Responding to the Freshwater resources Building capacities Participation Programme Indian Ocean tsunami UNESCO’s contribution to the development of integrated SIDS have a special role in the Decade of Education for Sustainable UNESCO’s Participation Programme provides direct assistance approaches for sound water management in SIDS is primarily Development, as outlined in one of a series of information briefs. (including for emergencies) to initiatives undertaken by Member In the mid-1960s, UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic through the International Hydrological Programme, with This role includes the contribution that SIDS can make to the global States and Associate Members, in line with priorities determined by Commission (IOC) was centrally involved in the setting-up of the particular emphasis on fi eld research and training operations. In community in demonstrating sustainable island living – ways of the countries themselves. Though the levels of funds for individual International Tsunami Information Center, located in Hawaii, with the Pacifi c, in close partnership with regional bodies and donor living in a manner consistent with the notion of sustainability. projects are modest in international terms, they prove important a view to improving tsunami preparedness for all Pacifi c Ocean agencies, activities through the UNESCO Offi ce in Apia (Samoa) An Education for Sustainable Development strategy has been and useful in small countries. During the 2004-2005 biennium, over nations. Experience gained in the Pacifi c has helped shape the are focused on engaging local and indigenous communities in elaborated for the Asia-Pacifi c region, with a situational analysis US$3.7 million has been made available to more than 200 projects plans for a somewhat similar mechanism for the Indian Ocean, water resources management and monitoring partnerships and for 15 Pacifi c SIDS, released by the UNESCO Offi ce in Bangkok in SIDS. As an ensemble, Participation Programme projects touch on after the catastrophic impacts of the tsunami that occurred on on contributing to a three-year regional training programme for (Thailand) in June. A consultation and conference for the Caribbean many topics addressed in the SIDS Programme of Action. It can be 26 December 2004. water resource managers. Information on progress and plans is region will take place in October, organized by the Kingston Offi ce expected that many future proposals from small island countries within Following informal and formal discussions in 2005 among given in a periodic newsletter (‘Pacifi c Partnership Initiative on along with other partners. the Participation Programme will relate to actions in support of the countries of the region, regional and international organizations Sustainable Water Management’) produced by the South Pacifi c Mauritius Strategy. Other contributions to building capacities in SIDS regions include and other partners, the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC). For instance, the August 2005 issue reports on a three-week training course for initiatives such as Education for All, cooperation with the recently SAMPLING OF PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN SIDS IN 2005 Mitigation System was formally initiated in June with the . ‘Buki di Referencia’ series of reference books for children hydrological technicians from 13 Pacifi c island countries held in Fiji launched SIDS University Consortium, and the Associated Schools Aruba establishment of an Intergovernmental Coordination Group by Bahamas. Exhibitions at Pompey Museum of Slavery and Emancipation Project Network (ASPNet) and its Slave Trade Education, Sandwatch the 23rd IOC Assembly. In August, the technical and scientifi c in April, on surface and groundwater hydrology. The Third Inter- Bahrain. Teaching and training policies in commercial education American Dialogue on Integrated Water Management will take and ‘All Equal in Diversity’ projects. Sandwatch is an ASPNet/Small Barbados. Training in the monitoring and management of coral reefs requirements were discussed at the Group’s fi rst meeting, held British Virgin Islands. Education in law certifi cation place in Montego Bay (Jamaica) in October, with UNESCO inputs Islands Voice initiative that was started some years ago in the in Perth (Australia). There, technical plans were assessed for Cape Verde. Digitizing radio transmission Caribbean region. It encourages school students in the islands, with Comoros. Travelling heritage exhibit such aspects as the collection and exchange of seismic data, channelled through the Offi ce in Montevideo (Uruguay). the help of teachers and local communities, to critically evaluate Cook Islands. Oral heritage preservation project measurements of sea level and deep-sea pressure, tsunami Cuba. Creation of multi-media unit for applying new information technologies the problems and confl icts facing their beach environments and modelling and prediction, scenario development, warnings and Cyprus. Establishment and operation of Open University to develop sustainable approaches to address these issues. With Dominica. Youth mobilization in disaster management and water security alerts, technology transfer and sustainability. The Coordination Dominican Republic. Interactive game on Planet Earth for children’s museum a strong fi eld measuring and monitoring component, Sandwatch Group will further examine the national capacity of Indian Ocean East Timor. Training programme in radio documentary production aims to ‘make science live’, yet remains interdisciplinary with Fiji. Capacity building for science teachers countries to deal with tsunamis at its second meeting in Hyderabad applications ranging from biology to woodwork and from poetry to Grenada. Development of Duquesne beach and surrounding heritage sites (India) in December. The System, which is expected to be fully Haiti. Emergency assistance for educational infrastructures after fl ooding mathematics. ‘Introduction to Sandwatch: an educational tool for . Skills training for high-school drop-outs and slow learners operational by July 2006, will consist of a coordinated network of Jamaica sustainable development’ was published in September. Malta. Roman Domus conservation project national systems, whose assets will be owned and operated by the Marshall Islands. Vocational skills training for at-risk youth In January 2005, Mauritius. Foundation course for trade certifi cation Member States hosting or otherwise taking responsibility for them. A programme for building capacities for statistics collection and Micronesia (Federated States of). Publication of ‘Mehj, Mehj: The Mwoakilloa Book’ a high-level United reporting in the Pacifi c region has been launched by the UNESCO Netherlands Antilles. Social skills and personal development for teenagers At a brbroaderoader geographic . Enhancement of culture and language resources Institute of Statistics. The work of the Organization’s Educational Niue Nations (UN) meeting was scale, the 23r23rdd IOC Assembly Palau. Establishing the Palau Herbarium Institutes and Centres includes intensive group training, such as Papua New Guinea. South Simbu community radio station adopted resolutions for that in St Lucia in September on the reform and governance of Samoa. Bilingual books for Samoan schools convened in Mauritius to establishing somewhat Seychelles. Emergency assistance for reconstruction work at Mahé technical and vocational education and training, under the aegis of analogous warning systems Solomon Islands. Language revitalization project © Gillian Cambers, UNESCO-SIV. review the implementation Measuring water quality the International Institute for Educational Planning. St Kitts & Nevis. Fostering responsible citizenship among children for tsunamis and other within the Sandwatch project. St Lucia. Training workshop for Caribbean documentalists coastal hazards for the St Vincent & the Grenadines. Promoting life-long learning of and refi ne the 1994 Tokelau. Feasibility study on internet connectivity and distance education Caribbean and adjacent Tonga. Natural disaster preparedness for primary school children Programme of Action for the regions as well as the Trinidad & Tobago. Assessment of watershed aquifer systems Tuvalu. Development of cultural policy North-Eastern Atlantic, Front-cover: iodiversity resources Vanuatu. Documentation of indigenous languages. Sustainable Development of the Mediterranean and B Portrait of Cuban poet connected seas. and liberator José Martí The fi rst two biosphere reserves in Pacifi c island countries Pérez (1853-1895), whose Small Island Developing States were approved in June 2005 by the Bureau of the Man and For further information, contact: legacy of writings and papers was added to the the Biosphere Programme: Utwe in the Federated States (SIDS). Together with governments, © NOAA Cover of a 48-page Focal Point for SIDS / Mauritius Strategy Implementation Memory of the World Tsunami detection of Micronesia and Ngaremeduu in Palau. In both sites, the Coastal Regions and Small Islands (CSI) Platform Register in June 2005. instrumentation. booklet prepared for the civil society, regional bodies and emphasis is on community-level approaches to conservation and International Meeting UNESCO, 1 rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cédex 15, France Canoe silhouette, in Mauritius, designed sids@unesco.org Vanuatu. © Francis Hickey. sustainable development of coastal-marine ecosystems as well to provide glimpses of http://www.unesco.org/en/sids other international organizations, as land areas. With these two new reserves in the Pacifi c, the UNESCO’s concerns The digital version of this brochure with numerous hotlinks World Network of Biosphere Reserves now comprises 482 sites and activities in SIDS. can be viewed at: UNESCO has been urged by the UN in 102 countries. http://www.unesco.org/csi/B10/msibroch.htm © UNESCO, September 2005 General Assembly to take timely actions SC-2005/WS/48 to ensure effective implementation of ...... b a e T h u . . . a t A b . . . . s . . r i n c i . . a . a p u a n e a U p o . . N d e n c . T o . . . . o . . A t . . . e . m . . . l h o . . r e a c . r o . P p e . . R a n g . . P N u i . . . l u . e v i e . . r . . j u r . . . . a f u U t w . . A . . . a d h o . G o . C o m o . . . . . r o t o . . . e w G ...... w P r o . . . t o l a M a ...... o n u H a . . . . g a p o . . é s . E y d h . . . g u e s T r . . . a . r e n a ...... n d T . . . r a t N e v . . V a . 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A n d r . . . . . i q u e T a r . . . . e s t e S ã . . . o f o T r i n ...... h n d A . . . . n . R e n n e . . . . . icos Puert ...... Irel ...... uilla Van ...... zibar Pin . S ...... a . . ror Niue Malt . M . . . ia ahra . Fu ...... inica Ca . . o . . tra . . ew an . Ra . . P . . i’i . . ng . . ua . D ica . . an . . os . . t. K . . . . br . Ko . . . . a . . au . . . Luc . . B in . . na . . lau . . om n East . . . . Rico Soco . . N d . . bi . alau Sava . . A . . . . tu . omin . . Z ...... itts Mahé Alda ...... ritius St...... futi Toke . . D Poverty alleviation Islanders voicing their concerns... Culture NESCO has contributed distinctively to the forward- Mauritius Strategy Chapters On Island Cultures planning process associated with the review of the 1994 AmongAmong pprojectsrojects ccontributingontributing ttoo tthehe MMillenniumillennium AmongAmong UUNESCO’sNESCO’s ccross-cuttingross-cutting pprojects,rojects, SSmallmall IIslandsslands VVoiceoice Worldwide, there is increasing recognition UBarbados Programme of Action (BPoA) for the Sustainable I Climate change and sea-level rise DDevelopmentevelopment GGoalsoals iiss YYouthPATHouthPATH ((YouthYouth provides the general public in islands with ‘a space of the intrinsic importance of local culture We develop consumer postures because we have not Development of Small Island Developing States and to the PovertyPoverty AAlleviationlleviation tthroughhrough TTourismourism aandnd to speak’. Every two weeks, over 40,000 islanders underlying the whole development process. II Natural and environmental disasters recognized as productive the areas of our own creation. And International UN Meeting in Mauritius (10-14 January 2005), Heritage).Heritage). TThehe oobjectivebjective iiss ttoo ttrainrain yyoungoung and other people concerned with island affairs IInn rrespectespect ttoo ssmallmall iislands,slands, tthishis wwasas rreflefl ectedected so we still cannot recognize cultural industries as a viable through events that highlighted the role of culture, youth III Management of wastes peoplepeople ttoo uutilizetilize iinnovativennovative sskillskills fforor ssustainableustainable share their experiences about issues spanning iinn tthehe cconveningonvening ooff a UUNESCO-facilitatedNESCO-facilitated alternative to failing traditional industries. Yet, our weakest visioning for island living, communities in action, ocean IV Coastal and marine resources employmentemployment iinn tthehe aarearea ooff hheritageeritage ttourism,ourism, environment, development, society, economy and pplenarylenary ppanelanel oonn tthehe ‘‘RoleRole ooff CCultureulture iinn tthehe citizens can create the strongest cultural products based and coastal management, and a civil society forum. This environmentalenvironmental conservationconservation aandnd ppreservationreservation culture via an on-line forum (hosted by Scotland SSustainableustainable DDevelopmentevelopment ooff SSIDS’IDS’ aatt tthehe MMauritiusauritius V Freshwater resources on their identity and traditional knowledge systems that contribution is underpinned by a resolution (32 C/Res.48) ofof hheritageeritage aareas.reas. SSitesites iinn ssixix CCaribbeanaribbean iislandsland On Line). Recent discussions have addressed IInternationalnternational MMeeting.eeting. VI Land resources can compete anywhere globally. The smallest Jamaican or adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in 2003. countriescountries hhaveave bbeeneen eestablished,stablished, iincludingncluding community planning in a post-tsunami world, water Roof of Small Island IInn ccontributingontributing ttoo tthehe iimplementationmplementation ooff tthehe Caribbean child can compete against even Whitney Houston and VII Energy resources villagesvillages ssettledettled bbyy ffreedreed AAfricansfricans rrescuedescued ffromrom supply and conservation, saving for the future, Voice meeting venue, equip him/herself well, because in culture we are defi nitely not Bequia, blown away MMauritiusauritius SStrategy,trategy, tthehe OOrganizationrganization iiss ddrawingrawing The principal negotiated outputs of the Mauritius International VIII Tourism resources shipsships eengagedngaged iinn iillegalllegal sslavelave ttrading,rading, hhistoricistoric and alternatives to rising oil prices. Involving young people in by Hurricane Emily oonn tthehe ssetet ooff sstandard-settingtandard-setting iinstrumentsnstruments tthathat iitt ‘third world’. We have even failed to recognize the ‘informal’ Meeting – a strategy document and a political declaration – cultural heritage tourism sugarsugar pplantationlantation bbuildings,uildings, aandnd AAmerindianmerindian on 14 July. © Dirk Troost, UNESCO. IX Biodiversity resources systems created by our people in their quest to survive and in ‘de heart uh’ (central villagesvillages wwithith a nnestingesting sseaea tturtleurtle bbeach.each. hhasas ddeveloped:eveloped: iinn ppromotingromoting cculturalultural ppluralismluralism aandnd call for action in many fi elds related to UNESCO’s concerns, ... and taking action do not include them in the knowledge systems we inherit from X Transport and communication uplands) of Barbados – intercultural dialogue, the protection of the world’s programmes and priorities. The Mauritius Strategy builds on and one of the YouthPATH Beyond the inter-regional internet discussions, Small Islands Voice abroad and enshrine in our education systems. © UNESCO, Kingston. tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and the setting- reassesses the original BPoA areas. But it also highlights several XI Science and technology projects in the Caribbean. supports sustainable development activities at the local level through up of cultural enterprises. Sydney Bartley, Director of Culture in the Ministry of Education, new priorities and emerging issues, such as HIV/AIDS, information ‘Communities in Action’. Partnerships are encouraged and activities XII Graduation from least developed Youth and Culture of Jamaica, during his presentation at the Plenary and communication technologies, culture, trade, security. ommunicating and informing promoted in fi elds ranging from community visioning and planning country status C Small island countries are being encouraged to ratify the Panel on the ‘Role of Culture in the Sustainable Development of in Palau and San Andrés, to waste management in Dominica, Fiji, 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible SIDS’ at the Mauritius International Meeting, 11 January 2005. In March 2005, an Intersectoral Information Meeting for XIII Trade: globalization and trade Access to and use of new information and communication Maldives and Seychelles. Small Islands Voice supports islands in their Cultural Heritage (Mauritius, Seychelles and Dominica are Permanent Delegates and Observers provided an occasion within technologies and the development of community multimedia liberalization efforts to implement the Mauritius Strategy. An inter-regional meeting among the Member States that have ratifi ed). As part of this UNESCO to exchange views on the Mauritius International centres are two actions in the Mauritius Strategy that are XIV Sustainable capacity development and was held in July in Bequia (St Vincent & the Grenadines) to further process, two regional meetings were held in February 2005, for Meeting and its immediate follow-up. Among the points raised already refl ected in the Organization’s programmes and education for sustainable development plan relevant activities. the Pacifi c States and the Caribbean States. Also noteworthy is was that small islands, because of their scale and diversity, projects. High connectivity costs and distribution problems for raditional knowledge that the fi rst two Proclamations of Masterpieces of the Oral and T represent rapid-response-to-change examples that may be XV Sustainable production and consumption print media are among the obstacles faced by small islands. … with youth often leading the way Intangible Heritage of Humanity include Masterpieces in Cuba, Local and indigenous knowledge is an important part of many instructive for larger, continental countries. While SIDS form a XVI National and regional enabling The International Programme for the Development of Following the Youth Visioning for Island Living special event in Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Tonga and Vanuatu. island cultures. Ongoing projects in the Pacifi c include the geopolitical grouping, there is mutual value in linking with other environments Communications plays a major role in media development. Mauritius (9-13 January 2005), where 94 young islanders met to fi nalization of a CD-ROM and learning pack on exploring and island territories, as has been done in such initiatives as Youth Support is being given to the development of cultural policies, such XVII Health discuss their perspectives on sustainable development (with the Visioning for Island Living and Small Islands Voice. Moreover, In 2005, 19 new media projects were approved for SIDS, sharing traditional navigational knowledge (‘The Canoe is the support of the Lighthouse Foundation and other partners), young as an ongoing project in Comoros, and museum partnerships are activities in such fi elds as sustainable tourism and renewable XVIII Knowledge management and totalling US$497,000. Examples include media law reform People’), the development of a model law on community-held people in 37 small-island nations and territories are working to being developed among Indian Ocean island countries, through the energy are among the domains of special interest to small information for decision-making in Cape Verde, support to Grencoda Community Multimedia knowledge, and a pilot scheme to incorporate local knowledge design and implement projects ranging from inter-generational UNESCO Offi ce in Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania). islands that are also of broader concern. Centre in Grenada and upgrading the technical quality of in primary and secondary school curricula in Palau, Solomon XIX Culture exchange to strengthening local languages, and from environmental the television documentary programme ‘The Pacifi c Way’. The travelling exhibition ‘Lest We Forget: The Triumph over Slavery’ Islands and Vanuatu. Recent (2005) publications include awareness to youth entrepreneurship. Subsequently, on 14 July, the UN General Assembly adopted XX Implementation continues to be displayed in 2005, in Cape Verde, Mauritius, a bilingual encyclopedia of the local knowledge of the coral reef Resolution 59/311 on the follow-up to the International Meeting Jamaica and Barbados. and rainforest environments in the in Mauritius, including the role of the United Nations agencies in Addressing HIV/AIDS MarovoMarovo Lagoon in the Solomon the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy. Registering the Memory Preparatory assistance is being provided for the development of a Islands. Among newly launched In the Caribbean, the UNESCO Offi ce in Kingston (Jamaica) potential transboundary site among Indian Ocean islands linked to projectsprojects is that on women’women’ss In terms of future UNESCO action, a two-pronged approach is playing a leadership role in promoting a stronger of the World the Slave Route. An educational resource kit on ‘Our Pacifi c Heritage’ knowledge of medicinal plants is being followed: fi rstly, mainstreaming the needs of SIDS We have heard much about the special vulnerabilities of response by the region’s educational sector to the HIV/AIDS has been designed to introduce World Heritage education into and traditional medicine Small Island Developing States and the particular challenges In June 2005, the ‘Fondo José Martí Pérez’ in all the Organization’s activities; and secondly, stepping pandemic, in close partnership with the University of the classroom teaching. During its 29th session in July, the World Heritage in Mauritius, Réunion, that they face. At the same time, there is also need to stress inscription from Cuba and the C.L.R. James up the holistic, integrated approach to sustainable island West Indies and other regional institutions. As part of the Committee approved a special programme for reinforcing World Rodrigues and other Indian the very special positive characteristics and strengths of small Collection from Trinidad & Tobago were living and development, through intersectoral action with Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, a web- Heritage activities and projects in SIDS. As part of this initiative, a Ocean islands. This work island nations and communities: their extraordinary capacity among the documentary collections added an intergenerational perspective at the interregional level. based discussion and learning portal has been created by regional workshop in Port Vila (Vanuatu) in September examined serial is pioneerpioneereded thrthroughough the for adaptation and innovation; their proven determination to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, Particular attention is being given to often marginalized and for Caribbean young people. 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Culture NESCO has contributed distinctively to the forward- Mauritius Strategy Chapters On Island Cultures planning process associated with the review of the 1994 AmongAmong pprojectsrojects ccontributingontributing ttoo tthehe MMillenniumillennium AmongAmong UUNESCO’sNESCO’s ccross-cuttingross-cutting pprojects,rojects, SSmallmall IIslandsslands VVoiceoice Worldwide, there is increasing recognition UBarbados Programme of Action (BPoA) for the Sustainable I Climate change and sea-level rise DDevelopmentevelopment GGoalsoals iiss YYouthPATHouthPATH ((YouthYouth provides the general public in islands with ‘a space of the intrinsic importance of local culture We develop consumer postures because we have not Development of Small Island Developing States and to the PovertyPoverty AAlleviationlleviation tthroughhrough TTourismourism aandnd to speak’. Every two weeks, over 40,000 islanders underlying the whole development process. II Natural and environmental disasters recognized as productive the areas of our own creation. And International UN Meeting in Mauritius (10-14 January 2005), Heritage).Heritage). TThehe oobjectivebjective iiss ttoo ttrainrain yyoungoung and other people concerned with island affairs IInn rrespectespect ttoo ssmallmall iislands,slands, tthishis wwasas rreflefl ectedected so we still cannot recognize cultural industries as a viable through events that highlighted the role of culture, youth III Management of wastes peoplepeople ttoo uutilizetilize iinnovativennovative sskillskills fforor ssustainableustainable share their experiences about issues spanning iinn tthehe cconveningonvening ooff a UUNESCO-facilitatedNESCO-facilitated alternative to failing traditional industries. Yet, our weakest visioning for island living, communities in action, ocean IV Coastal and marine resources employmentemployment iinn tthehe aarearea ooff hheritageeritage ttourism,ourism, environment, development, society, economy and pplenarylenary ppanelanel oonn tthehe ‘‘RoleRole ooff CCultureulture iinn tthehe citizens can create the strongest cultural products based and coastal management, and a civil society forum. This environmentalenvironmental conservationconservation aandnd ppreservationreservation culture via an on-line forum (hosted by Scotland SSustainableustainable DDevelopmentevelopment ooff SSIDS’IDS’ aatt tthehe MMauritiusauritius V Freshwater resources on their identity and traditional knowledge systems that contribution is underpinned by a resolution (32 C/Res.48) ofof hheritageeritage aareas.reas. SSitesites iinn ssixix CCaribbeanaribbean iislandsland On Line). Recent discussions have addressed IInternationalnternational MMeeting.eeting. VI Land resources can compete anywhere globally. The smallest Jamaican or adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in 2003. countriescountries hhaveave bbeeneen eestablished,stablished, iincludingncluding community planning in a post-tsunami world, water Roof of Small Island IInn ccontributingontributing ttoo tthehe iimplementationmplementation ooff tthehe Caribbean child can compete against even Whitney Houston and VII Energy resources villagesvillages ssettledettled bbyy ffreedreed AAfricansfricans rrescuedescued ffromrom supply and conservation, saving for the future, Voice meeting venue, equip him/herself well, because in culture we are defi nitely not Bequia, blown away MMauritiusauritius SStrategy,trategy, tthehe OOrganizationrganization iiss ddrawingrawing The principal negotiated outputs of the Mauritius International VIII Tourism resources shipsships eengagedngaged iinn iillegalllegal sslavelave ttrading,rading, hhistoricistoric and alternatives to rising oil prices. Involving young people in by Hurricane Emily oonn tthehe ssetet ooff sstandard-settingtandard-setting iinstrumentsnstruments tthathat iitt ‘third world’. We have even failed to recognize the ‘informal’ Meeting – a strategy document and a political declaration – cultural heritage tourism sugarsugar pplantationlantation bbuildings,uildings, aandnd AAmerindianmerindian on 14 July. © Dirk Troost, UNESCO. IX Biodiversity resources systems created by our people in their quest to survive and in ‘de heart uh’ (central villagesvillages wwithith a nnestingesting sseaea tturtleurtle bbeach.each. hhasas ddeveloped:eveloped: iinn ppromotingromoting cculturalultural ppluralismluralism aandnd call for action in many fi elds related to UNESCO’s concerns, ... and taking action do not include them in the knowledge systems we inherit from X Transport and communication uplands) of Barbados – intercultural dialogue, the protection of the world’s programmes and priorities. The Mauritius Strategy builds on and one of the YouthPATH Beyond the inter-regional internet discussions, Small Islands Voice abroad and enshrine in our education systems. © UNESCO, Kingston. tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and the setting- reassesses the original BPoA areas. But it also highlights several XI Science and technology projects in the Caribbean. supports sustainable development activities at the local level through up of cultural enterprises. Sydney Bartley, Director of Culture in the Ministry of Education, new priorities and emerging issues, such as HIV/AIDS, information ‘Communities in Action’. Partnerships are encouraged and activities XII Graduation from least developed Youth and Culture of Jamaica, during his presentation at the Plenary and communication technologies, culture, trade, security. ommunicating and informing promoted in fi elds ranging from community visioning and planning country status C Small island countries are being encouraged to ratify the Panel on the ‘Role of Culture in the Sustainable Development of in Palau and San Andrés, to waste management in Dominica, Fiji, 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible SIDS’ at the Mauritius International Meeting, 11 January 2005. In March 2005, an Intersectoral Information Meeting for XIII Trade: globalization and trade Access to and use of new information and communication Maldives and Seychelles. Small Islands Voice supports islands in their Cultural Heritage (Mauritius, Seychelles and Dominica are Permanent Delegates and Observers provided an occasion within technologies and the development of community multimedia liberalization efforts to implement the Mauritius Strategy. An inter-regional meeting among the Member States that have ratifi ed). As part of this UNESCO to exchange views on the Mauritius International centres are two actions in the Mauritius Strategy that are XIV Sustainable capacity development and was held in July in Bequia (St Vincent & the Grenadines) to further process, two regional meetings were held in February 2005, for Meeting and its immediate follow-up. Among the points raised already refl ected in the Organization’s programmes and education for sustainable development plan relevant activities. the Pacifi c States and the Caribbean States. Also noteworthy is was that small islands, because of their scale and diversity, projects. High connectivity costs and distribution problems for raditional knowledge that the fi rst two Proclamations of Masterpieces of the Oral and T represent rapid-response-to-change examples that may be XV Sustainable production and consumption print media are among the obstacles faced by small islands. … with youth often leading the way Intangible Heritage of Humanity include Masterpieces in Cuba, Local and indigenous knowledge is an important part of many instructive for larger, continental countries. While SIDS form a XVI National and regional enabling The International Programme for the Development of Following the Youth Visioning for Island Living special event in Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Tonga and Vanuatu. island cultures. Ongoing projects in the Pacifi c include the geopolitical grouping, there is mutual value in linking with other environments Communications plays a major role in media development. Mauritius (9-13 January 2005), where 94 young islanders met to fi nalization of a CD-ROM and learning pack on exploring and island territories, as has been done in such initiatives as Youth Support is being given to the development of cultural policies, such XVII Health discuss their perspectives on sustainable development (with the Visioning for Island Living and Small Islands Voice. Moreover, In 2005, 19 new media projects were approved for SIDS, sharing traditional navigational knowledge (‘The Canoe is the support of the Lighthouse Foundation and other partners), young as an ongoing project in Comoros, and museum partnerships are activities in such fi elds as sustainable tourism and renewable XVIII Knowledge management and totalling US$497,000. Examples include media law reform People’), the development of a model law on community-held people in 37 small-island nations and territories are working to being developed among Indian Ocean island countries, through the energy are among the domains of special interest to small information for decision-making in Cape Verde, support to Grencoda Community Multimedia knowledge, and a pilot scheme to incorporate local knowledge design and implement projects ranging from inter-generational UNESCO Offi ce in Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania). islands that are also of broader concern. Centre in Grenada and upgrading the technical quality of in primary and secondary school curricula in Palau, Solomon XIX Culture exchange to strengthening local languages, and from environmental the television documentary programme ‘The Pacifi c Way’. The travelling exhibition ‘Lest We Forget: The Triumph over Slavery’ Islands and Vanuatu. Recent (2005) publications include awareness to youth entrepreneurship. Subsequently, on 14 July, the UN General Assembly adopted XX Implementation continues to be displayed in 2005, in Cape Verde, Mauritius, a bilingual encyclopedia of the local knowledge of the coral reef Resolution 59/311 on the follow-up to the International Meeting Jamaica and Barbados. and rainforest environments in the in Mauritius, including the role of the United Nations agencies in Addressing HIV/AIDS MarovoMarovo Lagoon in the Solomon the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy. Registering the Memory Preparatory assistance is being provided for the development of a Islands. Among newly launched In the Caribbean, the UNESCO Offi ce in Kingston (Jamaica) potential transboundary site among Indian Ocean islands linked to projectsprojects is that on women’women’ss In terms of future UNESCO action, a two-pronged approach is playing a leadership role in promoting a stronger of the World the Slave Route. An educational resource kit on ‘Our Pacifi c Heritage’ knowledge of medicinal plants is being followed: fi rstly, mainstreaming the needs of SIDS We have heard much about the special vulnerabilities of response by the region’s educational sector to the HIV/AIDS has been designed to introduce World Heritage education into and traditional medicine Small Island Developing States and the particular challenges In June 2005, the ‘Fondo José Martí Pérez’ in all the Organization’s activities; and secondly, stepping pandemic, in close partnership with the University of the classroom teaching. During its 29th session in July, the World Heritage in Mauritius, Réunion, that they face. At the same time, there is also need to stress inscription from Cuba and the C.L.R. James up the holistic, integrated approach to sustainable island West Indies and other regional institutions. As part of the Committee approved a special programme for reinforcing World Rodrigues and other Indian the very special positive characteristics and strengths of small Collection from Trinidad & Tobago were living and development, through intersectoral action with Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, a web- Heritage activities and projects in SIDS. As part of this initiative, a Ocean islands. This work island nations and communities: their extraordinary capacity among the documentary collections added an intergenerational perspective at the interregional level. based discussion and learning portal has been created by regional workshop in Port Vila (Vanuatu) in September examined serial is pioneerpioneereded thrthroughough the for adaptation and innovation; their proven determination to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, Particular attention is being given to often marginalized and for Caribbean young people. 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II Natural and environmental disasters recognized as productive the areas of our own creation. And International UN Meeting in Mauritius (10-14 January 2005), Heritage).Heritage). TThehe oobjectivebjective iiss ttoo ttrainrain yyoungoung and other people concerned with island affairs IInn rrespectespect ttoo ssmallmall iislands,slands, tthishis wwasas rreflefl ectedected so we still cannot recognize cultural industries as a viable through events that highlighted the role of culture, youth III Management of wastes peoplepeople ttoo uutilizetilize iinnovativennovative sskillskills fforor ssustainableustainable share their experiences about issues spanning iinn tthehe cconveningonvening ooff a UUNESCO-facilitatedNESCO-facilitated alternative to failing traditional industries. Yet, our weakest visioning for island living, communities in action, ocean IV Coastal and marine resources employmentemployment iinn tthehe aarearea ooff hheritageeritage ttourism,ourism, environment, development, society, economy and pplenarylenary ppanelanel oonn tthehe ‘‘RoleRole ooff CCultureulture iinn tthehe citizens can create the strongest cultural products based and coastal management, and a civil society forum. This environmentalenvironmental conservationconservation aandnd ppreservationreservation culture via an on-line forum (hosted by Scotland SSustainableustainable DDevelopmentevelopment ooff SSIDS’IDS’ aatt tthehe MMauritiusauritius V Freshwater resources on their identity and traditional knowledge systems that contribution is underpinned by a resolution (32 C/Res.48) ofof hheritageeritage aareas.reas. SSitesites iinn ssixix CCaribbeanaribbean iislandsland On Line). Recent discussions have addressed IInternationalnternational MMeeting.eeting. VI Land resources can compete anywhere globally. The smallest Jamaican or adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in 2003. countriescountries hhaveave bbeeneen eestablished,stablished, iincludingncluding community planning in a post-tsunami world, water Roof of Small Island IInn ccontributingontributing ttoo tthehe iimplementationmplementation ooff tthehe Caribbean child can compete against even Whitney Houston and VII Energy resources villagesvillages ssettledettled bbyy ffreedreed AAfricansfricans rrescuedescued ffromrom supply and conservation, saving for the future, Voice meeting venue, equip him/herself well, because in culture we are defi nitely not Bequia, blown away MMauritiusauritius SStrategy,trategy, tthehe OOrganizationrganization iiss ddrawingrawing The principal negotiated outputs of the Mauritius International VIII Tourism resources shipsships eengagedngaged iinn iillegalllegal sslavelave ttrading,rading, hhistoricistoric and alternatives to rising oil prices. Involving young people in by Hurricane Emily oonn tthehe ssetet ooff sstandard-settingtandard-setting iinstrumentsnstruments tthathat iitt ‘third world’. We have even failed to recognize the ‘informal’ Meeting – a strategy document and a political declaration – cultural heritage tourism sugarsugar pplantationlantation bbuildings,uildings, aandnd AAmerindianmerindian on 14 July. © Dirk Troost, UNESCO. IX Biodiversity resources systems created by our people in their quest to survive and in ‘de heart uh’ (central villagesvillages wwithith a nnestingesting sseaea tturtleurtle bbeach.each. hhasas ddeveloped:eveloped: iinn ppromotingromoting cculturalultural ppluralismluralism aandnd call for action in many fi elds related to UNESCO’s concerns, ... and taking action do not include them in the knowledge systems we inherit from X Transport and communication uplands) of Barbados – intercultural dialogue, the protection of the world’s programmes and priorities. The Mauritius Strategy builds on and one of the YouthPATH Beyond the inter-regional internet discussions, Small Islands Voice abroad and enshrine in our education systems. © UNESCO, Kingston. tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and the setting- reassesses the original BPoA areas. But it also highlights several XI Science and technology projects in the Caribbean. supports sustainable development activities at the local level through up of cultural enterprises. Sydney Bartley, Director of Culture in the Ministry of Education, new priorities and emerging issues, such as HIV/AIDS, information ‘Communities in Action’. Partnerships are encouraged and activities XII Graduation from least developed Youth and Culture of Jamaica, during his presentation at the Plenary and communication technologies, culture, trade, security. ommunicating and informing promoted in fi elds ranging from community visioning and planning country status C Small island countries are being encouraged to ratify the Panel on the ‘Role of Culture in the Sustainable Development of in Palau and San Andrés, to waste management in Dominica, Fiji, 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible SIDS’ at the Mauritius International Meeting, 11 January 2005. In March 2005, an Intersectoral Information Meeting for XIII Trade: globalization and trade Access to and use of new information and communication Maldives and Seychelles. Small Islands Voice supports islands in their Cultural Heritage (Mauritius, Seychelles and Dominica are Permanent Delegates and Observers provided an occasion within technologies and the development of community multimedia liberalization efforts to implement the Mauritius Strategy. An inter-regional meeting among the Member States that have ratifi ed). As part of this UNESCO to exchange views on the Mauritius International centres are two actions in the Mauritius Strategy that are XIV Sustainable capacity development and was held in July in Bequia (St Vincent & the Grenadines) to further process, two regional meetings were held in February 2005, for Meeting and its immediate follow-up. Among the points raised already refl ected in the Organization’s programmes and education for sustainable development plan relevant activities. the Pacifi c States and the Caribbean States. Also noteworthy is was that small islands, because of their scale and diversity, projects. High connectivity costs and distribution problems for raditional knowledge that the fi rst two Proclamations of Masterpieces of the Oral and T represent rapid-response-to-change examples that may be XV Sustainable production and consumption print media are among the obstacles faced by small islands. … with youth often leading the way Intangible Heritage of Humanity include Masterpieces in Cuba, Local and indigenous knowledge is an important part of many instructive for larger, continental countries. While SIDS form a XVI National and regional enabling The International Programme for the Development of Following the Youth Visioning for Island Living special event in Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Tonga and Vanuatu. island cultures. Ongoing projects in the Pacifi c include the geopolitical grouping, there is mutual value in linking with other environments Communications plays a major role in media development. Mauritius (9-13 January 2005), where 94 young islanders met to fi nalization of a CD-ROM and learning pack on exploring and island territories, as has been done in such initiatives as Youth Support is being given to the development of cultural policies, such XVII Health discuss their perspectives on sustainable development (with the Visioning for Island Living and Small Islands Voice. Moreover, In 2005, 19 new media projects were approved for SIDS, sharing traditional navigational knowledge (‘The Canoe is the support of the Lighthouse Foundation and other partners), young as an ongoing project in Comoros, and museum partnerships are activities in such fi elds as sustainable tourism and renewable XVIII Knowledge management and totalling US$497,000. Examples include media law reform People’), the development of a model law on community-held people in 37 small-island nations and territories are working to being developed among Indian Ocean island countries, through the energy are among the domains of special interest to small information for decision-making in Cape Verde, support to Grencoda Community Multimedia knowledge, and a pilot scheme to incorporate local knowledge design and implement projects ranging from inter-generational UNESCO Offi ce in Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania). islands that are also of broader concern. Centre in Grenada and upgrading the technical quality of in primary and secondary school curricula in Palau, Solomon XIX Culture exchange to strengthening local languages, and from environmental the television documentary programme ‘The Pacifi c Way’. The travelling exhibition ‘Lest We Forget: The Triumph over Slavery’ Islands and Vanuatu. Recent (2005) publications include awareness to youth entrepreneurship. Subsequently, on 14 July, the UN General Assembly adopted XX Implementation continues to be displayed in 2005, in Cape Verde, Mauritius, a bilingual encyclopedia of the local knowledge of the coral reef Resolution 59/311 on the follow-up to the International Meeting Jamaica and Barbados. and rainforest environments in the in Mauritius, including the role of the United Nations agencies in Addressing HIV/AIDS MarovoMarovo Lagoon in the Solomon the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy. Registering the Memory Preparatory assistance is being provided for the development of a Islands. Among newly launched In the Caribbean, the UNESCO Offi ce in Kingston (Jamaica) potential transboundary site among Indian Ocean islands linked to projectsprojects is that on women’women’ss In terms of future UNESCO action, a two-pronged approach is playing a leadership role in promoting a stronger of the World the Slave Route. An educational resource kit on ‘Our Pacifi c Heritage’ knowledge of medicinal plants is being followed: fi rstly, mainstreaming the needs of SIDS We have heard much about the special vulnerabilities of response by the region’s educational sector to the HIV/AIDS has been designed to introduce World Heritage education into and traditional medicine Small Island Developing States and the particular challenges In June 2005, the ‘Fondo José Martí Pérez’ in all the Organization’s activities; and secondly, stepping pandemic, in close partnership with the University of the classroom teaching. During its 29th session in July, the World Heritage in Mauritius, Réunion, that they face. At the same time, there is also need to stress inscription from Cuba and the C.L.R. James up the holistic, integrated approach to sustainable island West Indies and other regional institutions. As part of the Committee approved a special programme for reinforcing World Rodrigues and other Indian the very special positive characteristics and strengths of small Collection from Trinidad & Tobago were living and development, through intersectoral action with Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, a web- Heritage activities and projects in SIDS. As part of this initiative, a Ocean islands. This work island nations and communities: their extraordinary capacity among the documentary collections added an intergenerational perspective at the interregional level. based discussion and learning portal has been created by regional workshop in Port Vila (Vanuatu) in September examined serial is pioneerpioneereded thrthroughough the for adaptation and innovation; their proven determination to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, Particular attention is being given to often marginalized and for Caribbean young people. Representatives and transboundary cultural heritage themes and sites in the Pacifi c. cross-cutting project on dimensions such as culture, indigenous knowledge, youth and and capability to overcome many adversities; their role as one ofof yyouthouth oorganizationsrganizations ffromrom eeightight CCaribbeanaribbean following recommendations made by an C.L.R. James Local and Indigenous of the world’s front-line zones for addressing the challenges countriescountries mmetet iinn TTrinidadrinidad & TTobagoobago iinn AAprilpril ttoo internationalinternational aadvisorydvisory ccommittee.ommittee. TThehe MMemoryemory Cultural industries (cinema, music, publishing, etc.) are being outer islands. (1901–1989), Knowledge Systems. of sustainable development and sustainable living; and the designdesign tthehe ssite.ite. A ppartnershipartnership aagreementgreement hhasas writer, intellectual and ofof tthehe WWorldorld PProgrammerogramme aandnd RRegisteregister wwereere strengthened through the Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity, by recognized importance of maintaining solidarity among beenbeen eestablishedstablished wwithith tthehe GGermanerman TTechnicalechnical political theoretician and establishedestablished ttoo ppreservereserve aandnd rraiseaise aawarenesswareness ooff promoting respect for intellectual property rights and encouraging This booklet provides glimpses of the Organization’s initial activist. Among his books, themselves while treasuring their diversity. 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D Responding to the Freshwater resources Building capacities Participation Programme Indian Ocean tsunami UNESCO’s contribution to the development of integrated SIDS have a special role in the Decade of Education for Sustainable UNESCO’s Participation Programme provides direct assistance approaches for sound water management in SIDS is primarily Development, as outlined in one of a series of information briefs. (including for emergencies) to initiatives undertaken by Member In the mid-1960s, UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic through the International Hydrological Programme, with This role includes the contribution that SIDS can make to the global States and Associate Members, in line with priorities determined by Commission (IOC) was centrally involved in the setting-up of the particular emphasis on fi eld research and training operations. In community in demonstrating sustainable island living – ways of the countries themselves. Though the levels of funds for individual International Tsunami Information Center, located in Hawaii, with the Pacifi c, in close partnership with regional bodies and donor living in a manner consistent with the notion of sustainability. projects are modest in international terms, they prove important a view to improving tsunami preparedness for all Pacifi c Ocean agencies, activities through the UNESCO Offi ce in Apia (Samoa) An Education for Sustainable Development strategy has been and useful in small countries. During the 2004-2005 biennium, over nations. Experience gained in the Pacifi c has helped shape the are focused on engaging local and indigenous communities in elaborated for the Asia-Pacifi c region, with a situational analysis US$3.7 million has been made available to more than 200 projects plans for a somewhat similar mechanism for the Indian Ocean, water resources management and monitoring partnerships and for 15 Pacifi c SIDS, released by the UNESCO Offi ce in Bangkok in SIDS. As an ensemble, Participation Programme projects touch on after the catastrophic impacts of the tsunami that occurred on on contributing to a three-year regional training programme for (Thailand) in June. A consultation and conference for the Caribbean many topics addressed in the SIDS Programme of Action. It can be 26 December 2004. water resource managers. Information on progress and plans is region will take place in October, organized by the Kingston Offi ce expected that many future proposals from small island countries within Following informal and formal discussions in 2005 among given in a periodic newsletter (‘Pacifi c Partnership Initiative on along with other partners. the Participation Programme will relate to actions in support of the countries of the region, regional and international organizations Sustainable Water Management’) produced by the South Pacifi c Mauritius Strategy. Other contributions to building capacities in SIDS regions include and other partners, the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC). For instance, the August 2005 issue reports on a three-week training course for initiatives such as Education for All, cooperation with the recently SAMPLING OF PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN SIDS IN 2005 Mitigation System was formally initiated in June with the . ‘Buki di Referencia’ series of reference books for children hydrological technicians from 13 Pacifi c island countries held in Fiji launched SIDS University Consortium, and the Associated Schools Aruba establishment of an Intergovernmental Coordination Group by Bahamas. Exhibitions at Pompey Museum of Slavery and Emancipation Project Network (ASPNet) and its Slave Trade Education, Sandwatch the 23rd IOC Assembly. In August, the technical and scientifi c in April, on surface and groundwater hydrology. The Third Inter- Bahrain. Teaching and training policies in commercial education American Dialogue on Integrated Water Management will take and ‘All Equal in Diversity’ projects. Sandwatch is an ASPNet/Small Barbados. Training in the monitoring and management of coral reefs requirements were discussed at the Group’s fi rst meeting, held British Virgin Islands. Education in law certifi cation place in Montego Bay (Jamaica) in October, with UNESCO inputs Islands Voice initiative that was started some years ago in the in Perth (Australia). There, technical plans were assessed for Cape Verde. Digitizing radio transmission Caribbean region. It encourages school students in the islands, with Comoros. Travelling heritage exhibit such aspects as the collection and exchange of seismic data, channelled through the Offi ce in Montevideo (Uruguay). the help of teachers and local communities, to critically evaluate Cook Islands. Oral heritage preservation project measurements of sea level and deep-sea pressure, tsunami Cuba. Creation of multi-media unit for applying new information technologies the problems and confl icts facing their beach environments and modelling and prediction, scenario development, warnings and Cyprus. Establishment and operation of Open University to develop sustainable approaches to address these issues. With Dominica. Youth mobilization in disaster management and water security alerts, technology transfer and sustainability. The Coordination Dominican Republic. Interactive game on Planet Earth for children’s museum a strong fi eld measuring and monitoring component, Sandwatch Group will further examine the national capacity of Indian Ocean East Timor. Training programme in radio documentary production aims to ‘make science live’, yet remains interdisciplinary with Fiji. Capacity building for science teachers countries to deal with tsunamis at its second meeting in Hyderabad applications ranging from biology to woodwork and from poetry to Grenada. Development of Duquesne beach and surrounding heritage sites (India) in December. The System, which is expected to be fully Haiti. Emergency assistance for educational infrastructures after fl ooding mathematics. ‘Introduction to Sandwatch: an educational tool for . Skills training for high-school drop-outs and slow learners operational by July 2006, will consist of a coordinated network of Jamaica sustainable development’ was published in September. Malta. Roman Domus conservation project national systems, whose assets will be owned and operated by the Marshall Islands. Vocational skills training for at-risk youth In January 2005, Mauritius. Foundation course for trade certifi cation Member States hosting or otherwise taking responsibility for them. A programme for building capacities for statistics collection and Micronesia (Federated States of). Publication of ‘Mehj, Mehj: The Mwoakilloa Book’ a high-level United reporting in the Pacifi c region has been launched by the UNESCO Netherlands Antilles. Social skills and personal development for teenagers At a brbroaderoader geographic . Enhancement of culture and language resources Institute of Statistics. The work of the Organization’s Educational Niue Nations (UN) meeting was scale, the 23r23rdd IOC Assembly Palau. Establishing the Palau Herbarium Institutes and Centres includes intensive group training, such as Papua New Guinea. South Simbu community radio station adopted resolutions for that in St Lucia in September on the reform and governance of Samoa. Bilingual books for Samoan schools convened in Mauritius to establishing somewhat Seychelles. Emergency assistance for reconstruction work at Mahé technical and vocational education and training, under the aegis of analogous warning systems Solomon Islands. Language revitalization project © Gillian Cambers, UNESCO-SIV. review the implementation Measuring water quality the International Institute for Educational Planning. St Kitts & Nevis. Fostering responsible citizenship among children for tsunamis and other within the Sandwatch project. St Lucia. Training workshop for Caribbean documentalists coastal hazards for the St Vincent & the Grenadines. Promoting life-long learning of and refi ne the 1994 Tokelau. Feasibility study on internet connectivity and distance education Caribbean and adjacent Tonga. Natural disaster preparedness for primary school children Programme of Action for the regions as well as the Trinidad & Tobago. Assessment of watershed aquifer systems Tuvalu. Development of cultural policy North-Eastern Atlantic, Front-cover: iodiversity resources Vanuatu. Documentation of indigenous languages. Sustainable Development of the Mediterranean and B Portrait of Cuban poet connected seas. and liberator José Martí The fi rst two biosphere reserves in Pacifi c island countries Pérez (1853-1895), whose Small Island Developing States were approved in June 2005 by the Bureau of the Man and For further information, contact: legacy of writings and papers was added to the the Biosphere Programme: Utwe in the Federated States (SIDS). Together with governments, © NOAA Cover of a 48-page Focal Point for SIDS / Mauritius Strategy Implementation Memory of the World Tsunami detection of Micronesia and Ngaremeduu in Palau. In both sites, the Coastal Regions and Small Islands (CSI) Platform Register in June 2005. instrumentation. booklet prepared for the civil society, regional bodies and emphasis is on community-level approaches to conservation and International Meeting UNESCO, 1 rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cédex 15, France Canoe silhouette, in Mauritius, designed [email protected] Vanuatu. © Francis Hickey. sustainable development of coastal-marine ecosystems as well to provide glimpses of http://www.unesco.org/en/sids other international organizations, as land areas. With these two new reserves in the Pacifi c, the UNESCO’s concerns The digital version of this brochure with numerous hotlinks World Network of Biosphere Reserves now comprises 482 sites and activities in SIDS. can be viewed at: UNESCO has been urged by the UN in 102 countries. http://www.unesco.org/csi/B10/msibroch.htm © UNESCO, September 2005 General Assembly to take timely actions SC-2005/WS/48 to ensure effective implementation of ...... b a e T h u . . . a t A b . . . . s . . r i n c i . . a . a p u a n e a U p o . . N d e n c . T o . . . . o . . A t . . . e . m . . . l h o . . r e a c . r o . P p e . . R a n g . . P N u i . . . l u . e v i e . . r . . j u r . . . . a f u U t w . . A . . . a d h o . G o . C o m o . . . . . r o t o . . . e w G ...... w P r o . . . t o l a M a ...... o n u H a . . . . g a p o . . é s . E y d h . . . g u e s T r . . . a . r e n a ...... n d T . . . r a t N e v . . V a . N i u a . . . i g u a E f a . . . . a r b u ...... a g o the updated Programme of Action. . . . u n . . i t i . . P e i . . i n r e . . S a d r . a f . . . r i . . o m . . . u i . . G d a . J a a . r a u r . M e r . . i s . a n a v . . f o . . . n t . . . t e . . A n m . B d a . . C u . . . a . . o b . . N u k ...... o h n p . . S . . n A n . . . . u s h i R o d . . . . e l i n B e q . . . . . m a i c . . G k . . o n t s ...... u a L . . . ’ o u A . . . . . e i t y u . . . . . b a A r u b . . T . . . . . N i a . A i t u ...... s l i n G a . G ...... b e E l e . . . C a y ...... u s i n M u . . . a . T i m o . . . o m é F a . . . a d M a l é . U t . . l l S t ...... v e u n . . . . e w r g . t a . . C s . r a . . n . . o z . . P . u m . . u t . . . n d m . o s . . C o . . . s t . . . a w . r - L . . . o T . . . k a . . . i d . . . w e . . A t o . . J o h . . l l . . T a i . . . . G e o . . . . k i . y p r u . . P ...... o . r a i a . C h . . . . h e r a G r a a n . A n d r . . . . . i q u e T a r . . . . e s t e S ã . . . o f o T r i n ...... h n d A . . . . n . R e n n e . . . . . icos Puert ...... Irel ...... uilla Van ...... zibar Pin . S ...... a . . ror Niue Malt . M . . . ia ahra . Fu ...... inica Ca . . o . . tra . . ew an . Ra . . P . . i’i . . ng . . ua . D ica . . an . . os . . t. K . . . . br . Ko . . . . a . . au . . . Luc . . B in . . na . . lau . . om n East . . . . Rico Soco . . N d . . bi . alau Sava . . A . . . . tu . omin . . Z ...... itts Mahé Alda ...... ritius St...... futi Toke . . D Responding to the Freshwater resources Building capacities Participation Programme Indian Ocean tsunami UNESCO’s contribution to the development of integrated SIDS have a special role in the Decade of Education for Sustainable UNESCO’s Participation Programme provides direct assistance approaches for sound water management in SIDS is primarily Development, as outlined in one of a series of information briefs. (including for emergencies) to initiatives undertaken by Member In the mid-1960s, UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic through the International Hydrological Programme, with This role includes the contribution that SIDS can make to the global States and Associate Members, in line with priorities determined by Commission (IOC) was centrally involved in the setting-up of the particular emphasis on fi eld research and training operations. In community in demonstrating sustainable island living – ways of the countries themselves. Though the levels of funds for individual International Tsunami Information Center, located in Hawaii, with the Pacifi c, in close partnership with regional bodies and donor living in a manner consistent with the notion of sustainability. projects are modest in international terms, they prove important a view to improving tsunami preparedness for all Pacifi c Ocean agencies, activities through the UNESCO Offi ce in Apia (Samoa) An Education for Sustainable Development strategy has been and useful in small countries. During the 2004-2005 biennium, over nations. Experience gained in the Pacifi c has helped shape the are focused on engaging local and indigenous communities in elaborated for the Asia-Pacifi c region, with a situational analysis US$3.7 million has been made available to more than 200 projects plans for a somewhat similar mechanism for the Indian Ocean, water resources management and monitoring partnerships and for 15 Pacifi c SIDS, released by the UNESCO Offi ce in Bangkok in SIDS. As an ensemble, Participation Programme projects touch on after the catastrophic impacts of the tsunami that occurred on on contributing to a three-year regional training programme for (Thailand) in June. A consultation and conference for the Caribbean many topics addressed in the SIDS Programme of Action. It can be 26 December 2004. water resource managers. Information on progress and plans is region will take place in October, organized by the Kingston Offi ce expected that many future proposals from small island countries within Following informal and formal discussions in 2005 among given in a periodic newsletter (‘Pacifi c Partnership Initiative on along with other partners. the Participation Programme will relate to actions in support of the countries of the region, regional and international organizations Sustainable Water Management’) produced by the South Pacifi c Mauritius Strategy. Other contributions to building capacities in SIDS regions include and other partners, the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC). For instance, the August 2005 issue reports on a three-week training course for initiatives such as Education for All, cooperation with the recently SAMPLING OF PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN SIDS IN 2005 Mitigation System was formally initiated in June with the . ‘Buki di Referencia’ series of reference books for children hydrological technicians from 13 Pacifi c island countries held in Fiji launched SIDS University Consortium, and the Associated Schools Aruba establishment of an Intergovernmental Coordination Group by Bahamas. Exhibitions at Pompey Museum of Slavery and Emancipation Project Network (ASPNet) and its Slave Trade Education, Sandwatch the 23rd IOC Assembly. In August, the technical and scientifi c in April, on surface and groundwater hydrology. The Third Inter- Bahrain. Teaching and training policies in commercial education American Dialogue on Integrated Water Management will take and ‘All Equal in Diversity’ projects. Sandwatch is an ASPNet/Small Barbados. Training in the monitoring and management of coral reefs requirements were discussed at the Group’s fi rst meeting, held British Virgin Islands. Education in law certifi cation place in Montego Bay (Jamaica) in October, with UNESCO inputs Islands Voice initiative that was started some years ago in the in Perth (Australia). There, technical plans were assessed for Cape Verde. Digitizing radio transmission Caribbean region. It encourages school students in the islands, with Comoros. Travelling heritage exhibit such aspects as the collection and exchange of seismic data, channelled through the Offi ce in Montevideo (Uruguay). the help of teachers and local communities, to critically evaluate Cook Islands. Oral heritage preservation project measurements of sea level and deep-sea pressure, tsunami Cuba. Creation of multi-media unit for applying new information technologies the problems and confl icts facing their beach environments and modelling and prediction, scenario development, warnings and Cyprus. Establishment and operation of Open University to develop sustainable approaches to address these issues. With Dominica. Youth mobilization in disaster management and water security alerts, technology transfer and sustainability. The Coordination Dominican Republic. Interactive game on Planet Earth for children’s museum a strong fi eld measuring and monitoring component, Sandwatch Group will further examine the national capacity of Indian Ocean East Timor. Training programme in radio documentary production aims to ‘make science live’, yet remains interdisciplinary with Fiji. Capacity building for science teachers countries to deal with tsunamis at its second meeting in Hyderabad applications ranging from biology to woodwork and from poetry to Grenada. Development of Duquesne beach and surrounding heritage sites (India) in December. The System, which is expected to be fully Haiti. Emergency assistance for educational infrastructures after fl ooding mathematics. ‘Introduction to Sandwatch: an educational tool for . Skills training for high-school drop-outs and slow learners operational by July 2006, will consist of a coordinated network of Jamaica sustainable development’ was published in September. Malta. Roman Domus conservation project national systems, whose assets will be owned and operated by the Marshall Islands. Vocational skills training for at-risk youth In January 2005, Mauritius. Foundation course for trade certifi cation Member States hosting or otherwise taking responsibility for them. A programme for building capacities for statistics collection and Micronesia (Federated States of). Publication of ‘Mehj, Mehj: The Mwoakilloa Book’ a high-level United reporting in the Pacifi c region has been launched by the UNESCO Netherlands Antilles. Social skills and personal development for teenagers At a brbroaderoader geographic . Enhancement of culture and language resources Institute of Statistics. The work of the Organization’s Educational Niue Nations (UN) meeting was scale, the 23r23rdd IOC Assembly Palau. Establishing the Palau Herbarium Institutes and Centres includes intensive group training, such as Papua New Guinea. South Simbu community radio station adopted resolutions for that in St Lucia in September on the reform and governance of Samoa. Bilingual books for Samoan schools convened in Mauritius to establishing somewhat Seychelles. Emergency assistance for reconstruction work at Mahé technical and vocational education and training, under the aegis of analogous warning systems Solomon Islands. Language revitalization project © Gillian Cambers, UNESCO-SIV. review the implementation Measuring water quality the International Institute for Educational Planning. St Kitts & Nevis. Fostering responsible citizenship among children for tsunamis and other within the Sandwatch project. St Lucia. Training workshop for Caribbean documentalists coastal hazards for the St Vincent & the Grenadines. Promoting life-long learning of and refi ne the 1994 Tokelau. Feasibility study on internet connectivity and distance education Caribbean and adjacent Tonga. Natural disaster preparedness for primary school children Programme of Action for the regions as well as the Trinidad & Tobago. Assessment of watershed aquifer systems Tuvalu. Development of cultural policy North-Eastern Atlantic, Front-cover: iodiversity resources Vanuatu. Documentation of indigenous languages. Sustainable Development of the Mediterranean and B Portrait of Cuban poet connected seas. and liberator José Martí The fi rst two biosphere reserves in Pacifi c island countries Pérez (1853-1895), whose Small Island Developing States were approved in June 2005 by the Bureau of the Man and For further information, contact: legacy of writings and papers was added to the the Biosphere Programme: Utwe in the Federated States (SIDS). Together with governments, © NOAA Cover of a 48-page Focal Point for SIDS / Mauritius Strategy Implementation Memory of the World Tsunami detection of Micronesia and Ngaremeduu in Palau. In both sites, the Coastal Regions and Small Islands (CSI) Platform Register in June 2005. instrumentation. booklet prepared for the civil society, regional bodies and emphasis is on community-level approaches to conservation and International Meeting UNESCO, 1 rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cédex 15, France Canoe silhouette, in Mauritius, designed [email protected] Vanuatu. © Francis Hickey. sustainable development of coastal-marine ecosystems as well to provide glimpses of http://www.unesco.org/en/sids other international organizations, as land areas. With these two new reserves in the Pacifi c, the UNESCO’s concerns The digital version of this brochure with numerous hotlinks World Network of Biosphere Reserves now comprises 482 sites and activities in SIDS. can be viewed at: UNESCO has been urged by the UN in 102 countries. http://www.unesco.org/csi/B10/msibroch.htm © UNESCO, September 2005 General Assembly to take timely actions SC-2005/WS/48 to ensure effective implementation of ...... b a e T h u . . . a t A b . . . . s . . r i n c i . . a . a p u a n e a U p o . . N d e n c . T o . . . . o . . A t . . . e . m . . . l h o . . r e a c . r o . P p e . . R a n g . . P N u i . . . l u . e v i e . . r . . j u r . . . . a f u U t w . . A . . . a d h o . G o . C o m o . . . . . r o t o . . . e w G ...... w P r o . . . t o l a M a ...... o n u H a . . . . g a p o . . é s . E y d h . . . g u e s T r . . . a . r e n a ...... n d T . . . r a t N e v . . V a . N i u a . . . i g u a E f a . . . . a r b u ...... a g o the updated Programme of Action. . . . u n . . i t i . . P e i . . i n r e . . S a d r . a f . . . r i . . o m . . . u i . . G d a . J a a . r a u r . M e r . . i s . a n a v . . f o . . . n t . . . t e . . A n m . B d a . . C u . . . a . . o b . . N u k ...... o h n p . . S . . n A n . . . . u s h i R o d . . . . e l i n B e q . . . . . m a i c . . G k . . o n t s ...... u a L . . . ’ o u A . . . . . e i t y u . . . . . b a A r u b . . T . . . . . N i a . A i t u ...... s l i n G a . G ...... b e E l e . . . C a y ...... u s i n M u . . . a . T i m o . . . o m é F a . . . a d M a l é . U t . . l l S t ...... v e u n . . . . e w r g . t a . . C s . r a . . n . . o z . . P . u m . . u t . . . n d m . o s . . C o . . . s t . . . a w . r - L . . . o T . . . k a . . . i d . . . w e . . A t o . . J o h . . l l . . T a i . . . . G e o . . . . k i . y p r u . . P ...... o . r a i a . C h . . . . h e r a G r a a n . A n d r . . . . . i q u e T a r . . . . e s t e S ã . . . o f o T r i n ...... h n d A . . . . n . R e n n e . . . . . icos Puert ...... Irel ...... uilla Van ...... zibar Pin . S ...... a . . ror Niue Malt . M . . . ia ahra . Fu ...... inica Ca . . o . . tra . . ew an . Ra . . P . . i’i . . ng . . ua . D ica . . an . . os . . t. K . . . . br . Ko . . . . a . . au . . . Luc . . B in . . na . . lau . . om n East . . . . Rico Soco . . N d . . bi . alau Sava . . A . . . . tu . omin . . Z ...... itts Mahé Alda ...... ritius St...... futi Toke . . D