The 2023 Pacific Regional Council for Early Childhood Development (PRC4ECD) Ministers meeting was convened at the Sofitel Resort & Spa on 24 February, 2023. The meeting was chaired by the Honourable Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo, Minister of Finance of Samoa, and the Honorable Lynda Tabuya, the Minister of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Fiji, supported by the Representative of UNICEF Pacific, Mr. Jonathan Veitch, as the Council Secretariat.
The meeting was attended at Ministerial level by Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), Samoa, Tonga, Niue and Vanuatu. Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea were represented at Officials level. Government representatives were from the various ministries of education, finance, health, planning, internal affairs, women and children.
In attendance as observers were representatives of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and UNICEF Pacific.
The 3rd meeting of Ministers had two objectives; To understand the current status of PRC4ECD and agree on priorities for 2023 – 2025; To determine ways of strengthening PRC4ECD, including mobilization of resources, sustainability and election of co-chairs.
Outcomes
Update on the status of the implementation of the PRC4ECD work plan
Update on the election of new Co-Chairs of the Steering Committee
Steering Committee recommendations on PRC4ECD Priorities for 2023-2025
Documents
2023 PRC4ECD Ministerial Meeting Outcomes