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Pacific CROP ICT Working Group’s
mandate on ICT, plans for the future,
update on the submarine cable
developments
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First Session of the
ASIA-PACIFIC INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY
Steering CommitteeDhaka, Bangladesh
2nd Nov 2017
Kisione W. Finau
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Outlines
1. Updates from CROP ICT Working
Group
2. Updates -Telecommunications and ICT
in the Pacific Region
3. Case Studies – Fiji & Tonga
4. Observations
5. Ways Forward
Pacific Islands
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CROP ICT Working Group
1. What is CROP ?
Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific
1. Pacific Forum Secretary
2. Secretarial of the Pacific Community (SPC)
3. Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
4. South Pacific Tourism Organization
5. Secretarial of the Pacific Regional
Environment Programme (SPREP)
6. The University of the South Pacific (USP)
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• CROP has a series of Sectoral Working Groups.
• These Working Groups are responsible for
collaboratively working on various regional
projects and policy initiatives.
• The primary objective of having Working Groups is
to enhance sectoral coordination and development
initiatives to strengthen integration, encourage
synergy, and collaboration for the purposes of
advancing sustainable development.
CROP ICT Working Group
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• The ICT Working Group is Chaired by USP (Vice
Chancellor & President).
• The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders adopted five key
initiatives at their Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New
Guinea in September 2015.
• One of them was ICT, which they recognised as a game-
changing, transformative enabler of development and
regional co-operation and integration.
• The CROP ICT Working Group has overall mandate and
responsibility for ensuring that the vision of the Leaders is
effectively advocated, co-ordinated, and facilitated.