Knowledge Management
22 Mar 2012
The first Global Human Development Forum is being co-organized by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Turkey. The Forum will examine social, economic and environmental challenges ahead of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/first-global-human-development-forum/ ]
20 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 March 2012: A regional meeting for the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) took place in the Pacific to provide training to national officers on the vision and strategy of the programme and SGP’s results-based management framework.
The meeting brought together national coordinators, sub-regional coordinators, and national focal points of the GEF SGP from Fiji, Tuvalu, Nauru, Samoa, Kiribati, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. During...
19 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 March 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has released a report on marine aquaculture (mariculture) titled “Opportunities for the Development of the Pacific Islands Mariculture Sector.” The report comprises assessments of mariculture activities in five Pacific Island countries (PICs), namely Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, the Cook Islands and the Marshall Islands.
The report assesses the role of mariculture in: contributing to livelihoods and food security;...
17 Mar 2012
The ninth in the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) "Road to Rio+20" weekly seminar series will focus on "The voices and experience of the Caribbean Islands towards Rio+20". This seminar will also be webcast. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/the-road-to-rio20-the-voices-and-experiences-of-the-caribbean-islands-towards-rio20/ ]
16 Mar 2012
The UN Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host a meeting on the theme "Sharing knowledge to improve MDG monitoring and reporting". The meeting is expected to be attended by delegates from all five UN regional commissions, experts from specialized international agencies and representatives from some national statistics offices from each continent. The purpose of the meeting is to share successful experiences of monitoring the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),...
