During the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) mission (Port Vila, 16 - 20 June 2025), Vanuatu’s capacities in 19 technical areas were evaluated through a peer-to-peer consultative process. This process brought together a multisectoral group of national subject matter experts and the multinational, multidisciplinary JEE team of experts from nine countries and eight organizations for discussions, interactions and site visits.
After a week of collaborative talks, this process led to consensus on scores, as well as JEE recommendations for priority actions across the 19 technical areas.
The evaluation also generated six overarching recommendations, which, if implemented, will consolidate Vanuatu’s progress and remove bottlenecks that might impede the implementation of the agreed-upon priority actions. These recommendations, outlined in this report, address the cross-cutting challenges affecting Vanuatu’s capacities across many of the different technical areas that were explored in greater depth in the JEE process.
During the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) mission (Port Vila, 16 - 20 June 2025), Vanuatu’s capacities in 19 technical areas were evaluated through a peer-to-peer consultative process. This process brought together a multisectoral group of national subject matter experts and the multinational, m...