Culture
16 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 May 2012: At the 2012 Forum Trade Ministers’ Meeting (FTMM), the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) updated ministers on its trade-related work, including the region’s Traditional Knowledge (TK) Action Plan. Decisions taken by the ministers are contained in the 2012 FTMM Outcomes Document. The FTMM took place on 11 May 2012, in Majuro, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).
The Ministers agreed that Phase Two of the TK Action Plan would focus on assisting PIF member...
15 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 April 2012: Several institutions of the Central American Integration System (SICA) have co-hosted a Central American Workshop on Gender, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, to prepare a regional roadmap for policies tackling the linkages among gender, climate change and disaster risk management.
The Central American workshop was held from 18-20 April 2012, in San Salvador, El Salvador, and arises from a December 2011 mandate from the XXXVIII Ordinary Meeting of Heads of State and...
14 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 May 2012: An informal ministerial meeting took place to address small island developing States’ (SIDS) position for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), on 9 May 2012, in Bridgetown, Barbados. Representatives of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) stressed a focus on “the day after Rio.” Other delegates addressed issues relating to utilization of ocean resources; gender aspects of resource access; principles of rotation between Atlantic, Indian Ocean...
14 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 May 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released its regional human development report for the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on the need for the region to find ways to continue to grow economically, while reducing poverty and tackling climate change and environmental concerns. The report addresses climate challenges facing small island developing States (SIDS) in the region due their low elevation.
Special focus is given to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), including Kiribati,...
30 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 April 2012: A two-day consultation in Nauru was conducted by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the UN, to map out a five-year national action plan on the economic empowerment of women. The consultation sought views from representatives of civil society organisations, government, academia and the informal and formal sectors, who spoke of achieving sustainable development through the economic empowerment of women.
The consultations...
