Why Should Fiji Undertake an NCSA?
The flexibility and focus of the NCSA process provides Fiji with an opportunity to review the global environmental responsibilities they have assumed since the Earth Summit and determine how to reconcile these responsibilities with their national sustainable development priorities. In particular, the NCSA process has three aspects that make it a particularly valuable exercise. First, Fiji, undertaking an NCSA can carefully examine past capacity development efforts focused on the three thematic areas in order to derive lessons from the successes and failures of specific interventions. Second, the process allows Fiji the freedom to explore potential “win-win” situations between their global environmental obligations and local and national environmental challenges and opportunities. Third, with its unprecedented focus on analysing issues that cut across the Rio conventions, the NCSA represents a critical step in their effective implementation by promoting a more integrated and synergistic
