Research

At the Interministerial Committee for International Cooperation and Development (CICID) on February 8, 2018, the government made a commitment to strengthen the integration of overseas territories into their regional watersheds by supporting cooperation projects with neighboring states. Measure...

Emmanuel Macron made a landmark visit to Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea in July, the first by a French President since Charles de Gaulle. The visit comes as climate change poses enormous risks for countries, communities and islands across a region seen as a laboratory for solutions to the...

The Territory is installing an independent mobile phone network – Manuia – to meet the need to improve local telecommunications infrastructure and contribute to opening up the territory.

“Tui Samoa”: this is the name of the 1,600 km-long cable which will connect Wallis and Futuna, a French archipelago located in the heart of the Pacific, to the global Internet network. It is an historical opportunity for the territory and an essential investment for its economic and social...

The Pacific Ocean is a world heritage region that needs to be preserved with its outstanding land and marine biodiversity that affords priceless services to communities. Located in one of the world’s most climate change vulnerable regions, the Pacific countries and territories have little...