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- Forum Secretariat
: The current focus
of the Forum Secretariat is on encouraging policy dialogue among Forum Island Countries,
with the secretariat centred on the office of the Economic Infrastructure Adviser. The
Forum Secretariat has concentrated on scanning the international and regional developments
in telecommunications and information with briefing of relevant regional officials and
Ministers in the annual regional meetings.The Forum in April 1999 coordinated the meeting
of the Forum Ministers of Communications which resulted in the release of a 1999 Action Plan based on a Vision Statement for the Forum
Island Countries
Pacific Island Telecommunications Association
(PITA): Service providers and some regulatory
authorities in the Pacific have formed PITA to share and exchange ideas on the development
of telecommunications in the region.
Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC):
This non-profit organisation is made up mainly of service providers operating in
the Asia-Pacific region. PTC has been assisting in the establishment of PITA. Most of PITA
members are also PTC members.
Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association (PIBA):
This is an organisation which originally comprised of the radio broadcasting
organisations in the Pacific to discuss and exchange ideas on broadcasting. The advent of
television has led to the membership PIBA being expanded to include the television
stations of the Pacific. Self-regulatory principles for radio and television broadcasting
and transmission have yet to be developed.
Pacific Islands News Association (PINA): This is an organisation of journalists and organisations in the news
media industry. The activities of the organisation have been actively supported by UNESCO
in the Pacific. The current focus of PINA is on maintaining independence of the media from
any direct political censorship and encouraging improvements in standards of media
reporting. Whilst there have been discussions of self-regulation of the regional news
media, no explicit set of principles have been set by PINA
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