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Let’s start with a little scene-setting information. What makes a sea turtle a sea turtle? To answer this we must look at turtles over an evolutionary time frame. Today’s remaining sea turtle species evolved from some of their terrestrial cousins that decided to move back and live in the sea. Back then – and we’re talking somewhere in the region of 100 million years ago - those stumpy tortoise legs were quite useless for oceanic swimming, so sea turtles had to evolve the large paddle-like legs that today we call flippers. Also, because they now lived in a salty environment, they needed to be able to get rid of excess salt.

At the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2022 was a year of challenges, opportunities and continued growth and resilience. The continued growth and resilience of SPREP is a testament to the unwavering commitment by your Secretariat, including SPREP Members and Partners which have made it possible for SPREP to achieve positive results, for the conservation and protection of our Pacific environment for present and future generations, despite the challenges.

The SPREP information and communication technology (ICT) strategy is a living document aimed to facilitate the implementation of the SPREP Strategic Plan 2017-2026. It is forward looking with a strong emphasis on the strengthening of the Secretariat as a resilient digital organisation.

This Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Strategy for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) guides the internal and external IKM of the organisation. The strategy has a five-year time frame (2022–2027) and oversight, and the coordination of its implementation is led by the IKM team in collaboration with relevant SPREP teams. It is currently intended to include all foreseeable outcomes under Organisational Goal 1 of the SPREP Strategic Plan 2017-2026.

La troisième réunion du Conseil exécutif s’est tenue virtuellement les 8 et 9 septembre 2022 à Apia, Samoa. Étaient présents à la réunion des représentants de Nioué, de la République des Îles Marshall, des Îles Salomon, des Tokélaou, des Tonga, du Royaume-Uni et de Wallis-et-Futuna. L’Australie et le Samoa ont assisté à la réunion en tant qu’observateurs. La liste complète des participants figure en Annexe 1.

The Third Executive Board Meeting was held virtually on 8–9 September 2022 in Apia, Samoa. Present at the meeting were representatives from Niue, Republic of Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, United Kingdom and Wallis and Futuna. Attending as Observers were Australia and Samoa. The full list of participants is attached as Annex 1.

Ce rapport annuel note les principales réalisations du PROE en aidant les pays et territoires insulaires du Pacifique à résoudre les problèmes liés au changement climatique, à la biodiversité et à la gestion des écosystèmes, à la gestion des déchets et à la pollution, ainsi qu'à la surveillance et à la gouvernance environnementales.

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

The manual was developed by the Secretariat to provide a rigorous procedure to direct the procurement process for consultants, goods, services and works behalf of SPREP. The Secretariat recognises that ensuring a disciplined approach to procurement is an important factor in strengthening its institutional processes in governance. All procurement activities are to be undertaken in compliance of the procurement practices and procedures set forth in this manual as well as all related SPREP policies and procedures, including among others environment and safeguard policies, child protection policies, international fiduciary standards and procedures.

La Trentième Conférence des représentants et représentantes du PROE s'est tenue virtuellement du 7 au 9 septembre 2021. Elle a été suivie par le dialogue ministériel de haut niveau de Talanoa, le 10 septembre 2021.