New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will co-chair the third Summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC III Summit) collectively with Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape subsequent week.
The Prime Minister will go to Papua New Guinea on May 22, which would be the first go to by an Indian PM.
PM Modi is all set for his three-nation go to, which is able to begin with Japan attending the G7 Summit after which he’ll go to Papua New Guinea and lastly, he’ll go to Australia.
The final Summit of the FIPIC occurred in Jaipur, India, on 21 August 2015 with all 14 Pacific Island Countries (PICs).
During the 2 FIPIC Summits, India introduced initiatives throughout a wide selection of areas to help the PICs in dealing with challenges and reaching aspirations for the well-being and improvement of its individuals.
A landmark initiative launched below the rubric of the Act East Policy for the PICs is the FIPIC.
PM Modi hosted the First FIPIC Summit in Suva on 19 November 2014 throughout his historic go to to Fiji, with the participation of all 14 PICs – Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Samoa, Vanuatu, Niue, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, Palau, Nauru and the Solomon Islands.
A significant a part of India’s engagement with PICs is thru improvement help below South-South Cooperation that’s primarily within the type of capability constructing (coaching, scholarships, grant-in-aid and mortgage help) and neighborhood improvement initiatives.
Development partnership has been prolonged to PICs for socio-economic progress, by means of neighborhood improvement initiatives equivalent to photo voltaic electrification, provide of agricultural gear, computer systems and LED bulbs for faculties, stitching machines, dialysis machines, transportable sawmills, boats and pick-up vans, automobiles, development of sea wall, and coral farms, and so forth. PICs have been appreciative of developmental cooperation with India.
Initiatives within the area have included the organising of Information Technology Labs within the PICs. Centres for Excellence in IT (CEITs) have been established in varied PICs.
All the PICs international locations are susceptible to local weather change and to the consequences of rising sea ranges. Initiatives like International Solar Alliance (ISA) and Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) complement our relationship with PICs. Under the CDRI framework, India, together with Australia, the UK and small island creating states (SIDS) launched the ‘Infrastructure for Resilient Island States’ (IRIS) on the sidelines of the COP26 at Glasgow on 2 November 2021 to help the SIDS from disasters and to mobilize know-how, finance, and mandatory data for Pacific islands and CARICOM nations within the Indo-Pacific area.
Initiatives have been taken in assembly the challenges of local weather change that threaten all of the PICs. A mission for photo voltaic electrification of two,800 homes in 14 PICs has been undertaken below which 70 ladies photo voltaic engineers (referred to as Solar Mamas) have been educated and the electrification course of is underway. This mission, whereas addressing local weather change and objectives of sustainable improvement, additionally goals to offer livelihoods to ladiesDevelopment partnership with PICs has included assist to infrastructure improvement, with a deal with sectors of schooling, well being and tradition.
Other neighborhood improvement initiatives have included revamping libraries and faculty buildings, renovating of schools and provision of IT infrastructure to academic institutes, other than organising digital libraries.
India has additionally provided indelible ink to Fiji and Papua New Guinea to be used of their basic elections. A landmark programme within the well being sector has been the Jaipur Foot Camp absolutely funded by the Government of India organized in Fiji in collaboration with the Fijian Ministry of Health and Medical Services. Customized prosthetic limbs have been supplied to round 600 Fijians throughout the Camp.
India has been offering Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) to the PICs infrequently. India has assisted varied PICs with the availability of Covid-19 Vaccines and Medical provides throughout the pandemic.
Apart from bilateral engagements, the India-UN Development Partnership Fund was created in 2017. It goals to assist demand-driven sustainable improvement initiatives in creating international locations, specializing in LDCs and small island creating states. PICs have been beneficiaries of this fund. (ANI)