Implementing the Mauritius Strategy+5 A Pacific regional perspective on implementing the priorities articulated in the M

1. Implementing the Mauritius Strategy+5 A Pacific regional perspective on implementingthe priorities articulated in the Mauritius Strategy and MSI+5 Tuiloma Neroni Slade Secretary GeneralPacific Islands Forum Secretariat

2. The Pacific Region

3. The Pacific Way in implementing the MSI • The Mauritius Strategy and Pacific Plan: coherence in time and development objectives • Pacific Plan a practical integration and translation of Mauritius Strategy • Reform and streamlining of regional organisations to deliver better outcomes for the region a key focus of the Pacific Plan 1 2 3

4. The Pacific Plan • For strengthening regional cooperation and integration • A ‘living’ Plan implemented by way of establishing a regional process of integrated policy and decision making for sustainable development • Inclusive of national and regional stakeholders • Annual reporting, monitoring, evaluation and refinement processes • Significant developments over last 5 years in key areas such as transport, energy, climate change, ICT, ocean management. 1

5. Pacific Plan & Development Effectiveness • Pacific Plan guides development partners to better understand region • And where best to focus their efforts and assistance • Supported by the Cairns Compact to strengthen development coordination and effectiveness • Support to strengthen Member States planning and financial systems • Fostering donor harmonization and aid effectiveness • Ultimately, to strengthen and ensure effective whole of government and non-government sector Partnerships! 1 2

6. IMPLEMENTING THE MSI+5 DECLARATION

7. Accommodating the Challenges and Vulnerabilities of SIDS • Support to SIDS must take into account the specific challenges, constraints and vulnerabilities that they face • Acknowledgments of the Barbados Programme of Action and its implementation strategy, the MSI, call for a matching commitment of action • SIDS-tailored approaches are required that recognise and take into account their special needs and circumstances 1 2

8. Specific Challenges of Pacific Island Countries • Pacific Island Countries face all the acknowledged vulnerabilities of SIDS - Small size, narrow resource and export base, exposure to global forces, natural disasters, limited capacity • In addition they face particular challenges isolated in the large expanse of the Pacific Ocean • Extreme isolation – challenges trade, transport, tourism, cost of imports and fuel • Exposure to oceanic elements – natural disasters, cyclones, sea level rise and storm surges • Young countries – facing contemporary challenges of nationhood, and adaptive needs to strong traditional tenure systems of land and property holdings 1 2

9. Why Regional level intervention is important • The Pacific Plan and its regional architecture focus on overcoming the vulnerabilities of our Pacific Island Countries. • Interventions are designed to address the special circumstances of Pacific Island Countries • Climate change – vast array of issues, human security in particular • Geographic isolation – ICT, sea and air infrastructure • Energy security – bulk procurement, conservation • Fisheries and management of oceanic resources 1 2

10. The way forward for the Pacific • Improved access to international financing • SIDS – SIDS partnerships • Strengthening development coordination • Improved coordination and engagement with UN system • Sustained focus on the effort and outcomes at the national level