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New publications from the Pacific Community

The Pacific Community (SPC) publishes a diverse range of scientific, technical and A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
cultural publications in English and French year-round. Managing Director / Publisher As we put together this month’s feature on the future of work, we asked ourselves,
Samisoni Pareti
are all the trends evident internationally, also relevant in the Pacific Islands region?
Managing Editor
Plant Health Clinics: A Policy development process in Samantha Magick These trends include conversations around equity (for example, who gets to work
training manual for Plant the Pacific region: Case studies from home and how often, how do OHS policies apply from work from home spaces,
Health Doctors in Pacific of Fiji, Solomon Islands and will COVID vaccine mandates stick in the long term), the so-called ‘great resignation’
Island countries Vanuatu as people reconsider their work and life priorities post-COVID, greater automation of
tasks, and the continued evolution of collaboration technology.
Designer
In talking to outfits such as Greenhouse Coworking (page 11) and consultants such as
Dick Lee
Mere Tuivuniwai (page 14), the answer was clearly; some of these shifts are already
taking place. Greenhouse is just one example of shared workspaces and virtual pro-
Contributors
fessional communities in the Pacific, and there are many professionals such as Mere
Nic Maclellan
now working across borders and time zones for global organisations, from their island
Kevin McQuillan
homes.
Kite Pareti
Sera Tikotikovatu-Sefeti But are we preparing our children for these and future changes? In many countries,
19 MB 1.6 MB Rowena Singh our education systems remain mired in old rote-learning modes, where assessments
SPC Digital Library link: https://purl.org/spc/digilib/doc/s3z8y SPC Digital Library link: https://purl.org/spc/digilib/doc/qafph Kaliopate Tavola are based on written exams rather than critical thinking and collaboration. When
This manual was developed through an extensive process This study examines the policy development process Mere Tuivuniwai compounded with the challenges to education wrought by the pandemic and extend-
ed school closures, the need for a seismic shift couldn’t be more urgent.
with farmers in Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. It and data uptake in the Pacific region, focusing on Fiji,
is aimed at assisting in the training of agriculture extension Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands. It uses food security as a
staff in Pacific island countries to become plant health sample sector to map how policy processes are initiated, Elsewhere in this issue, Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna talks
doctors, responsible for the development and running of formulated, implemented and monitored across the three regionalism, reflecting on the generational change we are seeing amongst Pacific
plant health clinics. Numerous farmers collaborated in the countries. It is aimed at reviewing and verifying the steps Islands Business is published monthly by Islands leaders, and how this is affecting the regional landscape and work of agencies
drafting, testing and revision of this manual. in the policy development and evaluation processes, Front Page Pte Limited such as the Forum.
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and Malaita that ran from April 2017 to June 2021. The This is the French companion to the issues and background
project aimed to strengthen implementation of the Family papers of the Framework for Energy Security and Resilience COVID AND CREATIVITY Making Glasgow matter
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Protection Act 2014 to ensure safety and protection for in the Pacific 2021–2030 from the Geosciences, Energy Copyright © 2022 Front Page Pte Limited.
survivors of domestic violence, most of whom live in and Maritime division. Volume 1 covers the Framework All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
remote and rural areas and make up the majority of itself and both volumes are available in English and French reproduced without the written permission of the
survivors. on the SPC Digital Library. publisher.

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