In March 2014, Vanuatu was devastated by tropical cyclone Pam. Under the existing Vanuatu Education Support Program (VESP), KA worked closely with the Coffey International and Ministry of Education Technical Advisor to develop an implementation plan to utilize funding that was earmarked for infrastructure. The objective for Kramer Ausenco was to design and project manage the delivery of 42 classrooms in Tanna across 18 different school sites.
VESP commenced in September 2013, building from an earlier form of joint Australian, New Zealand and UNICEF funded support delivered through the Vanuatu Education Road Map (VERM) program. The first phase of VESP (initially 3 years with two extensions) finished in January 2019. VESP Phase 1 was funded jointly by the Australian and New Zealand aid programs with New Zealand funds provided to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through a Delegated Cooperation Arrangement. Coffey International Development was contracted by DFAT to manage the bulk of the technical and operational support to the Ministry through a contract with a total value of AUD 32,952,525. Other funds for VESP were provided through a Direct Funding Arrangement (DFA) with the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to support School Grants and Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE).
- Project
- VESP Tanna Social Infrastructure Project
- Location
- Tanna, Vanuatu
- Client
- Coffey / DFAT for Ministry of Education Technical Advisor (MoET)
- Project Type
- Education, Social Infrastructure
- Year Completed
- 2019