PIANGO

More action needed on localisation of humanitarian aid

At the same time, Localisation needs to link to the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific.

This was highlighted at the Australasian Aid Conference, in Canberra last week by a panel session led by Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (PIANGO) Executive Director Emele Duituturaga.

The discussion titled “Tracking Progress on World Humanitarian Summit Commitments in the Pacific” reflected on research that has been done in the humanitarian community and what the evidence is saying.

Tongan civil society leader appointed PIANGO’s Deputy Executive Director

Long-time Tongan civil society leader, Emeline Siale IlolahiaKolomotu’a joined PIANGO earlier this year taking up the new role to strengthen PIANGO's focus on its member countries in the region.

Push for united coalition in climate fight

Addressing Pacific leaders at the Climate Action Pacific Partnership Conference talanoa session at the Great Council of Chiefs Complex in Fiji’s capital, Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations executive director Emele Duituturaga said leaders and stakeholders need to stand united against the world’s big carbon emitters.

 “We need to agree on key messages; identify our respective target audiences and develop inside/outside strategies,” she said.

Push for Pacific coalition on climate displacement

And the coalition should not only include Pacific island governments but civil societies and the private sector.

Commending island leaders for their efforts on the issue, Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO) executive director Emele Duituturaga told the conference in Funafuti, Tuvalu, that it affects everyone in the Pacific and required a concerted effort by all.

Sustain Voices of Pacific Youth and Nurture Leadership- PIANGO

These comments were made by the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO) Executive Director, Emele Duituturaga during a panel discussion on PYC’s role in the Pacific development discourse at a PYC Partners Roundtable meeting this week. 

Duituturaga said that PIANGO had begun developing a next generation leadership program in 2016 with the intention of ensuring sustainability of civil society efforts in the Pacific. 

NGOs called to re-think approach to Pacific aid

The governing council of the Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, or PIANGO, meets next week and just ahead of that the organisation has met with Polynesian NGOs.

PIANGO's executive director, Emele Duituturaga, said new research shows that NGOs typically undermine traditional values and spirituality and this is increasingly upsetting communities.

"I think the model we have been forced to embrace, with a cash economy coming into the Pacific and now basically with the macroeconomics models that we are having, it is all about cash," she said.

PIPSO, PIANGO become PIDF members

The Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) and the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO) signed the PIDF Charter on Monday.

“For a long time now, CSOs and NGOs have been knocking on the doors of Government. We have been pushing at the regional level for the inclusion and recognition of civil societies,” said Emele Duituturaga, the Executive Director for PIANGO.

For both parties, this enables them to further the work that they do.