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10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 December 2010: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) are convening the Regional Consultation on Cultural Industries from 7-10 December 2010, in Suva, Fiji. Funded by the EU, the aim of the meeting is to discuss issues related to the development and protection of cultural industries, including copyright, policies for the protection of traditional knowledge and economic support.
According to Fekitamoeloa ‘Utoikamanu, SPC Deputy Director...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 December 2010: Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Development, and Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, launched a “Joint Pacific-EU Initiative on Climate Change” to mobilize EU member States and international partners to jointly support the reinforcement of Pacific countries’ capacity to address the impacts of climate change more efficiently.
The initiative aims to ensure that a fair share of international climate change...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
January 2011: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has announced that it is providing technical assistance to the Maldives following the country’s removal from the UN list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on 1 January 2011.
The UN took the Maldives off the LDC list after finding that its estimated gross national income (GNI) per capita in 2009 was three times over the graduation threshold, due mainly to growth in the tourism sector. The Maldives nevertheless remains one...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
31 January 2011: Trade officials, experts and ministers from Pacific countries that are members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group are gathering in Apia, Samoa, to deliberate on key issues surrounding ongoing negotiations with the EU on a fair and comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
With support from the EU, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has been assisting Pacific States to construct their market access offers as a basis for the next round of negotiations...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 March 2011: A High-Level Regional Conference on Climate Change in the Pacific is convening in Vanuatu from 2-4 March 2011, where the EU and Pacific countries are discussing implementation of the Joint Pacific-EU Initiative on Climate Change.
The Initiative was launched in 2010 to build a stronger political dialogue on climate change, enhance the effectivness of climate change cooperation, and mobilize international efforts on climate change in the Pacific. On the occasion, EU Commissioner for...
