Signature of a historic Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP)
Today, the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Pacific Community (SPC), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and The University of the South Pacific (USP) signed a landmark agreement with the European Union to help promote…
Samoa’s first certified Fire Investigator strengthens local fire service
The Samoa Fire and Emergency Services Authority (SFESA), has improved its ability to conduct fire investigations. Assistant Commissioner, Aufa'i Petaia completed a twelve-week Fire Investigator course with the Melbourne Fire Brigade (MFB) Fire…
‘Green Pacific Port initiative’ looks to improve port operations across the Pacific
Government officials and port representatives from Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga agreed to focus on the implementation of quality, energy, and environmental management for port operations in the Pacific as the guiding principles of their work in…
MTCC-Pacific Steering Committee Meeting
Steering Committee with update on MTCC-Pacific project progress and receive an introduction to first data analysis and its findings. Partner and OMP project presentations are also on the agenda.
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Pacific children key to championing human rights in the region
Pacific education officials and curriculum development officers from Kiribati, the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), and Tuvalu met in Fiji this week (7 to 10 August) to progress plans to integrate human rights and responsibilities into primary and…
Regional Co-Design workshop on Social Citizenship
Product and Persistence: Banaban Virgin Coconut Oil is beating the odds
Product and Persistence: How remote producers like Banaban Virgin Coconut Oil can achieve market share against all odds
Kiribati Strengthens National Disaster Coordination
On 27 June 2018, the Head of Cooperation at the Delegation of the European Union (EU) for the Pacific, Christoph Wagner handed over a Mobile Emergency Operations Centre (MEOC) and two fire trucks to Kiribati Police Commissioner Ioeru Tokantetaake
Republic of Marshall Islands strengthens food security measures ahead of future droughts
Communities in the remote, drought prone, northern atolls of the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) are trialling new food security measures to increase the availability of local food crops, expand the use of drought resistant crop varieties, improve…
Pacific Seeds for Life becomes a reality
Seeds and climate change
At the 23rd Conference of the Parties of UNFCCC (where Fiji played a central role), Parties adopted the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture. This landmark agreement recognized ‘the fundamental importance of agriculture…