Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 6:21 am
Consolidation of results is key to ensure
their sustainability
Port Vila,
15 December 2020 – The New Zealand Government and
the United Nations Development Programme signed a new three
and a half year electoral project that will provide crucial
technical and financial assistance to the electoral
authorities in Vanuatu till the next general election in
2024.
The funding assistance of 5 million NZD will
boost the current electoral project implemented by UNDP into
phase two of the Vanuatu Electoral Environment Project
(VEEP-II) which will begin in January 2021.
The new
phase will scale up efforts to increase the reach of the
national Identification (ID) card, as well as the transition