National Committee on Sustainable Development (NCSD) - former
Contact Phone: +679 331 3411 Address: Ministry of Finance & National Planning Suva, Fiji Islands |
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Mission Statement To formulate the National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS).
Composition and Membership
Since 2002, the Ministry of Finance and National Planning has been the focal point for sustainable development in Fiji and was responsible for providing secretariat services to the National Steering Committee on Sustainable Development. The steering committee was initially formed to prepare Fiji’s National Assessment Report for the WSSD. The committee comprised of representatives from the various Ministries and Departments as well as NGOs. The committee remained active following the WSSD to monitor the JPoI, then prepared the National Assessment Report of the BPOA +10 meeting of 2005. In January, 2006 the steering committee was formally recognized as the National Committee on Sustainable Development (NCSD). This committee was mandated to formulate Fiji’s first official NSDS.
A 2006 National Assessment Report notes that the Fijian NCSD is ‘currently placed at the periphery of the national development planning and decision making framework’, and that it is made up of representatives of the following agencies:
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Role and Functions
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