Financial Education – Women in Business Dialogue Communique

We, the participants of the Pacific Connect Network Dialogue on Financial Education - Women in Business, met on 10-12 November 2019 in Brisbane, Australia at the invitation of the International Centre for Democratic Partnerships (ICDP), with the support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

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Blockchain Potential in the Pacific Islands

Thinking of the Pacific often conjures up images of an idyllic tropical paradise with happy, smiling people in laid-back settings where time almost stands still. So, it may be surprising to some that the Pacific is the testing ground for some very interesting use cases of blockchain technology.

ICDP welcomes Pacific Connect Network Dialogue participants with a reception

Press release: Following the opening of the Pacific Connect Network Dialogue in Nuku’alofa, the International Centre for Democratic Partnerships (ICDP) of Australia hosted a welcoming reception for the participants last night at Ancient Tonga.

ICDP joins forces for Mobile Me Mapathon

On International Day of People With Disability (December 3), ICDP is joining hands with our friends and partners from across the Pacific to map a section of Suva and take part in a wide-range of fun activities at Sukuna Park, Fiji.

Pacific Connect holds Financial Education Dialogue in Brisbane

Entrepreneurs, community leaders and representatives from a range of sectors gathered in Brisbane from 10-13 November to discuss how improved financial education and literacy can increase business opportunities for Pacific entrepreneurs. The third Dialogue in ICDP’s successful Pacific Women Entrepreneurs series saw 29 delegates from Australia, Fiji, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu collaborate in a variety of discussions, financial literacy and grant-writing workshops, innovation hub visits and networking activities.

First Pacific Connect Network Dialogue in Tonga

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.

Pacific Connect Community members make connections in Fiji

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...

Understanding people is the key to complex problem solving

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.

Pacific Connect Community Micro-Investment Programme launched

This week, ICDP has launched an exciting new initiative to help support Pacific Connect Community projects - the Pacific Connect Community Micro Investment Programme.