Pacific Islands Forum

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Pacific Islands Forum (Oceania)
2. The Pacific Islands Trade and Invest
3. The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
4. The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER)
5. The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus
6. The Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)
7. PICTA Trade in Services Protocol

The objectives of the subject “The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)” are the following:

1. To understand the goals of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
2. To know the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) and the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)

Sample of the subject - The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF):

Description of the Subject: The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).

The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) consists of Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

1. New Caledonia and French Polynesia were granted Associate Membership of the Pacific Islands Forum in 2006.
2. Observers of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF): Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, Commonwealth, the Asia Development Bank and the World Bank
3. East Timor is a special observer

The Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA):

International Trade and economic cooperation agreements in the region:

The Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA), creates a free-trade area in products (in future, services) among the Forum Island Countries: The Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, FSM, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus, an economic and foreign trade cooperation agreement between: Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

The objective of Pacific Islands International Trade and foreign direct investment is to supply export facilitation, foreign direct investment, and tourism promotion services to member economies.

Profile of the Pacific Islands Forum

1. The estimated total area of the Pacific Islands Forum member countries is 8,538,211 square kilometres
2. The total population: 32 millions of people
3. Christianity is the main religion of the countries of the Forum of the Pacific Islands
4. The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) belongs to the Oceania area of the Western Christian Civilisation

The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus:

See also the Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO).