UN in Vanuatu Country Implementation Plan 2025 - 2027

The Vanuatu Country Implementation Plan (CIP) 2025-2027 outlines the UN’s strategic engagement to support Vanuatu in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States (ABAS). This plan is guided by Vanuatu’s national development priorities, as outlined in Vanuatu’s National Sustainable Development Plan (2016-2030) and the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, focusing on responsive and capable state institutions, an economy based on equitable sustainable growth, and enhanced resilience. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are integral l to this plan, ensuring that women, girls, and other marginalized groups are meaningfully included from development initiatives and have enhanced access to leadership, decision-making and economic opportunities.

Scope and Focus

The CIP serves as a framework for UN-Government collaboration, providing targeted interventions across climate resilience, economic diversification, education, healthcare, gender equality and social inclusion, youth empowerment, tourism, migration, governance, and digital transformation. It aligns with the Pacific UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) to drive sustainable and inclusive growth while addressing Vanuatu’s unique geographic, economic, and climate vulnerabilities.

Key Interventions and Expected Outcomes

• Health and Well-being: Strengthening the public health system, primary healthcare access, protection and social services, food and nutrition security, and water and sanitation services.
• Education and Workforce Development: Expanding inclusive quality education, digital literacy, education infrastructure; and decent work promotion and upskilling/training opportunities.
• Climate Adaptation and Disaster Resilience: Implementing coastal protection, renewable energy solutions, sustainable land-use practices; and effective disaster management and resilience to hazards and risks, including inclusive preparedness and humanitarian response. Economic Diversification and Resilience: Supporting blended financing and blue/green economic opportunities; safe and equitable digital transformation; and a robust, sustainable, inclusive food system.
• Governance and Social Inclusion: Enhancing institutional and public administration effectiveness, and statistical capacity to ensure evidence-based decision-making; and that institutions and financing promote gender equality, and the rights of children and other marginalized groups for a strong, inclusive society.

Alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and SDG Acceleration

The CIP is fully aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for the Pacific, ensuring regional coherence and resource optimization. By leveraging UN expertise and technical assistance, the CIP contributes to SDG acceleration, particularly in poverty reduction (SDG 1), health (SDG 3), education (SDG 4), gender equality (SDG 5), economic growth (SDG 8), climate action (SDG 13), and peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16).