PIFS
11 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 June 2012: The Council of the Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP) has received a donation of US$500,000 from the Taiwan/ROC Regional Development Assistance Fund for 2011/2012, for the support and implementation of CROP agencies’ regional projects. These projects address education and capacity building, regional aviation safety, fisheries, marine and water management, and the Smaller Island States (SIS) programmes.
In addition, the assistance will support programmes and...
29 Jun 2012
The 16th FFEM will consider the implementation of the Waiheke Declaration on Sustainable Economic Development as agreed to by the Forum Leaders in Auckland in 2011. The meeting also will consider regional economic issues, including: work on strengthening development policy and coordination; regional initiatives to improve statistics in the region; options for climate change financing; and access to finance for economic growth. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/16th-forum-...
26 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
June 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) have released a policy brief on gender policy, targeting Pacific delegates to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio +20). The brief seeks to ensure that delegates take into consideration gender equality commitments made at the regional and international levels.
Titled “Rio+20: Important issues for Pacific Island women,” the brief includes sections on: the...
20 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 June 2012: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has launched a new e-Newsletter on Climate Change Financing. The first issue of the e-Newsletter provides a description of the PIFS’ mandate on climate change financing, and highlights several activities undertaken in this area.
The issue features articles on, inter alia: the start of a country case study in Nauru carried out by PIFs on on climate change financing; a regional Adaptation Fund National Implementing Entity (NIE)...
13 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 June 2012: The Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) announced the theme for this year’s Forum, “Large Ocean Island States – the Pacific Challenge.” Henry Puna, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, noted that Pacific countries are often described as small island developing States (SIDS) but that Pacific peoples also “are the stewards of the largest ocean on the planet,” and encouraged a shift away from the “small island mentality,” which does not portray the connection...
