Implementing and Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals in the Caribbean: The Role of the Ocean
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Identifying and Articulating Knowledge Needs for the Implementation and Monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals in Caribbean Small Island States and Matching Those Needs to Knowledge, Tools, and Data. Session DescriptionSession 1: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Caribbean Small Island StatesCo-Chairs: Jai Rampersad, Dr. Julian Roberts. This session facilitated a dialogue between governments and people of the Carribbean SIS about the challenges of executing the 2030 Agenda in each of the SIS. Linking to “Geo space for SDGs” (GSSDG) for the implementation brought a local perspective into the deliberations. The first two presentation presented the efforts made by the governments in Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands, and the next presentation gave an overview of the work of a local NGO in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Subsequently, the three panelists provided insight into the challenges and efforts from the point of view of UN agencies and regional intergovernmental organizations. The presentations and panelist statements provided answers to questions including: What are the core challenges? Who is doing what? What are the responsibilities? What knowledge is needed? Where is knowledge on the ocean needed? What data is used and what gaps are known? What science support is available? At the end of the session, a common understanding of the core problems started to emerge, and knowledge needs to address these problems were identified. |
This workshop was sponsored by:
under grant 80NSSC17K0241 |