Organizations Working on SIDS Issues
United Nations Development Programme
Through the implementation of the ‘Capacity 2015’ framework, UNDP is helping SIDS respond to capacity limitations in addressing vulnerability and sustainable development constraints by planning and implementing initiatives at local, national and regional levels within and across SIDS. The goal of the Capacity 2015 SIDS initiative is to contribute to the sustainable development of SIDS by enabling them to implement the BPOA, to achieve the MDGs, and to reduce their vulnerabilities...
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The General Conference of UNESCO at its 28th session in 1996 established the intersectoral Coastal Regions and Small Islands (CSI) Platform, to serve as a coordinating unit for SIDS within UNESCO as well as to develop and implement distinct interdisciplinary activities in support the sustainable development of UNESCO’s SIDS member states. Now renamed the Section for Small Islands and Indigenous Knowledge, this unit continues to serve this dual role.
UNESCO’s current (2009-...
United Nations Environment Programme
The role of UNEP, as the UN agency responsible for the environment, is described in the BPoA as follows: “UNEP, taking into account development perspectives, should continue to provide policy guidance and coordination in the field of environment, including in the implementation of the BPoA”. In the Chapter on Coastal and Marine Resources the UNEP Regional Seas Programme and the scheme that later became the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment...
World trade organization
WTO's contribution to the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States can be measured by the steps taken in the organisation to address the concerns of the small, vulnerable economies (SVEs). The SVEs within WTO, is a larger grouping of countries that encompasses not only the Small Island Developing States (SIDS), but also certain other small developing countries, particularly those in Central America. All SIDS WTO Members...
