Celebrate Islands 2023

Green Island Initiative – Waste Management

The objective of the green island initiative, is to promote green principles on the islands of Bau. More importantly, the project is an attempt to encourage communities to adopt green/ blue initiatives to generate wealth and improve well being on the island, therefore ensuring that green economy remains true to the principles of being ‘people centered’.

Bau Island – Republic of Fiji

Organisation – Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF)

Missions et objectifs de l’association
The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) which was established in 2013 (its Charter adopted in 2015) with the intention of promoting the blue green economy with particular focus on leadership, innovation and partnership. A regional organisation, PIDF enjoys the membership of a number of Pacific Island countries, which currently includes Fiji, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru,Palau, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. It also enjoys the membership of two umbrella organisations, the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Government Organisations (PIANGO) representing Civil Society and the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) representing the Private Sector. Structured in such a way as to be inclusive of government, civil society and the private sector, PIDF ensures a whole-of-Society and multi-stakeholder approach to development.
The Strategy for greening the island, is a three pronged strategy focused on the Principles the Priorities and Pathways that a re governed by a set of principles, five to be exact. At the centre of these principles is well being. Well being , because people are essential for the sustainability of any project and for this project is people centered in order to create genuine shared prosperity noting that growing wealth will support well being. The justice principle, notes that economy promotes equity within and between generations, so this argues for inclusive and non discriminatory.