University of the South Pacific

The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a member of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP).  It is the premier institution of higher learning for the Pacific region, uniquely placed in a region of extraordinary physical, social and economic diversity.  USP is an intergovernmental organisation and public research university with a number of locations spread throughout 12 countries in Oceania.  It is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment. 

Established in 1968, USP is one of only two universities of its type in the world. It is jointly owned by the governments of 12 member countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa. The University has campuses in all member countries. The main campus, Laucala, is in Fiji. The Alafua Campus in Samoa is where the School of Agriculture and Food Technology is situated, and the Emalus Campus in Vanuatu is the location for the School of Law.

PRIF partners are working with regional agencies such as SPREP to work with USP to develop a certificate course on waste management and to develop training materials to enhance environmental and social safeguard assessments.