Examples of Pacific Business Center Program Projects:

Aquaculture Business Plan. The Center is preparing a business plan for starting an aquaculture farm in Chuuk to grow and sell sponges, coral, giant clams and black pearls. The client will use the plan to obtain financing for the business.

Bank Financial System Assessment. PBCP consultants conducted a financial analysis of a Pacific Island development bank and assisted in implementing their recommendations on financial reporting and controls. They also helped develop a budget framework and trained bank personnel in implementing its budget.

Charter Fishing Boat Business Plan. The Center prepared a business plan which the client successfully used to obtain a loan and start up a charter fishing boat business on the Waianae Coast of Oahu, Hawaii.

Cultural Center Feasibility Study. The Center conducted an initial feasibility study and is now working with a consultant to prepare a more comprehensive and detailed study to set up a cultural center in Palau as a visitor attraction.

Entrepreneurship Workshops. The Center conducted a series of workshops in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and in Palau, on standard management tools and practices for starting and operating a small business.

Problem Loan Assistance. The Center assisted clients who received loans from a government economic development agency to help them improve their businesses, and to resume payments on their loans.

Rongelap Resettlement Plan. As part of a multi-disciplinary approach, the Center is coordinating technical assistance from several UH colleges to design facilities and an economic infrastructure for Rongelap Atoll natives who were evacuated over 10 years ago from their island, because of radioactive fallout from nuclear testing in nearby Bikini Atoll in the 1950’s.

Tourism Development Plan. At the request of the Kili/Bikini/Ejit Local Government, PBCP is working with the UH School of Travel Industry Management to prepare a tourism plan for the orderly development of sustainable tourism on Bikini Atoll.

Waianae Coast Business Development. The Center identified potentially profitable products and services targeting customers in and outside Hawaii, then prepared business plans for ventures having the best potential for success on the Waianae Coast, an economically depressed area of Oahu.