ICDP heads to Tonga for the final Dialogue of the calendar year and the first of its kind in Nuku’alofa, bringing together emerging and established leaders to continue strengthening people-to-people relationships under Pacific Connect.
I’ve just returned from Fiji where I was asked to co-facilitate training to 20 middle management leaders within HFC Bank, Suva and was also invited to speak at the Fijian Human Resources Institute (FHRI) Annual Convention. I was absolutely exhausted at the end of this (in a good way!) and I reflected on how I had gotten to this point on my flight home…
The report for the 2019 Ideas Exchange has now been released. The International Centre for Democratic Partnerships (ICDP) and Global Access Partners (GAP), with the support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), held the Pacific Connect Ideas Exchange at NSW Parliament House on 18-19 September 2019.
The increasing complexity of contemporary issues is outstripping the ability of traditional methods to comprehend, let along control, them. A new journal aims to leverage insights from behavioural economics to help solve the most pressing challenges facing the world today.
This week, ICDP has launched an exciting new initiative to help support Pacific Connect Community projects – the Pacific Connect Community Micro Investment Programme.
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.
