Elise Huffer – New SPC Human Development Adviser
Secretariat of the Pacific Community Press Release via Scoop – 22 January 2008
NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA: The new Adviser for culture at Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Human Development Programme, Elise Huffer, says despite its essential role, culture is an area that is often neglected or marginalised in governance and development policy. Dr Huffer says her position at SPC gives her the opportunity to actively promote culture and address this ‘deficit’. She says the main cultural issues in the Pacific today are developing a regional cultural strategy, promoting the role of young people in culture, creating greater respect for Pacific people’s cultural values, and protecting cultural heritage and traditional knowledge and expressions of culture.Read the article…
