French Polynesia
09 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2012: Ministers of Pacific Island Countries have agreed on a regional cultural strategy, titled “Regional Cultural Strategy: Investing in Pacific Cultures 2010-2020.” The Cultural Strategy provides policy guidance for the Pacific, to assist in developing the cultural sector and promoting of Pacific cultures. The Strategy – mandated by the Pacific Plan – was adopted during the 11th Pacific Arts Festival, which convened from 2-11 July 2012, in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
The...
27 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 July 2012: The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), together with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), the Pacific Islands Museum Association (PIMA), and the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), convened the Youth Speak! workshop, to raise awareness among regional youth of heritage preservation, environmental concerns and sustainable development.
According to UNESCO...
20 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 June 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) hosted representatives of the Union des Femmes Francophones d’Océanie (Union of Francophone Pacific Women) from 10-14 June 2012, for a workshop on gender analysis of poverty.
According to SPC, the workshop was attended by 30 representatives of women’s civil society organizations from French Polynesia, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia. The aim of the workshop was to build capacity to undertake gender analysis of...
05 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 May 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that the Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade Community (POETCom) has established an advisory board, with the task of advancing POETCom’s vision of “Pacific organics – the key contributor to sustaining our cultures and improving farmer livelihoods, communities, people’s health and our environment.”
POETCom convened in French Polynesia, from 3-6 May 2012. The meeting was funded by the French Pacific Fund of the...
01 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 March 2012: Management and control of invasive alien species in the Pacific Islands region was discussed at the Third Pacific Invasives Learning Network (PILN) meeting, facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) on Kiritimati Island, Kiribati, from 22-27 March 2012. Kirimati Island is the biggest nesting and breeding ground of Pacific seabirds, and one of the main port entries to the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA).
Participants from 19...
