Review of Australia's approach to the Pacific Regional Organisations (PRO's) : SPREP element

Abstract

The Review of SPREP in 2000 was critical that the organisation was Projects based and SPREP continues to have a high level of Project based funding. Australia provides approximately 20 per cent of SPREPs funding. Some staff consider they are accountable to the donor agency rather than to SPREP management, and work very much in isolation from the rest of the organisation. It appears there has been some progress since 2000 with some staff indicating the agency was working better across programs. The move to Strategic Planning and program based funding has encouraged staff to work together, however the silos still remain and there is still a way to go.