Success Stories
Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) – Small Island Developing States Technical Assistance Programme (SIDSTEC)
The Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) is Singapore’s umbrella technical assistance programme to developing countries. In 1999, the Small Island Developing States Technical Cooperation Programme (SIDSTEC) was set up under the SCP as part of Singapore’s efforts towards assisting Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to achieve sustainable development. Through close collaborations with development partners and recipient countries, it aims to foster mutual learning, cooperation and friendship...
Pacific Central Bank Financial Inclusion Working Group
In December 2009, The South Pacific Central Bank Governors Meeting endorsed the creation of a central bank working group focused on increasing financial inclusion in the Pacific. With the Alliance for Financial Inclusion as the facilitator and PFIP as the secretariat, the group considered evidence from other countries and put forward a one-year joint work plan to develop and implement policies that have been proven to increase financial inclusion.
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention (WCPFC) is an international fisheries agreement that seeks to ensure, through effective management, the long-term conservation and sustainable use of highly migratory fish stocks i.e. tunas, billfish, marlin; in the western and central Pacific Ocean. Conservation and management measures that are developed under the terms of the Convention apply to these stocks throughout their range, or to specific areas within the Convention Area. The WCPFC...
Pacific Regional Audit Initiative (PRAI)
PRAI’s overarching objective is to raise Pacific public auditing to uniformly-high standards, which in turn is expected to improve transparency and accountability in managing and using public resources.
Regional cooperation and coordination - activities include the establishment of a regional secretariat for the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI); the creation of a Charter and a governing board; the coordination of the PASAI annual congresses; and governing board...
Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM)
The Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) is one of the main institutional responses by the Caribbean SIDS Member States with respect to land resources. Led by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), it is an expression of the translation of the aims of the UNCCD and the Land Resources Chapter of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) into tangible deliverables.
