Solomon Islands
National Statistics Office

DONORS AND PARTNERS ROUNDTABE FOR FIRST EVER MULTI-INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY (MICS) IN SOLOMON ISLANDS.

Nov 17, 2025 | News

The Donor participants with the Finance Minister Rexon Ramofafia and the Government Statistician Samson Kanamoli

The Government of Solomon Islands through the National Statistics Office (SINSO), in partnership with UNICEF organized a roundtable meeting on 17th November to plan and discuss the implementation of the first ever Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey in 2026.

The MICS is a globally standardized household survey tool developed by UNICEF in 1995. It has become the largest source of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on the well-being of children and women.

The key objectives of MICS are to:

  • Collect data on health, nutrition, education, child protection, water and sanitation, human capital, and overall well-being of children, women, and men.
  • Strengthen national capacity in data collection, processing, analysis, and reporting.
  • Provide evidence to inform policy and decision-making, particularly regarding the rights and needs of children, women, and other vulnerable groups in the Solomon Islands.

Minister for Finance and Treasury Hon. Rexon Ramofafia said the upcoming MICS is a timely and strategic investment, especially as the Solomon Islands prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2027.

Finance and Treasury Minister Rexon Ramofafia and his Permanent Secretary Mckinnie Dentana.

“Reliable and relevant data will be essential to support the implementation of the LDC’s transition strategy as well as the reporting on the UN Sustaianle Development Goal 2030.”

The purpose of the donor roundtable was to provide an overview of the MICS to our partners as well as to mobilization of resources to support implementation of MICS through the country.

Hon. Minister Rexon Ramofafia also echoed that Solomon Islands cannot support MICS without our Donors and Partners. Once the implementation of the MICS survey is completed, Solomon Islands will be able to report on around 40 SDGs indicators. That is half of all the SDG indicators a single household survey can provide data on.

The findings from MICS Survey will directly benefit all women and children which accounts for around 70% of total population from improved data and evidence from policy dialogue, planning, budgeting and financing.

SINSO is proud to partner with UNICEF and donors to collaborate design and implement MICS survey in 2026.

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