The Pacific region

BGLP Study Tour Presentation: Understanding the role of Capacity in the Pacific

A copy of the PowerPoint Presentation delivered by Scott Hook during the BGLP Study Tour in Brisbane, Australia. 

Melanesia rises up Against corruption
(Solomon Star - 19 March 2009)

MELANESIAN countries have made significant progress in identifying priorities for action to implement the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) to fight corruption in their respective countries. Only two Melanesian countries to date have ratified the UNCAC - Fiji and PNG - with the Solomon Islands Cabinet recently announcing its intention to accede to the Convention as a matter of priority. UNCAC covers five main areas namely; prevention, criminalization and law enforcement, international cooperation, asset recovery and technical assistance.

Sub-regional workshop to discuss ways to increase number of women in Pacific Parliaments
(Solomon Star - 16 September 2008)

Against the world average of 16 percent women Parliamentarians, the Pacific countries have the lowest average by region of 3.1 percent (excluding Australia and New Zealand). The Pacific region has five out of the eight countries in the world without any women in parliament. The five countries are Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. "It is with these facts in mind that women parliamentarians from the Forum Island countries together with development partners, academics and civil society organizations agreed at a meeting in the Cook Islands in 2006 on the need to address barriers to women's representation and participation in Pacific parliaments," says Peter Forau, Acting Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat - The Pacific Plan

The Pacific Plan was endorsed by Forum Leaders at their Pacific Islands Forum Meeting in Port Moresby, October 2005. As a 'living document' it now forms the basis of ongoing strengthening of regional cooperation and integration efforts for the benefit of the people of the Pacific. Initiatives centre around four pillars representing the key areas (and challenges) that the Pacific as a region must work to address should it be able to raise living standards, increase access to opportunity and stimulate pro-poor growth for the peoples of the Pacific: economic growth; sustainable development; good governance; and security.

Pacific Islands Governance Portal

The Pacific Governance Portal provides information about governance in the Pacific Islands region. The Pacific Governance Portal seeks to bring diverse sources of information into one workspace.  On the Governance Portal, there is information about governance issues in the Pacific; collections and links to Pacific policy documents; academic papers and reports; information and links to development projects, research projects and conferences; and a collection of news.