Day 4 focuses on building and sustaining a capable Pacific public service workforce. Leaders will examine workforce planning as a core leadership responsibility, including the pressures created by changing demographics, skills shortages and growing demands for public services.

The programme then turns to labour mobility and its implications for recruitment, retention and public service capability, before leaders consider and agree the Fono 2026 Outcomes Statement.

Day 4 Overview

  • Workforce planning: Leading for a capable future workforce9:00am – 11:00am

    This session will examine how leaders can anticipate future workforce needs and strengthen long-term capability. Practical examples and discussion will help delegates consider how workforce planning can improve people outcomes, organisational performance, and resilience.

    Facilitator:

    • Dr Ayeesha Abbasi, Assistant Director, Australian Public Service Centre of Excellence for Workforce Planning

    Speaker: 

    • Nonu Lemauga Saleimoa Vaai, Chair, Public Service Commission, Samoa
    • Kolone Tikeri, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Samoa

  • Labour Mobility11:30am - 1:00pm

    Labour mobility creates valuable opportunities for Pacific countries but can also affect recruitment, retention, skills supply, and public service capability. Building on the workforce planning session, delegates will examine how movement across critical sectors is affecting different jurisdictions and identify shared pressures. The discussion will consider how public service leaders can shape labour mobility and workforce decisions to sustain essential capability.

    Speaker: 

    • Dr Alisi Wenonahlita Kautoke, Head of the PACER Plus Implementation Unit

  • Consideration of Outcomes Statement2:00 pm - 3:30pm

    To confirm the outcomes from discussions held at the Fono 2026: Pacific Public Service Leaders' Conference, and panel sessions held. It also provides an opportunity for leaders to come together and provide a collective voice on the issues that have been raised through the week.

    Facilitated by:

    • Terralyn Nabeyama, Director, Palau Bureau of Human Resources  
    • Public Service Fale

  • Closing dinner6:00 pm

    Location: Beachside BBQ, Palau Pacific resort

    Dress: Pacific formal