Data balancing acts: The coexistence of offshore tuna and artisanal fisheries in French Polynesia

French Polynesia, a paradise of azure waters and pristine beaches, has been facing a complex challenge in recent years – the coexistence of its growing offshore tuna fishery and the existing artisanal fishery sector. This delicate balance requires a…

SPC's 2022 Highlights: Traditional Knowledge Database related to weather and climate in the Pacific

Traditional Knowledge and Science – this video looks at how efforts are underway to compile a database of traditional knowledge related to weather and climate in the Pacific.  

Gender and Human Rights statistics essential for Gender Equality

Series of SPC stories for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) 2022, demonstrating how science and technical support contributes to ending GBV.   Quality data and statistics for gender and human rights including registered births and…

Quality Education Data – a Key Priority for Fiji

Education data is a key instrument for the Pacific to monitor progress against established national and regional benchmarks and to alignourselves with international standards. To help strengthen the quality of data on the status of education in Fiji, the…

Practising what you teach: field-based training with SPC’s e-data systems

Bringing back the personal touch is important when following up online training. Scientists from the Pacific Community (SPC) develop e-data systems to be relevant to member’s specific needs, and how better to get to know these individual requirements…

New national qualifications software application improves management of student data

A centralised software application that captures the progress of tertiary students was developed by the Pacific Community (SPC) is now available to support national quality assurance agencies across the region. The software, called the National…

ACCELERATING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT: THE ROLE OF GENDERSENSITIVE POVERTY DATA

Panellists will discuss the interrelated systemic barriers that constrain women’s economic pathways to empowerment, the challenges that lack of disaggregated data pose for tackling them, and how availability of such data enables gender-responsive action…

Open Data and Right to Information – Vital tools to enhance transparency and accountability and reduce corruption

Open data – government data and information that is available for everyone to access and share – is a vital tool to enhance transparency, accountability and reduce corruption. The more citizens know about official statistics, government spending and the…

Promoting Election Integrity through Open Data

A credible election is one that is inclusive, transparent, accountable, and competitive. While many observers focus on the specific event of election day, elections are actually a process made up of multiple components. Public confidence in each step of…

Pacific data for meaningful solutions in the Pacific context

Lydia Kaforau is a neonatal and pediatric nurse currently undertaking a PhD at Curtin University in Perth, Australia.
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