2025 Global Multi-Stakeholder SIDS Partnership Dialogue

12 December 2025, 10 AM - 01 PM, Trusteeship Council Chamber

This Dialogue is organized by the co-chairs of the Steering Committee on Partnerships for SIDS — the Permanent Representatives of the Republic of Maldives and the Republic of Latvia — together with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS).

At the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), held in May 2024, member States adopted The Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS (ABAS) – A Renewed Declaration for Resilient Prosperity, which will guide development efforts in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) over the next decade.

The unique vulnerabilities of SIDS demand enhanced global partnerships for development, adequate mobilization of means of implementation, and sustained international support to achieve agreed objectives. ABAS calls for new, innovative, and bold approaches to partnership — built on collaboration, trust, alignment, accountability, and transparency — and for cooperation that leverages a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach. This includes expanding and diversifying partnerships across all sectors, strengthening SIDS-SIDS cooperation, enhancing capacity-building and knowledge exchange, and mobilizing human, financial, technical, and technological resources through North-South, South-South, Triangular, and SIDS-to-SIDS cooperation.

The 2025 Global Multi-Stakeholder SIDS Partnership Dialogue aims to advance this ambition by providing a high-level platform to examine what is needed to strengthen the enabling environment for partnerships and to mobilize action across all sectors of society. The Dialogue will also present and explore how a strengthened SIDS Partnership Framework can help coordinate and scale up impactful collaborations across sectors.

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The Dialogue formal programme (10 AM - 01 PM) will be webcast live on UN WebTV.

Documents

Concept note & full day programme

SIDS Partnership Labs

In addition to the main programme, the Dialogue will also include a limited number of informal SIDS Partnership Labs, which will bring together diverse stakeholders to explore opportunities, share experiences, and solutions in key areas central to ABAS implementation. The Labs are organized by relevant UN entities and stakeholder groups and held virtually.

Advancing Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digitalization through Higher Education in SIDS

2025 Global Multi-Stakeholder SIDS Partnership Dialogue

12 December 2025, 10 AM - 01 PM, Trusteeship Council Chamber

Watch live

Documents

SIDS Partnership Labs

Advancing Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digitalization through Higher Education in SIDS

08.00 - 09.30 AM

Mobilizing Partnerships and Financing for Renewable Energy in SIDS

08.30 – 09.30 AM

From Data to Deals: Strengthening Blue Investment Readiness in SIDS

01.30 – 03.00 PM

Hand-in-Hand for SIDS: Advancing the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Resilient Agrifood Systems

01.30 – 02.45 PM

Navigating plausible futures: Strategizing innovation portfolios for SIDS agrifood systems’ resilience

03.00 – 04.15 PM

Bridging the Islands: Strengthening Inter-CSO Collaboration Across AIS, Caribbean & Pacific SIDS for ABAS Implementation

03.30 – 05.00 PM

SIDS Youth Data Justice Partnership Lab

04.00 – 06.00 PM