On 11 November, the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) hosted an e-commerce workshop to enhance the online entrepreneurial skills of women handicraft vendors in Vanuatu, a key subsector sustaining the local economy and contributing to employment and sustainable development. “The Pacific Islands are rich with unique products that have tremendous potential on the global stage,” said […]
Local businesses in Niue, Tonga, and Vanuatu have gained new skills to enhance their online presence, reach new domestic and international markets and contribute to increase trade flows in the Blue Pacific continent. The workshop, held simultaneously in the three countries on 6 and 7 November (5 and 6 November in Niue), provided essential skills
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The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has proudly celebrated the achievement of 78 entrepreneurs who successfully completed the E-Biz Training Workshop, an initiative designed to equip business owners with essential digital transformation skills. This training is a crucial component of the PIF E-Biz Plus program, designed to support small businesses from the Pacific in their online
The award ceremony for 30 Pacific policymakers who successfully completed the PIFS E-commerce Rules course from November 2023 to February 2024 marks the end of the cycle for 2024. Their learning journey, however, is not finished. Indeed, the ceremony saw the launch of the eCove Community, a Pacific online platform set to offer a range
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Tuvalu and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) launched two new E-commerce Business Toolkits set to support the Private Sector to move their businesses online. This launch is yet another testament of the importance that Tuvalu gives to participating in the digital economy. The toolkits are an invaluable resource for the Tuvalu’s private sector to
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The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) proudly completed its E-commerce training tailored to four countries and aimed at supporting small businesses in transitioning from online to offline. Training workshops were held simultaneously in Samoa, Tuvalu and Vanuatu earlier in the year, with the fourth being extended to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in mid-March
The Pacific Islands Forum joined forces with Outsource Fiji for the auspicious WinTech event, occurred on the 1st of December in Suva. This collaborative effort is geared towards addressing gender disparities in the Pacific’s technology sector and actively advancing the 2050 Strategy Implementation Plan. Acting Director of Policy, Mr Joel Nilon, in his opening remarks
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The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) proudly announces the commencement of the second iteration of its E-commerce Rules Course for Policymakers. This blended course builds upon the training materials available on the Pacific E-commerce Portal, recently updated to reflect the latest developments. The opening of the 8-week part-time course was officiated by Mr Noah Patrick
In 2022, the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) conducted a Digital and Financial Literacy Baseline Survey in seven Pacific Island Countries: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Fiji was the first of the Pacific countries where the survey was rolled out. On 27 July 2023, UNCDF and the Reserve Bank
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46 participants from the Pacific obtained certificates of completion from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) organized course on “Digital Identity for Trade and Development” (DITD) for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Participants that attended the training were from Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands,
The eTrade for Women Initiative, launched by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has been successful in empowering women entrepreneurs, including through hosting Masterclasses globally since its inception in New York in 2019. These Masterclasses, with a common goal of assisting women entrepreneurs in taking their businesses to the next level, have
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Registration is now open for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific to undertake an e-learning course on Digital Identity from 13 February to 31 March 2023. The training is part of United National Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) TrainForTrade Programme and has been crafted to meet the needs and expectations of the
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Thirteen Pacific countries will benefit from the UNCTAD-TrainforTrade, one of the partners of the Pacific E-commerce Initiative, blended learning strategy to boost the digital economy in Small Island Developing States. Officially launched on 15 July 2022 in Geneva, the project aims to foster digital economy development on three specific components – legal aspects of e-commerce,
The Pacific E-commerce Initiative commends the partnership between Ka Hao and Pacific Trade Invest New Zealand to deliver E-commerce education for our Pacific communities. To take advantage of the opportunities offered by digital trade, Ka Hao in collaboration with PTI New Zealand will provide training targeting emerging Pacific businesses. The aim is to promote their
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