THE Rights, Empowerment and Cohesion (REACH) project which is administered by the United Nations Development Program and implemented by the Fijian Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation has extended the cooperation to the Pacific Region by starting with Samoa.
The willingness of the Government of Samoa to accept and implement the project has further strengthened the South-South Cooperation in the Pacific between Fiji and Samoa in the areas of fostering goodwill visits, people to people relations and sharing of best practices for expertise.
The program start up meeting in Apia, Samoa was launched yesterday.
UNDP REACH project provided the forum with a platform to better understand REACH and how the best practices and learning experiences in Fiji could be replicated in Samoa.
Speaking at the launch of the Initiation plan meeting Permanent Secretary for Women Dr Josefa Koroivueta said that the success of the project in Fiji is because of the commitment and cooperation between agencies.
Now with the plan established for Samoa, there’s great leadership and commitment shown by the Government which is something very noble.
“The success of the implementation in Fiji is because of the full commitment by the Fijian Ministry of Women and I am thrilled that in this launch I acknowledge the Government of Samoa for its commitment and leadership allowing the Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration and the Ministry of Women and Community Development to implement the programme,” Dr Koroivueta said.
The initiative is also planned to move to Tonga next month.
