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> Subject: FW: EUROPEAN UNION FUNDS PACIFIC PROJECTS: The
> University of the South Pacific will receive five million to expand
> USP's delivery of training in the areas of public management, tourism,
> and employment and labor studies.
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> Subject: EUROPEAN UNION FUNDS PACIFIC PROJECTS: The University of
> the South Pacific will receive five million to expand USP's delivery
> of training in the areas of public management, tourism, and employment
> and labor studies.
>
> PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT Suva, Fiji Islands PRESS STATEMENT
> March 10, 2002 EUROPEAN UNION FUNDS PACIFIC PROJECTS Three
> organizations based in Fiji will receive 19.5 million Euro (FJ$ 40
> million/US$ 17,208,165) from the European Union this week at the
> launch of the 8th European Development Fund regional program. The
> three financing agreements will be signed on Wednesday, March 13th by
> the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Mr.
> Noel Levi, CBE, in his capacity as Regional Authorizing Officer for EU
> multilateral assistance to the region. The Head of the Delegation of
> the European Commission for the Pacific, Mr. Frans Baan, will sign for
> the EU. The EDF package includes 7.5 million Euro (FJ$15 million/US$
> 6,618,525) for the Fiji School of Medicine for construction of a new
> campus. Although a national institution, a third of FSM's intake comes
> from neighboring Pacific Islands, who send students there for training
> in various medical fields. The new buildings will include
> accommodation blocks, a dining hall, lecture rooms and laboratories
> that are due to open in 2004. The University of the South Pacific will
> receive five million Euro (FJ$10 million/US$ 4,412,350) to expand
> USP's delivery of training in the areas of public management, tourism,
> and employment and labor studies. Seven million Euro (FJ$14
> million/US$ 6,177,290) will go to the South Pacific Applied Geoscience
> Commission (SOPAC) for programs aimed at improving environmental
> management systems in small island states. The three latest projects
> mean that the 35 million Euro (FJ$70 million/US$ 30,886,450) of the
> 8th European Development Fund is now 92 percent committed. The balance
> is earmarked for programs in agriculture and tourism. Plans are
> already under way for a new cycle of development cooperation with the
> EU, under what will be the 9th European Development Fund. Details of
> these arrangements are expected to be signed in September this year.
> 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:
> UlafalaA@forumsec.org.fj <mailto:UlafalaA@forumsec.org.fj> Web:
> www.forumsec.org.fj Mirror site:
> <http://chacmool.sdnp.undp.org/pacific/forumsec/default1.htm>
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