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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).

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.

Report from the PACC executive meeting

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).