14 – 25 July 2019 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA Drusilla Lauano Land Management Division Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment OVERVIEW The course on “Sustainable Rural Development for SIDS and ASIAN Countries” which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 – 25…
OVERVIEW The course provides basic concepts on Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management and how they are applied in the Pacific to reduce the impact of disasters and increase resilience of the vulnerable communities. Adequate work experience as community, district, and island,…
Policy Makers and Strategic Planners from around the Pacific Islands which included Tonga, Fiji, Samoa and Marshall Islands, came together for a Regional Scenario Workshop on Human Mobility and Climate Change in the Pacific funded by the GIZ’s Global Climate Change for…
Associate Minister Taefu Lemi Taefu is currently in Brisbane, Australia representing Samoa at the Asia-Pacific Climate Leadership Forum, organized by The Climate Group. The Climate Group is an international non-profit focused on accelerating climate action. Nine governments pledged their support for an…
The Knowledge Co-Creation Program on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Course was held in Singapore and Japan on March 3-16, 2019 with the aim to share knowledge on the enhancement of disaster risk reduction and to build capacity within participants’ organizations. Representing…
Laulu Fialelei Enoka of the Parks and Reserves section from the Division of Environment and Conservation travelled to Jersey in the Channel Islands, UK February 2018 to take part in the Durrell Endagered Species Management Graduate Certificate (DESMAN course). Run by the…
Tanoa Dateline International Hotel, Nukualofa Tonga. Dates: 12th – 14th February 2019 (attended by Lameko Talia, Meteorology Division.) Ref:https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org Brief Overview This Interregional Training Workshop is being held pursuant to the Voluntary Commitment entitled “The Abyssal Initiative” jointly announced by the Seabed…
MNRE staff participated in the National Search Index Development & Drupal Training Mission on February 19th-20th. The training was carried out by Arve Solland, Technical Lead/Software Engineer at Griffith University in Australia and was facilitated by SPREP representatives, Billy Chan Ting and…
In August MNRE staff Samantha Kwan was able to join the Great Barrier Reef Whale and Dolphin Research Programme led by Blue Planet Marine and operates in collaboration with the Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory at the University of Queensland, Australia. This…
UNESCAP in collaboration with Samoa Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance hosted a 5 day workshop from 3-7th September 2018. This workshop was held at the DBS Conference Room and was a follow-on workshop from the previous one that was held…
