RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

PCGIAP Taskforce Workshop
Suva, 22-25 March 1999

Resolution 1.

Recognising the unique needs and common interests of Pacific Island Countries, the Suva workshop resolves to establish a Pacific Group to represent Pacific Island countries in the PCGIAP. The Pacific Group will appoint a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman by annual rotation and a permanent Secretariat.

Resolution 2.

Recognising the geosciences mandate of SOPAC, the Suva workshop requests SOPAC to be the Secretariat of the Pacific Group (subject to approval by SOPAC痴 Governing Council) and to seek funding to undertake this role.

SOPAC should advise the Pacific Group on arrangements for support of non-SOPAC members. The SOPAC Secretariat role will be documented in a MoU.

Resolution 3.

Recognising the economic, social and environmental benefits of developing national and regional GIS infrastructures, the Suva workshop requests Pacific governments to provide funding and other support for the involvement of the Pacific Group and SOPAC in the PCGIAP.

Resolution 4.

Considering the GIS development needs of the region, the Suva Workshop identifies the following projects as priorities for the PCGIAP in the Pacific:

  1. Comprehensive assessment of GIS issues of Pacific Group member countries, leading to a major institutional strengthening project.
  2. Expansion of the Asia Pacific Regional Geodetic Project (APRGP) to include all Pacific Island countries.
  3. Development of a remote sensing data library for the Pacific.

Future priorities may include participation in the Global Map project and a GIS atlas for the Pacific.

Resolution 5.

Recognising the importance of accurate horizontal and vertical datums, the Suva workshop agrees to send a geodetic expert from the Pacific Group to the PCGIAP Geodesy workshop in Vietnam in June/July 1999 to initiate expansion of the APRGP in the Pacific.

Recommendations to the PCGIAP Meeting in Beijing, April 1999

The PCGIAP Taskforce Suva Workshop recommends that the PCGIAP:

  1. Recognise the new Pacific Group as representing the interests of the 19 Pacific Island members of the PCGIAP.
  2. Include Pacific Group priorities, as identified by the Suva Workshop, in future PCGIAP work plans.
  3. Advise the Pacific Group on the status of territorial member countries regarding policy decisions of the PCGIAP.
  4. Hold a PCGIAP meeting in the Pacific in 2001 or as soon as possible thereafter.

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