The Pacific Heads of Education Systems (PHES) Steering Committee (SC) consisting of five members of the PHES serving on a 2-year rotational basis. Membership comprises a representative from each of the 3 sub-regions in the Pacific, a representative of smaller island states and a representative of the larger island states in the region. The SC will represent the PHES on all PacREF policy and programming matters in between PHES meetings. The SC will develop a communication strategy to report back to the full PHES following each of their meetings. The SC meetings will precede CROP HRD WG meetings and will be organized by the PFU.