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Joint Oversight Mission

The Joint Oversight Mission (JOM) will provide the Programme’s management and its development partners (PacREF’s funding agencies – Asian Development Bank (ADB), Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (NZ MFAT); the Grant Agent, ADB; the Coordinating Agency, NZ MFAT; the PacREF governance structure, represented by the Pacific Heads of Education Systems (PHES) Steering Committee (SC); and PacREF Programme management, represented by the PacREF Facilitating Unit (PFU) with the opportunity to jointly assess the PacREF Programme’s progress over 2021. It will also allow them to jointly assess ongoing challenges to implementation as well…

CROP HRD Working Group

Virtual

The CROP HRD WG a group under the CROP architecture will ensure that the Outcomes Documents from each PHES meeting are adequate to allow each PHES member to comprehensively update their minister and their ministers on PacREF Programme progress and the outcomes of PHES meeting. PHES meetings will be convened by UNESCO in consultation with the Chair of the CROP HRD WG regarding the agenda and presentations. The CROP HRD WG is tasked with the coordination of PacREF Programme strategies and activities to support strong and effective partnerships amongst the implementing agencies and ensure that the outputs delivered are of…

VAKA PASIFIKI EDUCATION WEBINAR SERIES – Literacy Study: People and Context – the unresolved challenges

Virtual

VAKA PASIFIKI EDUCATION WEBINAR SERIES - Literacy Study: People and Context - the unresolved challenges   The Vaka Pasifiki Education Conference will host a series of regional webinars to share some of the Institute of Education evidence based development works in the Pacific region. In this year’s series, IOE will share the learnings and findings from the Leaders and Education Authorities Program (LEAP), Pacific Literacy and Leadership Program (PLSLP) and the Tonga Education Support Activity (TESA). In this year’s series, we will also share findings from the recently completed study Literacy: People and Context. The sharing of learnings from the…

VAKA PASIFIKI EDUCATION WEBINAR SERIES – Weaving a literacy mat across the Pacific: Shared Learning from Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Tonga

Virtual

VAKA PASIFIKI EDUCATION WEBINAR SERIES - Weaving a mat across the Pacific: Shared Learning from the Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Tonga   The Vaka Pasifiki Education Conference will host a series of regional webinars to share some of the Institute of Education evidence based development works in the Pacific region. In this year’s series, IOE will share the learnings and findings from the Leaders and Education Authorities Program (LEAP), Pacific Literacy and Leadership Program (PLSLP) and the Tonga Education Support Activity (TESA). In this year’s series, we will also share findings from the recently completed study Literacy: People and…

VAKA PASIFIKI EDUCATION WEBINAR SERIES – Reflecting on the LEAP Learnings: What? So What? Now what?

Virtual

VAKA PASIFIKI EDUCATION WEBINAR SERIES – Reflecting on the LEAP Learnings: What? So What? Now what?   The Vaka Pasifiki Education Conference will host a series of regional webinars to share some of the Institute of Education evidence based development works in the Pacific region. In this year’s series, IOE will share the learnings and findings from the Leaders and Education Authorities Program (LEAP), Pacific Literacy and Leadership Program (PLSLP) and the Tonga Education Support Activity (TESA). In this year’s series, we will also share findings from the recently completed study Literacy: People and Context. The sharing of learnings from…

VAKA PASIFIKI EDUCATION WEBINAR SERIES – Malie and Mafana in the development of Literacy and Numeracy resources

Virtual

VAKA PASIFIKI EDUCATION WEBINAR SERIES - Malie and Mafana in the development of Literacy and Numeracy resources   The Vaka Pasifiki Education Conference will host a series of regional webinars to share some of the Institute of Education evidence based development works in the Pacific region. In this year’s series, IOE will share the learnings and findings from the Leaders and Education Authorities Program (LEAP), Pacific Literacy and Leadership Program (PLSLP) and the Tonga Education Support Activity (TESA). In this year’s series, we will also share findings from the recently completed study Literacy: People and Context. The sharing of learnings…

Nauru National Fono

Virtual

Nauru National Fono The PacREF Facilitating Unit (PFU) in collaboration with the Implementing Agencies (IAs) have started convening a consultative forum with countries which we are calling the National Fono. During the National Fono, the Ministry of Education staff will be briefed on the PacREF programme and its implementation. Ministries may share their sector plan strategies and priorities for the IAs consideration. The main objective of the National Fono is to create greater awareness in countries of the PacREF programme and discuss how best to work together to maximise its impact in supporting national education goals.  

Cook Islands National Fono

Cook Islands National Fono   The PacREF Facilitating Unit (PFU) in collaboration with the Implementing Agencies (IAs) have started convening a consultative forum with countries which we are calling the National Fono. During the National Fono, the Ministry of Education staff will be briefed on the PacREF programme and its implementation. Ministries may share their sector plan strategies and priorities for the IAs consideration. The main objective of the National Fono is to create greater awareness in countries of the PacREF programme and discuss how best to work together to maximise its impact in supporting national education goals.  

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Pacific Heads of Education Systems Steering Committee to discuss progress of PacREF

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…

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CONFERENCE OF PACIFIC EDUCATION MINISTERS (CPEM)

The Fale Pacifika Auckland University, New Zealand

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…

PacREF Webinar “Fostering Commitment to Education and Culture “

Scheduled for July 6, 2023, from 11 am to 1 pm Fiji Time, this webinar aims to engage participants from the Pacific region in a discussion on the region’s commitment to education and culture, which was a priority action statement during the Conference of Pacific Education Ministers (CPEM) held in Auckland in March this year. Overall, the webinar seeks to inspire and motivate participants to actively contribute to advancing education and culture in the Pacific region. By promoting the Pacific Ministers' commitments and creating a space for dialogue and collaboration, we hope to generate innovative solutions, promote inclusivity, and ultimately…