SPC Media Alert
16 February 2015
2-13 Fisheries Observers workshop - This event provides a forum to ensure harmonisation of observer work in tuna fisheries of our region with representatives from 13 Pacific countries.
Noumea, New Caledonia
Media contact: Anne Lefeuvre AnneL@spc.int, Jean-Noel Royer jeannoelr@spc.int, +687 87 70 63
3-6 European Union – Innovation & Networks Executive Agency (INEA) annual meeting.
Santo, Vanuatu
Website: http://inea.ec.europa.eu/
4-10 Tuna longline data workshop - Scientists from Japan, Korea, China, Chinese Taipei, and the United States will be in Noumea for a joint analysis of the detailed fishing data from their fleets. These data have previously been considered commercially sensitive and confidential so this will be the first time some of these critical data have been seen by SPC scientists and the first time the data from all the fleets has been analysed together.
Noumea, New Caledonia
Media contact: Dr Shelton Harley SheltonH@spc.int
6 68th Anniversary of Canberra Agreement –
Media contact: Julie Marks JulieM@spc.int, Jean-Noel Royer jeannoelr@spc.int, +687 87 70 63
17-19 Third Heads of Health Meeting – Meeting of Pacific health leaders and decision makers to discuss strategic issues of relevance to health in the region.
Suva, Fiji
Media contact: Julie Marks juliem@spc.int, +687 80 74 95
22-24 Joint UNDP Pacific Centre, United Nations Office for Drugs & Crime (UNODC) & Pacific Youth Council Youth Forum Against Corruption - Youth from around the Pacific region are being encouraged to capture images of the effects of corruption and to enter the images in a photo contest.
Event website: http://goo.gl/dAUxMK
Nadi, Fiji
23-27 INTEGRE technical workshop on sustainable tourism
Papeete, French Polynesia
INTEGRE: http://integre.spc.int/en/
Media contact: Jean-Noel Royer jeannoelr@spc.int, +687 87 70 63
23-27 2nd ACP Ministers of Health meeting
Brussels, Belgium
Media contact: Julie Marks juliem@spc.int, +687 80 74 95
Issued: 30 January 2015