Suva - Institutions

Institutions

Suva is host to more international and regional intergovernmental agencies and NGOs than any other Pacific Island capital. Some of the bodies with a presence in Suva are:

  • The TRAFFIC Oceania South Pacific Programme - funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, is located in Suva, in the offices of the WWF South Pacific Programme. The programme assists in the implementation of CITES, but also strengthens collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature.
  • The Fiji School of Medicine - which is now classed as a regional agency and a member of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific.
  • The Fiji School of Nursing.
  • The University of the South Pacific which operates a campus in Suva as well as at other South Pacific locations.
  • The Fiji Institute of Technology which is a major polytechnic in Fiji and caters students from many small Pacific Island nations. It also has centres in other Fiji towns of Nadi, Ba and Labasa.
  • The Fiji College of Advanced Learning.
  • TPAF (The Training and Productivity Authority of Fiji).
  • The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
  • The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
  • The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission.
  • St. John's Theological College.
  • The Pacific Regional Seminary (PRS).
  • The Pacific Theological College (PTC).
  • Femmus School of Hospitality.
  • Alliance Française.
  • Greenpeace Pacific.
  • UNDP Headquarters (Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands, Palau, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Niue, Nauru).
  • Asian Development Bank Headquarters Pacific

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