Saint Kitts and Nevis
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 May 2011: Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held a retreat to continue their discussions on “Prioritising the Focus and Direction of the Community,” which they initiated at the 22nd Inter Sessional Meeting, held in Grenada in February 2011. The retreat ended in, inter alia, a renewed commitment to the achievement of tangible results from the integration process, with emphasis on job creation and improving the lives of the people of the Community.
The leaders, meeting ...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 June 2011: The International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added 18 new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR), bringing the total number of sites to 580. The new sites are located in Canada, Chile, China, Ghana, Jordan, Lithuania, Maldives, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sweden, Togo, Ukraine, Yemen, Israel, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 August 2011: The World Bank approved a US$8.75 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to establish trust funds for the long-term conservation and management of over 100,000 hectares of marine habitat in the Eastern Caribbean. The Eastern Caribbean is among the top five global biodiversity hot spots in the world, due to its marine and coastal ecosystems.
The Sustainable Financing and Management of Eastern Caribbean Marine Ecosystem Project will benefit Antigua and Barbuda,...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 September 2009: The UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) annual high-level debate heard several leaders of small island developing States (SIDS) and least developed countries (LDCs) focusing on climate change.
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, stressed that the Copenhagen Conference outcome should reflect the commitment to ensure adequate and easy access to financing for adaptation, and affordable and sustainable technology transfer options to developing countries, in particular LDCs...
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
The Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) is Singapore’s umbrella technical assistance programme to developing countries. In 1999, the Small Island Developing States Technical Cooperation Programme (SIDSTEC) was set up under the SCP as part of Singapore’s efforts towards assisting Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to achieve sustainable development. Through close collaborations with development partners and recipient countries, it aims to foster mutual learning, cooperation and friendship...
