Pacific Trade Strengthened as Regional Workshop Concludes in Honiara
HONIARA, Solomon Islands – The Pacific Regional Advanced Trade in Goods Workshop, a key event aimed at strengthening trade capacity in the Pacific, has successfully concluded. The three-day workshop, held from 12-14 August 2024, was organised through a partnership between the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the PACER Plus Implementation […]
Solomon Islands Begins Preparations for PLMAM 2025
HONIARA, Solomon Islands – The preeminent regional forum for labour mobility, the Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) will be held in Honiara, Solomon Islands in November 2025. This week, the PACER Plus Implementation Unit (PPIU) is in Honiara to begin preparations for PLMAM 2025 in collaboration with the Government of the Solomon Islands. The […]
Harvesting Hope: Rose Sosoe’s Journey from Honiara to Marlborough
Rose Sosoe had a simple dream: to provide a better life for her family. As a young mother in Honiara, Solomon Islands, she worked part-time at a local bakery, making ends meet but always hoping for more. With a five-year-old child depending on her, Rose yearned for an opportunity that would allow her to uplift […]
Overcoming Barriers: PB Agrifood is making small changes for a big difference
After just two months in Australia, Jimmy from Solomon Islands earned a reputation as one of PB Agrifood’s most productive and enthusiastic workers. While Jimmy has a hearing impairment, with no ability to hear in one ear and only partial hearing in the other, this has not been a barrier to his employment. With the […]
From Cacao Beans to Fruity Bars
Cathliro Commodities, a women-led, locally owned cocoa producer and exporter in Solomon Islands, has taken a significant step forward in its operations with the recent handover of a food dehydrator machine. The equipment, officially delivered in September 2024 and funded by the PACER Plus Development and Economic Cooperation (DEC) Work Programme, is set to enhance […]
Handover of dehydrator equipment for women-led business in Solomon Islands
Cathliro Commodities, a women-led and locally owned cocoa producer and exporter in Solomon Islands, was officially handed over a food dehydrator machine on Friday 13 September 2024. The new equipment, funded by the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus Work Programme, is set to enhance the company’s capacity to process and export value-added […]
Signing of the First Managed Intra-Pacific Labour Mobility Programme
Tamakautoga, Niue – The Inter-Agency Understanding (IAU) which governs the Niue-Solomon Islands Labour Mobility Pilot is being signed today in Tamakautoga, Niue by the governments of Niue and Solomon Islands. The Pilot is the first managed intra-Pacific labour mobility programme for the Pacific and is facilitated through the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) […]
Solomon Islands Enhances Trade Readiness with PACER Plus Rules of Origin Workshop
HONIARA, Solomon Islands – The Solomon Islands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade in close partnership with the Solomon Islands Customs and Excise Division conducted a Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus Rules of Origin Workshop for stakeholders in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 25 June. Participants of the workshop included government agencies’ […]
Financial Literacy Training Positively Impacts Solomon Islands Tourism Operators
HONIARA, Solomon Islands – Jeremiah Loleke, owner of the Marovo Sea Lodge in Western Province, Solomon Islands, faced the brunt of the pandemic’s impact, struggling to keep his business afloat. However, thanks to the Introductory Business Management and Financial Literacy Training funded by the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus, his outlook has […]
From Ocean Depths to International Tables
SolTuna’s Journey of Triumph with PACER Plus HONIARA, Solomon Islands – For years, the Solomon Islands’ pristine waters have cradled SolTuna, a leading tuna company, in their cerulean embrace. Amidst the ebb and flow of the tides, SolTuna battled daunting challenges, determined to deliver their prized tuna to the plates of Australians and New Zealanders. […]
