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aren

t and

pre

dict

able

•Re

cogn

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and

man

age

litig

atio

n ri

sk

Reg

iona

l Reg

ulat

ory

Faci

lity

Reg

iona

l Reg

ulat

ory

Faci

lity

A r

egio

nal s

uppo

rt fa

cilit

yA

reg

iona

l sup

port

faci

lity

•Le

vera

ging

nat

iona

l res

ourc

es b

y po

olin

g sc

arce

ski

lls

in a

n au

tono

mou

s re

gion

al fa

cilit

y•

Func

tions

:Se

ctor

dat

a an

d pu

blis

h an

nual

reg

iona

l sur

vey;

Prov

ide

info

rmat

ion

pack

ages

on

key

polic

y an

d re

gula

tory

th

emes

;A

dvis

ory

serv

ices

to p

olic

ymak

ers

and

regu

lato

rs;

Stat

emen

ts o

f bes

t pra

ctic

e se

ctor

pol

icy

and

law

s an

d re

gula

tory

inst

rum

ents

(lic

ense

s; in

terc

onne

ctio

n pr

inci

ples

, etc

)Su

ppor

t for

trai

ning

and

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g;Ro

ster

s of

exp

ertis

e fr

om o

ther

sou

rces

.

Reg

iona

l Reg

ulat

ory

Faci

lity

Reg

iona

l Reg

ulat

ory

Faci

lity

Bene

fits

Bene

fits

•A

n ef

ficie

nt u

se o

f sca

rce

reso

urce

s

•A

lear

ning

ent

ity –

thro

ugh

cont

inuo

us

enga

gem

ent,

bui

lds

a kn

owle

dge

and

expe

rien

ce b

ase

in th

e Pa

cific

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cour

ages

reg

ular

exc

hang

es b

etw

een

regu

lato

rs a

nd d

isse

min

ates

goo

d re

gion

al

expe

rien

ces

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nks

up w

ith o

ther

sou

rces

of

advi

ce/a

ssis

tanc

e (IT

U/A

PT/P

ITA

, EA

PIRF

, A

CMA

)R

egio

nal R

egul

ator

y Fa

cilit

yR

egio

nal R

egul

ator

y Fa

cilit

y

Info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

Hig

h

Res

ourc

e /In

stitu

tiona

l R

equi

rem

ents

:R

esou

rce

/Inst

itutio

nal

Req

uire

men

ts:

Ran

ge o

f Fac

ility

Opt

ions

in th

e Pa

cific

and

rela

ted

func

tiona

l R

ange

of F

acili

ty O

ptio

ns in

the

Paci

fic a

nd re

late

d fu

nctio

nal a

ttrib

utes

:at

trib

utes

:

On-

line

Reg

iona

l R

egul

ator

Faci

lity

w/ p

hysi

cal

pres

ence

Low

Adv

isor

yD

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

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el•E

U/E

RG

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OR

egul

atel

PFT

AC

EC

OW

AS

Inte

rnat

iona

l Exa

mpl

es:

Inte

rnat

iona

l Exa

mpl

es:

= Tr

eaty

-Bas

ed

Opt

ions

Opt

ions

Reg

iona

l Reg

ulat

ory

Faci

lity

Reg

iona

l Reg

ulat

ory

Faci

lity

Opt

ions

Opt

ions

•A

n on

line

faci

lity

(pro

s –

redu

ced

cost

s; e

asie

r to

est

ablis

h: c

ons

–di

ffic

ult t

o su

ppor

t ef

fect

ive

advi

sory

ser

vice

s; m

ay n

ot a

dd m

uch

to e

xist

ing

onlin

e re

sour

ces)

•A

phy

sica

l fac

ility

in th

e re

gion

(pro

s –

high

er

impa

ct th

roug

h ad

viso

ry s

ervi

ces

and

men

tori

ng c

apab

ility

: con

s –

high

er c

osts

; fin

ding

the

righ

t peo

ple)

Reg

iona

l Reg

ulat

ory

Faci

lity

Reg

iona

l Reg

ulat

ory

Faci

lity

Reco

mm

enda

tions

Reco

mm

enda

tions

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blis

h ph

ysic

al fa

cilit

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ith s

taff

ons

ite;

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tions

to b

e as

list

ed a

bove

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itial

sta

ffin

g le

vels

(2-3

per

sons

), w

ith fl

exib

ility

to

incr

ease

as

dem

and

prov

en a

nd r

esou

rces

per

mit;

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lity

man

ager

;Co

nsid

er fe

asib

ility

of p

rem

ises

sha

ring

at W

orld

Ban

k Sy

dney

off

ice

for

an in

itial

est

ablis

hmen

t per

iod

(2-3

ye

ars)

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over

nanc

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n ad

viso

ry b

oard

of q

ualif

ied

nom

inee

s of

is

land

cou

ntri

es to

con

side

r an

nual

bud

get,

bus

ines

s an

d fin

anci

ng p

lan. R

egio

nal R

egul

ator

y Fa

cilit

yR

egio

nal R

egul

ator

y Fa

cilit

y

Act

ions

to c

ome

Act

ions

to c

ome

•N

ext s

teps

:Pr

epar

e im

plem

enta

tion

plan

;

Dev

elop

initi

al w

ork

plan

, ful

ly c

oste

dbu

dget

and

fu

ndin

g pl

an;

Secu

re fu

ndin

g co

mm

itmen

ts;

Dev

elop

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce

prog

ram

Reg

iona

l Reg

ulat

ory

Faci

lity

Reg

iona

l Reg

ulat

ory

Faci

lity

Paci

fic C

onne

ctiv

ity: p

ossi

ble

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asha

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ner

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ner@

wor

ldba

nk.o

rg

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id S

atol

a

dsat

ola@

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rg

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site

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