Knowledge Management
09 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 March 2012: The UN hosted a press conference to take stock of global progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the recent milestones on poverty and water, and to chart the way forward, focusing on the remaining challenges and actions to be taken to accelerate progress in the run-up to 2015.Participants at the press conference, which was held on 8 March 2012 in New York, US, included UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Associate...
09 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 March 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), together with the Palau Energy Division and the National Development Bank of Palau (NDBP), convened a two-day energy audit training session to strengthen knowledge and skills in energy auditing and energy efficiency, including increasing the capacity of local contractors to support energy efficiency initiatives in buildings.
The training session, which took place from 5-6 March in Koror, Palau, was attended by 30 participants,...
09 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 March 2012: The UN system celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March 2012, under the theme “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty.” In a message to mark the Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that rural women are a major part of the agriculture labour force, performing most of the unpaid care work in rural areas. He noted that, if women enjoyed equal access to productive resources, agricultural yields would rise by 4%, taking at least 150 million people out...
06 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 February 2012: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the Commonwealth Secretariat Pacific jointly organized a Regional Workshop on Democratic Institutions, which provided politicians an opportunity to share experiences related to the challenges facing democracy in the Pacific.
Held in Brisbane, Australia, from 27-29 February 2012, the workshop focused on possible solutions applicable across the region to the challenges faced by democratic institutions. Participants also...
06 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 March 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that a pilot plant health clinic will be tested in Solomon Islands, and if successful, scaled up to include other Pacific Island countries. The pilot project is carried out under the framework of the “Strengthening Integrated Crop Management Research in the Pacific Islands in Support of Sustainable Intensification of High-Value Crop Production” project, which is funded by the Australian Centre for...
