Transcript MIMfollowUp08JUL05

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
- Sust. capacity dev. & ESD
- Natural & environmental disasters
- Sust. production & consumption
- Management of wastes
- Health (HIV/AIDS)
- Coastal & marine resources
- Culture
- Freshwater, Land, Energy res.
- Trade: globalization & liberalization
- Tourism, Biodiversity resources
- National and regional enabling env.
- Transport & communication
- Knowledge management &
- Science & technology
information for decision making
UN-New York follow-up
Resolution on the MIM to be adopted by UN Gen. Assembly, 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 with relevant regional
organisations and stakeholders for follow-up MS implementation
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Encourage Member States to contribute to SIDS Trust Fund
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Strengthen SIDS Unit in Dept. Economic & Social Affairs (DESA)
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Relevant UN agencies to further mainstream the MS in their
programmes and establish SIDS focal point
UNESCO FOLLOW-UP
- 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
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:
- SIV planning meeting
- Documenting Pacific Island responses to SD challenges &
UNESCO role in furthering SD in Pacific Islands
- Input UN operationalization plan, e.g. Culture, Youth Visioning
5. House-wide follow-up via SIDS Working Group
Selected activity areas in the Mauritius Strategy
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)
Communication (ICT)
19 new media projects approved for SIDS (totalling US$497,000) under
Intern. Progr. For Dev. of Communications (IPDC)
Some examples:
Bahamas: Building community media capacity environmental stewardship
Cape Verde: Media law reform
Fiji: Women speaking to women in Fiji
Mauritius: Post-production and professional training centre in East Africa
Solomon Islands: Media training for peace and reconciliation
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Enhancing broadcast and production
capacity at NBC radio
Tonga: Contributing to alleviation of poverty through media for outlying
islands
Freshwater resources
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World Water Assessment Programme
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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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Trinidad & Tobago. Assessing human watershed aquifer through
establishment of an experimental catchment
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SIV Global Forum discussion: Conservation and sustainable
management of water
UN wide: 2005-2015: International Decade 'Water for Life'
Health (HIV/AIDS)
- Focusing Resources on Effective School Health
(FRESH) initiative - UNESCO & other partners
- Joint UN programme on HIV/AIDS:
- assessing implications of HIV/AIDS for early childhood
schooling (Caribbean)
- developing methodology for estimating and projecting the
prevalence of HIV/AIDS within the national educational sector
(Caribbean)
- reinforcing cultural and communication dimensions in combating
HIV/AIDS (Caribbean)
- Youth Visioning projects in HIV/AIDS: Cape Verde, St. Lucia
Coastal and Marine Resources
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Development of ‘Global Ocean Observation System’ in SIDS regions
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Coastal zone management workshop, Barbados April ‘05
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Support to Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts & Islands
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Coral Reef Monitoring, Research & Capacity Building
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Training course for young specialists – ‘Coastal, island and wetland
biosphere reserves’: Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zanzibar
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Capacity building for mitigating coastal erosion in Cuba
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Sandwatch activities in many SIDS
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
Culture
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Intangible Heritage: SIDS to ratify 2003 Convention (of 12 Member
States that ratified so far, 2 are SIDS)
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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
Projects planned in Cuba, Fiji, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago
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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
Sustainable Capacity Development & Education for
Sustainable Development
UNESCO is
1. Lead agency for Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (20052014)
2. Implementer of ESD - education reforms and coordinating activities of ESD
stakeholders
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Developing public understanding & awareness of sustainability: inter-regional
internet forum with over 20,000 individuals connected in SIDS
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Re-orienting existing education at all levels to address sustainable development,
e.g. Sandwatch
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Incorporating local & indigenous knowledge into ESD through formal and
informal education system, e.g. activities in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Palau
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‘learning by doing’, SIV support for sustainable development activities
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Support SIDS University Consortium through UNITWIN
UNESCO will continue:
- Mainstreaming SIDS special
needs in its programmes
- Supporting holistic, integrated
approaches to sustainable island
living and development
- Inter-UN agency cooperation
and IGO/NGO partnerships in and
between island regions
YV for island living art contest, winner
14-17yrs. St. Lucia