The ICEVI Pacific Region

ICEVI's Pacific Region consists of the following 14 member countries (in alphabetical order): Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua and New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu.

Caption: Participants at the Fiji EFA-VI workshop, Suva, Feb08
Caption: Participants at the Fiji EFA-VI workshop, Suva, Feb08

The Pacific Regional Executive Committee for the 2006-2010 term of office consists of the following people:

Regional Chairperson

Frances Gentle

Immediate Past Chairperson:

Jill Keeffe

Office Bearers:

Tricia d'Apice (Vice-Chair & Secretary),
Karen Stobbs (Vice-Chair), and
David Rice (Public Officer)

General Members:

Kevin Murfitt (World Blind Union Pacific-Oceania),
Paul Pagliano (SPEVI),
Paul Manning (Parents of Vision Impaired NZ),
Setareki S. Macanawai (Pacific Disability Forum),
Roslyn Sackley (representative of Australian indigenous people with vision impairments),
Arnold Koima (PNG), and
Rukhmani Joseph (Fiji)

Members representing Fiji EFA-VI Task Force:

Barbara Farouk (Fiji EFA-VI National Task Force), and
Mareselina Tabalailai (Fiji EFA-VI National Task Force)

ICEVI PACIFIC

The legal entity behind ICEVI Pacific Region is ICEVI Pacific Incorporated, an incorporated association registered with the NSW, Australia Department of Fair Trading.

  • Registered Number: 9888652
  • Public Officer: David Rice

Set out below is summary information about the 14 ICEVI Pacific member countries (in alphabetical order). Internet links are included for those interested in finding out more about each country in the region.