A one-week Implementation Support Mission (ISM) from the World Bank (WB) to review progress and support the on-going work of the Kiribati PROP, was concluded on Wednesday, 16th of April. This mission which was led byMr Iretomiwa Olatunji along with other four team members, met with key officials from the Government of Kiribati including the MFOR, MFED, Kiribati Fiduciary Service Unit Manager (KFSU), and World Bank Kiribati based staff and the PROP PMU. The World Bank provides USD19.5M to the Government of Kiribati through the Pacific Regional Oceanscape Programme (PROP) to support fisheries sector and was implemented by the Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources. The key finding is that the PROP remains at the moderate satisfactory status and require more work to deliver on the identified key areas with the objective to complete them within 14 months before the closure of this PROP in June 2026. This mission was successfully closed with a dinner reception to farewell the current Task Team Leader Mr Iretomiwa, who finishes his term with PROP, and to welcome his successor Miss Aimee Hall that will oversee and lead the work of PROP in Kiribati from the World Bank. The Government of Kiribati expressed gratitude to Mr Iretomiwa for his leadership and guidance during his tenure as TTL for PROP and wish him well in his future endeavors. The MFOR also acknowledged the Work Bank for their continued support to the fisheries sector through this PROP.