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The mission was undertaken as an integral part of the Key Result Area 2 (Water) contribution to the SOPAC EU EDF8/9 Project "Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific ACP States" with the objective of field surveying the current asset condition status of domestic and community rainwater harvesting infrastructure. Although a little over eight field survey days were achieved on-island, daily progress was compromised by various difficulties, particularly the limited availability of diesel fuel on-island which impacted both ease of transportation and availability of electricity and water. Despite these constraints, two field survey teams visited a total of 308 properties within the districts of Buada, Yaren, Meneng, Anibare and ljuw, initiating a comprehensive database which can either be fully completed within the remaining island districts at a future date, or used with some confidence as a statistically representative sample for forward interpolation of "whole-of- island" conditions.

The mission was undertaken as an integral part of the Key Result Area 2 (Water) contribution to the SOPAC EU EDF8/9 Project"Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific ACP States" with the objective of field surveying the current asset condition status of domestic and community rainwater harvesting infrastructure. Although a little over eight field survey days were achieved on-island, daily progress was compromised by various difficulties, particularly the limited availability of diesel fuel on-island which impacted both ease of transportation and availability of electricity and water. Despite these constraints, two field survey teams visited a total of 308 properties within the districts of Buada, Yaren, Meneng, Anibare and ljuw, initiating a comprehensive database which can either be fully completed within the remaining island districts at a future date, or used with some confidence as a statistically representative sample for forward interpolation of "whole-of- island" conditions.

This consolidated report, for the first semester of 2007, comes out one month late because of the programme coordinator participation and involvement in the preparation of the Towns- ville Forum co-organised by Australia and France in September 2007 (see CRISP Enlightnings and CRISP Partnerships chapters further in this report).

All communication activities and materials relating to the CRISP Programme are subject to this Charter. The purpose of this Charter is to set standards, promote uniformity and define target groups for all CRISP Programme communication activities and materials in a collegial spirit and with a concern for effectiveness. The communication and dissemination of programme results are 'products' of the programme, subject to planning (logical frameworks) and assessment (reporting and indicators). The overall consistency of communication is therefore decided on collegially by the Programme partners as required by the target groups and beneficiaries of the Programme, under the responsibility of the Programme Manager.