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Tuvalu First to Update Seafarer Legislation
Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 5:20 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The International Day of the Seafarer on 25 June 2013 held special significance for the Tuvalu government as it became the first country in the Pacific Islands region to pass amended legislation addressing the 2010 amendments to the International Convention ... More >>
Pacific Meteorology Services to Enhance Their Standards
Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 5:01 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Under rules established by the International Civil Aviation Organization, all Meteorological Services must have a Quality Management System in place if they are providing weather information to the aviation industry. More >>
Niue Ahead of the Pack As Smoking Rates Fall
Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 4:21 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The latest data to be published on smoking rates in Niue show that this small, isolated Pacific nation may be well on its way to achieving the goal of being ‘smoke free’ by 2025. More >>
Implementation of Pacific Living Condition (Hybrid) Survey
Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 4:16 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The project of development of the 2012 Vanuatu Pacific Living Condition Survey (Hybrid survey) aim is to meet with Cost-effectiveness and survey management efficiency. This is critical as the absence of functioning administrative databases in most Pacific ... More >>
Implementation of Ten Year Pacific Statistics Strategy
Monday, 22 July 2013, 4:29 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) holds this week the 4th regional conference of Heads of Statistics and Planning, in his headquarter in Noumea. More >>
Fertiliser company to open Fiji facility
Monday, 15 July 2013, 11:15 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Over the last year, IACT has assisted Soil Health Pacific in the purchase of a new brewing plant for the production of liquid fertilisers. Training of staff and local farmers on biologically focused fertility programmes is also supported by IACT. These ... More >>
Pacific Disaster Risk Management & Climate Change
Monday, 8 July 2013, 2:41 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
High-profile Pacific Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Joint Meeting Opens In Nadi, Fiji More >>
Local and Industrial Fishers Compete In The Pacific
Monday, 8 July 2013, 2:30 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Increased competition for tuna is causing tension between local fishers and industrial vessels in some Pacific Islands, and the Heads of Pacific Island Fisheries Departments have tasked the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) to examine the issue. ... More >>
A legacy for future generations
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 6:45 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Dr Jimmie Rodgers, Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, called on Pacific Health Ministers to make important decisions for the health of all Pacific people during the opening ceremony of the Tenth Pacific Health Ministers ... More >>
Cicia Island Declared Organic
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 4:42 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
25th June, 2013 – In a milestone achievement last weekend, Cicia Island in Fiji’s Lau Group was declared a fully organic island. More >>
News from the Pacific Media Team, Bulletin 1. 2 July, 2013
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 2:35 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Better information management key to overcoming Marshall Islands drought By Daniel Namosuaia, Solomon Star: http://www.solomonstarnews.com More >>
Pacific Emerging Leaders Join Hands for the Environment
Friday, 28 June 2013, 3:22 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Two very special groups of Pacific island young professionals and university students are gathering at the Tanoa Hotel in Nadi, Fiji this week to progress their aspirations for improving environmental conservation and people’s livelihoods. More >>
Pacific Region’s Public Health Surveillance Network Praised
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 2:46 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Representatives of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and Pacific Island countries and territories were very proud to hear an international expert recognising the value of the long-established Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN) ... More >>
SPREP Website Makes List of Top 101
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 2:14 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
www.sprep.org the website for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) was listed as one of the top 101 web resources on climate change by the environmentalsciencedegree.com. More >>
Nauru’s Nature Under Scrutiny
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 2:26 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
One of the smallest countries in the world, Nauru, has had its marine and land species surveyed by a team of 12 international experts. More >>
SPC and IUCN to Increase Cooperation
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:44 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
SPC and IUCN to Increase Cooperation to Address the Pacific’s Conservation and Development Needs More >>
Health Expert Group Ensures Relevance to Pacific Island Need
Monday, 17 June 2013, 1:55 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Scientific and public health experts will meet at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) headquarters in Noumea today and tomorrow (17 and 18 June) as part of the Public Health Division’s new Scientific and Technical Expert Group. More >>
Sculpting Regional Solutions to Search and Rescue Operations
Friday, 14 June 2013, 4:12 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Pacific has moved one step closer to achieving a harmonised regional approach to search and rescue (SAR) capability. More >>
SPC and Cook Islands Commence In-Country Consultations
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 5:13 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Today the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Government of Cook Islands commenced a week of in-country consultations to determine the interventions SPC will undertake in the country over the next three years and form the basis of what will ... More >>
Training provides platform for capacity-building on organics
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 4:12 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
A group of organic practitioners from Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Palau and Vanuatu were trained to facilitate the development of organic participatory guarantee systems (PGS) to provide a credible organic guarantee to consumers seeking organic produce. ... More >>
