The Asia-Pacific region has taken steps towards advancing global peace and security – security that includes human security, economic security, humanitarian assistance, environmental security, cybersecurity and transnational crime, and regional cooperation to build resilience against disasters and climate change. Security is a priority thematic area under the Blue Pacific strategy.
Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security aims to provide agents of change from Pacific Island and Asian countries with the skills, knowledge and capacity to enhance and secure climate, social, economic, food and maritime security and establish a coordination mechanism across the Pacific.
Inclusivity, gender, and disability are very much emphasized, and this only means one thing, that when we do our projects or implement activities on the ground, we must make sure that we operate on the context of the locality, and at the same time, we must make sure that no one is left behind." – Peter Paul Gaborno, Philippino, Participant of Sea and Human Security Training Programme 2024
The programme is free for participants and will be run by the UNITAR Division for Prosperity with financial support from the Government and the People of Japan.
The programme is part of the Shimanami Collective initiative, a series of training programmes to build resilience against disasters and enhance sea and human security in the Asia-Pacific.
