The Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) was established in 2007 to promote the private sector’s role in policy making and to encourage business development through effective partnerships with governments, regional organisations, development partners and NGOs.
It describes its mission as being to “facilitate private sector-driven economic growth for the benefit of the region”.
[1] The organisation was first formally proposed at a meeting of the Forum Heads of Governments in October, 2005.
PIPSO began operations in April 2007, with support from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and UNDP.
The organisation pays particular attention to the development of female entrepreneurs and conducted its first Pacific Islands Women in Business conference in 2014.