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Polish Special Envoy visits PIDF

A courtesy call was made to the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) by Polish Special Envoy Ambassador Pawel Milewski yesterday, 11 March 2016 to discuss potential areas of partnership and support. The visit allowed PIDF Secretary General, Mr François Martel to provide an overview of the PIDFs major accomplishments in terms of establishing the Pacific’s […]

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Call for Action

It’s time to action the implementation of discussions and outcomes of the COP21 in the Pacific and we need to do it collectively with one message and one voice. This came out clearly at the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Secretariat’s Senior Officials Committee meeting held at the USP ICT Centre on March 11, 2016.

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PIDF CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISOR WORK ACKNOWLEDGED IN GERMANY

The Pacific Islands Development Forum’s (PIDF), Climate Change Advisor, Dr Mahendra Kumar was awarded the 2016 Lead Reviewers Award for Team Spirit for Contribution to National Communications by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a ceremony in Bonn, Germany on the 3rd of March, 2016. “It indeed feels positive to be

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CHANGE IN REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: PIDF WELCOMES CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR

February 9th, 2016 – The Pacific Island Development Forum officially became the regional multi stakeholder forum for leaders of governments, private sector and civil society after the Pacific Island Private Sector Organisation signed the PIDF Charter yesterday. Representing the 15 national private sector organisations of the Pacific, PIPSO Vice President Mr. Howard Politini stated that

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PIDF TALANOA – THE STANCE OF THE PACIFIC ON SHIPPING EMISSIONS

The Pacific Island Development Forum organised a Talanoa session to brief Pacific diplomatic missions on the developments that are underway to address the issue of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the international shipping sector. The meeting also seeks the views of Pacific Island governments and other stakeholders with regards to the shipping emissions paper

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