The Island Entrepreneur

How Small Islands Are Forging Innovative Business Partnerships That Work

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Taking Solar Offshore: Bringing Unlimited Renewable Energy to Small Island States

How an Austrian start-up is helping small islands access renewable energy.

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Ocean Conference Sparks Discussion Among The Private Sector About Achieving SDG 14

Business Leaders and Ocean Stakeholders Outline Conservation Initiatives and the Future for Private Sector Involvement in Saving the Oceans

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2nd Global Multi-Stakeholder SIDS Partnership Dialogue

The second annual Global Multi-stakeholder Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Partnership Dialogue will take place on 7 June 2017.

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Integrating the Private Sector with the Sustainable Development Goals

Renewed focus this month in the importance of private sector integration with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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Applications Open for IUCN Energy Small Grants Programme

Submissions for projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable transport in participating countries are due on June 1st, 2017.

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Apply For Support In Commodity Development Activities

The Common Fund For Commodities (CFC) is inviting applications, due April 30th, 2017, for support of commodity development activities in its member countries.

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Island Energy: How The Ocean Can Take Us To 100% Renewable Energy In Tropical Nations

Ocean thermal energy has prime potential in the tropics, which are home to more than 40 percent of the world’s population.

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SIDS Private Sector Are Important Stakeholders for UN Ocean Conference

Organizers highlight the importance of SIDS private sector in conversations at The Ocean Conference, taking place in June 2017.

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Small Island Leaders Call For Action On Plastic Pollution

Small island leaders call for action on plastic pollution

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UN-OHRLLS And PARLEY Announce Cooperation For SIDS

SIDS invited to join A.I.R. strategy against plastic pollution in the oceans

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SIDS Global Business Network Officially Launches

Official Launch of the Small Island Developing States Global Business Network Takes Place in Aruba in March 2016.

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Body Care Business In Samoa Boosts Local Economy

Strengthening regional private sector in collaboration with the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation

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WHO WE ARE

Global Advocacy For The Sustainable Development Of Small Island Developing States Through Durable Private Sector Partnerships

The Small Island Developing States Global Business Network (SIDS-GBN) is an online platform and resource hub to share best practices and lessons learned in support of private sector partnerships for small island developing States (SIDS). The network forges collaboration among SIDS regional private sector organisations and works towards strengthening inter-regional business alliances, catalyzing and encouraging international businesses to focus on SIDS as potential market opportunities and vice versa.

The SIDS-GBN also fosters greater awareness of the importance of sustainable development as a guide to promoting dynamic business sectors in line with the SAMOA Pathway and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals.

The Small Island Developing States Global Business Network was an outcome of the Private Sector Partnerships Forum, a pre-conference event of the 2014 United Nations Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States held in Apia, Samoa.

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