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

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 SPC and UN Strengthen Cooperation

2 October 2017

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.

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. 

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.”

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. 

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. 

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.

For more information, please visit:
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.spc.int&c=E,1,hFtLyzOKRkEY
5fLAotDFnZEkWQ3u8u23h5CK8FgC7WD9Us2CiK4bNaCMP6r_HXlzPoH5YBiDSDk6ItHyxvxl-xt9
UPGvueDzWJNdpbZ_mA,,&typo=1> www.spc.int and contact haticea at spc.int 

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.

For more information, please contact  <mailto:agnes.harm at one.un.org>
agnes.harm at one.un.org

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