Pacific Connect is calling for expressions of interest from ambitious and forward-thinking people to join its Network Dialogue in Nuku’alofa, Tonga on 19-20 November 2019 to discuss innovative ways to apply digital solutions to local challenges.
We are delighted to announce that ICDP has received a three-year contract extension from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to continue implementing Pacific Connect – a programme announced by the Prime Minister of Australia at the 48th Pacific Islands Forum in Samoa on 8 September 2017.
Pacific Connect is calling for expressions of interest from ambitious, accomplished and forward-thinking people to join its Network Dialogue in Brisbane on 11-13 November 2019 to
discuss financial education for women in business.
We, the delegates of the Pacific Connect Ideas Exchange, met in the Preston Stanley Room at NSW Parliament House on Wednesday, 18 September and Thursday, 19 September 2019, at the invitation of the International Centre for Democratic Partnerships (ICDP) and Global Access Partners (GAP), with the financial support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Celebrating the depth and successes of initiatives undertaken in the last year and gaining new connections were the key features of ICDP’s most successful event thus far, the Pacific Connect Ideas Exchange.
It’s almost here! One year after the Inaugural Pacific Connect Forum, active Community members from Australia, Fiji, PNG, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu will convene in Sydney next week for ICDP’s Ideas Exchange.
Harold Dimpel, CEO of mHITs Limited, takes us through mobile money and its growing application in the Pacific Islands.
We, the participants of the Pacific Connect Network Dialogue on Technology Enabling Inclusiveness, met on 29 – 30 July 2019 in Suva, Fiji at the invitation of HFC Bank Fiji and the International Centre for Democratic Partnerships (ICDP) with the support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
ICDP hosted the Pacific Connect Dialogue titled ‘Digital transformation opportunities in freight and logistics’ in Honiara, Solomon Islands on 25-26 June 2019. Thirteen emerging leaders — six from Solomon Islands, one from PNG, one from Fiji and five from Australia convened over two days.
I met many fascinating people through the Dialogue whom I am now working with or plan to work with in the future. The Dialogue gave me a platform to challenge myself, extend my own skills, knowledge and experience, and make connections that I would not have access to otherwise.
