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The SIDS Data Platform is a key instrument for supporting SIDS in following up on the SAMOA Pathway including a compiled database of over 4000 country-level indicators, a GIS portal with geospatial datasets from over 80 research studies and databases, a customizable version of the MVI, and novel machine learning models for filling data gaps.
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Share knowledge, build connections and spread innovation on climate action, blue economy, digital transformation and innovative financing for development. Engage with the community to help Small Island Developing States accelerate action towards the SDGs and SAMOA Pathway!
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Join this self-paced course, designed to help shape an inclusive, whole-of-government approach to digital transformation in SIDS linked with blue economy and climate resilience.
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Ocean Promise
UNDP has announced that it will enable 100 coastal countries including all Small Island Developing States to realize the maximum potential of their blue economies through sustainable, low-emission and climate-resilient ocean action by 2030.
The Global Fund for Coral Reefs
The Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) is a blended finance instrument to mobilize action and resources to protect and restore coral reef ecosystems and protect the communities that rely on them. Learn more about how GFCR is building biodiversity resilience.
The BlueBOT Project
The Blue Bot Project focuses on monitoring and mapping Caribbean coral reefs using artificial intelligence (AI) and evolving technologies.
UNDP Global SIDS Youth Survey on Digital Futures
We're running a global survey on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram, to learn what you think about the future of digital. You are part of the generation that could shape technology to positively transform our lives, societies, and economies.
Please click on one of the links below to start the 10-minute survey.
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How can SIDS reimagine tourism for green growth?
#eFuture
UNDP's Accelerator Lab in Barbados has partnered to create a digital tool to support fishers and farmers through the COVID-19 crisis
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Action Nation
A podcast featuring partners at the center of development in Jamaica, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands
Learning from Nature to Build Forward Better
Learn about the potentials of biomimicry for strengthening resilience and inducing transformational change.
Frontier Dialogues
A podcast that explores the work of actors at the frontlines of COVID-19 response in SIDS