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As an organization we have only utilized a small proportion of the <strong>World</strong> programmes offered by the
International Olympic Committee’s <strong>World</strong> Programmes offered by Olympic Solidarity.
However, things have changed over the past year. Our staff has doubled in numbers and we are now
more involved in areas outside of the KRAs outlined in our strategic plan. Three new staff members
include:
• the Regional Antidoping Officer based at ONOC and we support her programmes throughout the
region;
• ONOC/UNAIDS HIV Education Officer. This programme is also supported by the Pacific Islands
Forum Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the Asia Pacific Leadership
Programme;
• Oceania Sports Education Officer – responsible for the delivery of our Sports Administration and
Sports Coaching programme.
At a recent regional workshop held in Papua New Guinea, one of the keynote speakers noted that the
two most influential organizations in the region were those involved in Religion and Sport. About a month
ago, ONOC were invited to make a presentation at a meeting of the committee of the Pacific <strong>Conference</strong>
of Churches in Suva, Fiji. Amongst the areas of cooperation the two groups were considering were in HIV
Education programmes, Drugs in the community and in the area of Climate Change in the Pacific.
In recent times, National Olympic Committees in Oceania have used the occasion of the hosting of the
South Pacific Games to promote educational messages on the disposal of solid waste materials around
sporting venues through funding provided by the Olympic Solidarity programme.
In the small communities that are part of the Oceania region, all of the issues described in this
presentation impact on the conduct of sport and its development. Sports organizations as a group
need to use their access to the media and their profile in the communities they represent, to work with
expert organizations already involved in highlighting the Environmental Challenges facing Pacific Island
Countries and Territories.
Contacts
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
P. O. Box 240
Apia
SAMOA
Tel: +685 21929
Fax: +685 20231
Website: www.sprep.org
Oceania National Olympic Committees
Building 16
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Ratu Sukuna Road
Suva
FIJI ISLANDS
Tel: +679 3302140
Fax: +679 3302082
Website: www.oceaniasport.com/onoc/
Postal address: G. P. O. Box 1363, Suva, FIJI
Note :
All the references quoted in this presentation are available from the document on which the presentation
was based:
“Review of Environmental Issues in the Pacific Region and the Role of the Pacific Regional Environment
Programme” by Stuart Chape, Programme Manager – Island Ecosystem, Secretariat of the Pacific
Regional Environment Programme.
This article can be downloaded from the SPREP website.
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