Pacific Community

The Pacific Community (PC), formerly the South Pacific Commission (SPC), is an international development organisation governed by 27 members, including 22 Pacific island countries and territories around the Pacific Ocean. The organisation's headquarters are in Nouméa, New Caledonia, and it has regional offices in Suva, Pohnpei, and Port Vila, as well as field staff in other locations in the Pacific.^[1] Its working languages are English and French. It primarily provides technical and scientific advice, and acts as a conduit for funding of development projects from donor nations.^[2] Unlike the slightly smaller Pacific Islands Forum, the SPC is not a trade bloc, and does not deal with military or security issues.

Pacific Community

Nouméa, New Caledonia

Annual Chair Rotation

Stuart Minchin

1947

2016

12 time zones

The SPC's regional development issues include climate change, disaster risk management, fisheries, food security,^[3] education, gender equality, human rights, non-communicable diseases, agriculture, forestry and land use, water resources, and youth employment.

Climate Change and Environmental Stability (CCES)

Educational Quality and Assessment Program (EQAP)

Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (FAME)

Geoscience Energy and Maritime (GEM)

Land Resources Division (LRD)

Public Health Division (PHD)

Regional Rights Resource Team (RRRT)

Social Development Program (SDP)

Statistics for Development (SDD)

Pacific Islands Forum

Pacific Regional Environment Programme

University of the South Pacific

Forum Fisheries Agency

South Pacific Tourism Organisation

Pacific Aviation Safety Office

Mitcham, Chad, 'Forsyth, William Douglass (1909–1993)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published online 2018.

South Pacific Commission. 'Meeting House of the Pacific: The Story of the SPC, 1947–2007', Nouméa, New Caledonia: SPC Secretariat, 2007.

Pacific Community