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RERIPA Call for Proposal 2: Capacity Building in Innovation and Valorisation The goal of this Call for Proposals (CFP) entitled “Capacity building on innovation and valorisation” is to fund one excellent multi-partner project aimed at strengthening innovation capacities of the SIDS stakeholders involved in the Pacific R&I ecosystems at the national and regional level. 1 […]

The Pacific Islands Development Forum on Monday 16th March 2015 hosted a Talanoa Session on the subject of Flags of Convenience for a number of Pacific Ambassadors at the PIDF Secretariat in Nasese, Suva. Briefing the meeting were two visiting independent observers to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Mr Bill Hemmings (Transport & Environment) and

The islands nation of Tokelau contributed NZD$50,000 ($71,000 Fijian dollars) to the Pacific Islands Development Forum Secretariat as part of its voluntary membership contribution on Monday 20 June 2016. This amount was pledged by Tokelau during the signing ceremony of the PIDF Charter earlier this year in April signalling the formal accession of Tokelau to

The Indian High Commissioner to Fiji, HE Mr Vishvas Sapka commended PIDF by recognizing its inclusive multi-stakeholder approach in discussing Pacific concerns during a courtesy visit to the Secretariat. HE Sapka acknowledged the achievement of the Forum over their relatively short year of operationalization. PIDF Secretary General, François Martel provided an overview of recent achievements

June 27, 2017, Suva:  “As a Pacific Leaders organisation tasked with bringing transformational change through mainstreaming the blue-green economic model, PIDF seeks to forge partnerships with like-minded institutions.  We look forward to establishing some model projects in our island countries to demonstrate that blue-green economy is not just pie in the sky but it is

Suva, Friday 14 July, 2017: A two-day consultation workshop initiated by the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) with a number of regional civil society organisations at the Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation conference room in Suva has ended successfully. The workshop, which is a precursor to a national consultations workshop, scheduled for Fiji later this

May 22, 2017: Recognising the mutual benefit to be achieved through a cooperative program promoting scholarly activities, national, regional and international understanding, the University of Fiji (UniFiji) and the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) entered into an academic cooperation agreement by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Saweni Campus. “We are a

WEDNESDAY 12TH April, 2017: The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) congratulates Ms. Ronna Sekiguchi of Green House Studio who was announced as the winner of the national COP23 official logo competition and also to the two runner up which included Shiristy Singh from Adi Cakobau School and Mark Philitoga from Nadi Muslim Primary School. “Congratulations

Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare launched the Solomon Islands National Sustainable Development Board (NSDB) of the Pacific Islands Development Forum on April 12, 2017. The National Development Committee of the PIDF in Solomon Islands will perform the role of NSDB and its membership includes representatives of the Government, Private Sector and Civil Society. The terms