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(Jun27 2017, Suva) In efforts to bring transformational change through mainstreaming the blue-green economic model, PIDF undertook formal partnership with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). This partnership follows exchanges and discussions held with the GGGI Pacific office here in Suva over the last 18 months and PIDF’s participation in the GGGI Annual Summit held last September 2016 on Jeju Island, South Korea. During the official Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) signing ceremony with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) held at the Nasese-based Secretariat, PIDF Secretary General Francois Martel mentioned that as a pacific leader organization, “we look forward to establishing some model projects in our island countries to demonstrate that blue- green economy is actually implementable, good for island communities’ resilience and profitable for businesses.” He also added “To mainstream the blue-green economy, countries need to ensure this permeates all policies developed by government and its institutions and we also need to ensure this is integrated into our educational systems, both formal and informal, as well as through traditional leadership, and here we look forward to implementation of such efforts with GGGI.” The Director General of GGGI also expressed similar enthusiasm towards the new partnership. “We look forward to this partnership and are also excited about potential projects that will eventuate from this MoU as we are confident this will develop into a very close and genuine partnership between the two organisations”, said GGGI Director-General Frank Rijsberman. Members of GGGI in the Pacific are Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Kiribati.
For any further information please contact:
Nitish Narayan Team Leader Strategic Communication PACIFIC ISLAND DEVELOPMENT FORUM SECRETARIAT
nnarayan@pacificidf.org
secretariat@pacificidf.org