This Day will focus on the theme "From Poverty to Decent Work: Bridging the Gap." [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/international-day-for-the-eradication-of-poverty-2/ ]
The five-year review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Implementation (MSI+5) of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will take place in September 2010, during the High-Level Dialogue of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/msi5-high-level-review/ ]
This review-year session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) will evaluate progress and identify constraints to implementing the issues on the thematic cluster for the CSD 18-19 cycle: transport, chemicals, waste management, mining and the Ten-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (SCP). [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/csd-18/ ]
CSD-18 SIDS Day will serve as a PrepCom for the High-level Review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Implementation (MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which is scheduled to take place in September 2010. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/csd-18-sids-special-day/ ]
This preparatory meeting will precede CSD-12. ENB coverage: http://www.iisd.ca/sids/bpoa10/sidsprep/ [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/csd-acting-as-the-prepcom-for-the-international-meeting-to-review-implementation-of-the-barbados-programme-of-action-for-the-sustainable-development-of-small-islands-developing-states-barbados-1/ ]