Project Name: 

 Globalisation and Trade and Impact on Pacific Women

Country:

Pacific Island Countries and Territories (Am. Samoa, Cook Is, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Is, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna.)

Project Location within Country:

KVAConsult Ltd

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Name of Client

UNIFEM Pacific & Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)

Professional staff provided by your Company:

Senior Consultant – Trade and Investment

No. of Staff:  one

No. of Man-months: 25 person days

Start Date: (Month/Year)

17 May 2004

Completion Date: (Month /Year)

18 June 2004

Name of associated firm(s) if any:

No. of man-months of professional staff provided by associated firm(s):

Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Coordinator: Team Leader) involved and function performed:

 International Trade Expert

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

 Study to analyse the implications of globalisation and trade on Pacific women taking into consideration the new trading agreements. This paper was then presented at the 9^th Triennial Meeting of Pacific Women and the 2^nd Ministerial Meeting of the Ministers of Women Affairs in the Pacific which was held in Nadi Fiji in August 2004. The paper was included in the Pacific Platform on Action for Women as a new emerging issue for Pacific Women to address.

Detailed Description of Actual Services provided by your Company:

 Consultancy missions in Samoa and Fiji and using the available information with KVAConsult. Desk research and analytical reporting on the trade agreements and the implications of these agreements to the Pacific Island countries and territories and strategies for women for address these implications. KVAConsult also made presentations made to the 9^th Triennial Women’s Meeting and the Ministerial Meeting.