Pacific Islands Development Forum – Emergence of the New Participant in the Pacific Regionalism

Joanna Siekiera

doi:10.17951/sil.2019.28.3.77-87

Abstract

<p>Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) was formally established through signing of an agreement in 2015. The two previous gatherings were informal and did not bring any legally binding documents. The 3<sup>rd</sup> summit, entitled “Building Climate Resilient Green Blue Pacific Economies” introduced not only the constituting agreement, being an international treaty, what in turn made PIDF an intergovernmental organization having its own legal personality, but also created the pivot for the new wave of the Pacific regionalism. The regional cooperation among the small island states is being made ineffectively and economically inefficiently due to many reasons. The most relevant of which are the over fragmentation of the existing regional organisations and constant creation of ad hoc institutions which have no personality, powers or sanctions for non-fulfilment of the jointly adapted agreements.</p>

Highlights

The purpose of this article is to present the newest Pacific organisation, the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF)
This article depicts the current state of the South Pacific regionalism, where a new player has just entered
The paper has an introduction and the seven following parts: the second portrays the historical background of the PIDF, the third shows the outcome of the 3rd meeting of PIDF, the fourth focuses on membership, the fifth describes its structure, the sixth compares PIDF with some regional organisations in the Pacific, the seventh presents the features of PIDF with the previously the largest most active IGO in the region – Pacific Islands Forum, while the eight is the conclusion

Summary

SUMMARY

M Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) was formally established through signing of an agreement in 2015. The two previous gatherings were informal and did not bring any legally binding documents. The 3rd summit, entitled “Building Climate Resilient Green Blue Pacific Economies” introduced the constituting agreement, being an international treaty, what in turn made. U PIDF an intergovernmental organization having its own legal personality, and created the pivot for the new wave of the Pacific regionalism. The regional cooperation among the small island states is being made ineffectively and economically inefficiently due to many reasons. The most relevant of which are the over fragmentation of the existing regional organisations and constant creation of ad hoc institutions which have no personality, powers or sanctions for non-fulfilment of the jointly adapted agreements

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