Background
The UN SIDS Partnerships Awards secretariat will convene a series of webinars to brief stakeholders about the Awards 2025, covering key details such as the background, eligibility, criteria, and application process.
The webinars will also feature past award winners who will share their experiences, insights into their partnerships, and valuable tips for navigating the application process.
The webinars will take place on two occasions:
3:30PM-4:45PM (EDT, New York time) on Monday 5 May, register from here
9:00AM-10:15AM (EDT, New York time) on Tuesday 6 May, register from here
Background
The United Nations (UN) Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Partnerships Awards was established by the Member States of the United Nations in 2021 to recognize and reward the efforts of the best and most noteworthy, genuine and durable partnerships in the implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA Pathway).
The Awards provide an opportunity to reward the most successful SIDS partnerships, highlight best practices, increase the visibility of the SIDS Partnership Framework, motivate the creation of new SIDS partnerships and incentivize the registrations of new partnerships for SIDS.
The Awards have been updated to align with the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS. The details of the Awards 2025 can be found on the webpage: https://sdgs.un.org/SIDSPartnershipsAwards#awards_2025
The Awards 2025 are led by the Co-chairs of the Steering Committee on partnerships for SIDS, Permanent Representatives of Latvia and Maldives to the United Nations, and supported collaboratively, by the SIDS Unit of the UN DESA and SIDS Sub-Programme of the UN OHRLLS.
Provisional programme:
Welcome remarks by representatives of the Co-chairs of Steering Committee on partnerships for SIDS
-Mr. Hussain Azhaan Mohamed Hussain, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations
-Mr. Emīls Dombrovskis, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Latvia to United Nations and the Chair of the Judging panel for the UN SIDS Partnerships Awards 2025
Insights from the past Award-winning partnerships
5th of May:
- Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean, represented by the World Bank (2022, Economic category)- Alliances for a bluer, greener Caribbean (Ridge to Reef), represented by Alligator Head Foundation (2023, Environmental category)
6th of May:
- Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS), represented by Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) (2024, Environmental category)
and more!
Briefing from the Awards secretariat on the process
Q&A
Closing
