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The Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Honorable Sakiasi Ditoka, paid a courtesy visit to the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF)

Solar Heads Of States (SHoS) Project – Kiribati The Solarisation of Heads of State (SHoS) Technical Working Group (TWG) in Kiribati met up virtually with the PIDF and Solar Head of State team on Wednesday 27 July to discuss the plans and implementation of the project in terms of the arrival of the equipment’s and

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.

July 10, 2017, SUVA: The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) has expressed its acknowledgment to Pacific recipients of the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders Award through formal congratulatory letters to the winners from Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Solomon Islands.

SUVA, Wednesday 12 July, 2017: A courtesy call was made by a high level delegation led by H.E Ambassador Tha Aung Nyun and First Secretary Aye Thanda Shwe from the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the PIDF Secretariat. The courtesy visit by the Myanmar delegation was to enhance their knowledge

COP23 HIGH CHAMPION ENGAGES WITH PIDF Following a meeting earlier this week between Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) management and the Hon. Inia Seruiratu, designated Fiji COP23 High Champion, the PIDF is now coordinating with its technical partners and network to assist the honourable Minister in the implementation of his role as part of the COP23

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 actually implementable, good for island communities’ resilience and profitable for businesses.” This comment was made by the PIDF Secretary General during the official Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) held at the Nasese-based Secretariat.

May: Beijing is hosting a high-level international cooperation forum, dubbed “One Belt, One Road,” which brings together dozens of heads of state and government, along with financial organizations and hundreds of business representatives and entrepreneurs from the 14 to 15 May, 2017.

June 22, 2017, Suva: With a total of a 174 stunning photographs submitted from across most Pacific Island countries over three months (March-May 2017), it was indeed a difficult task to select winners for the 2017 Pacific Year for the Oceans #myoceanmatters campaign. Winners were announced yesterday, after making a selection from the top 20 submitted photographs, by the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) internal judging committee on their social media platforms.

Government representatives from Fiji, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Tonga and Tuvalu as well as development partners from the Pacific region met in Nadi, Fiji for a south-south learning programme to share lessons learnt and best practices on how certain countries have progressed in the establishment of their National Climate Funds (NCF).