The programme on capacity building related to Multilateral Environment Agreements in African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs Programme) aims to reduce the adverse effects of biodiversity loss and contribute to the sound management of chemicals, including the adequate disposal of waste and obsolete pesticides. This programme operates the African Hub, the Caribbean Hub and the Pacific Hub.
Environmental and natural resources management policies and legislation support the sustainable management of the Pacific island nations’ natural capital for the benefit of current and future generations. A major challenge is to ensure consistent compliance and effective enforcement of these laws.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme – serving as the Pacific Hub - partnered with the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Pacific Centre for Environmental Governance and the Australian Centre for Financial and Environmental Compliance, to build the capacity of managers and officers tasked with ensuring environmental compliance and enforcement.
The training took place in Fiji and Samoa in October 2017 and was attended by 20 participants who play a key role in environmental compliance and enforcement from various ministries.
The Pacific Hub will follow up with the participating countries on compliance and enforcement work, and it is hoped that with adequate funding they can replicate similar trainings to other member countries.
For more information, please contact: Anjana.Varma@un.org
