Pacific Islands Association of Non-governmental Organisations
Date: 2 December 2016 Suva – The decolonisation of indigenous peoples in Tahiti, New Caledonia, West Papua, and the American territories is intrinsically tied to the sovereignty of the Pacific region. These and the need to expand the definition of fragility to inculcate climate induced vulnerability as a Pacific specific concern are key issues that […]
Date – 2 December 2016 Suva – Visible support by Indonesian citizens for the halting of violence and oppression of West Papuans demonstrates the increasing public will against the Indonesian government’s continuing rule in the territory. The sentiments were echoed at a joint prayer fellowship of staff of two regional NGOs, the Pacific Islands Association […]
Participants at PIANGO Council Meeting Date: 18 November 2016 Suva – The 8th Council meeting of the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO) drew to a close today with the presentation of the organisation’s Strategic Plan 2016-2020. With the overarching theme “Reshaping the Pacific for our future generations,” the new strategic plan focuses on […]
Date: 16 November 2016 Suva – Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have been challenged to push for urgent action in implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); to focus on sustainable, transformative change and use the SDGs as a framework to […]
Ekta Singh is the Finance and Projects officer at the PIANGO Secretariat. In addition to her Finance duties, she is currently assisting in the Self Determination and Decolonization project which she finds really interesting as this project works towards assisting Pacific CSOs to effectively articulate self-determination and lobby for decolonization in the Pacific which includes […]
Decolonization is an interesting concept as it requires an understanding of the next generation transformational thinking to be engaged personally in the process of decolonizing one’s mind, realizing that most of what we now have as our values, traditions and cultures were actually imposed on us by our Colonizers. The ability to and the process […]
PIANGO’s membership is made up of national bodies called National Liaison Units (NLUs). These are organisations or networks of NGOs which are broadly representative of NGOs in their country. With one NLU per country or territory, each NLU has one vote in the PIANGO Council. Where there is no NLU, interim membership may be issued […]