Media’s vital role in actioning Pacific Plan

A STRONG, free and impartial media industry serves to foster well-informed communities and encourages healthy debate on key issues of public interest, secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum Greg Urwin said.
Mr Urwin was speaking at the fourth bi-annual Pina convention in Honiara, Solomon Islands last week.
He said achieving this in the Pacific would consequently assist with on-going development of the Pacific Plan, as a living document, to best reflect the evolving needs and priorities of our region.
The media also has an important role to play in helping the region achieve principles of good governance, and in promoting accountability across the board, Mr Urwin said.
He said the dissemination of information to the public pertaining to the implementation of the Pacific Plan’s initiatives was a priority.
The Pacific Plan was adopted in 2005 and is a framework for achieving forum leaders’ vision of a region of peace, harmony, security and economic prosperity.
The Plan brings together the members’ current development priorities under for overarching thematic objectives of economic growth, sustainable development, good governance and security.
Activities to progress priority development initiatives in the Pacific Plan were now being progressed under management of the Forum Secretariat and political oversight and guidance of the Pacific Plan Action Committee (PPAC), chaired by Papua New Guinea as forum chair, and comprising senior officials of all forum member countries.

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