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Pacific Youth Need Support to Stay in Agriculture
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 4:12 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Support from the family and wider community is critical in encouraging young people to develop as agricultural entrepreneurs. This is a key message from a survey of young people in Fiji, Tonga and Kiribati. More >>
Changing climate and Pacific fisheries
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 1:49 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (www.spc.int) needs your eye and talent to create awareness and help ensure the Pacific region can continue benefiting from the wealth of its fisheries. Changes in the climate can be expected to affect our ... More >>
Relief For Earthquake Victims In Solomon Islands
Friday, 12 February 2010, 2:20 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has paid FJ$20,000.00 from the Regional Natural Disaster Relief Fund to the victims of a series of earthquakes which struck the Western Province of Solomon Islands on 4th January 2010. More >>
SPC To Help Fight Cholera Outbreak
Friday, 8 January 2010, 12:40 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
SPC Headquarters (Noumea, New Caledonia) – Today, the Port Moresby office of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) will provide 2220 water quality testing tablets and related supplies to Mr Enoch Posanai,to help fight the cholera outbreak. More >>
Pacific: Calls Made For A Human Rights Commission
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 9:53 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
18 December 2009, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Suva – Regional parliamentarians meeting in Brisbane have called for a regional human rights mechanism to facilitate handling the increasing number of inter-jurisdictional human rights issues such as ... More >>
Pacific Island countries Must address violence
Monday, 21 December 2009, 1:40 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
17 December 2009, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Suva – ‘There are international and regional discussions already underway on addressing violence against women; it is time Pacific Island leaders take up the issue nationally. Domestic Violence is ... More >>
Pacific Islands Regional Plan of Action
Monday, 16 November 2009, 12:51 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
PACIFIC ISLANDS, MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2009: The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) today launched the Pacific Islands ... More >>
Workshop to discuss capacity building in extension
Saturday, 3 October 2009, 12:55 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
For agricultural development to be successful, Pacific Island countries and territories must build human resource capacity that will facilitate production of competitively priced, good quality agricultural commodities for both the domestic and international ... More >>
Centre Established To Improve Atoll Agriculture
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 9:16 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Producing food crops on an atoll island requires perseverance. Nil or almost no land resources coupled with infertile coralline soils and long spells of dry weather make any form of agriculture very difficult. As a result, atoll communities face problems. More >>
Host Country For 12th Arts Festival To Be Selected
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 9:14 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Council of Pacific Arts, which oversees the promotion of culture in the Pacific including preparations for the Festival of Pacific Arts, is meeting at the 10th Festival in American Samoa to select the host country for the 12th festival in 2016. More >>
Tenth Festival Of Pacific Arts - Guests Welcomed
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 10:17 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
While the men were busy preparing for the ava ceremony (kava ceremony), the women were getting ready to display their finely woven mats. Boys and girls also pitched in, taking their place beside their elders to help in welcoming guests to their shores. More >>
Tenth Festival Of Pacific Arts Begins In Pago Pago
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 10:34 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Around 2000 artists from 22 Pacific Island countries and territories will celebrate the official opening of the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The event promotes cultural exchange and regional unity. More >>
Samoa: Agricultural Commodities Program Workshop
Monday, 25 February 2008, 5:03 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
A consultative workshop on agricultural commodities will be held in Samoa, 27–29 February, 2008. The planned technical consultation will kick-off the All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme, a project funded by the EU. More >>
Amena Yauvoli To Head SPC Nth Pacific Office
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 9:31 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
'There is no better opportunity for SPC to contribute and provide real, meaningful and sustainable solutions to the ongoing development challenges that the countries and territories of the Northern Pacific are facing.' More >>
Coastal Fisheries Policy And Planning Workshop '08
Thursday, 31 January 2008, 10:33 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Coastal fisheries play an important role in the economies of Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs), in terms of sustaining people's livelihoods and contributing to exports, food security and poverty reduction. More >>
Elise Huffer – New SPC Human Development Adviser
Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 4:35 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, Tuesday 22 January 2008: The new Adviser for culture at SPC’s Human Development Programme (HDP), Elise Huffer, says despite its essential role, culture is an area that is often neglected or marginalised ... More >>
SPC commemorates International Anti Violence Day
Friday, 23 November 2007, 3:21 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia, Friday 23 November 2007 – A week of gender awareness training for staff at SPC ended today with the commemoration of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women ... More >>
Gender awareness training for SPC staff
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:43 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Monday 19 November 2007, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea – Staff from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in Noumea began a week of The training will give staff a better understanding of gender issues in SPC itself and ... More >>
Urbanisation an emerging challenge
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:17 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Tuesday 13 November 2007, 5th Pacific Community Conference, Apia, Samoa – Pacific Island country and territory members of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have been urged to consider urbanisation as an emerging issue with detrimental ... More >>
SPC’s account of 60 years of service
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 9:32 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Tuesday 13 November 2007, 5th Pacific Community Conference, Apia, Samoa – One highlight event of the 5th Pacific Community Conference – also being referred to as the 60th Anniversary Conference – is the launch of a commemorative book marking ... More >>
