Nelson Mandela with Marie Bopp Dupont, founder of the Pacific Island AIDS Foundation (PIAF).
Pacific regional agencies
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New Zealand is a strong supporter of regional approaches to development in the Pacific. NZAID funds the following Pacific agencies.
- The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) delivers technical programmes in the region, especially in land, marine and social resources (NZ$6.5 million)
- The University of the South Pacific (USP) provides tertiary and non-formal courses for students in the 12 member countries, as well as research and development programmes through its various institutes. Teaching may be through extension courses or teaching at its campuses in Suva, Apia, and Port Vila (NZ$4.0 million)
- The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (ForSec) provides policy advice and promotes regional cooperation especially in trade and economic matters (NZ$4.0 million)
- The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) provides advice on the development of natural resources, (in particular non-living) and the reduction of vulnerability. It does this through applied environmental geosciences, appropriate technologies, knowledge management, and technical and policy advice (NZ$2.0 million)
- The Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) provides assistance to member countries nations on the economic and sustainable management of their fisheries, particularly tuna - the main fish resource in the region, and in their dealings with distant water fishing (NZ$3.3 million)
- The Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) provides assistance to protect and improve the environment and promote sustainable development in the South Pacific (NZ$1.43 million)
- The South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment (SPBEA) assists in national school examinations and conducts a regional Senior Secondary School Certificate examination (NZ$0.4 million)
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