#WomeninHealth | 👊 Pacific women are breaking barriers by taking up more roles in science and technology, a field that men predominately occupy. To encourage and inspire young aspiring professionals, our readers and viewers, we share brief career stories of women in #health from around the #Pacific. 🌸 Meet Sunema Talapusi, Biomedical Adviser for SPC's Public Health Division and read her story here 👉 https://bit.ly/4aWWoX6
Pacific Community-SPC
Non-profit Organizations
Nouméa , New Caledonia 55,497 followers
Intergovernmental organisation for sustainable development of the Pacific islands. Created in 1947, 27 Member countries.
About us
The Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region, proudly supporting development since 1947. We are an international development organisation owned and governed by our 26 country and territory members: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna. In pursuit of sustainable development to benefit Pacific people, our unique organisation works across more than 25 sectors. SPC is renowned for its knowledge and innovation in such areas as fisheries science, public health surveillance, geoscience and conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Much of our focus is on major cross-cutting issues, such as climate change, disaster risk management, food security, gender equality, human rights, non-communicable diseases and youth employment. Using a multi-sector approach in responding to our members’ development priorities, we draw on skills and capabilities from around the region and internationally, and support the empowerment of Pacific communities and sharing of expertise and skills between countries and territories. With over 600 staff, SPC has its headquarters in Noumea, regional offices in Suva and Pohnpei, a country office in Honiara and field staff in other Pacific locations. We are a bilingual organisation, with English and French as our working languages. See www.spc.int
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http://www.spc.int
External link for Pacific Community-SPC
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Nouméa , New Caledonia
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1947
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- Public Health, Geoscience, Agriculture, Forestry, Water Resources, Disaster Management, Fisheries, Education, Transport, Energy, Human Rights, Gender Equality, Youth & Culture, Sustainable Development, and Pacific Island Countries and Territories
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#PacificEducation | 🇼🇸 Meet Paseta Solomona, School Inspector at Samoa’s Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture, shedding light the gaps the Phonics programme has filled and how it has strengthened the quality of education in the country. 🏫 The Samoa Systematic Synthetics Phonics programme involves 10 pilot schools, 6 in Upolu and 4 in Savaii, and targeted students in Years 2, 3 and 4. The programme was designed through a collaboration between the Pacific Community, Samoa’s Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture (MESC) and literacy experts from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Educators International (EI) and experts from the region. 👉 Read more about Phonics: https://bit.ly/3ZW15Lo Read a teacher's testimony: https://bit.ly/3XzSLmU 🤝 Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
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#PacificEducation | Through the newly endorsed Pacific Qualifications Recognition project, SPC and New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) will work closely with the Pacific national agencies to establish strong, trusted relationships between the Pacific Qualifications Framework and the New Zealand national qualifications frameworks and systems. This will, in time, enable new opportunities for Pacific communities as the quality of post-secondary education and training delivery in the region increases. ✅ From 15 to 19 April 2024, the project team hosted the nine countries in a regional workshop on the referencing of qualifications frameworks in Wellington. We took this opportunity to hear from our country representatives and stakeholders about their expectations. 👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/3LeYEys 📆 From 15 to 19 July, SPC and NZQA will be convening the nine countries in Nadi, Fiji, for the Technical Working Group meeting to discuss the project's progress and areas that need attention. Stay tuned for more updates! 🤝 Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade NZQA
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#MarineExploration 🌊 | Discover the secrets of Polynesia's lagoons as we look behind the scenes of the RESOLAG network! 🏝️ French Polynesia, a treasure-trove of 15,000 km² of lagoons, is home to a unique observation network. Set up in 2017 by the Marine Resources Department, RESOLAG has been supported since 2019 by the PROTEGE project, funded by the European Union and implemented by the SPC. The network has overcome technical challenges to study the physical and chemical parameters of seven pearl-farming lagoons. 🐠💦 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹? 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱. #RESOLAG #PolynesiaLagoons #MarineExploration 🤝 European Union | Direction des Ressources Marines (DRM) Pu fa'ahotu Moana | Gouvernement de la Polynésie Française
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#PacificEducation | 🏫 🇼🇸 Meet Aplowel, a Year 4 student of Lepea Primary School, who has improved her literacy skills by employing the knowledge she gained from the Samoa Phonics programme. ✅ Aplowel had an incredible journey from struggling with the Samoan text to becoming a proficient reader and aspiring writer - a testament to the transformative power of the Samoa Phonics programme. She has learnt to identify and read diacritical marks, a crucial aspect of the Samoan language. This newfound ability enhanced her comprehension of the Samoan text. 💡 The Synthetic Systematic Phonics (SSP) resumed in Samoa last year, with the aim of improving literacy skills in both local and English Language for students in their early years of formal education. ℹ️ Read more about Phonics: https://bit.ly/3ZW15Lo 🗣️ Read a teacher's testimony: https://bit.ly/3XzSLmU 🤝 Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
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#PacificAgriculture | 🌴 #CoconutPestConference 2024 🥥 👏 It is a wrap! The 4-day event is over. Learn about days 3 & 4 outcomes below 🗣️ 👀 Stay tuned for the Coconut Pest Action Plan that will be issued soon. 🏝️ Together towards minimising the impacts of Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle and other major insect pests on coconuts in the Pacific Islands. 🤝 Partners: Solomon Islands National University (SINU) / Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Solomon Island / ASEAN FAW Action Plan / International Coconut Community / The Crawford Fund / New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
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#PacificEducation | The Pacific Heads of Education Systems Steering Committee met in Nadi, Fiji, this week to discuss and consider various recommendations from the Pacific Regional Education Framework's (PacREF) Facilitation Unit. ✔️ The Pacific Community leads the monitoring, evaluation and learning efforts of PacREF, and was part of the three-day discussions that focussed on ensuring that resources are being mobilised for continued support towards programme implementation by the agencies involved. 📅 As 2024 is the last year of Phase 1 of the programme, the steering committee meeting provided an opportunity to actively engage in developments for Phase 2 initiatives. 👉 Read more about PacREF: https://lnkd.in/guNzUrqA 📸 Photo Credit: PacREF Facilitation Unit 🤝 Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
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#PacificEducation | 🇰🇮 📊 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗶'𝘀 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Effective data management, especially in the area of statistical reporting, is a challenge faced by Kiribati’s Ministry of Education (MoE). 💡 Education data forms the foundation for monitoring advancement towards the Sustainable Development Goal 4 (#SDG 4), focussing on regional education goals as well as achieving the objectives outlined in Kiribati’s national education plans. The Pacific Community’s (SPC) Data team initiated a country mission which focused on addressing the unique educational data needs and challenges faced by Kiribati’s MoE, emphasising inclusivity, innovation and sustainable development. 👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4eNVKyg 🤝 Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
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#PacificPeoples | This week, SPC is in Honiara 🇸🇧 to support the delivery of a week long work readiness training programme for our cohort of the Pacific Youth Engagement, Empowerment and Economic Pathways (PYEEEP) project. After graduating from the Kaotave Rural Training Centre last week, these students now undertake further learning to strengthen their skills before they commence a structured internship to put their learning into practice. 👉 The PYEEEP project is a pilot initiative aimed to #EmpowerPacificYouth who are not engaged in education, employment or training (NEET) to improve their social and economic wellbeing. The project has developed contextualised pathways that support eligible youth into meaningful opportunities of learning and employment. 🤝 PYEEEP is funded by New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade and implemented by SPC in both Tonga and the Solomon Islands. In the Solomon Islands we are working with the Ministry of Women, Children, Youth and Family Affairs. Other partners include Solomon Islands National Youth Congress, the Honiara City Council, the Kaotave Rural Training Centre, the Mary Mazzarello Development Centre and the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce #youth #employment #education #training
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#PacificEducation | 🏫 Meet Loraine Folau, a School Teacher at Lalomalava Primary School in Samoa 🇼🇸, sharing her experience in ensuring children develop reading skills early in their childhood years. 💡 The Samoa Systematic Synthetics Phonics programme involves 10 pilot schools, 6 in Upolu and 4 in Savaii, and targeted students in Years 2, 3 and 4. The programme was designed through a collaboration between the Pacific Community, Samoa’s Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture (MESC) and literacy experts from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Educators International (EI) and experts from the region. 👉 Read more about Phonics: https://bit.ly/3ZW15Lo Read a teacher's testimony: https://bit.ly/3XzSLmU 🤝 Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade