PIFS
14 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 February 2012: The Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) announced that, as part of the Cairns Compact on Strengthening Development Coordination in the Pacific, a peer review is underway in the Marshall Islands on national planning, budgeting, financial and aid management systems and processes.
The peer reviewers include representatives from the Governments of the Cook Islands and Vanuatu, as well as UN and PIFS staff.
The Cairns Compact is an initiative agreed by Pacific Leaders at the...
14 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 February 2012: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) concluded the seventh round of the Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) negotiations in Nadi, Fiji, on 10 February 2012. The seventh round of negotiations was focused on refining the proposed agreement on trade in services.
According to PIFS, participating countries agreed to a framework for final engagement of key stakeholders, and for progressing the finalization of the PICTA trade in services text and the related...
26 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 January 2012: The initial discussions on the “zero draft” of the outcome document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) began on 25 January 2012, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. Opening comments on the zero draft were offered by five groupings with small island developing States (SIDS) members, namely the Group of 77 and China (G-77/China), the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Pacific SIDS, and the Pacific Islands...
23 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 January 2012: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has announced that US$4 million from the Pacific Environment Community (PEC) has been approved to install a solar power generation system and sea water desalination plant in Nauru.
According to PIFS, the project is anticipated to save Nauru 60 tonnes of diesel per year, and to provide for 1.3% of the current energy demand of the country. The Government of Nauru is aiming for 50% of its energy supply to be met by renewable energy...
16 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2011: The December issue of the “Trends and Developments” e-newsletter by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) outlines key economic issues for the region in 2012. The newsletter is produced biannually, and is based on the work programme of the PIFS Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM).
The newsletter notes weak economic growth projections for most Forum Island Countries (FICs) in 2012, with the exception of Nauru, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon Islands and...
