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Mission
and Goal of the
Regional
Maritime Programme (RMP)
The
mission of the RMP is: Safe and secure shipping, cleaner seas, improved social
and economic well-being of seafaring communities within the Pacific
region.
Its
goal is to strengthen the capacity of Pacific Islanders to manage,
administer, regulate, control and gain employment in the maritime
transport sector in a socially responsible manner.
The
Programme is part of the Marine Resources Division. Based in Suva, Fiji Islands,
it employs the following officers: Regional Maritime Legal
Adviser, Regional Maritime Training
Adviser, Maritime Training Officer, Project Assistant
and an Information Assistant. RMP
collaborates with a number of other regional organisations, including the
Forum Fisheries Agency, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, South Pacific
Applied Geoscience Commission and the South Pacific Regional Environmental
Programme. The Programme
also works closely with a number of international organisations and
associations, including the International Maritime Organization, the
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the Australasian
Network of Maritime Educators and Trainers and the Association of Maritime
Education and Training Institutions in Asia Pacific. It
maintains close linkages with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and the New Zealand Maritime Safety Authority on
current professional and industry matters. 
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Although SPC has more than twenty member countries,
the RMP helps 14 PICTs (Cook Islands, FSM,
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall
Is,
Nauru, Niue,
Palau,
PNG, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu under its
legal assistance and 12 that have training institutions (including
French Polynesia and New Caledonia) are assisted under its training
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The
Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Forum (PIROF) was held at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji from 02 to
06 February, 2004. For more information please go to http://www.piocean.org.
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RMP
at the moment is the secretariat to the
Association of Pacific Island Maritime Training Institutions and
Maritime Authorities (APIMTIMA). The APIMTIMA came into being
in 1996 and is registered under the Fiji Charitable Trusts
Act. To date it has 17 regular members, 2 honorary members and
3 associate members. Purpose - The Association is
the principal interactive forum for Members to discuss, harmonise
and develop the education, training and examination infrastructure
for seafarers to ensure there is effective delivery of programs and
courses throughout the region to high, uniform standards and that
the maritime qualifications issued meet international
standards. Goal - To promote co-operation between
Maritime Training Institutions, Maritime Authorities and Shipowners
in implementing uniform standards of certification, training and
examination of seafarers within the region in accordance with
international maritime conventions and regional codes, in
consultation with other interested government departments and
maritime industries. The APIMTIMA meets once a year and
normally is held about February/March. Summary records of
meetings are circulated to all SPC member countries official,
maritime contacts, maritime training institutions, meeting participants and
deposit libraries. {Summary records can be viewed under publication]. |
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