Mauritius
Thank you Mr Chairman,
I would like to underscore that the CSD14 review process had
highlighted the following goals for SIDS:
(i) Boost international competitiveness and reduce vulnerability
to external shocks through economic diversification and
regional integration;
(ii) Increase employment through rural development initiatives
and human resource training and capacity building
programmes; and
(iii) Attract more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
As far as SIDS are concerned, their inherent vulnerabilities coupled
with remoteness and size of their markets discourage the flow of FDI
which inevitably lead to unemployment and migration of skilled labour.
We would thus urge that CSD 15 adopt concrete policies to enable
SIDS and Developing countries to achieve sustainable development. Such
policies and measures should, among others, include:
(i) The provision of adequate financial assistance by the
developed countries as well as international financial
institutions, to assist SIDS and other developing countries in
walking the long and arduous path of economic
diversification;
(ii) Delegations from SIDS and Developing countries have been
reiterating the fundamental importance of transfer of
technology and the urgent need to train our people to man
the new technology that can boost the modernization of the
developing countries; and
(iii) Assistance for the setting up of Cleaner Production Centres
which would promote sustainable consumption and
production.
Mr. Chairman,
From a national perspective, I would like to mention that in its
endeavour to promote the setting up of more SME?s and the consolidation
of existing ones, the Government of Mauritius has set up an
Empowerment Fund to the tune of 5 billion Mauritian rupees, out of
which a sum of Rs. 750m has been front loaded by the Government.
Thank you Mr. Chairman
I would like to underscore that the CSD14 review process had
highlighted the following goals for SIDS:
(i) Boost international competitiveness and reduce vulnerability
to external shocks through economic diversification and
regional integration;
(ii) Increase employment through rural development initiatives
and human resource training and capacity building
programmes; and
(iii) Attract more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
As far as SIDS are concerned, their inherent vulnerabilities coupled
with remoteness and size of their markets discourage the flow of FDI
which inevitably lead to unemployment and migration of skilled labour.
We would thus urge that CSD 15 adopt concrete policies to enable
SIDS and Developing countries to achieve sustainable development. Such
policies and measures should, among others, include:
(i) The provision of adequate financial assistance by the
developed countries as well as international financial
institutions, to assist SIDS and other developing countries in
walking the long and arduous path of economic
diversification;
(ii) Delegations from SIDS and Developing countries have been
reiterating the fundamental importance of transfer of
technology and the urgent need to train our people to man
the new technology that can boost the modernization of the
developing countries; and
(iii) Assistance for the setting up of Cleaner Production Centres
which would promote sustainable consumption and
production.
Mr. Chairman,
From a national perspective, I would like to mention that in its
endeavour to promote the setting up of more SME?s and the consolidation
of existing ones, the Government of Mauritius has set up an
Empowerment Fund to the tune of 5 billion Mauritian rupees, out of
which a sum of Rs. 750m has been front loaded by the Government.
Thank you Mr. Chairman
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