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The Work Programme and Budget (WP&B) is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the SPREP Financial Regulations and is expressed in USD. The Secretariat proposes a balanced budget of anticipated income and expenditure of USD$19,095,085. The format for the 2016 WP&B is aligned to the priorities of the SPREP Strategic Plan 2011-2015. However, it maintains features of the SPREP budget summary format which lists the budget for each target and links the sources of funding to the core and programme budget components

The Twenty-eighth SPREP Meeting of Officials (28SM) was held from 19-21 September 2017, in Apia, Samoa. Present at the Meeting were representatives from American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, United States and Wallis and Futuna.

The Twenty-seventh SPREP Meeting of Officials and High Level Ministerial Segment (27SM) was held from 19-22 September, 2016 in Alofi, Niue. Present at the Meeting were representatives from American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, United States and Wallis and Futuna.

The Noumea Convention was negotiated under the framework of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Seas Programme and adopted in 1986. The Convention and its two related Protocols - Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping and the Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Combating Pollution Emergencies in the South Pacific Region - entered into force on 22 August, 1990. The 12 Parties to the Convention are Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands and United States

This Annual Report notes the major achievements of SPREP in supporting Pacific island countries and territories to address issues relating to: biodiversity and ecosystem management, waste management and pollution and environmental monitoring and governance

The special SPREP Meeting: ÿ Noted the ICR progress report and agreed to provide feedback on the two discussion papers relating to proposed Secretariat actions on ICR recommendations 59, 60, 61 and 79 before the 20th SPREP Meeting; and ÿ Endorsed the establishment of a task force, representative of and open to all Members, to progress the issue of core functions and related ICR recommendations and agreed that the Secretariat would also establish an electronic bulletin board to enable greater participation of all Members.

The SPREP Strategic Plan 2017–2026 builds on the successes and lessons learned in the implementation of the Strategic Plan 2011–2015. SPREP has used these lessons together with an extensive consultation process with Members, partners, and the Secretariat to develop this strategic plan. The plan has also been guided by Member commitments to the strategic directions for the region set out in the Framework for Pacific Regionalism, the priorities defined by the SAMOA Pathway,1 commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, and other important regional and global commitments. Le Plan stratégique 2017–2026 s’appuie sur les réussites et sur les enseignements tirés de la mise en œuvre du Plan stratégique 2011–2015. Le PROE a associé ces enseignements à un processus de consultation des Membres, des partenaires et du Secrétariat afi n d’élaborer ce nouveau plan stratégique. Le plan a également été guidé par l’engagement pris par les Membres quant aux orientations stratégiques régionales décrites dans le Cadre pour l’intégration régionale du Pacifi que, par les priorités reprises dans le document Samoa, la voie à suivre 1, et par l’engagement envers les Objectifs de développement durable, ainsi que d’autres engagements majeurs régionaux et mondiaux.

Les ressources et les écosystèmes vitaux dont dépendent les îles océaniennes pour leur alimentation et leur subsistance subissent une pression grandissante. Les principales menaces sont le changement climatique, une question extrêmement problématique pour la viabilité environnementale, économique et sociale des États et territoires insulaires océaniens. Le changement climatique affecte déjà de manière bien réelle les écosystèmes forestiers et littoraux, nos océans, les réserves d’eau douce, la biodiversité, et bien évidemment tous les aspects du quotidien, en particulier les communautés des petits pays à faible altitude, dans lesquels le niveau de la mer et les changements météorologiques créent des perturbations sociales et économiques.

This Annual Report notes the major achievements of SPREP in supporting Pacific island countries and territories to address issues relating to: biodiversity and ecosystem management, waste management and pollution and environmental monitoring and governance

This Annual Report notes the major achievements of SPREP in supporting Pacific island countries and territories to address issues relating to: biodiversity and ecosystem management, waste management and pollution and environmental monitoring and governance