SIDS Forum
THE OACPS SIDS FORUM have consistently demonstrated a powerful commitment to environmental stewardship, serving over the years as an inspiration for all nations.
The OACPS Sids Forum brings together 39 island nations as a subsidiary and consultative organ under the OACPS' Georgetown Agreement. It focuses on innovative approaches and advocacy for the sustainable development of member states.
PRIORITIES
Promote the implementation of the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS, a plan to build prosperity and resilience, through global partner ship tackling public debt for sustainable island futures.
Advocate for the use of multidimensional vulnerability indices (MVIS) to measure structural vulnerability across multiple dimensions of sustainable development and enhance access to concessional finance for SIDS.
Facilitate access to concessional finance through the reform of the global development and climate finance architecture and increase funding for mitigation and adaptation
KEY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AGENDA FOR SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (ABAS)
The Declaration, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2024, offers a transformative vision for addressing challenges related to extreme weather and sea level rise, emphasizing resilience-building, sustainable development, and social equity as cornerstones for a secure and prosperous future.
THE HIGH SEAS TREATY
The Agreement, adopted in 2023, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity, aims to ensure that the benefits from commercially valuable ocean organisms, either through scientific research or commercial exploitation, are shared equally among all countries.
THE PARIS AGREEMENT
The legally binding international treaty on climate change adopted in 2016, with the goal to limit global warming while enhancing the ability of countries to adapt to climate change and promoting finance flow to lower greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.
THE ADDIS ABABA ACTION AGENDA
Endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 2015, the Action Agenda provides a new global framework for financing sustainable development by aligning all financing flows and policies with economic, social and environmental priorities.
THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015, it is a global plan of action for a more sustainable future. It includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 169 associated targets, aiming to address critical global challenges like poverty, hunger, inequality, and climate change by 2030.
THE GEORGETOWN AGREEMENT
Foundation of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), formerly known as the ACP Group of States, created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975, and revised in 2019.
