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The development of the first Comprehensive Manual on Port Reception Facilities was agreed at the thirty second session of the Maritime Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in March 1992.

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It is indeed a privilege to again be given an opportunity to work with you all on the PACC project. We have all contributed to the development of this project and it is my hope that the spirit of community you have shown through out will trickle over to implementation. I look forward to this challenge with great enthusiasm and I pray that we will all work together to ensure that the implementation process is robust in all facets and at the same time deliver tangible benefits to our people and our region.

This report serves as the proceedings of the PACC Technical Meeting that was held at the Institute of Applied Sciences Conference Room, University of the South Pacific, Suva on the 5th – 9th October 2009. It hopes to encapsulates in summary form the different technical presentations provided by workshop facilitators and country delegates. Detail presentations will also be made available through the PACC website for further information and clarification if so needed by the reader.

As per the PACC ProDoc, the first six (6) months of the PACC project is considered as the Inception Phase (IP), stretching between April to the end of September 2009. The IP provides an opportunity for the Project Management Office (PMO) to become acquainted with the Project – its agreed strategy, expected outputs and outcomes, the stakeholders, the risks etc. It is also an opportunity for the stakeholders and partners to provide input on the work plan and to confirm implementation arrangements both at the regional and national levels. It also provides an opportunity to finalize any outstanding implementation details and present them to UNDP and SPREP for clearance. The IP also brings new momentum to the project after the relatively quiet period during the project approval process. In addition it includes a review of the ProDoc. Such review is of particular importance in this case due to the very significant time lag between initial project design and actual implementation, i.e. thus there is a need for adaptive management to reflect major changes in the present project environment.