Abstract:
The steering committee meeting of the EU-GIZ ACSE programme (for component 1 of the overall EU ACSE programme) was held on 13 October 2014 at the Holiday Inn, Suva, Fiji.
The steering committee meeting was officially opened by the Director of the Strategic Partnerships and Coordination Programme of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Mr Alex Knox as well as the Head of the Infrastructure and Natural Resources of the Delegation of the EU for the Pacific, Mr Jesus Lavina.
Mr William Tuivaga from the Cook Islands opened the workshop with a prayer. Dr Wulf Killmann, Programme Director of the EU-GIZ ACSE programme, warmly welcomed all the participants to the workshop. Dr Killmann expressed gratitude for their presence and looked forward to the contributions and discussions on the steering committee structure.
Ms Josephine Stowers (Samoa) was nominated as Chair by Mr William Tuivaga (Cook Islands) and Mr Kapuafe Lifuka (Tuvalu).