Ambassador Sujiro Seam 🇪🇺, Business ACP Oumar Seck, & PIPSO Alisi Tuqa, at #ACPPSD19 ACP Private Sector Mtg in Fiji. Knowledge sharing platform 4 business community in: climate change & resilience bldg, agribusiness, ICTs/ecommerce, financing, & trade. Pacific Islands Forum

Oumar Seck of Business ACP shared abt the ACP private sector platforms. As Pacific private sector we also need to ensure we have access to updated info & know where to go to access such facilities. Reach out to Pacific Islands Forum & PIPSO for this. #ACPPSD19

Connectivity/ICTs is part of the agenda at our ACP private sector mtg here in Fiji. Joining us are these 2 amazing young women techpreneurs Wini and Priscilla, from PNG, who are also part of the #pngictcluster which PIPSO help set up in 2014. #ACPPSD19

Day 2 of the ACP private sector mtg wrapped up today & we took the opportunity 2 chat & update our members, incl. what's coming. Thx to all 4 ur contributions & we look forward to 2020 & working together 4 the #pacificprivatesector #ACPPSD19

Talking shop. Private sector reps from Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation Samoa Chamber of Commerce @SolomonChamber take time out to chat with Business ACP Oumar Seck on Pacific private sector needs. Both re: business support as well as strengthening private sector groups. #ACPPSD19

PIPSO Board Members Howard Politini and Steve Lyon (PIPSO Chair) catch up with Port Moresby Chamber President Rio Fiocco, here at the #ACPPSD19 meeting in Nadi, Fiji. Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation

Connecting with other private sector agencies is so important. @COLEACP Denis Felicitezulma meets up with Tongan businessman & Tonga Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. Sam Vea and seeing how agribusinesses could be supported. Here at the ACP private sector meeting in Fiji #ACPPSD19

What's a private sector meet without some awesome locally made products on show and offer. #supportlocalbusiness here at Fiji ACP private sector mtg. Vanuachocolate #ACPPSD19

Started thr year with a courtsey call & mtg with our Fiji mmbr, Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation & its new CEO, Kameli Batiweti who started last month. Collaboration is key going 4rd & few initiatives id'd to work 2gether on, for both FCEF as well as the broader PIPSO membership. Watch this space !

Touching base with Pacific Islands Forum Teea Tira abt support/working with private sector. Specifically abt id'ing some early wins, potential projects & partnerships to incl. the Pacific business community. Using the FRDP & PRRP Taskforce platforms to try & progress this work. #PPPiskey

Meeting up with partner agency Pacific Islands Development Forum Sec General Amb. Mara & Team Leader Prog. Mark Borg earlier 2day. Id'ing how 2 support private sector better & esp in areas of sust. transpt, energy, bldg resilience & conservation. Acknow importance 2 work with & thru NPSOs/industry assoc.

PIPSO with FRIEND Fiji Sashi Karan and Pacific Organic & Ethical Trade Community Stephen Hazleman at the Organic Leadership Training workshop in Suva on global state of #Organics and the potential of the #Pacific. Learnings from here will be used to promote the Nutritious Food Systems project within PIPSO.

We are fortunate 2 have Phil O'Reilly, Consultant/current Chair of OECD Board of Business, assisting our strategic planning process. He brings a wealth of private sector experience having worked with employer/business assoc across the world. Vinaka ILOAsiaPacific 4 the support.

#pacificrepresent At the #connectivityagenda mtg, London hosted by The Commonwealth PIPSO CEO w. Pacific Is reps frm Tonga (P.Mau), Samoa (I. Lautasi) & Vanuatu (H.E Amb. Licht) & ComSec staff Radika. 3 days to look at digital transfmn in trade & investmt, & private sector dev.

Vinaka vakalevu New Zealand @MFATgovtNZ for supporting the Pacific delegation to the The Commonwealth #connectivityagenda meeting this week.

Amazing 1/2 day w'shop, org. by Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) with PNG women in business in starting 2 dev. their Business Agenda. We at PIPSO doing the same - dev a few business agendas as the strategic way 4rd. Tmrw PIPSO & CIPE bilaterals to explore areas 4 potential collaboration.

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Gr8t 2c familiar faces at 2nights UNDRR Asia-Pacific "Business resilience in the face of COVID-19" webinar. Sharing by Vinod Patel Fiji Atin Patel on Pacific business challenges; & Wade Bromley ILOAsiaPacific on lessons learnt & pathways 2 recovery. Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation FCEF FBDRC Connecting Business Initiative (CBI)

Y'day twas our 4th webinar on COVID19 private sector perspectives series; this 1 on strengthening local industry. Thx 2 the smashing panel that spoke, from Australia, Cook Is, Tonga & our Caribbean friends TCI Network ILOPasifika RDA Brisbane Tonga Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 Caribbean Export

As part of the #COVID19 recovery efforts, #WEBC and its supportive partner Australian Government through @fijiwomensfund provides Entrepreneurs a platform to discuss protocols and requirements in readiness to re-open their business. #WomenEntrepreneurs #WomenEconomicEmpowerment