Between 1996 & 2002 the Student Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (SPICOL) took place at the University of the South Pacific. The orignal site has been dismantled from the USP web sites. This is that original material, re-worked into these modern web pages. It is mean to be an archive of this wonderful activity. Material is still being gathered so the site will be updated as the material becomes available. This site is being continually updated, so please come back soon, or use the RSS feed to stay abreast of additions. If you are an alumni, we'd love to hear from you. There is a comments section for each of the years of SPICOL.
What was SPICOL?
SPICOL was a simulation of a conference of leaders, but which included also advocacy groups, news media, a secretariat, technical advisors and even a host nation. All done by students from mainly the USP, but also from other tertiary institutions, not only in Fiji, but also from New Zealand and even University of Hawai'i. The input from USP staff members was minimal (mainly two staff members) and always as a support background facilitation role to make things work in the internal machinery of the university. In other words the work was mostly generated and pushed forward by the students themselves.
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