Subprogrammes
(UNESCAP Programme of Work, 2006-2007)

Subprogramme 3 - Development of Pacific island countries and territories

Objective of the Organization: To build policy and management capacity in Pacific island developing countries and territories.

Expected accomplishments of the Secretariat

1.   Increased capacity of national Governments in Pacific island developing countries and territories to monitor and achieve progress in achieving internationally agreed development goals
2. Increased capacity of Governments, civil society and the private sector in Pacific island developing countries and territories to formulate and implement effective gender-responsive poverty reduction programmes that focus on promoting sustainable access to services for socially vulnerable groups

Strategy

The substantive responsibility for this subprogramme lies with the ESCAP Pacific Operations Centre. The subprogramme’s strategic direction derives from the internationally agreed development goals on poverty reduction and social development, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration and in the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and international agreements since 1992, in line with the overall mandate of ESCAP. The Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 and the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States also provide strategic direction.

The subprogramme will accomplish its objective through the design and implementation of policies that focus on poverty reduction, managing the impact of globalization and addressing emerging social issues; and public and private sector capacity-development activities, at the request of members and associate members, including the identification and promotion of good practices to reduce poverty, the exchange of information and the organization of training and thematic workshops.