Green Growth in the Pacific: Building Resilient Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships

Towards a Pacific Green Growth

Framework

2014 PIDF Summit Plenary

Green Growth in the Pacific: Building Resilient Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships

2013 Summit – Key Outcomes

• A Pacific that asserts a distinctive Pacific model of “green growth in blue economies” that is aligned to sustainable development principles

• A Pacific that reaffirms the importance of Government leaders undertaking bold, transformative and adaptive leadership.

• Pacific Leaders that champion Green Growth and Sustainable Development by adopting innovative and “outside of the box approaches”, revisiting traditional practices and improving existing mechanisms.

Green Growth in the Pacific: Building Resilient Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships

2013 Summit – Key Outcomes

• A Pacific that integrates our spirituality into our development paradigms and models

• A Pacific that enhances protection of critical ecosystems through the enforcement of legislation, creation of protected areas and creating awareness and promoting advocacy on our role as stewards of this creation

• Commitment to Action

Green Growth in the Pacific: Building Resilient Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships

Commitment areas of the PIDFa. Leadership b. Recognition of the role of healthy people c. Value of the Pacific common and collectived. Long Term Financing – Support to communitiese. Rigor in implementation of key national and

regional commitments f. Reform of financial system g. Education and capacity buildingh. Sustainable transporti. Food securityj. Re-energising the Pacific

Green Growth in the Pacific: Building Resilient Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships

Where are we going?PIDF mission

Enabling green-blue Pacific economies through

inclusive strategies, multi-stakeholder

governance, and genuine partnerships

Green Growth in the Pacific: Building Resilient Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships

Where are we going? Outcome of PIDF work program

Regional and national frameworks implementing effective transformation of unsustainable development practices through the use of innovative tools such as green-blue economy, adaptive leadership, and genuine partnerships for Pacific communities

Green Growth in the Pacific: Building Resilient Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships

How? Key focus of PIDF work

• Inclusive and stewardship leadership

• Innovative practices and approaches

• Genuine, equitable and durable partnerships

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Enablers including 10 commitment areas

Green Growth in the Pacific: Building Resilient Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships

Convergence and integration• Alignment with national mechanisms

including planning processes and integration with sectoral strategies

• Supporting national green growth approaches: Fiji, PNG, Tonga

• Supporting sub-regional frameworks (e.g. MSG Green Growth Framework)

• Creating an enabling environment for community participation and private sector leadership

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Convergence and integration• Providing a platform for

coordinated support and alignment• Alignment with global processes • Engaging CROP agencies, donors,

the UN System, INGOs in the green blue Pacific economy

• Develop a Pacific Green Growth Framework

Green Growth in the Pacific: Building Resilient Sustainable Futures and Genuine Partnerships

Recommendations1. Commit to establishing or strengthening

national mechanisms that support the development and implementation of green–blue economies, and that provides a clear link to the work of PIDF.

2. PIDF provides a convergence point for the development of a Pacific Green Growth Framework, supporting national responses and aligning regional support.