Circulars

SPREP will be organizing the NAP Writeshop from 14 to 17 May 2019. A notification was sent out last week. This letter serves as the official invitation to nominate participants. Please be advised that SPREP can only fund participation of two participants from each Pacific Island Country that is a Party to the UNFCCC. Additional participants from other agencies may attend at their own cost if they are already working in partnership with a country on a specific GCF national adaptation planning concept or proposal.

The writeshop will deliver the following outputs and contribute to the following outcomes:

1. Participants have a clearer understanding of the benefits and requirements of NAP Readiness
funding.
2. At least five concept notes or first draft proposals will be produced with clear timelines for
submission.
3. More and higher quality concepts and proposals will be developed in 2019, leading to higher
quality national adaptation planning in the region.
4. In turn, this should improve access and absorption of climate finance and speed up efforts to
enhance building resilience and adaptation efforts.

SPREP is therefore requesting that focal points identify relevant personnel and ensure that they set
aside the dates of the writeshop so that they can attend and benefit from this opportunity. SPREP is
planning to fund participation of two participants from each Pacific Island Country that is a Party to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. These invitations will follow soon.

Short term opportunities to young professionals and recent graduates from the Pacific Island member countries and territories.

As we come closer to the completion of the construction of the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) and target for handover in August 2019, it is my pleasure to call the first meeting of the PCCC Advisory Board. As you may recall the First SPREP Executive Board Meeting held in September of last year

Attached is the inivitation from the chairperson of the Pacific Resilience Partnership Task Force.Mr Engel Raygadas to the Inaugural Pacific Resilience Meeting (PRM) which is confirmed to be held at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji from 1-3 May 2019

A member of our SPREP family, our dear colleague Mr Manasa Katonivualiku passed away after a brief illness on 11 February this year, while on duty travel in Vanuatu, and was laid to rest in his home island country of Fiji on 16 February, 2019.

This circular is to update you on SPREP engagement in the EU EDF-11 funded Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP).

SPREP is pleased to announce the new members of the SPREP Community

Oceania Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Eighteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), 25 -27 March, 2019, Samoa

The PACRES project aims to ensure better regional and national adaptation and mitigation responses to climate change challenges faced by Pacific ACP countries. It will be implemented in close alignment with the GCCA+ SUPA project.

Please note the dates of the SPREP meeting in 2019.

SPREP is pleased to announce the following appointments:

•  Mr. Dominic Sadler, Invasive Species Coordinator
•  Dr. Sascha Fuller, Pacific Node Coordinator, under MOU with the University of Newcastle, Australia

SPREP will convene a GCF National Designated Authority Workshop from 18 – 20 March 2019 to
take place in Apia Samoa.

• PacWaste Plus, Finance and Procurement Officer
• Project Manager, By-catch and Integrated Ecosystem Management
• Ecosystem and Biodiversity Officer