> PACIFIC SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP UNDERWAY IN FIJI Pacific Island
> countries have been told that economic growth will reduce poverty only
> if firmer steps are taken to include social issues in economic
> planning. "Poverty issues, social and environmental concerns should be
> part of economic planning," said Mr. Iosefa Maiava, the Acting
> Secretary General of the Suva-based Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
> Delegates from the Pacific Islands region are attending a workshop at
> the Secretariat this week on the Pacific's approach to global social
> development. The workshop will discuss key social issues in the region
> and suggest measures to push for a stronger social development agenda.
> "This will require more skills and capacity in the Pacific Islands to
> help integrate social and economic policy," Mr. Maiava said. In the
> Pacific, several regional agreements relate to social development.
> They include the Suva Declaration on Sustainable Human Development in
> the Pacific, containing policies and strategies for sustainable
> development, which was agreed upon by Pacific Island Forum leaders in
> 1994. In 1999, the Pacific Human Development Report spoke of the
> 'poverty of opportunity' in the region. Other recent agreements are
> the 2000 Biketawa Declaration, relating to good governance and
> security; and the 2001 Forum Basic Education Action Plan, which is a
> commitment to Basic Education as the main building block of social and
> economic development. The workshop will give participants the
> opportunity to examine these agreements and discuss their
> implementation at national level. One day of the workshop will be
> devoted to discussing poverty in the Pacific. Participants will hear
> from a range of donors and technical agencies on their approaches to
> poverty alleviation, as well as listening to various non-state actors
> on their role in poverty alleviation. There will be capacity building
> in social impact analysis and integrating social issues into economic
> planning on the final day of the workshop. The workshop is funded by
> the United Nations Development Program, executed by the International
> Labor Organization, and is coordinated by the Forum Secretariat. For
> additional information, contact: Ulafala Aiavao at
> UlafalaA@forumsec.org.fj <mailto:UlafalaA@forumsec.org.fj> Ulafala
> Aiavao Media Adviser Forum Secretariat Private Bag Suva, Fiji Tel:
> (679) 220 220 Mob: (679) 998 674 Fax: (679) 305 554 Email:
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