Samoa Pathway Progress UN Caribbean UN Multicountry Sustainable

Samoa Pathway Progress UN – Caribbean UN Multi-country Sustainable Development Framework (UN MSDF) for the Caribbean 2017 -2021 August 2018 San Pedro, Belize

A new way of working together: UN Multi-country Sustainable Development Framework - A common, regional, programmatic framework that unifies 6 UNDAFs and supports English and Dutch speaking Caribbean countries in the implementation of the SDGs - Signed by 18 national governments and the UN - Governed by National Steering Committees and supported by a light regional UN coordination structure - Operationalized at the country level: Each government/UN develop a Country Implementation Plan (CIPs)

4 development priorities of the MSDF

Achievements on implementation of Samoa Pathway

Pillar 1: An Inclusive, Equitable and Prosperous Caribbean

Achievements Outcome 1: Access to quality education and life-long learning increased, for enhanced employability and sustainable economic development. Outcome 2: Access to equitable social protection systems, quality services and improved sustainable economic opportunities Outputs 1. Strengthened national frameworks, policies, plans and standards to increase access to high-quality, equitable, inclusive, and holistic early childhood development, learning and care environments for children and adolescents. 2. Enhanced capacity of national entities in education planning, collection and use of data, system monitoring and budgeting, for equitable, inclusive and relevant education for all children and adolescents. 3. Improved articulation between the education and vocational training system and the industry to mitigate future youth skills mismatch in the labour market 4. Enhanced capacity of key stakeholders to implement initiatives for citizens, especially young people, to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to be proactive users and producers of information and media content 1. Strengthened national institutional capacities to develop and deliver inclusive and equitable social protection systems to strengthen the resilience of, and protect boys and girls from all forms of poverty and social exclusion 2. Improved national capacities to regularly collect, analyze and use data to define, monitor and report on child poverty in all of its dimensions, and the effects of relevant policies and programmes 3. Enhanced national systems that govern the volume, efficiency and impact of invested resources towards building resilience of the most vulnerable boys, girls and adolescents 4. Strengthened national capacity to generate, analyze and utilize data and evidence for national policies and programmes linked to sustainable development look at indicators

Gaps and challenges for Pillar 1 Priority support sought from Caribbean Governments: • Prioritize completion of budgeting to guide resource mobilization to strengthen and sustain social protection systems, including conditional cash transfers. • Coordinate and streamline national efforts to establish systems for strategic information management on household population, identification/registry and vulnerability as a basis for multi-sectoral service delivery and monitoring. • Diversification away from classic exports of commodities (sugar, bananas) and increase sustainable management of tourism sector

Pillar 2: A Healthy Caribbean

Gaps and challenges– Pillar 2: Healthy Caribbean Priority support sought from Caribbean Governments: • Higher percentage of the population with increased access to HIV diagnosis and treatment. • Health services working as an integrated network. • Health services improving the access to provide care according to the needs of the population. • Ministries of Health integrate data for a comprehensive analysis of country health situations • Strengthened governance framework for food and nutrition security • Improvement in prevention and management of NCDs

Gaps and challenges– Pillar 2: Helathy Caribbean Priority support sought from Caribbean Governments: • Health services integration scaling up, with strategic inter-linkages between Caribbean countries • Sustained improvement in governance framework for food and nutrition security, including schools • Expansion of strategies and resources for prevention and management of NCDs, learn from the Pacific regional work

Pillar 3: A Safe, Cohesive and Just Caribbean

Gaps and challenges for Pillar 3: Safe, Cohesive and Just Caribbean Priority support sought from Caribbean Governments: • Support to Implementation of UN Convention Against Corruption with south-south peer support • Gender based violence, ongoing and in humanitarian settings and emergencies Overall challenges: • Coordination and M and E systems still at incipient stage • Lack of programme funds for MIC and HMIC countries • Scarcity of required technical expertise in country

Pillar 4: A Sustainable and Resilient Caribbean

Key Results UN MSDF Outcome 7: Policies and programmes for UN MSDF Outcome 8: Inclusive and sustainable climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction solutions adopted for the conservation, restoration and universal access to clean and sustainable energy use of ecosystems and natural resources. in place • National and community planning and investments integrate climate-change adaptation and mitigation to provide co-benefits. • National priority growth sectors have adopted strategies, sciencebased practices and innovations that promote mitigation and resilience • Exploration of sub-regional renewable energy options in OECS countries • Local livelihoods opportunities expanded through the sustainable use of common natural resources. • National priority actions promoting the effective management of Belize's Natural Resources supported • Strengthened National Capacity for Measuring and Monitoring Marine Pollution and Studying the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Ecosystems • Enabling business environment supported to improve agricultural entrepreneurship • Strengthened national capacity for protection of tangible and intangible heritage and management of coastal wetland aquifer, protected areas such as biosphere reserves, as learning tools for equitable and sustainable development and for climate change mitigation and adaptation

Gaps and challenges– Pillar 4 Sustainable and Resilient Priorities • Realization of National Determined Contributions (NDC)- 2017 focus on Productive Sector Adaptation to Climate Change • Planning investments in resilient cities/ communities • Effective management of country’s natural resource base (strengthened national capacities for chemicals management, biodiversity/ ecosystem management, water resource management, etc. • Sustainable energy solutions for the transport sector

Private Sector funding 2010 -2013 sector $ 137, 000 $ 198, 000 by $ 475, 000 T&T $ 1, 245, 000 $ 4, 600, 000 Suriname $ 75, 000 $ 96, 500 Saint Lucia $ 780, 100 $ 1, 475, 000 $ 940, 000 $ 2, 685, 000 $ 1, 336, 000 Jamaica $ 1, 503, 000 $ 90, 000 $ 563, 000 Guyana $ 6, 500, 000 $ 1, 236, 000 $ 3, 710, 000 $ 1, 047, 000 $ 2, 834, 000 $ 11, 751, 000 Belize $ 475, 000 $ 30, 000 $ 120, 000 $ 245, 000 Barbados $ 249, 500 $ 27, 000 Antigua and Barbuda 0% 10% Health 20% Education 30% 40% Sustsainable Systems 50% 60% Conservstion/Biodiversity 70% 80% Peace & Justice 90% 100%

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