EXAMPLES OF POSSIBLE STRATEGIES FOR SMALL PACIFIC SIDS: (a)
Sub-regional groupings to provide support for smaller countries?
lNeed for collaboration to share OFM expertise
sub-regionally.
lGroupings might be based on current FFA sub-groupings of
countries with similar
challenges, cultures and experiences, with shared EEZ borders
and shared tuna stocks. Special assistance from historical/regional developed countries.
and shared tuna stocks. Special assistance from historical/regional developed countries.
l(a) East Sub-Regional Group: Cook Islands, Tokelau, Niue, Tonga,
Samoa
and New Zealand (shared Polynesian culture, political affiliations with New
Zealand etc.)
(b) West Sub-Regional Group: Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands,
Vanuatu (and Australia?) (Melanesian, larger, more resources, greater capacity)
and New Zealand (shared Polynesian culture, political affiliations with New
Zealand etc.)
(b) West Sub-Regional Group: Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands,
Vanuatu (and Australia?) (Melanesian, larger, more resources, greater capacity)
l(c) North Sub-Regional Group: FSM (Ponape, Yap, Chuuk), Palau and
Marshall Islands (Micronesian, small countries, former US affiliations), and
Nauru, Kiribati and Tuvalu (Micronesian/Polynesian, atoll countries, former
British affiliations (Australia?)). (Note: Subgroups (a) and (c) largely comprise small, isolated island countries. There may be benefits in separating the two groups within (c) on geographic
and cultural grounds.)
Marshall Islands (Micronesian, small countries, former US affiliations), and
Nauru, Kiribati and Tuvalu (Micronesian/Polynesian, atoll countries, former
British affiliations (Australia?)). (Note: Subgroups (a) and (c) largely comprise small, isolated island countries. There may be benefits in separating the two groups within (c) on geographic
and cultural grounds.)