The official opening of the Forum Officials Committee Session
Date: Wednesday 4 December
Time: 9am-10.15am
Venue: At the Main Conference Centre
The
Forum Officials Committee Session will begin at 9.00am where the Chair, the
Solomon Islands, will call the meeting to order and the meeting will be opened
by the Secretary General, Tuiloma Neroni Slade.
An
official photograph will be taken at 10.00am followed by morning tea
The
Forum Officials Committee will meet from 4-6 December at the Secretariat’s
Headquarters in Suva. Senior government officials from Forum Member Countries,
Associate Members, Observers and CROP agencies will attend this high level
meeting.
The
Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Tuiloma Neroni
Slade, will deliver the opening remarks.
The
meeting will be chaired by a representative from the Government of the Solomon
Islands.
The
officials will discuss the Pacific Plan Review 2013 Report and the budget and
work programme of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
The
Pacific Plan Review 2013 Report to Pacific Leaders was submitted by the Chair
of the Review Team Sir Mekere Morauta on 31 October 2013.
It
is one of the most eagerly awaited regional policy documents this year and
Leaders have tasked the Committee to review it and report to Leaders on next
steps for their consideration at a Special Leaders retreat to be held in April
2013.
Discussion
on the budget and work programme will involve review, discussion and approval
of the Forum’s 2014 budget.
Corporate
Reforms will also be on the agenda of the three-day meeting. Information presented to the officials will
include The Secretariat’s progress to implement a fully integrated planning
(& reporting) framework.
Additionally,
the first report of the new Audit and Risk Sub Committee; roll out of a new
Human Resources strategy and ICT improvements and reporting on the upgrading of
the Forum’s external communications.
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