BACKGROUND

The United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) convened the inaugural SIDS National Focal Points (NFPs) meeting on 29 October, 2018 in Apia, Samoa on the margins of the Inter-Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Mid-Term Review of the SAMOA Pathway.  

The NFP meeting launched the network of SIDS national focal points to enhance the coherence of SIDS issues in UN processes, including at the national, regional and global levels, by providing a vital link between the global and national levels facilitating coordination, information sharing and planning on the implementation of the SAMOA Pathway and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

The NFP meeting also provided national focal points with the opportunity to participate in the Inter-regional Preparatory Meeting of the Midterm Review of the SAMOA Pathway offering a unique opportunity to: i) share experiences and best practices on mainstreaming the SAMOA pathway and SDGs into national development processes as well their implementation and follow up, ii) network, and iii) better understand existing means of implementation, including viable financing and business models. 

DOCUMENTS

Background Materials

• Meeting SummaryPDFOpens a new window 
• Concept NotePDFOpens a new window 
• Programme PDFOpens a new window
• Draft Annotated ProgrammePDFOpens a new window 
• SIDS National Focal Points Action PlanPDFOpens a new window 
• NFP Draft Work Plan PDFOpens a new window
• Meeting Photo GalleryOpens a new window 
• Information Note PDFOpens a new window
• List of Budget Hotels, Apia, SamoaPDFOpens a new window 

Presentations 

• Italy PDFOpens a new window 
• UN-OHRLLSPDFOpens a new window 
• TongaPDFOpens a new window 
• ECLACPDFOpens a new window 
• PARIS21PDFOpens a new window 
• UN Statistics Division PDFOpens a new window
• Maldives PDFOpens a new window
• Kiribati PDFOpens a new window
• SPCPDFOpens a new window 
• CARICOMPDFOpens a new window