One of the main objectives of Small Islands Voice is to bring islanders from the different regions together to discuss environment and development issues and to assist them in working together to address these concerns. Besides the Internet-based Youth Forum and the Global Internet-based Forum, other inter-regional activities focus on activities whereby islanders from the different regions can work together and in so doing develop a common voice on issues of concern.

Issues

• Small Islands Voice - Voices in a changing world, Oct '04
• Compilation of key issues for people living in small islands based on opinion surveys in 2002 and 2003, Dec '03
• Issues of concern to youth and the general public in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific regions - workshop discussions, Jul '03

Education for sustainable development

• Background to education for sustainable development, Jan '06
• Sustainable island living, '05 and ongoing
• Tools for education for sustainable island living:
  Sandwatch, '01 and ongoing
  River Care, '02 and ongoing
  Island Environment Watch, Jan '06 and ongoing

Exchanges

• Youth exchange visit St. Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat, Mar '06
• Pacific-Caribbean cultural youth exchange, Feb '06 and ongoing
• Beach management exchange between San Andres and Cuba, Feb '05
• Joint youth initiative between Maldives and Seychelles, Jan '04 and ongoing
• Youth ambassador from St. Kitts and Nevis visits Seychelles, Nov '03

Programme of Action for Small Island Developing States

• Final Report on the Civil Society Process leading to the International Meeting in Mauritius, January 2005, CEDREFI, May '06
• Civil Society Strategy for the AIMS region, Mar '06
• International Meeting for the 10-year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action, Mauritius, Jan '05
• Small Islands Voice side event at the Main International Meeting in Mauritius, Jan '05
• Preparations for the review of the Programme of Action for Small Island Developing States, '02 and ongoing

Declarations

• Declaration from Youth Visioning for Island Living, Jan '05
• Declaration of the Mauritius Civil Society Forum, Jan '05
• Mauritius Declaration, Jan '05
• Mauritius Strategy, Jan '05
• Rock Islands Declaration, Koror, Nov '02

Meetings, workshops and conferences

• Panel on Community Visioning: a strategy for sustainable island living scheduled at Islands of the World IX International Conference, Jul '06
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines represented at the Caribbean conference on Education for Sustainable Development - New approaches for the Future, Oct '05
• Mauritius Strategy Implementation: Small Islands Voice Planning Meeting, Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jul '05
• Small Islands Voice represented at the international conference 'Islands of the World VIII' Changing Islands - Changing Worlds, Nov '04
• Small Islands Voice represented at workshop on 'Capacity development for sustainable development in SIDS', Dec '03
• Small Islands Voice at the Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, Paris, Nov '03
• Islands from the Indian Ocean and Pacific regions participate in the Second Regional Caribbean Sandwatch workshop, Jul '03
• Small Islands Voice Inter-Regional Workshop Palau, Nov '02
• Small Islands Voice represented at Islands of the World VII International Conference, Jun '02

Communications

• SIV News: an electronic message board, Dec '03 and ongoing
• Youth visioning for island living, Nov '03 and ongoing
• Inter-regional conference calls '02

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