PILNA 2018 roll-out across 15 Pacific Island Countries
The Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) measures and monitors the achievement of Year 4 and Year 6 students in literacy and numeracy. The Assessment is carried out in select schools across 15 Pacific Island Countries and in 10…
Human rights focused ‘Pacific Commonwealth Equality Project’ launched in Kiribati
The Pacific Community (SPC) and the UK Government today launched the “Pacific Commonwealth Equality Project” to help improve the capacity of Pacific Commonwealth countries to deliver on their international human rights commitments. With a funding…
Kiribati investing in better data to help achieve its development goals
On 30 July 2018, the Republic of Kiribati launched a project to update data on households and institutions across the nation’s 23 inhabited islands. This data will been an invaluable tool for Kiribati’s development planning, ensuring that resources are…
Kiribati Strengthens National Disaster Coordination
On 27 June 2018, the Head of Cooperation at the Delegation of the European Union (EU) for the Pacific, Christoph Wagner handed over a Mobile Emergency Operations Centre (MEOC) and two fire trucks to Kiribati Police Commissioner Ioeru Tokantetaake
Pacific Commonwealth Equality Project
The Pacific Commonwealth Equality Project will be launched on the sidelines of the Human Rights Dialogue for National Members of Parliament in Kiribati. Representatives from SPC and the Office the British High Commissioner to Fiji, will be on hand to…