Smart Mobility: Leveraging technology and financing to accelerate implementation
Webinar 3: Smart Mobility: Leveraging technology and financing to accelerate implementation (95 mins)
29 September 2020 | 5 PM FST (Fiji Standard Time) |7 AM CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Energy Efficiency: A lens on Energy Service Companies (ESCO) models within the context of the Pacific Island Countries
Webinar 2: Energy Efficiency: A lens on Energy Service Companies (ESCO) models within the context of the Pacific Island Countries (95 mins) 22 September 2020 |5 PM FST (Fiji Standard Time) | 7 AM CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Renewable Energy Investments in the Pacific Islands: Opportunities to scale up and the role of flexible blended financing instruments
Webinar 1: Renewable Energy Investments in the Pacific Islands: Opportunities to scale up and the role of flexible blended financing instruments (95 mins) 15 September 2020 | 5 PM FST (Fiji Standard Time) | 7 AM CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Innovations to drive trial runs for next Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment
On 8 September, The Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) trials will begin with several innovations being tested, including a new block design format that accounts for student fatigue, an improved student registration system and more…
From luxury lotions to tasty local dishes: Tonga’s mozuku seaweed producer reinvents his company to face the challenges of COVID-19
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, cruise ship traffic in the Pacific halted. Access to luxury markets disappeared. Small local businesses were severely affected. By developing different products and new markets, in the Kingdom of Tonga, in Oceania…
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…
Intergenerational Dialogue and Learning
The Pacific Community (SPC) is launching an Intergenerational Dialogue and Learning Event to commemorate International Youth Day (IYD) on Friday 19th August, 2020, from 11am-2pm. The theme for IYD is “Youth Engagement for Global Action” and the…
SPC signs agreement with Aquaculture Without Frontiers to support private sector aquaculture enterprises
With the objective of strengthening private sector aquaculture enterprises, a Special Service Agreement has been signed this month between the Pacific Community (SPC) and Aquaculture Without Frontiers (AwF).
Under this agreement, AwF will provide…
New children’s book aims to inspire young and old with real stories of extraordinary ni-Vanuatu
New children’s book aims to inspire young and old with real stories of extraordinary ni-Vanuatu
‘Taf Tumas! Different journeys, one people’ to be launched
Thousands of trap lures deployed in new push to contain Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle infestation
Up to 5,500 trap lures have been distributed to Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands in a bid to contain the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) infestation.