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The Director General of SPREP reflected upon the role of the Convention in addressing growing environmental challenges and stressing the relevance of the Noumea Convention in helping to meet these, thanking all Parties for their engagement in the Meeting. It was acknowledged that 2023 marks the 30th Anniversary of the signing of the SPREP Treaty and that this was the first in person Ordinary Meeting of the Noumea Convention since COVID-19.

SPREP is committed to working with our Members to deliver on environmental management and sustainable development in the region. Our work is driven by strategic priorities, which are developed in close consultation with all our Pacific island Members and other stakeholders.

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.

SPREP strategic plan: 2011-2015 = PROE Plan strategique 2011-2015

This document outlines the new programme-based approach that has been adopted for the SPREP Secretariat. This new approach to regional delivery is both more innovative and strategic than the project-based approach previously practiced. It provides clear, measurable indicators of the progress and impact of the Secretariat’s work in the region. This is an important element of the Secretariat’s efforts to encourage long-term collaboration with existing and new partners.

The Secretariat has served the region well since SPREP became an autonomous regional body following the entry into force of the Agreement Establishing SPREP in 1995. It has played a pivotal role in raising awareness in all its Pacific island members of the importance of responsible management of the environment and natural resources to the future livelihood and prosperity of their people. The Secretariat has facilitated cooperation among SPREP members to deal with environment issues. It has also assisted Pacific island members to put their concerns on the agenda of the various international for a dealing with the environment and sustainable development.