Yethulwe nguSolwazi u-Aiono ohloniphekile u-Alec Ekeroma, uNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo Namasiko waseSamoa, iPacific Research Hub (pacificresearchhub.org) iyipulatifomu yokuqala yocwaningo oluku-inthanethi oluqondene nePacific oluqhutshwa ubuhlakani bokwenziwa.
Iklanywe ngunjiniyela wesofthiwe wasePacific uSonny Lemalu ngokubambisana ne-PAS, ipulatifomu yesayensi evulekile ivumela abacwaningi, izifundiswa kanye nochwepheshe kulo lonke elasePacific ukuthi baxhumane, babambisane, futhi babelane ngomsebenzi wabo. Iphefumulelwe yi-ResearchGate, amakhono ayo e-AI ahlanganisiwe asiza abasebenzisi ukuthola ucwaningo lwasePacific, ukuhlonza abahlanganyeli, kanye nokufinyelela ulwazi lwesifunda oluvame ukuba nzima ukuluveza.
“Lesi sikhungo sedijithali sihlanganisa ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu nobuholi kanye nobunikazi bePacific,” kusho uSolwazi Ioana Chan Mow, we-PAS. Fellow kanye nochwepheshe be-ICT.
“Kusinika ukuziqhenya okukhulu ukwethula le nkundla njengomsebenzi oqalayo. Kubonisa ubuhle obuholwa yiPacific obufaka isandla ekwabelaneni ngolwazi oluzuzisa abantu bethu”, kusho uSolwazi Chan Mow. “Kodwa-ke, kudingeka utshalomali olwengeziwe ukuze sikwazi ukwakha inkundla ezinzile kubo bonke ososayensi basePacific emhlabeni jikelele.”
ICongress iphinde yethula “Ukuhlolwa Kokutshalwa Kwezimali Kocwaningo Nentuthuko kanye Nomthamo Emazweni Ayishumi Athuthukayo Eziqhingini Ezincane ZasePacific,” umbiko oxhaswe yi-UNESCO ohlola izindawo zemvelo Zocwaningo Nentuthuko kuzo zonke iziQhingi zaseCook, eFiji, eKiribati, eNauru, eNiue, ePapua New Guinea, eSamoa, eziQhingini zaseSolomon, eTonga naseVanuatu.
Kuhambisana ne-UN Sustainable Development Goal 9.5 Ukwakha ingqalasizinda eqinile, ukukhuthaza ukwakhiwa kwezimboni okubandakanya wonke umuntu nokusimeme, kanye nokukhuthaza ukusungula izinto ezintsha, Umbiko unikeza ukuhlolwa kokuqala okuyisisekelo kokutshalwa kwezimali kwe-R&D kanye namandla abantu kuzo zonke lezi zizwe.
Ukutholwa okusemqoka kufaka phakathi:
“Lo mbiko ufike ngesikhathi ngoba besingakaze sibe nalo lwazi ngaphambili,” kusho uLi'amanaia uDkt. Roannie Ng Shiu, inhloko ye-PAS Secretariat kanye nomholi wemibiko. “Manje, behlonyiswe ngalolu lwazi, abenzi benqubomgomo bangenza izinqumo ezinolwazi zokuqinisa amandla ocwaningo lwezifundazwe zabo zaseziqhingini futhi ekugcineni bathuthukise uhlelo lwesayensi lwesifunda sethu.”
Izincomo zigxile ekuthuthukiseni izinqubomgomo zikazwelonke ze-R&D kanye nesayensi, ubuchwepheshe kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha, ukuthuthukisa ukubambisana kwemikhakha ehlukahlukene, ukwakha ingqalasizinda yedijithali yokuphathwa kwedatha, kanye nokubeka phambili ukwakhiwa kwamandla okubandakanya ubulili ngamanethiwekhi esifunda.
The Ingqungquthela Yokuqala Ye-Pacific Academy of Sciences ihlanganisa abacwaningi, abenzi bezinqubomgomo, kanye nababambiqhaza kusukela mhla ziyi-16 kuya ku-18 kuNhlolanja 2026 eTaumeasina Island Resort e-Apia, eSamoa.
Ukusungulwa kwePacific Academy of Sciences kanye neCongress yayo yokuqala kwenziwe kwaba nokwenzeka ngokusekelwa okukhulu kwabalingani ababalulekile abazibophezele ebuholini besayensi yasePacific.
UMnyango Wezimboni, Isayensi Nezinsizakusebenza Kahulumeni wase-Australia, ngokusebenzisa i-International Science Council Regional Focal Point for Asia and the Pacific, unikeze ukwesekwa okuyisisekelo kokusungulwa kwe-Academy, ukuthuthukiswa kokubusa, kanye nokusekelwa kweCongress.
I-Sasakawa Peace Foundation isekele ngomusa ukuhlangana kweCongress kanye nezibonelelo zokuhamba.
Yasungulwa ngo-2024 futhi yasungulwa eMhlanganweni Wezinhloko Zikahulumeni we-Commonwealth (CHOGM) eSamoa, i-Pacific Academy of Sciences iyinhlangano yokusiza abantu ezinikele ekusekeleni isayensi yasePacific, ekwandiseni ithonya layo lomhlaba wonke, kanye nokukhulisa amazwi abantu bomdabu basePacific. Isikhungo sinendlunkulu eNational University of Samoa.