Circulars

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) will be convening a Pacific 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) from the 25 – 29 March, 2019 in Samoa. This circular is to kindly request to note these dates in your calendars.

Chers collegues, as you will be aware the first meeting of the SPREP Executive Board will be held on 10-11 September here in Apia.
A key part of the preparations is for the Members representing constituencies to collaborate with their constituency members so that they can bring to the Executive Board the considered view of their constituency

Two consecutive meetings will be hosted at the SPREP campus in Apia, Samoa for the:

•  Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 14th Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the CBD, and
•  CBD-6th National Report Technical Support Regional Workshop.

These meetings will be held at the SPREP campus in Apia, Samoa. It is anticipated that the country representative for both of these meetings, will in most cases be the same participant

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in partnership with Climate Analytics will be convening a COP24 Preparatory Meeting under the IMPACT project from 31 October - 2 November 2018 in Nadi, Fiji. This email is to kindly request that you save these dates in your calendars.

Further to SPREP Circular 18/14 of 5 March, and Cir. 18/22 of 26 April 2018I am pleased to confirm the venue for the Executive Board Meeting at the Tanoa Tusitala Hotel, Apia, Samoa.

The revised Provisional Agenda is attached for your information. All working documents will be available on the SPREP website: www.sprep.org for downloading in case you don’t have the bandwidth to receive large emails. As is the organization’s policy, all Meeting documents will be available in English and French.

Dear SPREP Partners,

SPREP is into the second year of implementing the SPREP Strategic Plan 2017-2026. To assist SPREP improve it's performance in delivering its mandate, we seek the input of partners.

SPREP is pleased to announce the following appointments with SPREP’s Project Coordination Unit:

- Mr. Manasa Katonivualiku, Project Development Specialist - Climate Resilience and Adaptation.

- Mr. Rupeni Mario, Project Development Specialist - Climate Change Mitigation.

Applications are invited for the above positions that are being advertised within SPREP Apia, Samoa.

The closing date for applications is:
- Friday, 3rd August 2018

SPREP will be organizing the Second IMPACT Project Implementation Workshop from 16 to 19 July 2018. A notification was sent out earlier this month. 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 are welcome but may attend at their own cost.

Transitioning from the GEFPAS uPOPs Release Reduction Project to a chemical and waste-related GEF7 Project through Identification of National Priorities.