Regional Community Awareness Raising
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To improve community awareness in Pacific Island Countries.
Emergency Management Australia provided funding to assist with raising the awareness of
Pacific Island communities to the hazards and risks that they are vulnerable to.
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Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
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Activity/Task
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2002
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Pacific Chapter of Internet Society (PICISOC)
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Increased awareness of ICT and specificallty Internet in
PICs.
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Information Communications and Technology (ICT)
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Activity/Task
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2007
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The Study of Energy Release and Seismicity in the Southwest Pacific
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Revised in the Proceedings of the 8th Session and the recommendation made was to install and operate a seismic network in Tonga as New Zealand offered, if requested, to set up and run a seismic station in Tonga as part of its SW Pacific regional network (including to date New Zealand, Western Samoa and Cook Islands); New Zealand strongly recommended that Techsec. was to coordinate this offer with the proposed expansions of other regional seismic networks to include Tonga.
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Energy (E)
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Study
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1982
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Disaster Risk Management High Level Advocacy
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The CRP High Level Advocacy Team is promoting the mainstreaming of disaster risk management and the application of CHARM as a decision making tool for developing national risk reduction priorities. The advocacy continued into the adoption of the Regional Framework for Action at the national level, the main focus being for government to adopt and integrated disaster risk management approach.
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Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
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Policy and Governance
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2005
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Pacific Ocean Pollution Prevention Program
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Act as the consulting team to PACPOL to implement the GIS components of the various
projects:
1) GIS developments appropriate to Pacific islands;
2) Shipping activities, including fishing activities from distant water fishing nations, in Pacific islands;
3) Navigation compliance in Pacific islands &
4) Environment audits of oil terminals in Pacific islands.
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Geographical Information Systems/Remote Sensing (GIS)
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Activity/Task
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2001
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Loss, Damage and Vulnerability assessment tools developed, promoted and distributed
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Field guide, including GIS/GPS usage, developed and promoted for application in all member countries as well as Vulnerability assessment guideline, including GIS/GPS usage developed, distributed and promoted for application in all member countries.
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Uncategorised (UC)
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Assessment
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2006
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GEF – Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Proposal (Concept Paper)
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Assist the region in the introduction of sound and sustainable energy efficiency and conservation
programmes and projects.
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Energy (E)
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Activity/Task
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2002
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International Meetings of Information Society Development
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Participation in relevant ICT meetings to ensure Pacific
issues are incorporated in policy and strategies.
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Information Communications and Technology (ICT)
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Meeting
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2005, 2007, 2008
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Pacific Input to the Current Review of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action Identified and Documented
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To coordinate the Pacific Review of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action. This was a recommendation from the 11th Pacific Regional Disaster Managers Meeting.
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Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
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Report
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2003
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Water Resources Climate Adaptation
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The development of climate adaptation and disaster preparedness programmes and plans for the water sector.
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Water and Sanitation (WS)
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Technical Assistance
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2006, 2007
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