Kiwa Initiative Steering Committee is meeting in Suva

On July 19th, the 5th Kiwa Initiative Steering Committee meeting took place in Suva, Fiji, followed by a press conference.

The major announcements are the launch of 10 local projects, the approval of a third Kiwa regional project, along with a renewed financial support from donors.

Under the partnership with IUCN ORO, 10 projects from civil society organisations, national authorities and international NGOs who are supporting local communities in conservation and climate change adaptation effort have been awared grants. These local projects will support Nature-based Solutions promoting climate change resilience in the Pacific territories (Fiji , Samoa, Vanuatu, Fiji, Palau, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste).

Learn more about the 10 local projects: Projects

The new Kiwa regional project called “WISH+” has been approved, focussing on integrated watershed management, to be implemented by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) at key sites in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

Learn more about the regional project WISH + : Discovering our regional projects - Focus on the Kiwa #WISH+ project

The Initiative's donors have renewed their financial support, raising the current budget from EUR 41 million to EUR 57 million. We are proud to be part of the Kiwa Initiative community alongside the European Union, France with AFD, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The Kiwa Initiative, managed by the Agence française de développement (AFD), builds both local and national capacities, promotes approaches that are sensitive to social vulnerability and gender inequality and fosters dialogue amongst donors, regional organisations and countries and territories to improve Official Development Assistance coordination.

To read the presse release, click here.