Introduction
The Inform Project
Knowledge and understanding are important for driving and bringing about informed decision making. The project, "Building National and Regional Capacity to Implement Multilateral Environmental Agreements by Strengthening Planning and the State of Environmental Assessment and Reporting in the Pacific", referred to as the Inform project, recognises the need for this data-driven decision making. The project will establish a Pacific island network of national and regional data repositories and reporting tools to support the monitoring, evaluation, and analysis of environmental information, which supports environmental planning, forecasting, and reporting requirements.
The Inform project will help Pacific islands have reliable access to their own national datasets for environmental information, as well as a process and guide for information use standards. Capacity will be built to develop content that is then inputted into the reporting process. Additionally, the capacity of officers will be enhanced with regards to the best ways to share the information they have so it is well used by their decision makers and different communities. The information provided within the databases will also help policy development, monitoring and evaluation, and national planning.
Over a four-year period from 2017–2021, Inform will work in the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
Team
| Name | Title | Profile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Anderson | Inform Project Manager | paula@sprep.org |  |
| Peter McDonald | Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Specialist | petermc@sprep.org |  |
| Julie Callebaut | Environmental Monitoring and Reporting GIS Specialist | juliec@sprep.org |  |
| Vani Koroisamanunu | Environmental GIS Specialist | juliec@sprep.org |  |
| Tavita Su'a | Environmental Information Systems Developer and Analyst | tavitas@sprep.org |  |
| Lagi Reupena | Inform Project Environmental Data Officer | lagir@sprep.org |  |
| Jonathan Porter | Inform Project Finance and Administration Officer (Current) | jonathanp@sprep.org |  |
| Sabrina Reupena | Inform Project Finance and Administration Officer | sabrinar@sprep.org |  |
| Sela Soakai-Simamao | Inform Project Finance and Administration Officer | selas@sprep.org |  |