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U.S. State Department Announces 2019 Young Pacific Leaders Grant Recipients

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of State has awarded 13 teams with funding through its 2019 Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) Small Grants Program. The selected teams, representing 11 different Pacific island countries and territories, will receive up to $10,000 to implement projects in the region related to the program’s core themes of education, environment and resource management, ...

By Mike Cousins | 21 June, 2019 | Categories: News | Tags: Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Small Grants Program, Solomon Islands, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Young Pacific Leaders, YPL

TechCamp New Zealand: Transforming Health Communications in the Pacific Region

Auckland, New Zealand. 24-26 January 2018. Bringing together Pacific health leaders to strengthen innovation, solutions, and communication around mosquito-borne diseases, including Zika and dengue, in the Pacific region. TechCamp New Zealand is a two-day interactive technology-focused workshop aimed to support organizational capacity and strengthen innovation, solutions, and communication around mosquito-borne diseases, including Zika and dengue, ...

By Public Affairs Section | 24 January, 2018 | Categories: Auckland, Connecting with Kiwis, East Asia & Pacific, Environment, News | Tags: and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Australia, Australia’s Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, NASA GLOBE Observer Program, National Institute for Health Innovation, New Zealand, New Zealand’s Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Niue, Pacific Community (SPC), Pacific health, Pacific Island Health Officers’ Association, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, TechCamp, TechCampNZ, the Zika Foundation, Tonga, U.S. Navy, University of Otago

Summary of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

From ustr.gov . On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam – announced conclusion of their negotiations. The result is a high-standard, ambitious, comprehensive, and balanced agreement that will promote economic growth; support the creation ...

By Mike Cousins | 6 October, 2015 | Categories: Business, East Asia & Pacific, Economic Affairs, Official Reports, Policy, Reports, Trade | Tags: Addressing new trade challenges, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Comprehensive market access, Inclusive trade, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Platform for regional integration, Regional approach to commitments, Singapore, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, United States, Vietnam

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