Meeting Agenda

Background Documents

	Background Paper by DSD on National Reporting to the Commission on Sustainable Development
	The Millenium Development Goals Declaration
	Overview of the Regional Capacity-Building Project on Environment/Social/Gender/Statistics (UNSD/CARICOM)
	Key Outcomes from WSSD

Final Report on the Resource Persons' Meeting

Using Information in Decision-Making for Sustainable Development in Small-Island Developing States (SIDS)

Workshop Presentations and Papers

 

Overview of Information Challenges for Caribbean SIDS Overview From IDSD Assessment Report General Data Challenges facing the Caribbean Discussion Paper: Data Challenges Facing Caribbean SIDS in the Context of Sustainable Development

 

Data/Statistics/Standardization

	Environment, Gender and Social Statistics – Lessons Learnt from the UNSD/CARICOM Project
	Generating Environmental Data – Issues and Challenges
	Sustainable Development: A Social Perspective

Participatory Approaches and Mechanisms for Decision-making

	The Decision-making Process: Thoughts, Ideas and Practice
	Community Involvement in and Bottom-Up Approaches to Decision-Making
	Community-Based Management of Natural Resources: Example of SMMA
	Inter-American Strategy for Public Participation

Generating Information for Sustainable Development - National and International Applications Country perspectives on generating or obtaining information for decision-making – land use planning, sustainable tourism, disaster management and coastal zone management Barbados Belize Jamaica UNCSD  Sustainable Development Indicators Programme – Outputs and Guidelines Information for Decision-making – Lessons from outside the region

Information Networking at National and Regional Levels

	The Jamaica Sustainable Development Network Programme - Networking at the National Level
	CEPNET – successes, constraints and lessons learnt
	Networks: effectiveness in improving access to information

Management of Information - The Potential for Multi-dimensional systems

Current regional efforts in designing and developing Integrated information systems -issues and challenges

i. Management Information System for Tourism (MIST)

ii. Automated Land Evaluation System (ALES)

iii. Coastal Resources Inventory System (CRIS)

Technology as a Bridge to the Information Gap

	ICT for Development - overview of the SWAN Project in Belize and the potential for expansion/Overview of UN Resolution
	Communication and Information in the Knowledge Society - Potential Applications for the Caribbean SIDS
	Summary of UNCSTD Working Group Report on Information Technology and Development

Training and Capacity-Building

Priority Training and Capacity-Building Needs: A Preliminary Perspective

Working Group Discussions

	Working Group Guidance Questions
	Working Group Finding/Conclusions

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