ESCAP-EPOC
16 Jan 2012
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23 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 August 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), and the Government of Samoa have released the final agreed outcomes from the UN Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) Pacific Subregional Preparatory Joint Ministerial Meeting.
The meeting convened in Apia, Samoa, from 21-22 July 2011. During the meeting, participants adopted “in principle” an outcome document...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
24 November 2010: The UN Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT), a regional institution of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have announced a partnership to increase the capacity and use of information and communication technology for development (ICTD) in Pacific countries.
Launched at the Second Session of the ESCAP Committee on Information...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 February 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), together with Palau’s Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Industries and Commerce, and Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT), convened a two-day workshop on National Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development, from 9-10 February 2011 in Koror, Palau.
The workshop aimed to assist Palau in addressing the current lack of ICT capacity in the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2011: The Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has announced that, as part of the Cairns Compact on Strengthening Development Coordination in the Pacific, peer reviews are underway on national planning, budgeting, financial and aid management systems and processes.
The Cairns Compact is an initiative agreed by Pacific Leaders at the 2009 Pacific Islands Forum. It aims to accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by strengthening Forum Island countries’ (FIC)...
