Documents

The following is a listing of links to documents on issues relevant to Caribbean SIDS and information on sustainable development available online.

Agenda 21 - United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment. The full text of Agenda 21 can be downloaded from here, chapter-by-chapter. Chapter 40 covers Information for Decision-Making within two broad programmatic areas: bridging the information gap and improving information availability.
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/documents/agenda21/english/agenda21toc.htm 

Barbados Program of Action (BPOA)
The Barbados Program of Action (BPOA) adopted the Program of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, implementing the principles outlined by Agenda 21, which was itself adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992. Agenda 21 reflects a global consensus and political commitment at the highest level on development and environment cooperation. Click on Barbados Program of Action for links to the complete .pdf and word documents of the BPoA at: http://www.sidsnet.org/ 

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

IIED engaged in coordinating an international, multi-donor initiative under the auspices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC), to undertake dialogues on National Strategies for Sustainable Development (NSSD) in a range of developing countries. (see SPA projects for more info). http://www.iied.org/networks/nssd.html 

Summary report on the implementation of the small island developing states programme of action (SIDS POA) in the Caribbean: progress, catalysts for successes, constraints, and priorities for the future. An assesment by ECLAC on the effectiveness of implementation of the BPOA, done in 1996. 
http://community.wow.net/eclac/SIDSPOA/Followup/POA96.htm 

A Synopsis of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Summit on Sustainable Development, and the Third Summits of the Americas. The purpose of this Summit of the Americas Secretariat paper is to assist countries in managing policy decisions informed by the conclusions of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), in Johannesburg, South Africa 2002, the III Summit of the Americas, in Quebec City, Canada 2001 and the Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 1996. The report examines the relationship between these three Summits with a view towards successfully carrying out the mandates and initiatives agreed upon at all three Summits. 

Proposal for a Pilot Network for Information for Decision-Making for Sustainable Development 
This Organization of American States (OAS) report seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of existing information-sharing networks in the region and outside the region which have been set up to increase access to and on information for sustainable development, and propose a framework for a pilot network based on the findings of the evaluation. 

Assessment of Regional Environmental Information Networks (REIN) and Development of a REIN Implementation Plan

This exercise involved identifying and evaluating the means, needs, roles, activities and status of a range of environmental information networks and key users of these networks within identified Caribbean States.

Proposal for a Pilot Network for Decision-making for Sustainable Development. A Final Draft Report for the “Information for Decision-making on Sustainable Development (IDSD) Project.”

Review of GIS Capability and Needs in CPACC Partner Institutions
The purpose of this report is to characterize the level of GIS capacity in CARICOM countries in order to better inform the execution of the training activities; to identify additional areas of capacity building necessary; and to identify possible agencies in each country to function as the repositories of the spatial databases generated by the project. 

FAO Sustainable Development Department - Remote Sensing Information
Contains information and links to databases, methodologies, and reports on geoinformation, monitoring, and assessment techniques.
http://www.fao.org/sd/eims_search/webpage_result_env.asp?agrovoc=9000021&category=38&lang=en 

Policy Dialogue on a Proposal for an International Science and Technology Treaty

Science and Technology Diplomacy Initiative and the ICTSD-UNCTAD Project on IPRs and Sustainable Development.

Information Revolution and Policy Implications for Developing Countries

A discussion paper by the United Nations University and INTECH. Implications of Intellectual Property Rights for the Access to and Use of Information Technologies in Developing Countries. 

A Tragedy of the Public Knowledge "Commons"?

Discussion paper on global science, intellectual property and digital technology.

Reducing Vulnerability & Increasing Resilience in SIDS

This document summarizes the efforts undertaken by SOPAC to address the issue of vulnerability of SIDS both economically and environmentally, including the development of an Environmental Vulnerability Index or EVI. 

2003 State of the Future Report

The "2003 State of the Future" report consists of a series of executive summaries in 90 pages accompanied by a CD-ROM of approximately 2,500 pages with details of the Millennium Project's cumulative work since 1996 and an annotated bibliography of 500 scenarios.

Highlights of the "2003 State of the Future" Report:

Mid-term report of international study to produce Middle East peace scenarios Key Finding: Conducting regional water negotiations in the Middle East is the best way to build confidence that peace is possible in the region.
 

Four science and technology global scenarios for 2050 complete three-year study Key Findings: Dramatic increases in collective human-machine intelligence are possible within 25 years. It is also possible that within the same timeframe single individuals acting alone might create and use weapons of mass destruction.

15 Global challenges Key Finding: It has become increasingly clear that humanity has the resources to address its global challenges; what is less clear is how much wisdom, good will and intelligence will be focused on these challenges.

State of the Future Index (SOFI) Key Finding: The outlook for the future is getting better due to the past 20 years of improvement in the infant mortality rate, food availability in low-income countries and other factors. However, a plausible and significant drop in the future SOFI is due to weapons of mass distruction and nuclear proliferation, among other items.

To order visit http://www.acunu.org/millennium/sof2003.html#order

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