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The Secretariat is pleased to confirm Dates below for the 31st SPREP Meeting and associated meetings for 2023. This is for notation and planning purposes for next year.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is pleased to inform you of the funding support from the Government of Australia through the Australia Aid Identifier to fund Pacific delegates to the CBD COP15. In this regard, we invite you to nominate one delegate to be supported by SPREP through this funding.

Applications are invited for the following positions:
A. INTERNATIONALLY RECRUITED ROLE
• Regional Climate Centre Coordinator – Intra-ACP Climate Services and related Applications (ClimSA) Project
(READVERTISEMENT - PREVIOUS APPLICANTS DO NOT NEED TO REAPPLY AS ALL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WILL BE CONSIDERED)

B. LOCALLY RECRUITED ROLE
• Strategic Planning Officer (SPO)
(For nationals and Permanent Residents of Samoa Only)

The closing date for applications is Friday, 11th November 2022 (Samoa Time)

We are pleased to invite you to attend the first GEF ISLANDS PSC meeting which will be held from the 15-17 November 2022 at the Tanoa Hotel, in Suva, Fiji. The three (3) day meeting will discuss project progress since inception and deliberate on the 2023 annual workplan and budget forecast. Participating countries will also be given an opportunity to inform the meeting on their country specific priorities and plans.

• Call for nominations: Global Climate Change Alliance plus (GCCA+) Scaling up Pacific Adaptation (SUPA) Output 1, Regional training on “Developing capacity to apply the impacts Analysis Methodology and utilise the Adaptation Impacts Database” 21- 30 November 2022

The Secretariat is pleased to inform you that nominations are being accepted for the Regional training on “Developing capacity to apply the impacts Methodology and utilise the Adaptation Impacts Database.“ The training will be hosted by SPREP on 21-30 November in Nadi, Fiji.

The Secretariat is pleased to inform Pacific Members of the support available to fund the participation of one delegate per country to attend the UNFCCC COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

The Secretariat hereby attach the draft record of the 3rd Executive Board Meeting for your review and feedback.

The Secretariat is pleased to inform you about developments with the Pacific Ocean Litter Project (POLP), funded by the Government of Australia, and seek expressions of interest (EOIs) to participate in the project.

The POLP aims to reduce, replace and find alternatives to single use plastics to decrease marine plastic litter. With borders reopening and travel restrictions easing in the region after the challenges of COVID-19, SPREP is stepping up the pace of implementation of this project.

Applications are invited for the following positions advertised within the Secretariat.

A) INTERNATIONALLY RECRUITED ROLES
1) Project Manager, Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC+) Project
2) Communications Officer, PEBACC+ Project
3) Country Coordinator, Vanuatu, PEBACC+ Project
4) Country Coordinator, Solomon Islands PEBACC+ Project
5) Pacific Environment Portal Systems Developer & Analyst
6) Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Adviser
7) Environmental Assessment and Planning Officer

B) LOCALLY RECRUITED ROLES
8) Finance and Administration Officer, PEBACC+ project (For nationals and Permanent Residents of Fiji Only)

9) Information Technology Support Officer, Pacific Climate Change Centre (For nationals and Permanent Residents of Samoa Only)

Link to Career Opportunities: https://www.sprep.org/career-opportunities

In preparation for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) will be convening a preparatory meeting for the Pacific islands region from 17 – 21 October 2022 at the Novotel Hotel in Nadi, Fiji.

The first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-1) organised by the UN Envi-ronment Programme will take place in Punta del Este from 28 November to 2 December 2022, with BRS plastic stakeholder meetings planned for the 23 to 25 November, multi-stakeholder forum planned for the full day on 26 November, and regional consultations and bureau meeting to be held on 27 November. Following the practice of the ad hoc open-ended expert group (OEWG) meeting held in Dakar from 30 May to 1 June, the INC will be a hybrid meeting.

Le Secrétariat souhaite vous informer que la version française du projet de note d'orientation sur les bonnes pratiques de l'ingénierie côtière en matière d'évaluation d'impact (dans le Pacifique) au point 9.4.1 de l'ordre du jour ne sera pas disponible à temps pour la troisième réunion du Conseil exécutif. Il s'agit d'un document hautement technique qui nécessite du temps pour être traduit, contrôlé et vérifié.

In the spirit of Pacific Partnership, Aotearoa, New Zealand with regional agencies is hosting a Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion for which a significant number of Pacific focused side events will be showcased.

We are excited to inform you that the PacWastePlus programme, together with the Waste Management and Pollution Control Programme, is releasing the above-mentioned Expression of Interest to assist the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNRE) to manage e-waste in Samoa.