1ST CONFERENCE OF PACIFIC EDUCATION MINISTERS (CPEM) In March 2023, education ministers from the Pacific region will meet in Auckland, New Zealand for the first Conference of Pacific Education Ministers (CPEM) to discuss some of the Pacific’s most pressing education challenges, which include the impact of Covid-19, which has reached most of our small island nations. The rebranding of the ministerial forum from the Forum Education Ministers Meeting (FEdMM) to the Conference of Pacific Education Ministers (CPEM) reflects the transition of the hosting of the meeting from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) to the University of the South Pacific…

The Pacific Regional Education Framework (PacREF) Facilitating Unit (PFU) will be hosting the Pacific Heads of Education Systems (PHES) Steering Committee (SC) meeting from November 21-23 offering important opportunities for face-to-face discussion after a lapse of two years. “The PHES -SC members have had to meet virtually as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the return of the meeting format to face-to-face this year allows for our regional members to come together and have meaningful talanoa,” said PFU Coordinator Mr Filipe Jitoko. PHES-SC members from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Island, Federated States of Micronesia, and Tuvalu will be in…