CARIBBEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING ON THE PROGRAMME OF ACTION

FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF

CARIBBEAN SMALL ISLAND STATES

Barbados, 10-14 November 1997 SIDS97/INF.18 Date: 8 Nov 1997

NOTE: This report does not include among the projects taking place in Guyana the SDNP (Guyana) initiative which became operational July 1997. (SDNP Guyana May 1998)

THE WAY FORWARD

UNDP ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN

1.0 INTRODUCTION

2.0: BACKGROUND ON UNDP INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SIDS POA

3.0 NATIONAL PROGRAMMES : COUNTRY OFFICE PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCES IN SUPPORT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SIDS - POA IN THE CARIBBEAN

3.1 BARBADOS

• 3.11 OECS Position Paper and Action Plan for Sustainable Development
• 3.12 Support for the SIDS NGO Forum and Village of Hope
• 3.13 Sustainable Livelihoods in the OECS
• 3.14 Other Initiatives

3.2 GUYANA

• 3.21 Sustainable Human Development Initiative In Guyana
• 3.22 GEF Assistance To Iwokrama Rainforest Programme
• 3.23 Strengthening of the Guyana Agency for Health Sciences, Education, Environment and Food Policy (GAHEF)
• 3.24 The Tropical Forestry Action Programme
• 3.25 Resources earmarked to support sustainable development activities for the 1997 - 1999 period are:
• 3.26 Other Initiatives

3.3 JAMAICA

3.4 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

4.0 CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

5.0 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SMALL ISLANDS DEVELOPING STATES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (SIDSTAP)

6.0 ACTIVITIES UNDER THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF)

6.1 The GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF/SGP)

• 6.12 Barbados
• 6.13 Trinidad and Tobago

6.2 The GEF Programme: Regional Level

• 6.21 Capacity Building Project Development Initiatives:
• 6.22: GEF as an Instrument for Regional Collaboration
• 6.23 Use of GEF Resources for Sustainable Tourism management
• 6.24 Difficulties of GEF Submission and Approval Process
• 6.25 Use of GEF Resources for Marine Oil Spill Response
• 6.26 Use of GEF Resources for Biodiversity Conservation in the OECS
• Other GEF Regional projects
• 6.28 The GEF Programme: National Level
• 6.29 Dominica
• 6.30 Trinidad and Tobago
• 6.31 Guyana
• 6.32 Suriname
• 6.33 Jamaica
• 6.34 GEF Enabling Activities

7.0 SECTION 5 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL COLLABORATION AMONG CARIBBEAN INSTITUTIONS

7.1 Building Capacity for Sustainable Development through supporting participation in key regional fora, and through funding of important ad-hoc non-programme initiatives.

• 7.11 Consultation of Caribbean NGOs on Sustainable Development; Sustainable Livelihoods; Sustainable Living.
• 7.12 Forum 96: Conference on the Prevention of Pollution from Small Ships; Sustainable Nautical Tourism Development in the Caribbean, 27-29 November 1996:
• 7.13 Bolivia Summit on Sustainable Development:

8.0 Building Capacity for Sustainable Development through interagency networking, collaboration and training in activities under SIDS Priority areas.

8.1 National Selection Committees for the GEF Small Grants Programmes:

8.2 The Environmental Interagency Coordinating Committee (EIACC)

8.3 The UN Resident Coordinator System

8.4 SIDS Database on Projects and Programmes:

8.5 Collaboration within the framework of CARIFORUM.

8.6 UNDP In House Workshops for staff and selected country personnel

9.0 SECTION 6 INFORMATION SHARING AND NETWORKING THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SIDSNET

9.1 Directory of Experts:

9.2 SIDSNET:

9.3 SDNP Caribbean node:

10.0 SECTION 7 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON AN INSTITUTIONAL BASIS

10.1 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the OECS/ NRMU.

10.2 Technical Committee of the OECS Coastal Resources Management Initiative (CRMI)

10.3 Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)

10.4 Trinidad and Tobago Solid Waste Management Company Limited (SWMCOL)

10.5 Asa Wright Nature Centre

10.6 Guardian Life Wildlife Trust

10.7 Inter-American Commission on Biodiversity

10.8 Technical Committee UNEP/USAID Caribbean Environment Network Project

10.9 Steering Committee GEF Caribbean Adaptation to Climate Change Project (CPACC)

10.10 Other activities

11.0 SECTION 8 REGULAR UNDP COUNTRY PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES AND LINKAGES TO THE SIDS POA

11.1 Review of the UNDP Fifth Country Programming Cycle 1992-1996

11.2 The situation for OECS SIDS

11.3 UNDP OECS Multi Island Programme

11.4 Other CARICOM SIDS

12.0 SECTION 9 UNDP REGIONAL PROGRAMMES

13.0 SECTION 10 PROPOSALS: UNDP 6^th COUNTRY PROGRAMMING CYCLE 1997-1999

13.1 Considerations for Sustainable Development

13.2 The Programme Approach

13.3 Advocacy and Dialogue

13.4 Areas of Programme Concentration

14.0 SECTION 11 FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO PROGRESS IN EACH PROGRAMME AREA.

14.1 Transparency of Development Support

14.2 The promotion of Advocacy and Dialogue

14.3 Broadening Participation in Development by including the non-government sector

14.4 Emphasis on the use of national and regional expertise

15.0 SECTION 12 CONSTRAINTS TO IMPLEMENTATION IN EACH PROGRAMME AREA

16.0 SECTION 13 SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS AND CONSTRAINTS IN EACH PROGRAMME AREA

17.0 SECTION 14 CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE FUTURE

17.1 Resource Mobilization

17.2 Donor Coordination

APPENDIX 1: Small Island Developing States Network (SIDSnet)

APPENDIX 2: UNDP Barbados Caribbean Multi-Island Programme

APPENDIX 3: Summary of Sustainable Development Projects In Guyana

APPENDIX 4: Summary of Sustainable Development Projects In Jamaica

APPENDIX 5: UNDP Projects for the Fifth Programming Cycle in Caribbean SIDS served by UNDP Trinidad

TABLES:

Table 1: UNDP Country Offices in the Caribbean and Countries Served by each Office

Table 2: UNDP Initiatives Developed in Response to the SIDS POA, 1994 to 1997

Table 3: Project Proposals on Support for Technical Assistance to Caribbean SIDS

Table 4 :UNDP GEF - Small Grants Programme : Barbados

Table 5: UNDP GEF - Small Grants Programme : Trinidad And Tobago

Table 6 (a): GEF Projects In The Regional Pipeline

Table 6 (b): GEF Medium Sized Projects In The Regional Pipeline

Table 7: GEF PROJECTS IN THE CARIBBEAN

Table 8: UNDP Supported Enabling Activities In The Caribbean

Table 9: UNDP Projects in the Eastern Caribbean: Assessment of Environmental and Gender Components and NGO Participation