SIDS Youth AIMS Hub
SIDS Youth AIMS Hub (SYAH)
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EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP BASE AND SET UP OF NATIONAL COMMITTEESSYAH currently comprises of around 20 members. SYAH aims to increase its membership base through communications and outreach methods such as use of media and social media, visits to secondary schools and tertiary institutions, and contact with other youth-led organisations, clubs and networks. Young people can join SYAH either as an individual or as representative of a youth-led organisation / club / network, thus enabling partnership and collaboration between young people and youth-led organisations in SIDS of the AIMS region.As explained in the Coordination Mechanisms, national committees will be set up to coordinate the implementation of SYAH's 2-year Action Plan and any other relevant programs to promote the objectives of SYAH. These national committees or national SYAH chapters may wish to register themselves as a legal entity / NGO in their respective countries.SYAH'S 2-YEAR ACTION PLANSYAH's 2-year Action Plan focuses on the following priority areas and programs:1. Education (sensitisation and awareness): The Sustainability Tour project Giving hourly long mini workshops on SIDS, the 3rd International Conference on SIDS and sustainable development in SIDS (before the SIDS 2014 Conference), and on specific topics such as biodiversity, renewable energy, etc. (after the SIDS 2014 Conference). 2. Environment: (a) Annual environment-related competition for youth; and (b) A publication on biodiversity by youth for youth, specific to SIDS of the AIMS region. 3. Youth unemployment and social entrepreneurship: (a) Provision of workshops on social entrepreneurship; and (b) A festival for social entrepreneurship whereby youth showcase their social entrepreneurship initiatives.4. Volunteerism: a) Provision of workshops on the importance of volunteerism; and (b) Develop a fund to sponsor young people from the AIMS region to undertake United Nations Internship.A strategic focus on ARC (Advocacy, Research and Community development) will be used as basis to implement the Action Plan.MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH INDIAN OCEAN COMMISSION (IOC)On 30 May 2014, a 3-year MoU was signed between SYAH and the Indian Ocean Commission to enable mobilisation of young people and their participation in the projects of IOC specifically to do with biodiversity and renewable energy, amongst others.MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH ENL FOUNDATIONAn MoU between SYAH and ENL Foundation is currently underway. The areas of collaboration will involve empowerment of vulnerable/marginalised youth, the environment and community development, amongst others.AIMS SIDS ATLANTIC STRATEGYA strategy specific to the SIDS in the Atlantic Ocean, namely Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe, is currently being designed in order to improve the representation of young people from these countries at regional and global policy-and-decision-making processes, and improve the relations between them and the other SIDS in the AIMS region.
The Sustainability Tour project: giving hourly long mini workshops on SIDS, the 3rd International Conference on SIDS and sustainable development in SIDS (before the SIDS 2014 Conference), and on specific topics such as biodiversity, renewable energy, etc. (after the SIDS 2014 Conference). This project has already been successfully launched in Mauritius, and training of the same has been given to members from other countries within SYAH.
SIDS Youth AIMS Hub got legally registered under the provisions of the Registration of Associations Act (Mauritius) in April 2014. After that, SYAH and the General Secretariat of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) organized a 3-day residential regional workshop for youth from SIDS of the AIMS region from 29 to 31 May 2014, in Ebene, Mauritius, to strengthen and review the governance of SYAH, including the review and voting of an amended statute for SYAH, election of its Managing Committee/Board, and appointment of its Executive Director. Mechanisms now exist for SYAH's governance on both national levels and regional level.At regional level, a Board comprising of 9 members is elected every 2 years at SYAH's Annual General Meeting. The Board includes a President, Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The Board also includes an Executive Director (as a co-opted member without voting rights) appointed by the Board during SYAH's Annual General Meeting for a period of 2 years. Amongst its various functions, the Board is responsible for strategizing and providing general direction to SYAH's activities, specifically through the design of SYAH's 2-year Action Plan. The current Board comprises of members from the following five countries: Cape Verde, Comoros, Maldives, Mauritius and Seychelles.At national levels, a National Focal Point is appointed by the Board for a period for 2 years. National Focal Points are responsible for the setting up and management of national committees, and for implementing SYAH's 2-year Action Plan and any other programs to promote the objectives of SYAH, as deemed necessary by the national committee.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
14.1.1
(a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.2.1
Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas
14.3
Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
14.3.1
14.4
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
14.4.1
14.5
By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
14.5.1
14.6
By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation
14.6.1
Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
14.7
By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
14.7.1
Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries
14.a
Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
14.a.1
14.b
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
14.b.1
Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries
14.c
Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"
14.c.1
Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources
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Karuna Rana, Co Founder and Executive Director