The EU FP7 funded project Pace-Net presents the 6^th issue of its newsletter, where stress is placed on Recommendations for a Strategic Plan on Research, Innovation and Development in the Pacific formulated during the final Conference held in Suva (Fiji) in March 2013. The project will extend its life through the Pace-Net Plus, another Inco-net that already positively evaluated by the EC.

The newsletter also contains an evaluation of Pacific-European partnership in scientific research the External Advisory Board (EAB), where positive examples are given for bi-regional scientific cooperation. The issue presents a call for strengthening the science collaboration with developing countries in the Asia-Pacific Region, Latin America and the Caribbean.