New projects to strengthen food security, access to clean drinking water & provide renewable energy access for Pacific people
The European Union (EU) and the Pacific Community (SPC) have today launched three new projects that will help address the social and economic impacts of COVID-19, whilst supporting longer-term economic recovery and health benefits for the Pacific region.
New COVID-19 response will increase biosecurity and upgrade sustainable food production in the Pacific
COVID-19 has had a far-reaching effect on Pacific nations. In the space of seven months, the evaporation of vital tourism earnings and remittances, as well as the disruption to international trade and the food supply, has had repercussions on food…
Flipping the Switch: Affordable, Reliable and Renewable energy solutions for the Federated States of Micronesia
Today, we globally emit around 50 billion tonnes of CO2e each year. This is more than 40% higher than emissions in 1990, an increase from 35 billion tonnes. Human activity is overloading our atmosphere with carbon dioxide and other global warming…
PIFS-SPC join voices for Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into Human Rights of Pacific Women, Girls
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the Pacific Community (SPC) have made a joint submission to the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into the human rights of women and girls in the Pacific. The submission offers recommendations on how…
UNDP-SPC partnership set to make immediate impact on quality and accessibility of Pacific data
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Pacific Community (SPC) today launched a new partnership which will strengthen regional efforts towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and support the national development…
Youth Engagement in the Pacific Community's 2021+ Strategic Plan
Young people are actively contributing to a visioning exercise to help inform the Pacific Community 2021 – 2030 Strategic Plan. The median age in the Pacific region is 22.6.
Pacific MEL Rebbilib report on MEL capacity available for download
A year-long, collaborative commitment to Pacific-led evidence generation and analysis has culminated in the newly launched Pacific Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Capacity Strengthening Rebbilib report.
Launch of the Pacific Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Capacity Strengthening Rebbilib
The launch event is to share back and widely, the final report on monitoring, evaluation and learning practices and resources within the Pacific region. The launch event acknowledges all who have made contributions to the final Rebbilib as well as those…
Young people’s right to be heard, our responsibility to listen
Young people’s right be heard, our responsibility to listen
Today the Pacific Community is joining our friends and partners from across the region and around the world in marking International Youth Day. The day has a special significance in the Pacific…
Building Resilience in Pacific Education
This story originally appeared on the Inter Press Service website, it has been republished here with permission.