Organizational Structure of PIDP
The organizational structure, as adopted by the Third Pacific Islands Conference in April 1990, contains the following elements:
- Pacific Islands Conference
- Standing Committee
- Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
Pacific Islands Conference
The Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PIC) is made up of the 20 heads of government from the Pacific islands region. The Conference now meets once every three years. Conference members include:
- American Samoa
- Cook Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji Islands
- French Polynesia
- Guam
- Hawai‘i
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands, Republic of the
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- Niue
- Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of the
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
STANDING COMMITTEE
The officers of the Pacific Islands Conference serve as the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of its Standing Committee. The Committee meets every year to review the accomplishments of PIDP, discuss strategies and issues of concern to island nations, and prioritize PIDP activities.
Chairman of the Standing Committee
His Excellency Kessai Note
President, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee
Honorable Ham Lini
Prime Minister of Vanuatu
Members
- Governor, American Samoa
- Prime Minister, Cook Islands
- President, Federated States of Micronesia
- Prime Minister, Fiji Islands
- President, French Polynesia
- Governor, Guam
- Governor, Hawai‘i
- President, Kiribati
- President, Nauru
- President, New Caledonia
- Premier, Niue
- Governor, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- President, Republic of Palau
- Prime Minister, Papua New Guinea
- Prime Minister, Samoa
- Prime Minister, Solomon Islands
- Prime Minister, Tonga
- Prime Minister, Tuvalu
- Prime Minister, Vanuatu
Official Observers
- Forum Fisheries Agency, Director
- Forum Secretariat, Secretary-General
- South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), Director
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Secretary-General
- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Director
- South Pacific Tourism Organization (south-pacific.travel), Director
- University of the South Pacific, Vice Chancellor
Secretariat of the PICL
As Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders and its Standing Committee, PIDP offers services to governments in the region including:
- Providing administrative support for and facilitating communication among members of the Pacific Islands Conference and its Standing Committee,
- Preparing reports and plans and convening meetings of the Standing Committee,
- Expanding collaboration at the regional level with members of the Committee of Regional Organization of the Pacific (CROP), formerly South Pacific Organisations Coordinating Committee (SPOCC), and
- Facilitating the ongoing activities of the Joint Commercial Commission, an initiative first proposed by U.S. President George Bush at the summit meeting of the United States and leaders of the Pacific island nations in October 1990.
