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SIDS4 Conference, the time for Small Island Developing States is now!
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are in the crossfires of multiple crises: climate change, the economic and social repercussions of COVID-19, and a crisis of debt.
The fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) is held from 27 to 30 May 2024 in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. Its goal: assessing the ability of SIDS to achieve sustainable development, including the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.
It is time for SIDS! #SIDS
Photo: Asian Development Bank
Join our SIDS4 Private Sector Roundtable on line! (28 May)
OHRLLS has organized, under the umbrella of SIDS4, the special event SIDS4 Private Sector Roundtable. This event will gather leaders from the private sector, island governments and development partners for a focused discussion on partnerships for resilient island economies, and the means to ensure an active private sector engagement in the implementation of the next programme of action for SIDS. The Roundtable will also showcase outcomes from the SIDS Global Business Network Forum held on 25- 26 May.
Serving 92 vulnerable member states.
The United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) supports groups of vulnerable countries in the United Nations system. The 45 Least Developed Countries, 32 Landlocked Developing Countries and 39 Small Island Developing States have their own special challenges.
Events
Watch our Global Business Network Forum!
If you missed the Global Business Network Forum 2024, now you can watch it on our OHRLLS Youtube playlist!
The SIDS Global Business Network (SIDS-GBN) Forum 2024 was held from May 25-26, 2024 in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, as the premier event that bridges the private sector and Small Island Developing States to forge partnerships for the next decade of action for SIDS.
The Forum explored key themes such as blue-green growth, community empowerment, the enabling business environment, as well as financing and investment.
Least Developed
Countries
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) represent the poorest and most vulnerable segment of the international community.
Landlocked Developing
Countries
Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) face challenges due to their remoteness, lack of territorial access to the sea and significant distance from world markets.
New! LDCs in facts and figures
Small Island
Developing States
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are remote from world markets and suffer from climate change and fragile natural environments.
Multidimensional Vulnerability Index
A High-Level Panel was convened by the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2022 to develop a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI). It is intended that the MVI, using a data-driven approach to define what it means to be vulnerable, will support an evidence-based approach to development policy and decision making, especially in the context of increasingly scarce external financing resources.