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To carry out a gap analysis on the adequacy of waste reception facilities in Apia port for vessels normally calling at the port. To carry out a gap analysis on the adequacy of waste reception facilities in Apia port in preparation for the P&O cruise vessel Pacific Jewel which will be in port during the United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States during September 2014 (SIDS Conference 2014).

On 1 November 2013, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) secured its status as a Regional Implementing Entity (RIE) under the Adaptation Fund of the Kyoto Protocol. SPREP has been working on achieving this accreditation since March 2010 at the direction of its Pacific island members. SPREP is now the third RIE under the Adaptation Fund; the other two are the West Africa Development Bank (accredited two years ago) and the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (accredited in early 2013), making this a landmark achievement for SPREP and for the Pacific region

The Regional Capacity Development Workshop on Wetlands Management with Focus on the Ramsar Convention in the Pacific Island Countries was held in Nadi Fiji, from 9-13 March 2009. The workshop was made possible through funding under the Pacific Island Wetlands Initiative, which is an Initiative operating within the framework of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The workshop was jointly organized and delivered by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), The Ramsar Convention Secretariat and the IUCN regional office for Oceania (See annex 1 for the workshop program).