Pacific Regional Indicative Programme

Pacific Regional Indicative Programme

Welcome to the Pacific Regional Indicative Programme (PRIP) website. PRIP encompasses all Pacific regional projects funded through the European Development Programme (EDF). We hope that this site will provide you with the information you seek.

The European Union (EU) is a major donor to Pacific ACP Countries. Cooperation between Europe and the Pacific region dates back to 1975 . During this period the EU has provided the Pacific ACP with a total of EUR194 million for regional projects and over EUR 2 billion on a bilateral basis.

Currently there are 15 members of the Pacific ACP Group. The eight original Lomé signatories are: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

In 2000 six new members - Cook Islands , Federated States of Micronesia , Republic of the Marshal Islands , Nauru , Niue and Palau - became signatories to the Cotonou Agreement. Finally, in May 2003 Timor L’Este became the 15th member to join the Pacific ACP Group.

Regional Programming is undertaken jointly by the Regional Authorising Officer (RAO) on behalf of the 15 National Authorising Officers (NAO), and by the Head of Delegation for the European Commission for the Pacific. The RAO is the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). Project identification and formulation is conducted through working groups consisting of all ten Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific, (CROP). Regional Non-state actors, (NSA), and other relevant donors and organizations often attend these Group sessions.

Individual Pacific ACP countries are also able to submit proposals for regional funding consideration, however, such proposals must be consistent with the objectives of the agreed Regional Strategy Paper and the terms of the Cotonou Agreement.

10th EDF Concept Papers

- Human Resource Development

- Sustainable Management of Natural Resource