Consultative draft: Pacific Regionl Organisations-Pacific Plan implementation and reporting strategy

Abstract

At the regional level, coordination of the implementation of the Pacific Plan is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. This is consistent with the 2004 decision by Leaders that the primary functions of the Secretariat are to provide policy advice, coordmation and assistance in implementing their decisions. The Secretariat has therefore been restructured to more effectively undertake these responsibilities. Political oversight and guidance to the Secretariat is provided by a Pacific Plan Action Committee (PPAC), chaired by the Forum Chair and comprising representatives of all Pacific Island Forum Countries. The Forum Chair (as Chair of the PPAC), will report to Leaders on the implementation of the Plan on a quarterly basis. A small implementation unit (the Pacific Plan Office - PPO), reporting directly to one of the Deputies Secretary General, has been established in the Secretariat to support the PPAC and progress the Plan.