Given the relatively small population dispersed over a huge area in the Pacific Ocean, geographical remoteness and isolation hamper the efficient delivery of services in the Solomon Islands. In addition, limited rural infrastructure, weak governance structures and limited human resources and capacities at the provincial level are barriers to adequate service delivery, undermining the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights, and particularly of those rights holders living in vulnerable situations (including women, children and people living with disabilities). 

The project will encourage capacity development, administrative reforms and the reinforcing of PFM systems in the provinces in order to improve service delivery. Under this action, a grant manual will describe basic governance principles division of responsibilities between PGs and deconcentrated administrations, and operational provisions for the utilization of the grants. The grant manual will consider how to better achieve SDGs through a participative process, promoting gender equality and the realisation of rights and, with special attention to people living with disabilities. Through better investment in service delivery in the various sectors, and in particular water and sanitation (WASH), the project will also bring resilience and environmental benefits.