13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC)
The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) will now take place June 6-16, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The announcement from the FestPAC Hawaiʻi Commission and The Pacific Community (SPC), the custodian of FestPAC, follows two postponements of…
Vanuatu building its school curriculum on respect and cultural values to raise respectful citizens
Almost 6,000 students in Vanuatu are part of a change in their education system that actively talks about bullying, respect and ensures that every student sees the equalty of each other no matter their age, race or gender.
In Vanuatu, social citizenship…
15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women & 8th Meeting of Ministers of Women
Read "Count her in – Invest in women: accelerate progress", a speech by SPC Mereseini Rakuita, Principal Strategic Lead - Pacific Women for International Women's Day 2024
Like the rest of the world, our Blue Pacific Continent is facing major global challenges that are transnational in nature demanding multi-faceted solutions.
The opportunity we have as the Pacific is unique and special. In the recent meeting of Pacific…
International Women’s Day 2024
SPC joins the IWD global campaign
International Women’s Day (IWD) is held on 8 March every year around the world to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. SPC is committed to improving gender equality and the…
Launching of the Public Service Staff Manual and Groundbreaking of the Prime Minister's Office & PSC Complex
This press release was originally published on Vanuatu PM’s Office website
USAID and SPC support strengthening of Fiji's Human Rights Database and Complaints Management System
The Fiji Human Rights Commission staff recently underwent intensive training with a team from HURIDOCS, a leading human rights technology non-government organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The collaboration focussed on enhancing Fiji's human…
Traditional leaders gather in Fiji to discuss the Pacific Traditional Leaders Forum 2024
This week marks a historic occasion as traditional leaders from Aotearoa New Zealand, Fiji, Hawai’i, and Samoa are converging in Suva, Fiji, to reignite ancestral ties and lay the groundwork for the inaugural Pacific Traditional Leaders Forum 2024.