PORT VILA, WEDNESDAY 23rd April, 2025 - As of today, the government has achieved 53% of its 100-day policy directives.
While the results are positive, the government believes more could be achieved with 49 days to go before the 100-days conclude on June 11.
Prime Minister Jotham Napat is urging all ministries, department and government line agencies to continue with the great progress they are already making to ensure key priorities they set out to achieve are implemented.
What the Government had set out to implement covered five broad sectors: Governance and Reform – to enhance public sector efficiency and improve service delivery; Economic Recovery and Growth – focusing on strategic initiatives to support Vanuatu’s economic recovery; Post-Disaster Infrastructure Recovery – policy actions which included demolition of condemned buildings, identify and secure and relocate government offices, and road assessments to find ways to ease traffic flows; Education and Teaching Service Commission Reform, which included reviewing Teaching Services Commission to enhance efficiency, accountability and responsiveness to teacher concerns; and Foreign Relations – with an aim to strengthen Vanuatu’s global standing by fostering strategic diplomatic partnerships, enhance economic cooperation and safeguard national sovereignty.
According to data submitted through the online Monitoring and Evaluation dashboard held within the PMO website (https://pmo.gov.vu/en/) as of today, the performance of the different government ministries against the five broad pillars indicate 35% achievement in Economic Recovery and Growth Sector, 43% in the Education Sector, 57% in the Foreign Relations and Policy Sector, Governance and Reform is 49%, while Recovery and Infrastructure achieved 69%.
Prime Minister Napat wishes to thank everyone for keeping track of all the progress by contributing live raw data on progress from their respective ministries – enabling the citizenry to follow and assess the performance of ‘public servants’ – a first for the Vanuatu government!
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities currently top the list of high performers. For MIPU awards of contracts for Efate Ring Road and East Coast Santo road are amongst key highlights.
Most of the activities on the dashboard are displaying ‘In Progress’ status – some with 80% completion mark, which stands the government in a good position to achieve much of what it had set out to do since coming to power barely two months ago.
The Government is not oblivious however to the fact that Vanuatu’s challenges are compounded by so many factors – some beyond its control.
One area that is proving to be a key challenge concerns a much needed review of the government machinery, but Prime Minister Napat is determined to ensure this activity continues on into the next phase.
In addition, there are few glaring misses, including within the health sector and relate to medical referrals and establishment of an insurance health policy for citizens – an action the Ministry of Health is yet to set in motion.
Once implemented, it would greatly alleviate growing concerns of families needing to fundraise to meet high specialized medical treatments overseas.
At the end of the 100 days the Government intends to launch further policy directives.