[Dpo-officemanagers] FW: SPC AND UN STRENGTHEN COOPERATION

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Vinaka Simi

On Oct 2, 2017 1:10 PM, "Simione Bula" <infor at pacificdisability.org> wrote:

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> *Subject:* [SPC-News] SPC AND UN STRENGTHEN COOPERATION
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>  *SPC and UN Strengthen Cooperation*
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> 2 October 2017
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> *Suva, Fiji* – Senior leaders from United Nations (UN) agencies and the
> Pacific Community (SPC) gathered in Suva, Fiji last week to discuss
> opportunities for deepening cooperation and strengthening coordination of
> their respective work aimed at helping countries of the Pacific to achieve
> the global Sustainable Development Goals.  The meeting served to identify
> synergies between SPC’s priority areas and UN’s priority areas under the
> new United Nations Pacific Strategy (UNPS). These areas of synergies
> include Climate Change, Disaster Resilience and Environmental Protection;
> Gender Equality; Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Empowerment; Equitable
> Basic Services (covering Health, Education and Social Protection);
> Governance and Community Engagement; and Human Rights. Data for
> development, as a cross-cutting topic, is additionally of high priority and
> interest for both SPC and the UN.
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> During the half-day meeting, senior leaders discussed a wide range of
> development actions currently underway across the region and highlighted
> potential areas for increased collaboration. There was strong agreement
> that over the need for a coordinated and integrated approach that harnesses
> the expertise and comparative advantage of both UN and SPC for greater
> impact and cost-effectiveness.
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> SPC’s Deputy Director-General, Dr. Audrey Aumua, stressed the importance
> of collaboration and information exchange between SPC and the UN, saying: *“We
> are working, first and foremost, to support the development priorities of
> Pacific nations and territories. Within this room are the skills and
> experience to help bring transformational and positive change. By working
> in a complimentary way, we can jointly accelerate that change.”*
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> SPC and the UN agencies are committed to institutionalizing this strategic
> dialogue on an annual basis as well as following up to establish practical
> arrangements for regular information-sharing and elaboration of joint
> UN-SPC initiatives.
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> Recognizing the long-standing history of successful cooperation on a
> variety of activities, UN and SPC agreed that a more regular structured
> exchange as well as joint visibility efforts of the partnership would serve
> both organizations in projecting integration and coherence vis-à-vis
> countries, donors, and other development partners.
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> UN Resident Coordinator, Ms. Osnat Lubrani noted that this high-level
> consultation furthers an already genuine and durable partnership between
> the UN and SPC. She added: *“This strategic review of the UN-SPC
> partnership is particularly timely as the UN prepares for launch of its new
> Pacific Strategy in 2018, ensuring that cooperation with SPC is strongly
> built in at the outset of its implementation”*.
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> *About the Pacific Community (SPC) *
>
> *SPC is the principal scientific and technical regional organization in
> the Pacific region, proudly supporting development since 1947. *
>
> *Owned and governed by its 26 country and territory members, SPC takes
> multi-disciplinary approaches to Pacific development priorities by
> leveraging its scientific and technical expertise in Climate Change,
> Disaster Risk Resilience and Environmental Protection; Geo-resources and
> Energy; Maritime and Oceans; Coastal and Ocean Fisheries; Sustainable
> Forest Management and Climate-Smart Agriculture; Public Health; Human
> Rights and Gender Equality; Social Development; Education Standards and
> Assessment; and Statistics for Development.*
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> *For more information, please visit: **www.spc.int*
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> and contact haticea at spc.int <haticea at spc.int> *
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> *About the United Nations (UN) in the Pacific*
>
> *The United Nations System has three sub-regional offices in the Pacific.
> The UN offices located in Fiji, Samoa and Papua New Guinea, are led by
> three UN Resident Coordinators who are representatives of the UN
> Secretary-General.*
>
> *The UN Resident Coordinator Office (UNRCO) in Fiji is based in Suva at
> the UNDP Pacific Office and functions as a coordination mechanism for
> United Nations Agencies in ten countries: Federated States of Micronesia,
> Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga,
> Tuvalu and Vanuatu.  *
>
> *Under the leadership of the UN Resident Coordinators, the United Nations
> Country Team ensures that agencies are well coordinated in the planning,
> implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation of the programmes in
> support of the overarching development strategy for the United Nations in
> the Pacific.*
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> *For more information, please contact **agnes.harm at one.un.org*
> <agnes.harm at one.un.org>
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