The Prime Minister will go to Papua New Guinea on May 22.

New Delhi:

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 can 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 happened 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 growth of its individuals.

A landmark initiative launched beneath 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 growth help beneath South-South Cooperation that’s primarily within the type of capability constructing (coaching, scholarships, grant-in-aid and mortgage help) and group growth initiatives.

Development partnership has been prolonged to PICs for socio-economic progress, by group growth initiatives similar to photo voltaic electrification, provide of agricultural tools, computer systems and LED bulbs for faculties, stitching machines, dialysis machines, transportable sawmills, boats and pick-up vehicles, automobiles, building of sea wall, and coral farms, and many others. PICs have been appreciative of developmental cooperation with India.

Initiatives within the area have included the establishing 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 weak to local weather change and to the results 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 growing 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 expertise, finance, and mandatory info 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 undertaking for photo voltaic electrification of two,800 homes in 14 PICs has been undertaken beneath which 70 ladies photo voltaic engineers (known as Solar Mamas) have been educated and the electrification course of is underway. This undertaking, whereas addressing local weather change and targets of sustainable growth, additionally goals to offer livelihoods to ladies

Development partnership with PICs has included assist to infrastructure growth, with a give attention to sectors of training, well being and tradition.

Other group growth initiatives have included revamping libraries and college buildings, renovating of schools and provision of IT infrastructure to academic institutes, other than establishing digital libraries.

India has additionally provided indelible ink to Fiji and Papua New Guinea to be used of their normal 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 had been offered to round 600 Fijians throughout the Camp.

India has been offering Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) to the PICs now and again. 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 growth initiatives in growing international locations, specializing in LDCs and small island growing states. PICs have been beneficiaries of this fund.

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