1. PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
2016 RCARO Managed Project
Introductory Workshop for New RCA Government Parties on RCA Programme
and its Policy
Coral Coast, Fiji, 25 November 2016

2. Pacific islands

3. THE BEGINNING LEADERS PRESENT
2012 EWTP APPROVAL FOR PROMOTION OF GREEN ECONOMY
LEADERS PRESENT
PNG
FSM
Fiji
Tonga
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Nauru
New Caledonia
Cook Islands
Solomon Islands
Timor Leste
French Polynesia
Marshall Islands
Vanuatu

4. THE 3rd PIDF SUMMIT LEADERS PRESENT THEMATIC SESSIONS
2015 – ENTRY INTO FORCE OF PIDF CHARTER
LEADERS PRESENT
PNG
FSM
Fiji
Tonga
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Tokelau
Nauru
New Caledonia
Cook Islands
Solomon Islands
Timor Leste
French Polynesia
Marshall Islands
Vanuatu
THEMATIC SESSIONS
300 delegates/participants
48 countries and territories
34 International and NGOs
Commonwealth Secretariat SG
UN Envoy on Climate Change
Charter registered with UN on 6/10/15 [UN Registration Certificate Number 66150]

5. THE 3rd PIDF SUMMIT
OUTCOME DOCUMENT - PIDF CHARTER SUVA DECLARATION

6. DEFINITION & UNIQUENESS
Design – Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development
Multi-stakeholder P-SIDS&T Platform for The Green and Blue Economies
Inclusivity (High Level Political Forum – UN)
Multi-sector
Multi-stakeholder
Multi-Level

7. PIDF PURPOSE To drive transformative changes by: Advocacy on CC
Implement SD policies etc that respond to CC & globalisation;
Accelerating the integration of the 3 pillars of SD; and
Facilitating the use of innovative tools such as green economy, adaptive leadership, and genuine partnerships.

8. PIDF FUNCTIONS​ 01 02 03
Regional platform that preserves islands cultural diversity in the face of CC
Platform where P-SIDS leaders take ownership of decisions to address development
Inclusive regional multi-stakeholder forum for P-SIDS leaders 04
Regional counterpart for south-south cooperation and other international arrangements

9. Pacific islands DEVELOPMENT FORUM
Clusters for Action
Mainstreaming green growth in Pacific blue economies
Decarbonisation by 2030 (Low carbon pathways)
Building island resilience to climate impacts

10. GENUINE PARTNERSHIPS

11. MEMBERSHIP PACIFIC ISLANDS (11) Nauru Tonga Fiji Solomon Islands
Micronesia
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
PACIFIC ORGANISATIONS (2)
Pacific Islands Association and Non- Government Organization (PIANGO)
Pacific Islands Private Sector Organization (PIPSO)

12. GOVERNANCE

13. IAEA and PIDF
Fiji delegation to 59th General Conference of the IAEA (September 2015) – signing of first country Programme Framework
PIDF highlighted as Fiji’s preferred vehicle in collaboration with CROP, in areas of TC under Fiji’s CPF and the UN post-2015 development agenda
Pacific members include: Fiji, Palau, RMI, PNG and Vanuatu (Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Kiribati)
PIDF explores MOU for collaboration in innovation with IAEA (visit of Dr.Acuna/meeting with PIDF-DSG – 5 April 2016)
Outcome of Inter-Regional meeting TCP with SDGs of SIDS

14. IAEA and PIDF

15. POTENTIAL AREAS OF COLLABORATION
SDG2 – NO HUNGER – Agricultural Productivity & Food security – technical cooperation focus on improving yield and quality
SDG3 – GOOD HEALTH – Human Health & Nutrition - Enhance prevention, treatment and control of diseases (including radiation treatment of NCDs, work on Zika virus and others)
SDG14 – LIFE BELOW WATER - Water & the Environment - measures to manage and protect marine resources and coastal zones – Pacific Blue Economy Conference – monitor effects of ocean acidification

16. blue economy Scope includes:
Activities which explore and develop ocean resources;
Activities which use ocean space;
Activities which protect the ocean environment;
Activities which use ocean products as a main input; and
Activities which provide goods and services to support ocean activities.

17. PACIFIC BLUE ECONOMY
UN Conference on Oceans and Seas – SDG14 (Fiji, 2017) – Co-host Sweden
PIDF mandate on Pacific-SIDS Blue Economy
IAEA potential engagement on protection of oceans and coastal areas (nuclear waste shipments) and measure of ocean acidification

18. THANK YOU