Progress in implementation of the Mauritius Strategy: Caribbean Regional Synthesis Report

The Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from the 25 April – 6 May 1994. This culminated in the Declaration of Barbados and the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. Ten years later an International Meeting to Review Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States was held in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 10–14 January 2005. This international meeting, in turn, resulted in the Mauritius Declaration and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (MSI).Introduction .-- I. The Caribbean subregion .-- II. Progress made in implementing the BPoA and MSI .-- III. Challenges faced by Caribbean SIDS in implementing the BPoA and MSI .-- IV. Gaps in implementing the BPoA and MSI .-- V. New and emerging issues for the sustainable development of Caribbean SIDS .-- VI. Priorities of Caribbean SIDS for the Third International Conference for SIDS .-- VII. Proposals for practical and pragmatic action-oriented strategies for the further implementation of the BPoA and MSI in the Caribbean .-- VIII. Implications for the Caribbean