Resilient prosperity: Strategic Partnerships to Advancing Science, Technology, and Innovation in Small Island Developing States
Tue 30 Jan 2024, 1.15 pm
Background
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will hold its 2024 Partnership Forum on 30 January 2024 at the UN Headquarters in New York under the overall theme of “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions”. The Partnership Forum will place special emphasis on the SDGs under review at the 2024 session of the High-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF): SDG 1 (no poverty); SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 16 (peace and justice) and SDG 17 (partnership for the Goals).
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Small Island Developing States Unit of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will organize a side event that focuses on scaling up strategic partnerships to advance Science, Technology, and Innovation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) towards a resilient future.
Objective:
The side event aims to explore and promote effective partnerships in science, technology, and innovation to facilitate resilient prosperity and to achieve sustainable development in SIDS.
Expected outcome:
The discussion will showcase good examples of innovative partnerships that facilitate STI in SIDS, identify challenges and provide recommendations on creating enabling environment in SIDS to advance STI in SIDS-specific context. The output of the discussions will inform the STI Forum, SIDS4 and the High-Level Political Forum in Sustainable Development in 2024.
Date & Time: 30 January 2024, 1:15 – 2:30 PM
Room: Trusteeship Council Chamber, UN Headquarters, New York
Concept note can be found here
Summary of discussion can be found here
Watch the side event from here
Provisional programme:
Chaired by H.E. Ms. Inga Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations
Opening segment
Remarks by:
- H.E. Ms. Inga Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations, co-Chair the 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum)
- Mr. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General, UNDESA
- Ms. Ursula Wynhoven, ITU Representative to the UN and Head of UN Affairs Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Presentations on partnerships for SIDS, facilitated by Ms. Ursula Wynhoven, ITU
Presentations by:
- H.E. Mr. Burhan Gafoor, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Singapore to the United Nations
- H.E. Mr. Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations
- Mr. Anurag Mathur, Global Head, Strategic Partnerships Financial Services, Google Cloud, Google
- Mr. Rodney Taylor, Secretary-General, Caribbean Telecommunications Union
- Mr. Sam Saili, Chief Executive Officer, SkyEye Pacific Limited
Interactive discussions, facilitated by Ms. Ursula Wynhoven, ITU
Guiding questions:
- How can we scale up innovative partnerships that facilitate STI in SIDS?
- How can we create the enabling environment in SIDS to advance SIDS-specific partnerships on STI?
Closing by the Chair
