2017 Apia Call for Partnerships for Pacific-Specific Development September 8th 2017

Apia, Samoa – Over 40 Civil Society Leaders from Samoa, Niue, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Guam and Nauru gathered in Apia  on 31st August – 1st September, for a Pre Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) Civil Society Roundtable convened by the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO), to discuss national and regional concerns ahead of the 48th Pacific Islands’ Forum Leaders’ meeting. 

 

The meeting was officially opened by the PIANGO board Chairperson, Sarah Thomas-Nededog and formally closed by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat secretary general, Dame Meg Taylor.

 

With the title of and thematic discussions on “Rethinking and Reshaping the Pacific We Want – Big Ocean States in a Blue Pacific”, Pacific civil society leaders discussed:

 

1. The Global Development Agenda within the Geopolitical Context
2. Pacific Stewardship and Climate Justice
3. Pacific governance and leadership
4. Self Determination and Decolonisation
5. CSOs – Leaders Dialogue
6. Pacific Regionalism