Pacific Education: Pacific Register for Qualifications and Standards
EQAP supports member countries with accreditation of its qualifications and the registration of these on a regional register.
Five Pacific countries (Fiji, PNG, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu), have successfully established their national qualifications…
REDD+ breathes new life into Pacific forests
Forests are called “the lungs of the earth” for good reason: their ability to draw in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen cleans our air and helps regulate the climate. Tropical rainforests, such as those found in the Pacific, are particularly…
Pacific’s Tree of Life faces growing pest threat
In the Pacific, coconut is king.
It charms visitors to our shores, as well as commands the respect of Pacific Islanders that depend on it for their livelihood.
Known regionally as the ‘tree of life’, every part is used, from its tallest frond down to its…
Nature-based solutions for climate resilience and biodiversity conservation in the Pacific
Nature-based solutions for climate resilience and biodiversity conservation in the Pacific
Visitor arrival numbers slump in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories
Tourism and the Pandemic
All around the world, COVID-19 is having serious impacts on the tourism industry. The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are no exception.
A boost for PNG emergency management with APTC training
The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) in Papua New Guinea recently delivered the second cohort of the International Skills Training, an internationally accredited program to improve training and assessment of adult learners in TVET. …
Field Trial for PILNA2021
FIELD trial for the next cycle of the Pacific's largest regional education assessment, the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA), begins in Papua New Guinea on September 8. The trial follows the virtual training of each…
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…
Pacific countries strengthen border monitoring in response to African Swine Fever threat
31 March 2020
Papua New Guinea recently announced that its multi-million pork industry is now under threat after African Swine Fever (ASF) was discovered in Mendi, in the Southern Highlands Province. It is believed that the disease was transported…