PIDP Origins & Governance

Since 1980 the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) has served the nations and peoples of the Pacific through innovative capacity building, interchange among regional leaders, and policy-relevant research on priority issues. Housed in the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, PIDP is a founding member of the Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific (CROP), and is the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL), a regional council of 20 member governments. PICL members help us to channel our capabilities and leverage the resources of PIDP and the East-West Center to advance the collective ambition of Pacific peoples.

Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific (CROP)

PIDP is a founding member of the Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific (CROP) established by Pacific Island Forum Leaders in 1988 to improve cooperation, coordination, and collaboration among Pacific inter-governmental organizations. Working with other CROP agencies while playing a unique role as the only CROP member based north of the equator, PIDP is focused on enhancing Pacific regionalism and implementing the Framework for Pacific Regionalism (2014) and the CROP Charter (2018). PIDP collaborates closely with other CROP agencies including the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), the Pacific Community (SPC), South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP), and the University of the South Pacific (USP) across programmatic areas such as tourism and media training, women’s empowerment, post-graduate education, and environmental security.

Our CROP Partners

• Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
• Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO)
• Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (CROP Chair)
• Pacific Power Association (PPA)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
• South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO)
• University of the South Pacific (USP)

Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL)

PICL was inaugurated in 1980 by then Fiji Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara and Hawai'i Governor George Ariyoshi, and “is intended to provide a unique opportunity for island leaders from the North and South Pacific, regardless of political status, to meet as equals in an informal setting to discuss development goals and problems and to exchange ideas and experience.”

12th Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL)

11th Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL)

Photo: Sunrise, Getty Images

PIDP Origins & Governance

Since 1980 the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) has served the nations and peoples of the Pacific through innovative capacity building, interchange among regional leaders, and policy-relevant research on priority issues. Housed in the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, PIDP is a founding member of the Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific (CROP), and is the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL), a regional council of 20 member governments. PICL members help us to channel our capabilities and leverage the resources of PIDP and the East-West Center to advance the collective ambition of Pacific peoples.

Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific (CROP)

PIDP is a founding member of the Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific (CROP) established by Pacific Island Forum Leaders in 1988 to improve cooperation, coordination, and collaboration among Pacific inter-governmental organizations. Working with other CROP agencies while playing a unique role as the only CROP member based north of the equator, PIDP is focused on enhancing Pacific regionalism and implementing the Framework for Pacific Regionalism (2014) and the CROP Charter (2018). PIDP collaborates closely with other CROP agencies including the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), the Pacific Community (SPC), South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO), the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP), and the University of the South Pacific (USP) across programmatic areas such as tourism and media training, women’s empowerment, post-graduate education, and environmental security.

Our CROP Partners

• Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
• Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO)
• Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (CROP Chair)
• Pacific Power Association (PPA)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
• South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO)
• University of the South Pacific (USP)

Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL)

PICL was inaugurated in 1980 by then Fiji Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara and Hawai'i Governor George Ariyoshi, and “is intended to provide a unique opportunity for island leaders from the North and South Pacific, regardless of political status, to meet as equals in an informal setting to discuss development goals and problems and to exchange ideas and experience.”

12th Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL)

11th Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL)

Photo: Sunrise, Getty Images