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World Vision Vanuatu is pleased to announce the launch of our four year "It Takes a World to End Violence Against Children" program, which is part of World Vision International's campaign to End Violence Against Children.
Our launching event will raise awareness around consent in relationships between young men and women in Vanuatu. We have a vision for young men and women, coming to learn about the importance of consent in healthy relationships and feeling empowered to take a stand aginst sexual violence to help create a safe Vanuatu.
Consent in relationshiops-May 10_World Vision.pdf
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Vanuatu’s National Advisory Board on Climate Change & Disaster Risk reduction (NAB) is the supreme policy making and advisory body for all disaster risk reduction and climate change programs, projects, initiatives and activities. The Board meets once every 2 months.
This is the 5th meeting this year.
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The Executive Committee of the VCCI Vanuatu Business Resilience Committee will utilize time on the third day to meet directly with the NDA and Accredited Entities to review outcomes from the tradeshow as well as develop concrete steps and actions to include into the workplans of VBRC and the NDA.
The format will be informal, but facilitated by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. Space will be given for bilateral discussions as required.
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Vanuatu’s Private Sector in cooperation with the Ministry of Climate Change (National Designated Authority to the Green Climate Fund) is hosting a one-day mini-trade-show on Climate Financing in Port Vila, on 5 April 2018
Objectives
• Highlight Vanuatu private sector’s climate adaptation and mitigation services, products & investment opportunities
• Enhance relationship between Vanuatu’s private sector and accredited entities to major climate funds
Obtain widespread support for, and buy-in to, private sector’s aspirations to be fully involved in climate change program implementation
Determine Vanuatu Private Sector’s key priorities to raise at the Melanesian Sub-regional Private Sector Workshop to Improve Access to Climate Finance and Promote Public-Private Partnerships to be held in Port Moresby from 9-10 April 2018
Promote public-private partnerships
Expected Outcomes
New climate change proposals/partnerships that explicitly include Vanuatu’s private sector actors as implementers, consultants and contractors
Innovative ideas on how to better utilize the products and service of Vanuatu private sector to implement current (approved) climate change adaptation and mitigation projects
Concept ideas for the Green Climate Fund Private Sector Facility
Sharing and learning across Vanuatu’s private sector, government, NGOs and others about the capacities, skills and experience available within Vanuatu to implement climate change programs
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Purpose: The workshop will provide SMEs with a comprehensive introduction to business resilience, including disaster risk assessment, and planning to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a disaster – business continuity planning. After the training, SMEs should be able to do a basic risk assessment and develop basic preparation, response and recovery plans.
Provider: The workshop will be facilitated by Breadfruit Consulting, Vanuatu, a business that has experience in helping SMEs in other Pacific countries to prepare for disasters. Inputs will also be provided by UNDP Pacific Risk Resilience Program and the Department of Energy.
Duration: 1 DayTarget Group: SMEs in the agribusiness, tourism and construction sectors
Proposed No of Participants: 20 – 30, including 7-8 SMEs located on remote Vanuatu islands, selected by VCCI as representative, proactive and climate relevant.
Relevance: The workshop directly supports the implementation of the Vanuatu Business Resilience Committee Work Plan projected for March/April 2018 as outlined:
Objective 1, Output 6, Deliverable b - Provide training and workshops to members and non-members on business continuity planning, with a particular focus on SMEs.
Objective 2, Output 4, Deliverable a - Conduct one training session per quarter for members and non-members of business continuity planning, weather pattern assessment, hazard identification, etc. Target these training sessions within geographic regions, for particular hazards and / or for particular industries.
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This report examines the state of food security1 in Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila through a focus on the accessibility (physical and economic) and acceptability (preferences) of fresh, nutritious local food. Historically, the Pacific Islands have been thought of as food secure with rich volcanic soils and high rainfall levels ensuring a plentiful and diversified supply of nutritious, fresh foods. The rapidly expanding urban areas of the Pacific are often neglected in this discourse yet are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity, exacerbated by social and environmental change.
This report draws on empirical research with seven communities across the Greater Port Vila area to identify key barriers and opportunities to improve access to, and acceptability of, local fresh food for urban populations as a key component of improving urban food security. The key findings of this research are listed below, followed by recommendations for policy and action by key development actors. Key Findings:
1. Food security in terms of sufficient access to fresh, nutritious food is a substantive concern for Port Vila’s population.
2. The high reliance of urban populations on purchased food, particularly imported foods, increases the vulnerability to food insecurity particularly in times of natural disaster and increases in international food prices.
3. A lack of arable land to garden was identified as the biggest barrier to consumption of fresh, local food for urban households, indicating the need to support own production of food.
4. The relatively high price of fresh, local food to imports was identified as another key barrier, highlighting the need to make the purchase of local food more accessible to urban consumers.
5. Convenience, in terms of time to make a garden and time to prepare local food, was also identified as a key barrier to consumption of aelan kakae / local food. Recommendations:
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Dear Climate-L readers,
Country delegates, experts and representatives from relevant observer organizations are invited to register for the Suva expert dialogue, which will take place on 2–3 May 2018, during the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. Please note that the participants to the Suva expert dialogue are required to have official access to the World Conference Centre.
This open dialogue will explore a wide range of information, inputs and views on ways for facilitating the mobilization and securing of expertise, and enhancement of support, including finance, technology and capacity-building, for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events.
Further information on the Suva expert dialogue, including the modalities of expert involvement, and guiding questions for the discussions, is available here.
Please contact loss-damage@unfccc.int if you have any question.
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It is with pleasure that I hereby submit to Parliament the 2017 Annual Report of the Ministry of Climate Change. A scholar once said, “a goal without a plan is just a wish.” The 2017 Annual Report for the Ministry of Climate Change is an important document in the planning process, allowing our Ministry to assess what has been done well and what activities remain to be implemented or strengthened in the coming years.
In 2017, the Ministry was faced with three diff erent disasters. Firstly, Tropical Cyclone Cook, a Category 2 cyclone that passed over Vanuatu resulting in destructive winds, heavy rainfall, fl ash fl ooding and rough seas with heavy swells over northern, central and southern provinces. Malampa and Shefa were the most aff ected provinces. The system adversely aff ected fruit trees, crops and gardens across the country. The most signifi cant damage to crops were reported in parts of Malampa.
Secondly, severe Tropical Cyclone Donna was the strongest off -season Tropical Cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere occurring during the month of May.
Finally, the Ambae Volcanic Crisis response triggered the Government of Vanuatu to issue a state of Emergency for the people of Ambae, forcing over 11,000 people to leave the island. Through it all, the Ministry in collaboration with other key ministries and partners, responded eff ectively and effi ciently to the aff ected communities. I would like to acknowledge and recognise government stakeholders, partners and individuals who have worked tirelessly during the Ambae Volcanic crisis response.
Despite these challenges, there was considerable progress in achieving the strategic objectives of the Ministry’s 2016 - 2018 Corporate Plan, which links key Government strategies and planning priorities to operational delivery. These achievements are highlighted in this report.
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We live in a rapidly advancing digital information age where the ability to discover, access and utilize high-quality information in a reliable and timely manner is often assumed to be the norm. However, this is not always the experience of researchers, practitioners and decision makers responding to the challenges of a rapidly changing climate, despite the billions now being made available for investment in climate change adaptation initiatives throughout the world and particularly in developing countries. In recognition of the importance of information in adaptation planning, Article 7.7 of the Paris Agreement sets out clear guidance for parties to develop, share, manage and deliver climate change knowledge, information and data as a means to strengthening cooperation and action on adaptation. This article provides some key lessons and insights on climate change information and knowledge management (IKM) in small island developing States (SIDS) from the perspective of Pacific SIDS. A situation analysis of current climate change IKM practices in Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu was conducted and key barriers to effective climate change IKM identified. The outcome of this article is a range of pragmatic policy considerations for overcoming common barriers to climate change IKM in the Pacific, which may be of value to SIDS more widely.
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