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13 February 2020 – PIDF Secretariat hosted a Talanoa session on the Pacific Decade for Sustainable Transport. Ship owners and shipping agencies were encouraged to contribute their perspectives and suggestions for the common goal of reducing both costs and emissions by reducing the use of fossil fuel in the shipping sector. During the discussions ship […]

The Third Pacific Islands Development Forum Summit of Leaders (PIDF 3) that ended in Suva last Friday 4th September 2015 has approved a Suva Deceleration on Climate Change. Speaking on the Declaration at the closure of PIDF 3, the Prime Minister of Fiji the Honorable Josaia V Bainimarama said, “We go from here to Paris

The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) was visited by Ambassador Miroljub Petrović, from the Canberra based Embassy of the Republic of Serbia, who acknowledged the continued efforts of PIDF and its unique inclusive and multi-stakeholder approach on facilitating dialogue and action on arising issues of concern within the Pacific Islands. HE Petrović, who attended the

Warriors are revered in most cultures around the world – and particularly so in the Pacific and Fiji’s appointment as the President of COP23, the 350.org Pacific affiliate, also known as the Pacific Climate Warriors (PCW) have decided to up the ante and advocate for the best possible “Pacific Position.” We were graced with the

Prime Minister Sogavare displays the Certificate of Establishment of the National Sustainable Development Board of Solomon Islands from the PIDF Secretariat. With him is the Deputy Secretary General of the PIDF Secretariat, Mr Peni Lomaloma.   Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare launched the Solomon Islands National Sustainable Development Board (NSDB) of the Pacific Islands Development

The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) has joined the community of TEDxSuva sponsors for this year’s event, announcing their support at a signing event hosted at their Secretariat office in Suva. “We are thrilled to be one off the major partners of TEDxSuva’s ‘Ocean of Ideas’ initiative and look forward for the journey of this

PIDF was delighted and honored to accept the offer of partnership with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India, in facilitating a Sustainable Development Summit. This followed a visit to the Secretariat by a delegation led by the Indian High Commissioner to Fiji and senior officials from TERI to discuss finer details of the Summit

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. The Queen’s Young Leader Award recognises and celebrates exceptional people aged 18-29 from across the Commonwealth,

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

MONDAY 5, 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.   At the opening ceremony of the two day Belt and