Pacific Islands
About Our Work in Pacific Islands
In the Pacific Islands, we support Pacific solutions to Pacific challenges. We partner with respected leaders, local civil society organizations, and government agencies and officials to amplify citizen voice and accountability in public decision-making, advance women’s leadership on climate action and disaster management, strengthen regionalism, counter trafficking in persons, and lay the groundwork for the future of work. We also promote children’s literacy and civic education and support research and knowledge exchange on key issue areas for the Pacific. In addition to our regional hub in Fiji, we have presences in Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Tonga.
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News from Pacific Islands
Learn about our latest work and development approaches.
What We Do
Cyber Resiliency
To improve cyber resiliency and knowledge sharing, the Foundation organized the Pacific Cyber Dialogue in partnership with the Government of Papua New Guinea’s Department of ICT, the Asia-Pacific Network Centre, and the Australian and New Zealand Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with 15 Pacific Island countries represented. The Foundation also produced The Pacific Covid-19 Infodemic report which outlines the state of online information ecosystems in Pacific Island countries and territories and includes the risks and challenges these ecosystems have faced during the pandemic. The report includes potential actions by government, and private sector, and civil society to respond to them.
Let’s Read in the Pacific
In cooperation with the U.S. embassy in Suva, the Foundation began providing books to schools, nongovernment and government agencies in Fiji. Working with local partners, we also launched our Let’s Read program to develop local-language digital and print children’s books. In late 2020, we partnered with Bilum Books to translate, digitize, and deliver books in three Papua New Guinea languages.
The Future of Work for Women
In 2020, the Foundation supported the research project and publication The Future of Work for Women in the Pacific Islands to better understand key economic challenges and other obstacles women face in the context of the pandemic, climate change, and the impacts of technology. The study provides recommendations for policy measures and reforms to support women’s equitable economic participation and leadership in the region’s transition towards greener, more resilient and inclusive economies.
Staff in
Mission-driven and multidisciplinary, our staff bring a broad range of talents and backgrounds to their work every day.
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Amelia Makutu
Communications Advisor, Pacific Islands
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Cynthia Ramirez
Senior manager, Operations, Administration, and Finance, Pacific Islands
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Ellen Boccuzzi
Chief of Party, Pacific-RISE CTIP
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Krystelle Lavaki
Program Officer, Pacific Islands
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Lavenia Rokovucago
Senior Program Officer, Pacific Islands
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Sandra Kraushaar
Regional Representative, Pacific Islands
Recent Publications
Pacific Islands
Complementarity of Indian Development Cooperation with Similar Initiatives in the Indo-Pacific – Fiji
The Asia Foundation in the Pacific Islands – Regional Strategy
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