Secretariat of the Pacific Community - Latest News [Page 7]
SPC Director-General Meets Representatives of Germany
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 1:57 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Dr Jimmie Rodgers, Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), who was in Europe to meet key German development partners, held meetings in Frankfurt with high level representatives of key German agencies to discuss development priorities ... More >>
Pacific Maritime Search and Rescue Workshop Begins In Suva
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 5:03 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Fifth Pacific Maritime Search and Rescue Workshop Begins In Suva Tuesday 4 June 2013, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji – More >>
Tobacco Control Vital to Health
Friday, 31 May 2013, 4:40 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Every year, tobacco kills nearly six million people. It remains the largest preventable cause of death on the planet. More >>
Tobacco Control Vital to Health
Friday, 31 May 2013, 1:54 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Every year, tobacco kills nearly six million people. It remains the largest preventable cause of death on the planet. More >>
Tobacco control vital to health
Thursday, 30 May 2013, 6:13 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Every year, tobacco kills nearly six million people. It remains the largest preventable cause of death on the planet. More >>
CPSC Moves Steadily Towards Regulating Shipping
Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 4:27 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Central Pacific Shipping Commission (CPSC) – an initiative born out of Pacific small island states’ calls for reliable, affordable and sustainable shipping – moves steadily towards donning its much awaited role of regulating shipping in the ... More >>
CPSC Moves Steadily Towards Regulating Shipping
Monday, 27 May 2013, 2:40 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Central Pacific Shipping Commission (CPSC) – an initiative born out of Pacific small island states’ calls for reliable, affordable and sustainable shipping – moves steadily towards donning its much awaited role of regulating shipping in the ... More >>
Key Note Address By Hon. Vice President, Teima Onorio
Monday, 27 May 2013, 12:09 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
(On the occasion of the Nansen Initiative Pacific Regional Consultations, Edgewater Resort, Rarotonga, May 21 – 25 2013) More >>
Green Fale In Tuvalu to Showcase Benefits of Saving Energy
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 2:41 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
A new renewable energy project in Tuvalu takes the saying “Home is where the heart is” one green step further. Tuvalu will be building a renewable energy fale that will feature energy efficient appliances to demonstrate the benefits of living ... More >>
New Pacific Plan Desk Officer appointed in FSM
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:27 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The new Pacific Plan Desk Officer has had a busy start in his post in the Federated States of Micronesia. More >>
Kiribati Seeks More from Regionalism
Monday, 13 May 2013, 12:40 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Pacific Plan Review consulted Kiribati stakeholders last week, meeting politicians, senior government officials, the Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Kiribati Association of NGOs, as well as the country’s bilateral and multilateral development ... More >>
Workshop focuses on strengthening Pacific product marketing
Friday, 10 May 2013, 11:27 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Six Pacific enterprises under the Increasing Agricultural Commodity Trade (IACT) Project were provided with product branding and marketing assistance during a marketing clinic conducted from 29April to 4 May in Nadi, Fiji. More >>
Australia & SPREP Sign Multi-Year $10.5 Million Agreement
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 1:04 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
8 May 2013 - The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) today renewed their close partnership with the signing of a multi-year agreement to support Pacific Island ... More >>
Two million dollar agreement for Renewable Energy
Monday, 6 May 2013, 5:16 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
6 May, Nadi, Fiji – A major highlight of the opening session of a regional meeting relating to renewable energy and energy efficiency in the Pacific was the signing of a two million dollar agreement. More >>
Implementing the Pacific Plan: SPC highlights its role
Monday, 6 May 2013, 12:09 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
At their meeting with the Executive team at Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) headquarters in Noumea last week, the Pacific Plan Review team heard about the wide range of initiatives that SPC has been undertaking to support the Plan’s ... More >>
SPC and UNFPA combine their efforts in the Pacific
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 5:35 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed an agreement forming a partnership to combine their efforts on behalf of their 14 common members in the Pacific on 30 April 2013. More >>
Appointment Of Director Of Human Resources
Friday, 19 April 2013, 2:23 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Dr Jimmie Rodgers, SPC Director-General, is pleased to announce that he has appointed Ms Christine Croombes to the position of Director of Human Resources. Ms Croombes, who is originally from the United Kingdom, has worked in Asia, Africa and the UK ... More >>
Kiribati and SPC update joint country strategy
Friday, 12 April 2013, 10:12 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
A small team from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is in Tarawa, Kiribati this week to develop a new joint country strategy (JCS) between SPC and the Government of Kiribati. JCSs are multi-year plans that align the priorities of SPC member countries ... More >>
Selling safe sex
Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 2:49 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
At church, at the dinner table, at work or at school, we are surrounded by HIV prevention messages, and many of us have heard the common refrain: Abstain, Be Faithful, Use a Condom, otherwise known as ‘ABC’. More >>
SPC signs AUD 18 million funding agreement with Australia
Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 11:25 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Rob Tranter, First Assistant Director General, Pacific for the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and Dr Jimmie Rodgers, Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), signed a new AUD 18 million grant ... More >>