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2014 is the International Year of Small Island Developing States, which will celebrate the contributions that Small Island Developing States has made to the world.

 

APIA, SAMOA - 1-4 SEPTEMBER 2014

 

Multi-stakeholder Partnership Dialogue

 

OBJECTIVE

 

SIDS – Small Island Developing States

NCD’s – Non-Communicable Diseases

 

The session will focus on "Social development in SIDS, Health and NCDs, youth and women" and its interrelated and complementary issues as to bring out the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, as well as cross-cutting issues, such as the enabling factors of financing, capacity building, technology transfer, technical cooperation and institutional development.

The session will be grouped in three sub-clusters:

1.       Social development in SIDS

2.       Health and NCDs

3.       Youth and Women

 

GUIDING QUESTIONS FOR THE SUB-CLUSTERS

The interactive discussion in the subclusters will be guided respectively by the following questions:

·                            Social development in SIDS: What types of partnerships are most effective in enhancing social protection and inclusion, improving well being, and guaranteeing opportunities for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged?

·                            Health and NCDs: What types of partnerships are most effective in supporting national actions of SIDS in addressing communicable and non-communicable diseases?

·                            Youth and Women: What types of partnerships are most effective in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment and the full realization of human rights for women and girls? What types of partnerships are most effective in promoting education and employment for youth and girls with a focus on the most vulnerable?

 

 

The Small Island Developing States

 

AIMS Region
(Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and
South China Sea)

·                            Cape Verde

·                            Comoros

·                            Guinea Bissau

·                            Maldives

·                            Mauritius

·                            São Tomé and Principe

·                            Seychelles

·                            Singapore

 

Caribbean Region

·                            Antigua and Barbuda

·                            Bahamas

·                            Barbados

·                            Belize

·                            Cuba

·                            Dominica

·                            Dominican Republic

·                            Grenada

·                            Guyana

·                            Haiti

·                            Jamaica

·                            Saint Kitts and Nevis

·                            Saint Lucia

·                            Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

·                            Suriname

·                            Trinidad and Tobago

 

Pacific Region

·                            Cook Islands

·                            Fiji

·                            Kiribati

·                            Marshall Islands

·                            Micronesia, Federated States of

·                            Nauru

·                            Niue

·                            Palau

·                            Papua New Guinea

·                            Samoa

·                            Solomon Islands

·                            Timor-Leste

·                            Tonga

·                            Tuvalu

·                            Vanuatu