During the 3rd PIURN Conference held on October 8-10th 2018 in French Polynesia, PIURN signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its first-ever external partner, the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF).
It will serve as a general framework for cooperation between the two organizations and is intended to facilitate research collaboration on Pacific green and blue economy.
The MoU touches on the following aspects of partnership:
- Facilitating the collaboration between academic and research institutions in the Pacific for the advancement of Pacific Green and Blue Economies;
- Collaborating in publications on subjects relevant to both organizations;
- Keeping each informed of activities organized by the respective organizations;
- Supporting each other’s missions, including through submissions and implementations of joint initiatives;
- Contributing to each other’s websites, newsletters, etc., on topics relevant to the audience of both organizations.
The Secretary General of PIDF, Mr. François Martel, was invited to do a presentation during the meeting of the PIURN Board held on October, 10th of 2018.
