Pacific Food Systems

The future of food and food systems in the Pacific will play a key role in supporting the region, the planet’s recovery and revival from COVID-19, and the long-term health, resilience and prosperity of the Pacific people. The first United Nations Food…

Mariama Daramy-Lewis

Mariama Daramy-Lewis has over 25 years of experience, including 20 years in the Human Resources sector having worked in senior HR roles in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United…

Trust, flexibility and innovation: celebrating the partnership between New Zealand and the Pacific Community

I recall vividly the first days of COVID-19, when the Pacific – and the world – discovered this new disease which was going to so deeply upset all of our certainties. For intergovernmental organisations such as the Pacific Community (SPC), agility and…

The Food Systems Summit 2021

The Summit The UN Food Systems Summit will serve as a historic opportunity to empower all people to leverage the power of food systems to drive our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and get us back on track to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development…

Hot Off the Press: Food Systems in the Pacific

A bumper issue of the Pacific Community recently released publications list includes several publications related to food systems and diet in the Pacific.

A Blue Pacific voice for the United Nations Food Systems Summit

The Blue Pacific has spent the better part of the last year gearing up for The UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) held on September 23 in New York. SPC has been supporting member countries as they prepare for the Summit, and engaging with UN agencies, civil…

PW Podcast E03-E07- From Field to Fork

The importance of securing and ensuring sustainable use of the regions agricultural commodities, fisheries resources and forests was the underlying focus at the Seventh Regional Meeting of the Pacific Heads of Agriculture and Forestry Services (PHOAFS)…

SPC Virtual Panel Discussion - Asia Pacific Futures Network Conference

​The Asia Pacific Futures Conference where we will be hosting a panel discussion on "Pacific Recipes in Futures Thinking: Practice and Learning from the Blue

UK Government supports Pacific island progress on Extended Continental Shelf submissions

The UK Government has signed an agreement with the Pacific Community (SPC) for GBP 263,000 that will help Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Tonga to secure the rights and responsibilities over their respective ocean spaces. The ocean sustains a…

SPC’s disclosure of relevant ESS measures

SPC is committed to ethically and sustainably managing social and environmental risks and impacts of all its activities in an inclusive manner, with a people-centred approach so as to maximise whole-of-society benefits. Consequently, SPC provides…
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