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COP28:8: Amplifying Pacific Voices For Climate Action
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 11:23 am | UNDP
In the heart of the Pacific Ocean, a silent crisis unfolds. Amidst the Pacific’s pristine waters and lush greenery, countries are slowly disappearing, their very existence threatened by the continued impacts of climate change. This is not a distant ... More >>
Effective National And Regional Cooperation To Prosecute Corruption In Solomon Islands
Monday, 6 March 2023, 8:56 pm | UNDP
Honiara, Solomon Islands, March 6 – Inter-institutional cooperation in Solomon Islands is being accelerated to fight against corruption as practitioners from public sector organizations discussed the critical issues focusing on the successful prosecution ... More >>
REACH Integrated Service Delivery Scaled Up For Inclusive COVID-19 Responses In Fiji And Tonga
Monday, 6 September 2021, 6:08 pm | UNDP
(Suva, Fiji / Nuku'alofa, Tonga) The integrated public service delivery in Fiji and Tonga, better known as the REACH project, is being scaled up with funding support provided by the Government of Japan to assist the government responses to the COVID-19 ... More >>
FSM Congress Advances Its Digital Capacity To Continue Functioning Online
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 5:31 pm | UNDP
(Pohnpei, FSM) The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has boosted its digital capacity to continue its sessions and committee meetings online, which it had started last year following the outbreak of COVID-19. The upgrade is being ... More >>
Financing Is Key For Achieving Sustainable Development Goals In Kiribati
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 5:28 am | UNDP
Staff and members of Kiribati Parliament engaged in a knowledge sharing session in Tarawa, joined by their counterparts in other Pacific Island countries in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Tonga online. (Photo: Kiribati parliament) (Tarawa, Kiribati) ... More >>
Kiribati’s Public Account Committee Members Gear Up For Playing A More Effective Role In Increasing Transparency
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 5:52 pm | UNDP
Speaker of Kiribati Parliament, Honourable Tangariki Reete (first from left), with Chair and Members of the Public Accounts Committee during the workshop. Photo: Kiribati Parliament. Members of Kiribati Parliament’s Public Accounts committee completed ... More >>
‘Digital’ And ‘Mobile’ A New Normal For Resilient Public Service Delivery In Tonga
Friday, 23 October 2020, 6:13 am | UNDP
Nukualofa, Tonga - More citizens in Tonga will enjoy efficient and resilient delivery of public services due to the increasing use of digital and mobile devices in government’s operation. This will be a ‘new normal’ as Tonga prepares for potential threats ... More >>
UNDP Launches Webinar Series To Promote Parliamentary Innovation And Response During COVID-19
Saturday, 20 June 2020, 7:05 am | UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Office in Fiji has launched a new webinar series, to highlight and promote parliamentary innovation and response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Since the global outbreak of COVID-19, some ... More >>
New Partnership For Fiji’s Security Sector Governance Launched
Friday, 19 June 2020, 7:06 am | UNDP
Signing of the police partnership agreement. Photo credit: New Zealand High Commission to Fiji A new project was signed today between the Government of New Zealand, the Fiji Police Force and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Fiji Police ... More >>
Vanuatu MPs Undergo Induction For New Term Of Parliament
Friday, 5 June 2020, 4:47 pm | UNDP
Photo: UNDP/Maurizio Cacucci Port Vila, Vanuatu (05 June 2020) – Newly elected Members of the Vanuatu Parliament are currently undergoing a five-day induction programme aimed at equipping MPs to better understand and effectively perform their role as ... More >>
Pacific Parliaments Overcome Physical Barriers To Support Budget Analysis In Tonga
Monday, 11 May 2020, 6:47 pm | UNDP
(Nuku’alofa, Tonga) 11 May 2020 – In preparation for the tabling of the 2020-2021 national budget, which will also include the appropriation for the COVID-19 stimulus package, the Legislative Assembly of Tonga is benefitting from the remote support ... More >>
CSOs accelerate action for effective access to justice
Saturday, 1 February 2020, 11:35 am | UNDP
(Suva, Fiji) – The key role played by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in supporting people’s ability to effectively access justice in Fiji cannot be overemphasized. The EU and UNDP are providing support to CSOs to strengthen their ability to fulfill ... More >>
Study reveals justice needs and satisfaction in Fiji
Saturday, 19 October 2019, 5:11 pm | UNDP
(Suva, Fiji) - Every year approximately 100,000 Fijians encounter a legal problem and need access to mechanisms that lead to fair resolutions. This was revealed by the Justice Needs and Satisfaction in Fiji Report launched today by the Fiji Access ... More >>
Advancing Climate Resilience in the Pacific
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 4:15 pm | UNDP
22 May 2018, Bangkok, Thailand: The impact of climate change reaches all aspects of human life in the Pacific. Policymakers must select the priority adaptation actions from many options. UNDP and UN Environment are empowering effective climate change ... More >>
Human rights advocates in Asia under attack
Friday, 18 May 2018, 1:48 pm | UNDP
In February, hundreds of Filipino participants in the peace process, environmental activists and human rights defenders were labeled “terrorists” by their own government. The security of the individuals on this list is at stake, and some have fled the ... More >>
New initiative to boost economic growth in Kiribati
Friday, 30 March 2018, 1:09 pm | UNDP
Tarawa, Kiribati – The Government of Kiribati through its Ministry of Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives today signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on an initiative that will seek to foster income generation for ... More >>
“Floating Budget Analysis” to boost Parliaments’ capacity
Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 2:50 pm | UNDP
Honiara, Solomon Islands – Lessons from the budget analysis model applied by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji has been replicated in the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands. The support during the 2018 budget process was facilitated ... More >>
Cook Islands Women Parliamentarians Caucus
Saturday, 10 March 2018, 2:15 pm | UNDP
Avarua, Cook Islands - With the establishment of the Women Parliamentarians Caucus, Cook Islands aims to further advance the effective participation of women at the highest decision-making body: the legislature. More >>
Regional Parliament Community Unite to Support Tonga
Thursday, 8 March 2018, 5:29 pm | UNDP
joint press release from the Legislative Assembly of Tonga and the United Nations Development Programme More >>
Japan Government Pen Deal to Support Six Pacific Parliaments
Monday, 5 March 2018, 8:20 pm | UNDP
Suva, Fiji - The Government of Japan today signed a USD$5.2m agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which will allow its current parliamentary development work to be scaled up and replicated to support six Pacific Parliaments. More >>