PACE overview

Programs International Programs Pacific Executive Program

The Pacific Executive (PACE) Program was developed by ANZSOG in collaboration with AusAID to build capacity and strengthen reform in the Pacific region. It is designed for public sector officials in the executive ranks who have been identified as emerging and future leaders.

Cohorts of up to forty senior officials attend a three-week residential program in Canberra, undertake a work-based project in their home countries and return to Canberra 11 months later for a further one week of training to consolidate their learning.

The program fosters in its participants the ability to share a vision and to influence and achieve change. The focus on shared Pacific issues and challenges also provides the opportunity for participants to learn from each other and forge lasting networks.

PACE Alumni - 2010 Cohort

Key dates - 2012

Annual In-country visits

12 and 13 April	Papua New Guinea
16 and 17 April	Solomon Islands
23 and 24 April	Vanuatu
26 and 27 April	Cook Islands
7 and 8 May	Fiji*
17 and 18 May	Samoa
21 and 22 May	Tonga

* PACE 2011 participants from Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu will be invited to meet with ANZSOG representatives and colleagues in Fiji to present on the progress of their PACE work projects

Other important dates

28 May	PACE 2011 – Final Work Project due
28 May	PACE Extension 2012 – Applications due
1 June	PACE 2012 – Program Applications due at ANZSOG
13 – 15 June	PACE Alumni Workshop (FIJI)
14 to 20 August	PACE 2011 Stage 3 (Canberra)
20 August to 6 September	PACE 2012 Stage 1 (Canberra)

PACE Extension Program

Delivered by ANZSOG in conjunction with AusAID and the Australian Public Service Commission, the PACE Extension Program provides funding for up to five graduates of the PACE Program to stay on in Australia for a work placement of up to eight weeks in an Australian government agency.

PACE Alumni

On completion of the PACE Program, participants join a growing and influential alumni network that spans the Pacific. The annual PACE alumni workshop provides an exceptional networking opportunity for both participants and presenters and continues to promote a wider awareness of the PACE Program among key stakeholders in the Pacific.

The alumni workshop is held annually, in a different country each year. Distinguished regional, Australian and New Zealand presenters from government, academia and civil society join the alumni in a highly interactive and participatory two-day workshop.