CRGA 54: Dashboard on 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent endorsed

Screenshot of the Blue Pacific 2050 Dashboard.

A dashboard that tracks transformation and progress towards the Pacific region’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent has been recognised by government representatives at the Pacific Community (SPC)’s chief governance meeting.

The 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific is the cornerstone blueprint for the region, that sets out a long-term approach towards a resilient Pacific of peace, harmony, security, social inclusion and prosperity.

The dashboard was presented during the 54th Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations (CRGA) meeting, bringing visibility to collective progress and ensuring collective responsibility for the shared success and realisation of the 2050 Strategy’s ambitions.

SPC Director of Statistics for Development, Mr Peter Ellis, noted the importance of data access with meaning.

He said, “with all Pacific peoples, economies and environments benefitting from better data and evidence-led decision-making, the 2050 Dashboard further strengthens the region’s capability in regular reporting on sustainable development.

“I’m really happy that the Committee acknowledged the work done on the 2050 Dashboard. In informing Pacific leaders on successes, areas of focus and, in a few cases, absences of good data, it will help steer and steward implementation of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent.”

The dashboard surfaces indicators towards all seven thematic areas of the 2050 Strategy.

Drawing upon existing national and regional reporting, the 2050 Dashboard is hosted on the Pacific Data Hub, an online gateway to comprehensive data and information ‘about the Pacific, by the Pacific’. A regional community good, the SPC-managed platform serves as a gateway to datasets, publications, dashboards and other tools—including this latest addition—supported by New Zealand’s Government.

Bill Olmi, who is Papua New Guinea’s Acting High Commissioner to Fiji and chair of SPC’s Sub-Committee for the Strategic Plan, noted the importance of the Blue Pacific 2050 Dashboard being available on the Pacific Data Hub, alongside the tools for exploring SPC’s results and other regional data. “This effort towards transparency and sharing learning is an asset to the region—as a Pacific-owned, accessible set of data, it is of great use for reporting, for preparing briefs, for policy development, and for investment discussions.”

The dashboard also saw strong endorsement from member countries and territories, development partners and donors at the Pacific statistics regional governance meetings in October and was launched at the 53rd Pacific Island Leaders Meeting hosted in Tonga earlier this year.

Since its launch in August, the dashboard has been consulted nearly 5,000 times by Pacific users, chiefly from Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. New features continue to be rolled out, including the ability to sort data series by alphabetical, ascending or descending order, and visual improvements to graphs.

Access the 2050 Dashboard at blue-pacific-2050.pacificdata.org

For more information on this story, contact Mr Ben Campion, Communications Adviser, Statistics for Development Division, Pacific Community (SPC), [email protected].