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Stewards of the Blue Pacific: Sustaining What Sustains Us

Our oceans are the Earth’s lifeblood, its beating heart. On the back of World Oceans Day and as the UN Ocean Conference commences this week in France, we are reminded of its essential role in sustaining life.

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Navigating Development with Traditional Wisdom: Pasifika Futures Report Launched in Fiji

The Pasifika Futures Report has been launched in Suva at the opening of the inaugural Pasifika Futures Forum.

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To Know the Future is to Remember the Past

When Alson Kelen speaks about the future, he begins with the past - not out of nostalgia, but as a compass.

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Horizon Scan from Across the Pacific - Indigenous Building Materials in the Pacific

How do we cope with increasingly hotter weather and unstable climate conditions?

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Engineering Resilience: Protecting Tuvalu’s Nanumea Island from Sea Level Rise

Nanumea, the fourth largest and most remote island of Tuvalu, is located 650 kilometers north of the nation’s capital. The outer island’s white shores are home to a population of 485 people and around 180 houses, only accessible to the public by ship.

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What we do

In the Pacific, UNDP provides regional and country support to ten countries - Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu - and regional support to five countries - Cook Islands, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tokelau - together with a total population of 2.4 million. We work on effective governance, inclusive growth as well as resilience and sustainable development.  

Multi-Country Programme Document (2023-2027)

This 5-year multi-country program is an outcome of the Pacific Cooperation Framework for 2023-2027, integrating the national plans of 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action Pathway. With clear guidance from the UNDP Strategic Plan (2022-2025) and building on the achievements of the previous program cycle, UNDP's contribution to the Cooperation Framework will effectively implement the Secretary General's directives to aid small island developing States and advance the Blue Pacific Continent strategy.

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Fiji Launches Innovation Hub with European Union, Australia, and New Zealand Support

In a major boost to Fiji’s financial services landscape, the UN Capital Development Fund, UN Development Programme, Reserve Bank of Fiji, Mastercard and New…

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Weaving light into lives of Fiji through Rural Electrification.

On Koro Island – a rural coastal community in Lomaiviti, Eastern Fiji - the weaving and sale of traditional mats is more than a livelihood. It reflects…

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From Crisis to Capacity: Japan Strengthens FSM Congress Through Digital Transformation

In the immediate aftermath of the global shutdown in March 2020, a pressing question emerged: how could legislative bodies remain functional amid such disruption?

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Fiji Police Reaffirm Commitment to Human Rights in the reform of the Use of Force Policy

The Fiji Police Force, in collaboration with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), supported by UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UN…

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Nauru Hosts Regional Dialogue on Advancing Parliamentary Autonomy

From 8 to 10 July, the Republic of Nauru hosted the 54th Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference (POCC), bringing together 45 delegates from 17 Pacific…

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Our Impact

1.8

million

people in Fiji, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, now have access to formal financial services.

9,000

households

supported with livelihoods recovery, community infrastructure, early warning systems, and Post-Disaster Needs Assessment after Tropical Cyclone Harold in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

10.99

hectares

of mangrove forests and 5.57 hectares of coastal areas in Kosrae State, FSM were rehabilitated.

4

women

were elected as Members of Parliament for the Solomon Islands 2020 National Elections. It is the the highest number ever in its law-making body.

200≈

new jobs

created in green/blue businesses in the Pacific.

1,777

people

reached in Tonga through the REACH project Fiji model.

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