Transcript MIMfollowUp-Fiji 01Aug05

Barbados+10
Mauritius ‘05
http://portal.unesco.org/islandsBplus10
UNESCO’s contributions to Mauritius Intern. Mtg
(MIM)
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Plenary Panel on Culture
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Youth Visioning special event
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Small Islands Voice side event
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Ocean and Coastal Management partnership event
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Civil Society Forum support
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‘Lest We Forget’ exhibition
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Media coverage
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Information materials
Outcomes of Mauritius Meeting
Mauritius Declaration & Mauritius Strategy (MS) - reaffirm
Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA) ‘blue print’, and call for
action in:
Original BPoA priority areas
New & Emerging Issues
- Climate change and sea-level rise
- Graduation from LDC status
- Natural & environmental disasters
- Trade: globalization & liberalization
- Management of wastes
- Sust. capacity dev. & ESD
- Coastal & marine resources
- Sust. production & consumption
- Freshwater, Land, Energy res.
- National & regional enabling env.
- Tourism, Biodiversity resources
- Health
- Transport & communication
- Knowledge management &
- Science & technology
information for decision making
- Culture
UN-New York follow-up
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Resolution on the MIM adopted by UN Gen. Assembly, 14 July 2005
Main elements include:
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Articulate plan for implementing MS by relevant UN bodies, specialised
agencies, regional commissions and other UN system organisations
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Support regional SIDS meetings in 2005-06
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Special focus on SIDS at Comm. on Sust. Dev. review sessions
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Encourage Member States to contribute to SIDS Trust Fund
First Inter-Agency Consultative Group Meeting on SIDS held 27 July ‘05
Programme to operationalize the Mauritius
Implementation Strategy
Actions
CLIMATE CHANGE
National and regional initiatives on
adaptation to climate change
TRADE & FINANCE
Provide technical assistance
in support of SIDS efforts to
prepare for WTO accession
CULTURE
Assist SIDS in the
preservation of local
languages through locally
developed curricula
Lead Agency Supporting Donors &
Partners
other
mechanisms
UNESCO FOLLOW-UP (1)
- Intersectoral Information meeting for Perm.
Delegations (Paris, 16 March) – organized with
Group of SIDS Ambassadors led by Mauritius
Ambassador
- Preliminary indications on follow-up by
Programme Sectors and through Youth Visioning
process
- Five-part approach with Mauritius Strategy as
essential reference
UNESCO FOLLOW-UP (2)
1. Generating relevant inputs from 5 Programme Sectors
2. Taking into account Participation Programme activities in SIDS
3. Dedicated Web Section on UNESCO response to the MS
4. Elaboration of new activities as specific responses to the MS:
MS Implementation - SIV planning meeting, July 11-16, Bequia, St.
Vincent & the Grenadines
Documenting Pacific Island responses to SD challenges &
UNESCO role in furthering SD in Pacific Islands
SHS strategy on sustainable development in Pacific SIDS
5. House-wide co-ordination & complementarity via SIDS Working
Group
Communication (ICT)
19 new media projects approved for 2004-05 for SIDS (US$497,000)
under Intern. Progr. For Dev. of Communications (IPDC)
Some Pacific examples:
Associated Schools Project Network: Media education in the Pacific
Fiji: Community broadcasting development project
Fiji: Women speaking to women in Fiji
Micronesia: Modern radio management & broadcasting for the FSM
Solomon Islands: Media training for peace and reconciliation
Tonga: Contributing to poverty alleviation through media for outlying
islands
Youth Visioning
Pacific youth participants came from: Cook
Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, FS of
Micronesia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau,
Solomon Islands,Tokelau, Vanuatu
‘ We, the youth of Small Island Developing
States, came to Mauritius in 2005, we shared
our ideas and we committed ourselves to take
action to assist in the sustainable development
of our island homes’
Youth-led Projects
- Fiji: Young leaders for a sust. Fiji (env. clean-up campaigns)
- Kiribati: Beauty of S. Tarawa (waste management)
- Niue: Enhancing appreciation of the Niuean language
- Niue (NZ): Traditional treasures (educate Niuean youth
living abroad about their culture and customs)
- Palau: Recycling for a better Palau
- Solomon Islands: Youth participation in community
development
- Vanuatu: Awareness about substance abuse
Sustainable Capacity Development & Education for
Sustainable Development (ESD)
UNESCO is
1. Lead agency for Decade on Education for Sustainable Development
(2005-2014)
2. Implementer of ESD - education reforms and coordinating activities of
ESD stakeholders
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Developing public understanding & awareness of sustainability: interregional internet forum (20,000+ individuals connected in SIDS)
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Re-orienting existing education to address sustainable development,
e.g. Sandwatch
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Incorporating local & indigenous knowledge into ESD through formal
and informal education system
Activities in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Palau
Decade on ESD in Pacific
- Situational Analysis of ESD in the Asia-Pacific
Region
- Working Paper: Asia-Pacific Regional
Strategy for ESD
- More information: www.unescobkk.org/esd
Culture
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Intangible Heritage: SIDS to ratify 2003 Convention (presently 2
SIDS have ratified)
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Convention on Protection of Diversity of Cultural Contents and
Artistic Expressions, to be submitted to General Conference
Oct.’05
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Promoting Cultural industries (cinema, music, publishing, etc.)
through Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity, e.g. in Fiji
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Assistance to develop cultural policies in SIDS
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Establishing cultural diversity observatory for Indian Ocean
region, based in Mauritius.
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Supporting national World Heritage (WH) strategy workshops in
SIDS regions
Climate Change & Sea-level rise
- Ocean Carbon Programme: monitoring and
assessing ocean’s role as carbon sink
- Global ocean observations to monitor climate
variability and change (IOC/GOOS)
- Impact of climate change on rainfall, snowfall and
glaciers (IHP/WCP)
Natural and Environmental disasters
- Scientific study and mitigation of natural hazards:
earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis,
landslides and drought
- Launch of Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and
Mitigation System (June 2005)
- Groundwater for Emergency Situations project
- Conservation and sustainable rehabilitation of coastal
ecosystems following the tsunami of Dec.’04
Freshwater resources
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Freshwater management issues in small islands to be addressed in the 2nd
World Water Development Report
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Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) programme of the
International Hydrological Programme (IHP) to be established in the Pacific
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Regional training programme for hydrology scientists & technicians
and networking in the Pacific (SOPAC/UNESCO/WMO)
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SIV Global Forum discussion: Water supply
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Programme for groundwater monitoring capacity building (Aitutaki, Cook
Islands; UNESCO/SOPAC)
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World Water Assessment Programme
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UN wide: 2005-2015: International Decade 'Water for Life'
Participation Programme in Pacific
56 projects amounting to over US$ 1 million in 2004-05
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Cook islands: Sandwatch programme for schools (26K)
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Fiji: capacity-building workshop for science teachers (20K)
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Fiji: Income-generating initiative for women & youth via culture & arts (15k)
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Marshall islands: Traditional music preservation & restoration (13K)
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Micronesia: Publication of "mehj, mehj: the mwoakilloa book" (8K)
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Niue: Groundwater assessment of water systems (26K)
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Palau: Establishing a herbarium (24K)
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Samoa: ASP meeting of Pacific teachers and co-ordinators (15K)
Mauritius Strategy Implementation:
SIV Planning Meeting
Bequia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
11-16th July 2005
Pacific Participants & Inputs
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Cook Islands (Ms. I Ingram, TIS) : Outer Islands Need Special Attention
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Fiji (Mr. J Veitayaki, USP):
1. ESD – SIDS University Consortium
2. Community Outreach
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Palau (Ms. B Keldermans, Palau Conservation Society): Focusing On
Community Issues; community visioning
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Live & Learn (Mr. C Nielsen): Mobilising Communities - Education through
participation
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UNESCO Apia (Hans Thulstrup) :
1. Expansion of SIV Youth Internet Forum in the Pacific
2. Impact of SIV Global Forum in the Pacific
UNESCO intends to continue:
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Mainstreaming SIDS special
needs in its programmes
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Supporting holistic, integrated
approaches to sustainable island
living and development
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Nurturing intersectoral
cooperation, with intergenerational
dimension, at interregional level
via proven platform approach and
internet forums
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Inter-UN agency cooperation
and IGO/NGO partnerships in and
between island regions
YV for island living art contest, winner
14-17yrs. St. Lucia