA
GIZO
Western Province has qualified for the 2025/2026 Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF).
In an interview with Island Sun, Speaker of Western Province, Ramrakha Talasasa said this is good news for Western Province.
He said Western Province has been missing out in previous PCDFs pushing back some of the province’s development aspirations.
“It’s good that we are eligible for the 2025/2026 PCDF. This funding will surely go towards some of the priority developments that WPG is yet to facilitate.
“There are few developments that WPG need to kick off and this funding will go towards respective development plans,” Talasasa said.
Island Sun understands that the PCDF provides funding for provinces to implement projects in areas like health, education, infrastructure, and community development.
Provinces are also required to meet a certain performance criteria in financial management and governance to qualify for grants.
The Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) is administered through performance-based grants.
Provinces must demonstrate strong financial management and meet minimum governance standards to receive PCDF allocations.
This requires provinces to perform to a certain level in financial management to qualify for the Annual PCDF allocation.
The provincial financial accounts are subject to an independent audit to determine the performances of provinces in respective financial year.
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