Vineet Bhatia

UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji Resident Representative a.i.

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Fiji National Poverty Forum

Alleviating poverty, hardship, and deprivation- and ensuring that the benefits of progress reach everybody in Fiji- could not be more important. And the challenges involved in realising that vision…

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Launch of the Judicial Department Strategic Plan 2019-2023
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Guidance Note Launch for Fiji Parliament to Mainstream Global Goals

I am delighted to see the progress made by the Fiji Parliament in engaging with SDGs. In 2017, you made history by being the first in the world to carry out a self-assessment exercise on the SDGs.

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Climate Action Pacific Partnership 2019 Statement: Pacific Talanoa on Progressing the Gender Action Plan

I am pleased to be here today to share some thoughts on the implementation of the Gender Action Plan. Gender equality and women’s empowerment is a prerequisite to effective conservation, climate…

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Entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystem and community building in the Pacific

In the next two days, the participants with the help of the co-facilitators, will be engaged in discussions on the workshop theme, “Scaling Frontier Innovations”, an initiative of DFAT and USP. They…

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Start to Finish Tracker Taveuni Outreach

We are thankful that through the REACH project, we were able to introduce the ‘Start to Finish’ service tracker to allow citizens to use a mobile application and web portal platform to collaborate…

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Pacific Women in Power Forum

I would like to begin by saying that the full participation of women in decision-making roles and political life is not only a guarantee of human rights but promotes economic stability and…

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Regional Rule of Law Conference

Access to justice in the Pacific Region is a clear priority on the road to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals, and in particular SDG 16. Through SDG 16, the global community has identified…

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