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2011 Human Development Report: Pacific Islands' Progress
Friday, 4 November 2011, 12:29 pm | UNDP Pacific Centre
03 November 2011 Palau tops Human Development Index in the Pacific Nouméa, New Caledonia, November 3 -- Despite impressive human development rankings in some of the Pacific Island countries, the region faces a future of rising sea-levels, reduced fresh water ... More >>
People Make Their Voices Heard on Poverty Alleviation
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 10:47 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
17 October 2011 [Suva- October 17] Personal stories of overcoming poverty and seeing the world through a poor person’s eyes were just two of the highlights of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. University students, academics, and the civil ... More >>
Solomon Islands shares experience on financial inclusion
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 11:32 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
“Solomon Islands had made steady progress in promoting financial inclusion activities in the last twelve months”. In a presentation to the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum in Cancun, Mexico last week, Chairman of the National Financial ... More >>
PFIP: Significant Reduction in Remittance Fees
Friday, 7 October 2011, 12:12 pm | UNDP Pacific Centre
[Suva, Fiji, 7th October, 2011] Within one month of Vodafone MPAiSA International Remittance Launch, their competitor Digicel Mobile Money in partnership with Klick Ex, followed with a launch of their web to mobile wallet money transfer last night ... More >>
Solomon Islands Parliament Call to Tackle Corruption
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:14 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
[6 October 2011, Honiara] The Solomon Islands Parliament yesterday concluded a two-day seminar for Members of Parliament on the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). The seminar brought together Members from across the political spectrum to discuss ... More >>
Sub-Regional ‘Writeshop’ Accelerates Pacific HIV Law Reform
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 10:53 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
Sub-Regional ‘writeshop’ accelerates HIV Law reform in the PacificHigh Level representatives from the Justice, Health and Civil Society Organizations from Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu gather ... More >>
Marshallese Women Experience First ever Mock Nitijela
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 9:47 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
First ever Mock Nitijela for Women. More >>
Ban Ki-moon: Remarks with Solomon Islands Prime Minister
Monday, 5 September 2011, 4:56 pm | UNDP Pacific Centre
It is a great honour and pleasure for me to visit this beautiful country of Solomon Islands. Distinguished members of the media, Halo oloketa! ["Hello."] The challenges that you have addressed and are going to face are challenges for the world. I have ... More >>
Community Based Study Exploring HIV Transmission in Fiji
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 10:17 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
Secret Lives, Other Voices... a Community Based Study Exploring Male-to-Male Sex, Gender Identiy and HIV Transmission in Fiji. More >>
Pacific Climate Observers Learning from Caribbean Experience
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 12:31 pm | UNDP Pacific Centre
(Suva, Fiji – August 24) Four Pacific islanders will participate in a ten month climate observers’ training programme in Barbados that starts later this month. Representatives from Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands will attend ... More >>
Paint for Peace Party
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 12:18 pm | UNDP Pacific Centre
(Suva – August 24) Children flocked to the Paint for Peace Party at the Hibiscus Festival today to draw, paint and say what peace meant to them. This initiative is part of the build up towards the International Peace day, celebrated on 21 September ... More >>
Pacific: Strategies for Increasing Women in Decision-Making
Friday, 22 July 2011, 11:16 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
Strategic partnerships, targeted communications, enabling legislation and training women for leadership roles were highlighted as some of the crucial ingredients in increasing the number of women in decision-making in the Pacific. More >>
Pacific:Building the Foundation of Agro Meteorology Services
Monday, 23 May 2011, 11:22 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
three week long training demystified the processes involved in agro-meteorology and provided weather specialists and agriculture officers with knowledge, tools and skills to interpret the impact of changing weather patterns on crop and livestock ... More >>
Social Accountability is Everyone's Business
Friday, 13 May 2011, 3:17 pm | UNDP Pacific Centre
ocial accountability is everyone’s responsibility and citizens, civil society and the media working together with government can ensure that there is an effective delivery of services. This was the message from the Manager of the United Nations ... More >>
Faith Based Organisations Take Part in Microinsurance Event
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 10:33 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
Representatives of faith based organizations in Fiji participated in a workshop to learn more about microinsurance and help identify the most suitable features of a microinsurance product that would protect their low income members from losses and ... More >>
Social Accountability Workshop to Start in Suva
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 9:58 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
What is social accountability? How can citizens hold their governments accountable for the delivery of services? What role do the civil society, private sector and donor community play in social accountability? More >>
Pacific Govts Begin Talks on Access to Climate Finance
Friday, 15 April 2011, 11:55 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
[Koror, Palau - April 13] Relating international discussion on climate change and climate finance to Pacific realities and finding a strong Pacific voice for the region’s expectations in international climate negotiations were amongst the major issues ... More >>
Pacific Govts to Gather for Climate Finance Talks in Palau
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 10:03 am | UNDP Pacific Centre
[Koror, Palau - April 12] Representatives of ten Pacific governments will gather in Palau later this week to discuss how countries can increase their access to climate funds and use them sustainably. More >>
Parliamentary Committees for Greater Oversight
Friday, 4 February 2011, 8:30 pm | UNDP Pacific Centre
[Nuku’alofa - February 4] Parliamentary committees have a crucial role to play in scrutinizing government spending and ensuring people’s views are reflected in the laws of the country. The role of parliamentary committees was the topic of discussion ... More >>
Towards A Rights Based Approach In Pacific
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 12:03 pm | UNDP Pacific Centre
Improving the attitudes and behaviours towards children, women, and persons with disability by working alongside them within their communities are some of the most effective ways of ensuring health and wellbeing in the Pacific Islands. More >>
