While most of the members of PICISOC are contributing to the WSIS, there is a specific mailing list. Go to http://www.sopac.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis-pacific for more information and how to join.

• http://www.itu.int/wsis/
• http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/

Organization	Project	From	To	Objectives	Status	Contact	Donor
ITC Services, Fiji Govt	Internet Library Labasa Town Council	Q1, 2004	Q1, 2004	To increase internet access by school children taking advantage of existing library visit programs	Abel Caine
ITC Services, Fiji Govt	Rural & Outer Island Telecentre for Navua Rural Womens Group	Q1, 2004	Q1, 2004	To work with existing commercially successful rural womens group supplementing existing activities with ICT (e.g. promotional e-mail broadcasts to urban customers)	Abel Caine
ITC Services, Fiji Govt	Websites for all Govt Ministries	Q1, 2004	Q1, 2004	ITC will build comprehensive websites for 10 Government Ministries detailing locations, staff contacts, and downloading official Govt forms. By the end of the project 17/22 Govt Ministries will have a website.	Abel Caine
ITC Services, Fiji Govt	Govt services online	Q1, 2004	Q2, 2004	ITC will build web-based interactive applications to migrate Govt Services online. By the end of the project, the Fiji Govt will be offering 4 online Govt services:a) Career.NET: allows youth to register for jobs (at Internet Libraries) and employers to register jobs and search for qualified youth;b) Timber.NET: allows exporters to apply for licenses online eliminating trips to Suva;c) eWelfare: allows NGOs to apply for Dept. Social Welfare grants online providing full acquittal details;d) Mining Licenses: allows potential mining investors to apply for Prospecting Licenses online	Abel Caine
Rural Development Volunteers Association/Solomon Islands Government	People First Network	Q1 2001	Q3 2004	Affordable sustainable rural networking, information sharing, capacity building for networking, featuring a community-based HF radio email network	Current. 12 rural email stations (basic telecentres) with 7 more funded and scheduled and up to 15 additional planned. www.peoplefirst.net.sb	David Leeming
SOPAC	Reducing Vulnerabilities	Q1, 2003	Q1 2006	Help decision making and Island System Management by provding an online Map Server and community site to 14 Pacific Islands Countires members of the ACP group	Deployment started, cf http://map.sopac.org	Franck Martin	EU
Solomon Islands Ministry of Education and HRD/People First Network	Education Sector Investment and Reform Program	Q2 2004	Q2 2006	Establish open e-learning centres in rural community schools in each province with capacity building for education providers	Site selection and technical planning started	David Leeming
Secretariat of the Pacific Community.	Building ICT Capacities for Public Health Surveillance	Q2,2004	Q4,2004	Secure local networks and data storage and transmission systems in Health Departments, and help implement a secure regional data collection/information exchange with country-specific interface (within the framework of the PPHSN or the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network, in the area of outbreak-prone communicable diseases, including bio-terrorism).	Project team selected; initial project planning phase completed; in-country stakeholders have been identified and survey of country inputs to assist with the next planning phase and priority activities currently in progress. Maillist ict4phs has been established for planning and information sharing. Target countries: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands and Palau.	Contact: Tom Kiedrzynski, SPC Epidemiologist	Target countries
Secretariat of the Pacific Community.	Pacific Regional Information Systems (PRISM) - Statistical information for Pacific Island countries	Q1,2004	Q4,2004	Improved access to the best available socio-economic data on Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) and increased data use to support better informed policy and decision making in the Pacific region. PRISM is establishing a regional database, accessible through the Internet, to act as a clearing house for disseminating statistics to all users. Source: http://www.spc.int/prism/	By 2003, 18 Pacific Islanders completed 6 weeks training on website design and development; 15 National Statistics Offices (NSO) websites developed and published. In 2004, 19 Pacific Islanders attend 3 weeks (April, May, June) of training on advanced website design and development. Four Pacific Island webmasters will do follow-up visits and trainings to other Pacific NSO to expand the coverage and effectiveness of operational websites. PRISM will establish a centralised database as a clearinghouse for dissemination of regional statistics. In-country technical assistance activities will prioritise national efforts to maintain complete, timely and accurate statistical information. Target countries: 20 Pacific island countries and territories.	Contact: Raymond Vuti, PRISM Project Manager

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