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[Media Invitation - Antigua and Barbuda]

[Media Invitation - Antigua and Barbuda]

SIDS-4 Conference Side Event: The Path Forward in the Operationalisation of the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) in SIDS

May 24, 2024  — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States is pleased to invite journalists and media personnel who will be covering the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS-4) to a side event titled, "The Path Forward in the Operationalisation of the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) in SIDS."

The UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/78/232 calls on the international community “to consider how best multidimensional vulnerability could be reflected in existing practices and policies for debt sustainability and development support, including access to concessional finance” (Art. 7).

This side event will discuss the operationalisation of the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) as outlined in the resolution. The event will feature a high-level panel, which will include the OECS Director General, Dr. Didacus Jules, senior officials, academics, and development finance experts. They will explore the following:

  • How multidimensional vulnerability can be reflected in debt sustainability and development support practices.
  • The potential uses and application of the MVI.
  • Complementarities between the Bridgetown Initiative, the SDG Stimulus, and the MVI in the context of broader international financial architecture reform.

WHAT: SIDS-4 Side Event - The Path Forward in the Operationalisation of the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) in SIDS

WHEN: May 29, 2024

TIME: 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. (AST local time Antigua and Barbuda)

WHERE: American University of Antigua, Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda, Room 7 (SIDS4 Conference Venue)

SIDE EVENT ID#101

ORGANISERS: This side meeting is hosted by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, (UNDESA)

Journalists attending this conference are invited to cover these events. Accredited media representatives will have the opportunity to engage in Q&A sessions and conduct bilateral interviews with speakers. For media accreditation and more information on participating in the SIDS-4 Conference, please visit SIDS-4 Conference Website.

Danny Moonie Communications / Knowledge Management Specialist, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
OECS Communications Unit Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

 

 

 

 

 

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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an International Organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance among independent and non-independent countries in the Eastern Caribbean. The OECS came into being on June 18th 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other while promoting unity and solidarity among its Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed. The OECS today, currently has eleven members, spread across the Eastern Caribbean comprising Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Martinique and Guadeloupe. 

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