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Participation in CSD-17

  • 23-02-09:
    SIDS Plenary IPM

    Discussing policy options to address challenges taking into account lessons learned and best practices

Participation in CSD-16

Participation in CSD-15

Participation in CSD-14

SIDS News

  • 28-29 Apr 2008:
    The Caribbean Workshop on Sanitation

    “Integration of Sanitation Policies into National Development Plans in the Caribbean Region”
    Countries represented in CARIBSAN 2008 were Antigua/Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Kitts/Nevis, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago.

    Among the many participants to the workshop were Ministers, professionals of institutions of the sector, scholars, members of civil society, non-governmental agencies, donor agencies, development agencies and the private sector.

  • 25-27 Mar 2008:
    High-level Roundtable on International Cooperation for Sustainable Development in Caribbean SIDS

    More than 140 representatives of the Government of 16 SIDS in the Caribbean, the Government of Iceland, regional intergovernmental organizations, UN DESA and other UN programmes and agencies, as well as business leaders met for a High-level Roundtable on International Cooperation for Sustainable Development of Caribbean SIDS.

  • 27-28 April 2007:
    Experts Group Meeting on Mainstreaming and Monitoring the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation

    The SIDS Unit convened an Expert Group Meeting to begin consideration of a framework for monitoring progress towards the mainstreaming of the MSI within the UN system, and for more effective monitoring of SIDS development plans, integrating the Mauritius strategy as an essential element in SIDS national and regional development processes.

    For event documentation and information, please visit SIDSNet.