PIFS
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 July 2011: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) coordinated a “writeshop” that aimed to help over 40 participants prepare proposals for the Pacific Environment Community (PEC) Fund and the Pacific Islands Greenhouse Gas Abatement through Renewable Energy Project (PIGGAREP).
The “writeshop” took place early July 2011, in the Cook Islands, and involved the preparation of mock project...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 July 2011: The Forum Economic Ministers’ Meeting (FEMM) has adopted an economic action plan, which includes a section on options to improve access to, and management of, climate change resources.
The 15th FEMM was convened by the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) in Apia, Samoa, from 20-21 July 2011. On improving access to, and managing climate change resources, the FEMM recommended: the acceleration of member country efforts to effectively integrate climate change priorities...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 August 2011: The Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has announced that Pacific fisheries and trade Ministers are meeting this week in an effort to advance consideration of fisheries-related issues arising from the Pacific African, Caribbean and Pacific (PACP) – European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
According to PIFS, the issue of fish stocks is instrumental to the region’s negotiations for an EPA with the EU. Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General of PIFS, stressed...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 August 2011: Members of the Pacific Plan Action Committee (PPAC), which oversees implementation of the Pacific Plan, have convened under the guidance of the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) to consider the findings of the 2011 Annual Pacific Plan Progress Report. The Pacific Plan is the key strategy for confronting regional challenges.
The PACC met in Suva, Fiji, from 16-17 August 2011.
This year’s Progress Report highlights achievements in regional integration, including:...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 October 2010: The Chief Executives of the Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific (CROP) have agreed to renew efforts in cooperating to address regional climate change issues.
At the inaugural CROP Executives Committee Meeting on Climate Change, which convened on 12 October 2010, in Nadi, Fiji, the Chief Executive Officers of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), the Secretariat to the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Forum Fisheries Agency, University of the...
