Animated video takes home top TikTok Challenge prize
By: IOM/Olivia Blinn
When Destiny Etse first heard that she had won the FSM COVID-19 TikTok Challenge for her animated video, she did not believe that it was true. Posts on social media and an FSM-wide SMS blast confirmed it — Destiny had won the Gold…
Reflection on 2020- COVID challenges and impacts: PW Podcast S03-E01
Bula, bon jour, and welcome to a new season of the Pacific Way Podcast.
Protecting the diversity of coconuts in the Pacific islands
Researchers in the Pacific recently travelled to a remote island in Fiji to collect endangered coconut specimens as part of an ACIAR-supported project to conserve the plant’s genetic diversity.
Coconut palms, commonly referred to as the ‘Tree of Life…
Stat of the week: Total cumulative cases of COVID-19 in the Pacific in 2020
25 260: Total cumulative cases of COVID-19 in the Pacific in 2020 (11 countries recorded no cases of COVID-19).
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Signature of a partnership agreement between France and the Pacific Community
Photo: Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Stuart Minchin, Director General of the Pacific Community (SPC)
Strengthening vital partnerships in the Pacific to support health sector responses to COVID-19
The European Union (EU), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Pacific Community (SPC) today signed an agreement that will strengthen their existing partnership to support health sector responses to…
Appointment of Deputy Director-General Operation and Integration, Cameron Diver
Mr Cameron Diver has been appointed Deputy Director-General Operations and Integration at the Pacific Community (SPC), based in Noumea. He took up the position on 1 January 2021.
Appointment of Deputy Director-General Science and Capability , Dr Paula Vivili
Dr Paula Vivili has been appointed to the position of Deputy Director-General Science and Capability. He took up the position on 1 January 2021 and will be based in Suva, Fiji.
Stat of the week: Vanuatu population in 2020
2.3%: Vanuatu has the highest estimated population growth rate across the Pacific in 2020 of 2.3%.
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