Pacific Islands Forum

Syllabus of the eLearning Course (Subject): Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea).

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

The objectives of the Online Course / Subject “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)

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Description of the Course / Subject (Online Learning): 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

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, also in services) among the Countries of the Pacific Forum Island: 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 the 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. Total population: 32 million 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

Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus:

See also the Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO).

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