Food systems in the Pacific: Addressing challenges in cooperation with Europe
This content was prepared by Céline Pajon, IFRI
More frequent climate disasters, rising sea levels, the economic fallout of Covid-19 lockdowns, border closures, supply chain constraints, and the global impact of the war in Ukraine have aggravated…
Workshop for the Industry Advisory Committee MEL Microqualification(2023)
The Pacific Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Capacity Strengthening Project Va'a are working with the Industry Advisory Committee to agree on:
Building a shared understanding of key features of a micro-qualification
A draft micro-qualification,…
Green News: Climate change-induced sea-level rise direct threat Pacific nations
Speakers warned the international community that tensions are deepening as coastlines vanish, territories are lost, resources become scarce, and masses are displaced, as the Security Council held its first ever open debate on 15 of February on the impact…
Green news: 2023 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies network to help combatting climate change in the Pacific
The last year has again proven that the Pacific is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world, facing tropical cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, health crises and drought. The World Risk Index 2020 ranks Vanuatu as the most at…
SPC partnerships with Women Entrepreneurs in Fisheries
Katarina Baleisuva is a full-time farmer and the owner of Kaybee Farm, in Fiji. Since 2011 she has been running a self-funded successful integrated farm which includes tilapia fish farming. Through these earnings, she has successfully educated her…
A mother’s dedication to education drives Uate to improve equality for women and young people
Hardships caused by inequality experienced by young people and by women motivate Uate Tamanikaiyaroi to ensure equal opportunities for all Pacific people.
Uate continues explaining how his late mother carried the brunt of gender inequality from childhood…
‘Alofa’ - or love - underpins the Pacific solution to ending violence and empowering women
Socio-cultural values of love, protection and care that prevail in most Pacific Island countries and territories inspired a Samoan teenage girl to dedicate her life to the empowerment of women and girls.
“My interest in gender equality started when I…
Pacific Community members mark 75 years of service to the region at 52nd Meeting of the Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations and Special thematic session of the 12th Conference
From 23 to 25 November 2022, participants from across the Pacific and around the world were gathered for the 52nd Meeting of the Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations (CRGA 52) and the Special thematic session of the 12th…
Health experts collaborate to provide support to Tuvalu amidst COVID-19 outbreak
Tuvalu was COVID-19 free up until October 2022 however since that time, reported community transmission of COVID-19 cases as of 24 November 2022 has now reached 2362.
The Pacific Community (SPC) with funding support from the Department of Foreign Affairs…