Commonwealth of Learning · New Zealand MFAT · PACFOLD / University of the South Pacific · 2026–2036
Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning — Phase 2 Programme Command Centre
Ten Pacific countries · five costed outputs · five delivery gates · NZD 15 million over ten years
Ten Pacific countries, five costed outputs, five delivery gates and a ten-year horizon — mandate-mapped, evidence-linked, drillable to every source, data point and assumption, with supervised AI automation and stakeholder access levels.
13modules, with 94 sub-modules and 170 nodes
59TOR clauses mapped — 100% coverage
44data points, each with its source and status
13supervised AI agents — they propose, humans decide
🚦 Five delivery gates
📏 MERL and R5-lite
♿ GEDSI, ring-fenced
💰 Value for Money — the Four Es
🏛️ Governance secretariat
🌐 Bilingual, ten languages registered
🎤 Interview Studio
Choose your access level
Each stakeholder sees what their role needs. Documents and data carry a classification; content above your level is shown as withheld, never silently removed. Full Access — Explorer opens everything and the Reset button makes it safe.
Explore everything
Full Access — Explorer
Explorer
Everything unlocked: every module, sub-module, sub-sub-module, source document, data point, assumption and automation proposal. Safe to experiment — the Reset button restores the starting data at any time.
Independent evaluator / assurance (read-only)
Assurance
Audit trail, data provenance, integrity assertions, assumptions register and decision log. Cannot change any data.
Commonwealth of Learning — implementer
Project Manager (Pacific Region) — Dr Raelyn Lolohea 'Esau
COL
The role itself. Day-to-day coordination across the portfolio: integrated plans, the gate board, Costed Workplan and variance, MERL and R5-lite, GEDSI, risk and compliance, governance papers, stakeholder engagement, and every report in the Report Studio.
Vice-President, COL (Anne-Marie Scott) — line manager
COL
Chairs the Programme Committee and holds safeguarding stop-go authority. Reviews and approves workplans, reports and governance papers. Sees everything except personal data.
President & CEO, COL (Prof. Peter Scott) — Steering Committee Chair
COL
Strategic direction, accountability and risk oversight. Chairs the twice-yearly Steering Committee and manages the Year 4 Confirmation Review.
Director of Programmes, COL (Dr Tony Mays) — workstream leads
COL
Technical leadership across Workstreams 1–3: course design, micro-credentials, recognition pathways, OER and pedagogy. Clears learner-facing designs through the climate content gate.
Monitoring & Evaluation Manager, COL
COL
Owns the MERL Framework, the six locked indicators, the five disaggregation dimensions, R5-lite returns, falsification tests and decision audits.
Communication & Engagement, COL
COL
Programme communications, publications, updates and correspondence. Holds the branding and publicity consent register — MFAT written consent before any use of MFAT or programme branding.
Director of Finance & Corporate Services, COL (Benjamin Crocker) — Arrangement Manager
COL
Named Arrangement Manager under the GFA. Costed Workplan, budget utilisation, variance, claims against payment milestones, overheads and the asset register. Risks and issues route through this role to MFAT.
New Zealand MFAT — the funder
MFAT — Development Adviser, Education (Hana Seumanu) & Unit Manager
MFAT
The funder. Receives semi-annual progress reports and claims, confirms Phase 2b scope and budget at the Year 4 Confirmation Review, and sits on the Steering Committee. Read and comment; approves milestones.
Regional partner & partner governments
Director, PACFOLD / University of the South Pacific — regional delivery sub-partner
PACFOLD · USP
Regional delivery lead. Coordinates country plans, sub-regional consultations and partner selection; co-owns gate clearance evidence with each country.
Government Focal Point (Permanent Secretary level) — ten partner countries
Partner governments
Sits on the Programme Committee. Owns the country plan, the named institutional owner with budget authority, and the national recognition pathway. Sees their own country in full and the region in summary.
Activity leader / workstream delivery lead
Delivery
Owns a set of costed activity lines: H1 sequencing, safeguarding audit inputs, a named data focal point, R5-lite adoption from Quarter 2, and spend against the component envelope.
Delivery partners, inclusion & industry
NGO / CSO delivery partner — community hubs and NEET youth
NGO · CSO
Community learning hub delivery: facilitation, intake, mentoring, case management and participation supports. Safeguarding obligations apply in full.
GEDSI Advisory Sub-Committee / OPD representative
GEDSI Sub-Committee
Advice on inclusion across the whole programme. Reviews GEDSI performance against the ≥50% women and ≥65% youth participation targets, the disability screener and the ring-fenced GEDSI budget line.
Employer / industry body — green skills demand validation
Industry
Co-designs green skills courses and validates labour-market demand before scale-up: solar installation, climate-resilient construction, sustainable agriculture. Programme-level view only.
Learners, communities & public
Learners, communities and families (public view)
Public
Plain-language view of what the programme offers, where, in what language, and how to take part — in English and Lea faka-Tonga. No internal, financial or confidential content.
⚠ What this is.
Demonstration Command Centre prepared for Dr Raelyn Lolohea 'Esau. Not an official record of the Commonwealth of Learning, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the University of the South Pacific or any partner government. Every figure carries a status badge — SOURCED, RESEARCHED, DERIVED, TO VERIFY or DEMO/SPECIMEN. See the Assumptions Register.