The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society serves the Society’s purposes by serving the interests of the global Internet community through its presence in the Pacific Islands. It focuses on local issues and developments, and as an impartial advisor to governments and the public on matters of significant interest to Pacific Island people.

The Internet is for all, so is the Internet Society and the Pacific Islands Chapter so you don't need to be a techo or propeller head to join but to be simply interested in developing Internet in all its aspect in the Pacific Islands (societal, telehealth, regulation, policies, security, digital divide,..).

PICISOC has been at the forefront of a number of important inititiaves in the Pacific region. These include raising awareness in the following areas:

• the Internet for the region's journalists
• the move to IPv6;
• DNS (Domain Name Servers)
• FOSS (Free and Open Software);
• Routing;
• cyber security leading the establishment of PacificCERT

These resources are also available for you to read.

• What Is PICISOC? (pdf 161.44 Kb)
• Read more about the History of PICISOC.
• Bylaws (pdf 31 KB)
• A concise guide to the Internet bodies

Join PICISOC

The chapter covers the following countries and territories:



You may find a National Liaison in you country. The list is here

• PacINET
  • PacINET2010 - Port Vila, Vanuatu, September 2010
  • PacINET 2009 - Papua New Guinea, September 2009
  • PacINET 2008 - Cook Islands, September 2008
  • PacINET 2007 - Solomon Islands, August 2007
  • PacINET 2006 - Samoa, August 2006
  • PacINET 2005 - Kiribati, August 2005
  • PacINET 2004 - Vanuatu, August 2004
  • PacINET 2003 - Tonga
  • PacINET 2002 - Fiji
• INET 2004

Information on Board Members can be found here BoardMembers

Elections for three retiring members are scheduled for the later part of this year


PICISOC is a member of the ICANN/ALAC
PICISOC has established an MOU with APNIC

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