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This report provides PPAC with an update of progress made in implementing the Pacific Plan over 2009. It builds on the information provided in the 2009 six month report tabled at the 31 March – 1 April Pacific Plan Action Committee (PPAC) meeting. As with previous years, this report provides a higher strategic level assessment for Forum Leaders’ consideration through the PPAC and more specifically highlights key achievements and issues of note requiring attention and action.

The Fortieth Pacific Islands Forum was held in Cairns, Australia from 5 to 6 August 2009 and was attended by Heads of State and Governments of Australia, the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and the Republic of Vanuatu. The Republic of Palau was represented by the Vice President and the Republic of Kiribati by its Special Envoy. New Caledonia and French Polynesia attended the formal session as associate members. Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, the Asian Development Bank, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the United Nations and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission attended as observers. The Forum Retreat was held at Whitfield House, Cairns.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the Cairns Compact on Strengthening Development Coordination (the “Compact”); its objectives, guiding principles, key deliverables and intended benefits to Forum Island Countries and Development Partners. It also provides an outline of work to date undertaken by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in coordinating and progressing the implementation of the Compact.

The Fortieth Pacific Islands Forum was held in Cairns, Australia from 5 to 6 August 2009 and was attended by Heads of State and Governments of Australia, the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and the Republic of Vanuatu. The Republic of Palau was represented by the Vice President and the Republic of Kiribati by its Special Envoy. New Caledonia and French Polynesia attended the formal session as associate members. Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, the Asian Development Bank, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the United Nations and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission attended as observers. The Forum Retreat was held at Whitfield House, Cairns.