NATIONS REGISTER INTEREST IN FIJIS PIDF MEET In the build-up to the 2nd Pacific Islands Development Forum, various nations continue to register their attendance to the meeting. The PIDF secretariat has received confirmations that Morocco, Venezuela and Israel will join Singapore, Kazakhstan, Kuwait and Georgia to participate at the forum. Scheduled to take place at the Sheraton Fiji Resort, Denarau Island, Nadi, Fiji from 18th to 20th June, this year, the 2nd PIDF meet will be opened by the President of the Republic of Indonesia His Excellency Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The theme of this year’s summit will be, “Green Growth in the Pacific: Building Resilient Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships”. The annual Summit of PIDF provides a unique, distinctive and inclusive opportunity for the leaders and representatives of the public sector, private sector and civil society of the Pacific small island developing countries and territories to dialogue and take ownership of their problems, decisions and actions to address their special development need in their pursuit for inclusive and sustainable development. This year’s Summit builds on the outcomes and the mandate of the Inaugural Summit last year to enable green growth in the Pacific and to consolidate genuine partnerships between governments, private sector and civil society in the pursuit of inclusive and sustainable development. The Summit will provide the space for representatives of the public, private and civil society to dialogue, share and learn from each other of their experiences and perspectives on green growth as pursued at the national, regional and international level. The inaugural Summit held last year attracted more than 300 Stakeholders from more than 40 countries, 14 of them from the Pacific. -ENDS-
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 05:29:00 +0000
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