1. The Pacific Governance Network and recent developments in the Pacific Graham Hassall Governance Program

2. 14 WSSD “type II” networks 1.Ocean 2.Energy 3.Adaptation to Climate Change 4.Capacity Building 5.Governance 6.Mainstreaming Nature Conservation 7.Health 8.Water and Wastewater 9.Land Resources 10.Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 11.Sustainable Tourism 12.SIDS Developing capacities to reduce vulnerability 13.Community Development 14.Waste Management

3. Institutional Arena Purpose of Rules SocializingCivil SocietyTo shape the way citizens raise and become aware of public issues AggregatingPolitical SocietyTo shape the way issues are combined into policy by political institutions ExecutiveGovernmentTo shape the way policies are made by government institutions ManagerialBureaucracyTo shape the way policies are administered and implemented by public servants RegulatoryEconomic SocietyTo shape the way state and market interact to promote development AdjudicatoryJudiciaryTo shape the setting for resolution of disputes and conflicts

4. Pacific Examples of contemporary networks Commonwealth Local Government Forum Technical Advisory Panel Emerging Pacific Leaders Dialogue The Global Development Learning Network The Global Development Network and the Oceania Development Network International Council for the Study of the Pacific Islands Network of Pacific Educators Pacific Network on Globalization Pacific Economic Governance Agencies Seminar Series  Pacific Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Water Management Pacific People Building Peace – (Global Project for the Prevention of Armed Conflict) Pacific Human Resources for Health Alliance Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand Electoral Administrators Network Pacific Islands Law Officers Meeting Pacific Leadership Development Network

5. Suggested functions for the Pacific Governance network Supporting work on key integrity institutions such as audit, ombudsman, leadership codes, anti-corruption institutions and departments of attorneys general; Supporting the Forum Principles of Accountability and Good Leadership; Enhancing governance mechanisms and resource management; Upgrading of country and regional statistical information systems and databases; Ratifying and implementing regional and international human rights conventions, covenants and agreements; Participatory democracy, consultative decision-making (including NGOs, youth, women and disabled), and electoral process; Developing common approaches to regional financial regulations; and Establishing an accountable and independent technical assistance mechanism to strengthen treasury and finance functions.

6. Characteristics of successful networks Successful partnerships and networks were due to several factors. These included the use of a dedicated facilitator, oversight by a coordinating committee, communication by email/web to keep costs down and limiting the number of meetings for the same reason. Partnerships only worked if they were credible and showed real results e.g. the work on disaster risk reduction. There was a need for strong high-level mandates with common goals. To achieve credibility all partners must play an active role to make it work and to build trust. It was also important to have timely reporting and to be visible through public awareness of activities. The setting of priorities needed to be open and demand driven by Pacific countries, and the partnerships should be able to adapt to change and have adequate resources.

7. Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific (CROP) Fiji School of Medicine (FSM) Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) Pacific Islands Development Programme (PIDP) Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Agency (SPREP) South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment (SPBEA) South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) The University of the South Pacific (USP)

8. FunctionStatusFounding Document Membership GeneralSectoral PIFSForumCommunique (1971)16 PIF PCCommunityAgreement (1947)France, USA, A, NZ, 8 PICTs PIDPProgramUSA (Hawai’i) FFAAgencyConvention (1979)16 PIF + 1 SPREPProgrammeAgreement (1993) PIF + France, USA SOPACCommissionPIF + 4 others SPTOOrganizationPIF (excl.Austr., NZ) + China USPUniversityAgreement (1968)12 PICTS (excl. Aust & NZ) SPBEABoardn.a.10 PICTs + NZ FSMSchoolFiji only (b) Autonomous Other Regional Bodies OCO OCO = Oceanic Customs Organization Police (chart by Kennedy Graham - Future architecture of pacific regionalism)

9. CROP “working groups” Sustainable Development ICT Lands Energy Health and Population Marine Sector Human Resource Development

10. Regional Institutional Reform Political & General Policy Sector-focused Technical institutions Academic & Training organizations PIF SecretariatPacific CommunityUSP FFA (political-legal)FFA (technical)FSM SOPACPIDP SPREP SPBEA SPTO

11. 1.Which CROP working groups have met in the past year, and with what result? 2.Which Pacific states are working on alternative sources of energy? 3.What is the current status of the regional institutional reform process? 4.How is the Pacific Plan progressing? Is it heading in the right direction? With adequate levels of ownership at all levels? 5.Which Pacific states have shown the best economic performance in recent times? 6.What steps can be taken to increase the meaningful participation of women in public life and decision-making in the region? 7.What strategies are having most effect in combating public sector corruption? 8.Which states are working toward Freedom of Information Legislation?

12. 1.What is the status of trade negotiations between the Pacific States and such partners as the European Union, and Australia and New Zealand? 2.To what extent is “human security” being mainstreamed in policy making? 3.How effective are democratic institutions and processes at local level in the Pacific? 4.Could Pacific states make better progress toward the MGDs, and how? 5.Are political leaders as well as bureaucrats responding as rapidly as required on issues of climate change? 6.Are policy makers networking adequately with civil society, to ensure that all available expertise is being brought to bear on pressing problems? 7.Can we say that the Biketawa principles are working as well as required? 8.Which Pacific states have satisfactory laws and policies for intergovernmental arrangements?

13. About the network What should the network seek to accomplish in 2009? How should the network be governed? With what resources?