PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES REGIONAL TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ON DEEP-SEABED MINING

1. A Voluntary Commitment to Advance Blue Growth in Pacific SIDS

2. UN Ocean Conference
2017
Bridging SIDS capacity
gaps in the
implementation of the
2030 Agenda, with a focus
on SDG 14

3. The international Seabed Authority
 Authority is an autonomous
international organization
 Established under UNCLOS and
the 1994 Agreement
 The Authority is the organization
through which States Parties to
UNCLOS shall, in accordance with the
regime of the Area, organize and
control activities in the Area,
particularly with a view to administering
the resources of the Area.

4. UN- Department of Economic and
Social Affairs (UN-DESA)
Norm Setting
Data Analysis
Capacity Building

5. Bridging SIDS capacity gaps in
the implementation of the
2030 Agenda, with a focus on
SDG 14
The Abyssal Initiative

6. Bridging SIDS capacity gaps in the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda, with a focus on SDG 14
Caribbean SIDS
(Ocean Governance)
Pacific SIDS
(Seabed Mining)

7. Bridging SIDS capacity gaps in the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda, with a focus on SDG 14
Caribbean Targeted SIDS Pacific Targeted SIDS
Jamaica
Saint Lucia
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Cook Islands
Nauru
Kiribati
Tonga

8. Bridging SIDS capacity gaps in the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda, with a focus on SDG 14
Srl Activities Date
1 Pacific SIDS Regional Training & Capacity
Building Workshop
1st Quarter 2019
2. National Capacity Building Workshops
• Cook Islands
• Kiribati
• Nauru
• Tonga
2nd Quarter 2019 – 2nd Quarter
2020
3. Abyssal Initiative Side Event Margin- 25th Session of ISA
4. Abyssal Side Event 2nd UN Ocean Conference –
Portugal (June 2020)

9. Bridging SIDS capacity gaps in the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda, with a focus on SDG 14
• Firstly, ensuring that the targeted countries are in a
position to comply with their national and international
obligations as seabed activities progress.
• Second, that the necessary governance structures and
mechanisms required are in place in order to achieve these
objectives in an effective manner.

10. Bridging SIDS capacity gaps in the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda, with a focus on SDG 14
SDG 14 Targets covered by the Abyssal Initiative Commitment
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 targets covered by this initiative include:
SDG 14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts,
including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and
productive oceans
SDG 14.7 By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from
the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and
tourism
SDG 14(a) Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into ac- count
the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in
order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing
countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
SDG 14(c) Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international
law as reflected in UNCLOS, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and
their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of The Future We Want

11. Bridging SIDS capacity gaps in the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda, with a focus on SDG 14
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