Pacific Islands Association of Non Govenmental Organisation (PIANGO).

Name

Pacific Islands Association of Non Govenmental Organisation (PIANGO).

Legal name

Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations

Website

https://piango.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Society Network Coordination

NAICS

Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (551114)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Cooperation, Capacity Building & Policy Advisory Programs (BPADABAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Program & Project Management (PMO) Consulting (BPAHACAL)

Keywords

• Civil society network
• NGO capacity building
• Public finance management
• Humanitarian coordination
• Policy advocacy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Suva

HQ country

Fiji

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Donor Funding: PIANGO receives funding from institutional donors including European Union, UNDP, Commonwealth Foundation, and other development partners to implement regional programs and initiatives. Funding supports organizational operations, capacity building, and project implementation across member NLUs.
2. Project-Based Grants: The organization manages multiple donor-funded projects including Public Finance Management (EU/UNDP), FALE humanitarian program (Start Network), Civic Space Monitor (CIVICUS), and Self-Determination advocacy (Bread for the World).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PIANGO operates as a regional secretariat that coordinates a network of National Liaison Units (NLUs) across 25 Pacific Island countries and territories. It delivers civil society capacity building, policy advocacy, public finance management programs, humanitarian coordination through FALE, civic space monitoring, and information sharing to strengthen Pacific non-governmental organisations and amplify community voices in regional and global policy processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civic Space Monitor Monitoring service that tracks civic spaces in eight Pacific Island countries, measuring freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly to ensure enabling environments for CSOs.
• Vaka Pasifika eBudget Platform Interactive dashboard providing real-time data and insights into Pacific budget allocations, expenditure monitoring, and financial performance trends for public finance transparency.
• FALE Humanitarian Program Humanitarian FALE (Facility Aiding Locally-led Engagement) program serving as secretariat for the Pacific Hub, bringing together civil society members across 24 countries with Start Network support.
• Public Finance Management Program Program focused on strengthening oversight over public financial management in the Pacific region, working with parliaments, supreme audit institutions, and civil society.
• Self-Determination West Papua Program Political advocacy program on decolonization of Pacific territories including West Papua, Kanaky, and Maho Nui, supported by Bread for the World.
• FORUS International Network Program Program connecting PIANGO to over 22,000 civil society organizations worldwide through FORUS International, providing capacity development support and peer exchanges among regional coalitions.
• Humanitarian Action in the Pacific Program Program coordinating humanitarian action across the Pacific region through civil society networks and partnerships with international organizations.
• PIANGO Kainga Network Network concept adopted in PIANGO's 2020-2030 Strategic Plan that builds future leaders, boosts National Liaison Units, and fosters collaboration across the Pacific civil society sector.
• Community Voice Bank Online community perspective surveys and interactive youth opinion polls to capture real-time perspectives and bridge the gap between community voices and global policy-making.

Quantifiable outcome

• ICSW 2017 hosted in Pacific with 700+ participants from 115 countries
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• World Health Organization (WHO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025WHO South Pacific Office supports the Pacific NCD Alliance formation. PIANGO, through FALE Pacific, joined the inaugural board of the alliance working on non-communicable diseases affecting the Pacific region.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018UNDP implements the PFM project in close collaboration with PASAI and PIANGO. Partnership continued under Vaka Pasifika project building on first phase success. UNDP also partnered on the Digital Transformation Programme.
• CIVICUScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2016Partnership for Civic Space Monitor initiative to track civic spaces in 8 Pacific Island countries including PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati, and Fiji. PIANGO was invited by CIVICUS in March 2016 to elevate its membership and engagement so that the Pacific Region could be included in the Civic Space Monitor.
• PASAI (Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration in strengthening public finance management oversight in the Pacific region, working with parliaments, supreme audit institutions, and civil society.
• Humanitarian Advisory Group (HAG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2018 to explore progress on locally led humanitarian action in the Pacific. Joint research on localization, with HAG producing papers on locally-led action measuring progress and demonstrating PIANGO's experience.
• FORUS InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPIANGO is a member organization of FORUS International, connecting to a network of over 22,000 civil society organizations worldwide. FORUS provides capacity development support and facilitates peer exchanges among regional coalitions.
• Pacific Community (SPC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPC supports the Pacific NCD Alliance alongside WHO. Partnership focuses on regional health issues and non-communicable disease prevention across Pacific Island nations.
• Pacific NCD Alliance (PNCDA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwelve Pacific civil society organizations formed the Pacific NCD Alliance to create a united regional strategy for combating NCD crisis. FALE Pacific represents PIANGO on the alliance board.
• WWF-AustraliasecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host of Pacific Civil Society Climate Talanoa event connecting traditional knowledge with national and regional climate policies and international climate finance.
• Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host of Pacific Civil Society Climate Talanoa, collaborating with PIANGO and WWF-Australia on climate policy bridging initiatives.
• Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPIANGO participates in the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent development and implementation. PIF provides coordination and secretarial support for annual CSO Forum.
• CSO Partnership for Development EffectivenesssecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for development effectiveness, participating in joint advocacy and localization initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region.
• UNICEF PacificsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner supporting PIANGO's work on various programs including climate action and community engagement.
• Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) TreatycoreOthersPIANGO celebrated the historic entry into force of the BBNJ Agreement (High Seas Treaty), hailing it as a victory for Pacific leadership. FSM was first UN member to sign, Palau first to ratify, with 8 Pacific countries having ratified.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Habitat for Humanity International: Global INGO with active Pacific Island programming and similar civil society engagement model. Comparable on volunteer mobilization, community capacity building, and donor-funded project delivery across small-island states.
• Pacific Community (SPC): The principal scientific and technical regional organization for the Pacific, supporting PIANGO's NCD Alliance work. Operates as a much larger, established regional entity with overlapping civil society engagement mandate and superior funding scale.
• Pacific Islands Forum: The region's principal intergovernmental political body, with which PIANGO holds observer status. PIANGO functions as the civil society counterpart to this governmental body, particularly on 2050 Strategy implementation and regional policy advocacy.
• ActionAid International: Large global INGO with established Pacific country presence, including programs on women's rights, climate, and governance. Comparable on civil society strengthening and rights-based advocacy, but at vastly larger scale and with permanent country offices.

Direct peers

• CIVICUS: Global civil society alliance that operates the Civic Space Monitor, the same product PIANGO implements for the Pacific via its 8-country partnership. Similar mission of defending civic freedoms and aggregating CSO data globally.
• Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD): Asia-Pacific regional civil society network that, like PIANGO, coordinates national member organizations for collective advocacy, capacity building, and engagement with regional bodies. Sister FORUS network with similar NGO-umbrella model.
• FORUS International: Global federation of national and regional CSO platforms that PIANGO belongs to. Operates as an umbrella of regional NGO networks (the structural inverse of PIANGO's role in the Pacific), providing capacity development and peer exchange across 22,000+ CSOs.
• Pacific Disability Forum: Regional network of disability-focused CSOs operating across the Pacific Islands. Similar structure to PIANGO as a regional umbrella advocating for policy inclusion and capacity-building of member organizations in the same geography.
• Pacific Conference of Churches: Regional ecumenical body serving Pacific Island civil society across similar geographies, with comparable convening, advocacy, and humanitarian-coordination roles. Functions as a parallel regional CSO platform anchored in faith-based communities.

Regional players

• Pacific Network on Globalisation: Pacific regional CSO focused on trade, globalization, and economic justice advocacy. Operates as a thematic peer on regional civil society advocacy in the Pacific, sharing donor and policy-engagement audiences with PIANGO.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FijiCOSS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/piango2030

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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