PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 6, 1997
– FSM Vice President Leo A. Falcam informed Pohnpei Governor Del S.
Pangelinan in a July 28, 1997, letter that a United Nations
Development Program (UNDP) Mission comprising of UNDP Assistant
Resident Representative, Shahrokh Mahmmed; UNDP Program Management
Officer for Micronesia, Moses Saitala; and Sustainable Development
Officer, Jenny Bryant-Tokelau are visiting the FSM from July 30th to
August 7, 1997.
They arrived Pohnpei State on August 3rd to consult on ways in
which UNDP may be of assistance to Pohnpei State in its public sector
reform program. UNDP expect to formulate a project document that
promoted Pohnpei’s effective and efficient public’s civil service,
utilizing UNDP’s own resources but soliciting the funding support of
other aid donors for the project. The mission will be leaving on
August 7, 1997.
The UNDP hopes to follow up its visit with a project formulation
mission to finalize the scope and focus of the project based on its
meeting with the Economic Policy Advisory Team (EMPAT) and other
officials. As funding from UNDP for the FSM in this 6th Cycle is
insufficient for this project, UNDP intents to solicit additional
funding on behalf of the FSM Government from other donors.
Falcam requested Pangelinan to designate a staff who will
coordinate schedules of meetings and visits of UNDP Mission with the
Department of External Affairs who has been assigned the
responsibility of arranging and coordination of the UNDP Mission
visit to the FSM.
