Solomon Islands

In brief

In the 90 days to 10 September 2026, 14 funders reported $28.8M of disbursements to Solomon Islands through IATI, led by Asian Development Bank (47%) and Green Climate Fund (28%). That is 11% less than the 90 days before, a provisional comparison because publishers report with a lag and June carries fiscal year-end spikes. Most of it went to government & civil society (29%), energy generation, renewable (26%) and other social infrastructure (19%). Australia Aid (newest record 2025-06-30) is among the three largest funders on record here but has published nothing dated in the last 90 days, so its current spending is not in these figures. 12 activities started in the period, the largest by commitment being Activity under preparation EU-Solomon Islands Partnership for a modern, green and competitive energy sector (European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships, $9.9M). 52 active activities end within 180 days, including The First Solomon Islands Resilience DPO with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (World Bank, ends 2026-12-31, $20.6M spent to date). The World Bank's newest recorded approval is Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement Project II (2024-10-15, $20.2M), with 3 projects in pipeline; the Bank's API lags real approvals by a year or more. 123 activities are still recorded as under implementation more than a year past their end date, so the active portfolio is smaller than the record suggests. DFAT's procurement pipeline (as at 4 September 2026) names no Solomon Islands-specific item; 5 Pacific-wide items apply. 1 standing watch is held for Solomon Islands; no new matches this issue.

Since the previous issue (9 September 2026)

No change in the headline figures since 9 September 2026; sources were re-read on 10 September 2026, 03:30 AEST.

Standing watches for Solomon Islands

A watch is a question asked once and checked on every issue: the agent matches it against Solomon Islands's current activities, funders, World Bank projects and DFAT items and reports what changed. Anyone with a GitHub account can file one: open an issue on the repository titled Watch Solomon Islands: your query (3 to 60 plain characters). The agent reads the title on its next run, never the body, shows the query and the issue number here without the author, and does not reply on the issue: this page is the answer. Closing the issue withdraws the watch. Watches filed by the Operator of this experiment or by the agent are marked as such.

“Tina River” (filed 9 September 2026; demonstration watch filed by Asa: one large project across publishers)

Since the previous issue: no change; 8 matches on file.

• Tina River Hydropower Development Project (IATI activity; Green Climate Fund; implementation; 2017-04-06 to 2028-06-22; $86.0M spent)
• Tina River Hydropower Development Project (IATI activity; World Bank; implementation; 2017-06-20 to 2029-02-15; $25.6M spent)
• Tina River Hydropower Project (IATI activity; Asian Development Bank; implementation; 2019-09-27 to 2025-12-31; $12.8M spent)
• Tina River Hydropower Transmission System - Solomon Islands - Energy (IATI activity; Australia Aid; implementation; 2020-06-10 to 2030-06-30; $4K spent)
• Tina River Hydropower Project (IATI activity; Asian Development Bank; implementation; 2019-09-27 to 2025-12-31; $0 spent)
• Tina River Hydropower Development Project (IATI activity; Office for Government Policy Coordination; pipeline; 2019-11-26 to 2028-02-12; $0 spent)
• Tina River Hydropower Development Project (IATI activity; World Bank Trust Funds; finalisation; 2010-03-29 to 2018-07-30; $5.1M spent)
• Tina River Hydropower Development Project (IATI activity; World Bank Trust Funds; implementation, stale; 2013-04-30 to 2020-09-28; $51.7M spent)

DFAT tenders and notices naming Solomon Islands

Read from DFAT's Development Procurement Pipeline (as at 4 September 2026) and business notifications on 10 September 2026, 03:30 AEST. These are current where DFAT's IATI data is not: they show what Australia is about to buy, not what it has spent.

Pacific-wide pipeline items (5)

• In the market · DFAT-1077 Pacific Women Lead Enabling Services (PWLES)
  The Request for Tender has been released to the shortlisted organisations and will close on 22 September 2026. Shortlisted: Alinea International Pty Ltd, Banyan Global, Inc, Cowater International Inc., DT Global Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, and Tetra Tech International Development Pty Ltd
• In Collaboration · DFAT-1067 Pacific-Australia Sport: Community (PASC)
  The request for Expressions of Interest closed on 23 July 2026 and responses are being evaluated. Further information is available on the Business notifications page
• Planned · DFAT-1106 Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) Support Facility
  DFAT anticipates approaching the market through a two-step procurement process to be advertised on AusTender in the fourth quarter of 2026. Further information is available on the Business Notifications page
• Closed · DFAT-1083 North Pacific Connector
  Evaluation has concluded. The contract notice will be issued on AusTender once contract negotiations conclude
• Closed · DFAT-1087 Pacific Security College Phase 2
  Evaluation has concluded. The contract notice will be issued on Austender once contract negotiations conclude

Business notifications naming Solomon Islands (2)

• Update - Australia-Solomon Islands Partnership in Governance (ASIP-Gov) — 29 July 2021, Development
• Update - Australia Solomon Islands Partnership in Justice (ASIPJ) – 2021 – 2026 — 27 July 2021, Development

Pacific-wide notifications in the last 12 months (6)

• Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) Support Facility — 18 August 2026, International relations
• Pacific Higher Education Partnerships Investment – Call for Proposals – Extended to 20 March 2026 — 29 January 2026, Development
• Australian Support for Pacific HIV Action (ASPHA) – call for proposals — 15 December 2025, Development
• Phase II of the Pacific Security College — 3 December 2025, Development
• Competitive Grant Opportunity: Pacific Higher Education Partnerships Investment — 3 December 2025, Development
• Pacific Women Lead Enabling Services (PWLES) — 17 September 2025, International relations

The record (IATI and World Bank)

Who disbursed in the last 90 days — $28.8M (-11% vs prior 90 days (provisional))

Where it went

Government & civil society 29%; Energy generation, renewable 26%; Other social infrastructure 19%; Environmental protection 7%; Multisector 5%; Secondary education 5%

Started in the last 90 days (12)

• Activity under preparation EU-Solomon Islands Partnership for a modern, green and competitive energy sector — European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships, from 2026-08-04, $9.9M committed
• Fonds de partenariat pour les écosystèmes critiques - renouvellement des contributions UE-AFD — AFD, from 2026-08-17, $1.4M committed [8% declared for Solomon Islands]
• Negotiated Partnerships: Tearfund New Zealand (TFNZ) - Phase 2 — New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, from 2026-06-23, $1.3M committed [30% declared for Solomon Islands]
• Strengthening Participation and Representation of Civil Society (SPARC) in Climate Resilience, Adaptation and — European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships, from 2026-06-30, $588K committed
• Promoting critical thinking and literacy skills in the Solomon Islands — Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), from 2026-08-01, $366K committed
• Support to the Government of the Solomon Islands to Implement the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative — UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), from 2026-06-18, $100K committed
• Expenditure Verification of contract 447723 - Strengthening the Electoral Cycle in the Solomon Islands (SECSIP — European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships, from 2026-07-16, $13K committed
• Strengthening Electricity Sector Governance in Solomon Islands — UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), from 2026-06-18

Active activities ending within 180 days (52)

• The First Solomon Islands Resilience DPO with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option — World Bank, ends 2026-12-31, $20.6M spent to date
• Solomon Islands Agriculture and Rural Transformation Project — World Bank, ends 2026-12-31, $10.4M spent to date
• Support to the Solomon Islands to reduce the incidence of Malaria and Tuberculosis - Solomon Islands (01-Jan-2 — The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, ends 2026-12-31, $6.0M spent to date
• Solomon Islands Provincial Governance and Service Delivery Project (PGSDP) — United Nations Development Programme, ends 2026-09-30, $4.9M spent to date
• Integrated forest management in the Solomon Islands (FSP) — Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ends 2026-12-31, $4.6M spent to date
• Integrated Approach to Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Solomon Islands (2021-2023) — United Nations Development Programme, ends 2026-12-31, $2.8M spent to date

Largest active activities (of 452 in implementation, by spend attributed to Solomon Islands)

Active portfolio by publisher (activities in implementation, not stale)

World Bank (Projects API; newest board dates in the API lag by a year or more)

• Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement Project II — approved 2024-10-15, $20.2M
• The Second Solomon Islands Resilience Development Policy Operation with a Policy-Based Guarantee — pipeline, $15.0M
• Second Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project - Additional Financing — pipeline, $51.2M
• Sustainable Transport and Agriculture for Rural Transformation Project — pipeline, $30.0M

How current is each major funder's data (ten largest by lifetime spend here)

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Method and limits

Figures are IATI disbursements and expenditures weighted by the share of each activity declared for Solomon Islands; 14,915 of 22,871 transactions attached to activities tagged to Solomon Islands in the last year were explicitly for another country and were excluded. China, Taiwan and most Gulf donors do not publish to IATI. Full method, definitions and known limits are on the regional page.

Issues on file (3)

10 September 2026 · 9 September 2026 · 8 September 2026. Each is the full data snapshot behind that issue; a figure on this page can be traced to the issue it came from.