The 'Strengthening Resilience of Pacific Island States through Universal Social Protection' joint programme of the United Nations (UN) and Governments in Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau, is being implemented from June 2020 to December 2021, to help strengthen social protection systems in these four Pacific Islands and Territories (PICTs). The implementation of this Social Protection Joint Programme (SP-JP) is spearheaded by a Multi-Country…

The Joint Programme 'Strengthening Resilience of Pacific Island States through Universal Social Protection’ is a UN joint initiative to be implemented in four Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) with funding from the UN SDG Fund. Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau are highly vulnerable to shocks due to their geography, small populations, size of the economy and exposure to climate change and extreme weather events. In line with…

The “Application of the Ridge-to-Reef Concept in Niue” project (Niue R2R) aims to make the consideration of biodiversity a fundamental part of everyday resource planning and development in the country. It will achieve sustainable biodiversity protection and management in Niue by safeguarding Niue’s global environmental values and by strengthening conservation and sustainable use of land, water, and marine areas and their biodiversity. It builds…

IFS provides tailored research capacity-enhancing support to promising early career scientists based around the provision of individual Basic Grants. To secure IFS support, applicants must submit a sound research project application on a self selected topic within the three research cluster area that is innovative and/or relevant to her or his local or national development needs. The research proposal must demonstrate knowledge of the subject…

United Nations Development Programme is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor for the project "Strengthening Multi-Sectoral management of Critical Landscapes in Samoa", a project that has as main objectives to strengthen local capacities, incentives and actions for integrated landscape management in order to reduce land degradation and greenhouse gas emissions and promote nature conservation whilst enhancing sustainable local livelihoods.