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Technical Working Groups

The Technical Working Groups (TWG) are established by either the Pacific Resilience Meeting or the PRP Taskforce to focus on relevant key or emerging priorities and will be defined, evolve, and be time bound as needed to identify and progress actions to support the implementation of the three goals of the FRDP.
Their membership is open to all countries, territories, CROP agencies and stakeholders with inputs welcome from all. TWG will have a clear Terms of Reference, be result focused and include milestones, timelines and sunset clauses. TWG report to the PRP Taskforce through the Support Unit, as an administrative function, and provide updates to the Pacific Resilience Meeting.

Risk Governance and Resilient Development

The Risk Governance TWG is co-chaired by Fiji and Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) Directors.

Disaster Risk Financing

The Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) TWG was established in 2019 in response to a need to better understand the current landscape of existing disaster risk financing mechanisms available to the region and the gaps.

Human Mobility

The Human Mobility TWG is chaired by the International Organization on Migration (IOM). The TWG was established to the 2019 Pacific Resilience Meeting

Localisation TWG

The TWG on Localization is co-chaired by PIANGO, FemLink and Fiji Disabled People’s Federation. The focus of the TWG is to establish communities of best practice actively engaging in knowledge sharing in disaster preparedness

Information Knowledge Management (IKM) TWG

The Information Knowledge Management (IKM) TWG is chaired by PNG with SPC as the Secretariat. The IKM TWG was established in 2011 to support the work of the Pacific Climate Change.

Water Security Advocacy TWG

Water security is critical to disaster and climate resilience in the Pacific due to the inextricable links of water to food security, energy, health, economic development, environmental well-being, and the health of ecosystems

Pacific Based Carbon Mechanism TWG

This TWG is being led by PIFS and worked in collaboration with the Micronesian Centre for Sustainable Transport

Resilient Infrastructure & Resilient Housing TWG

The purpose of this TWG is to support the various actors and projects enhancing resilient infrastructure in the Pacific through strengthening coordination to avoid duplication of efforts, promoting best practices, providing guidance for national initiatives, and facilitating exchange of lessons learned.