UK Small Island Developing States Strategy

International Development Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 18 Apr 2023 Closed: 23 May 2024 Parliament page
Report and Government response published The House of Commons International Development Committee calls for the FCDO urgently to make a long-term commitment to SIDS. It says the UK Government must not allow funding or political support for SIDS to be de-prioritised, even in an era of multiple and growing global … Read more
14 Recommendations
12 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
2 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 10 events
13 Jan
2025
Report published
1 May
2024
Report published
23 Apr
2024
Correspondence
23 Apr
2024
Correspondence
24 Oct
2023
Oral evidence
24 Oct
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
5 Sep
2023
Oral evidence
5 Sep
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
18 Jul
2023
Oral evidence
18 Jul
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
24 Oct 2023
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Cletus Springer · Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) UnaMay Gordon · Climate Change, Government of Jamaica
5 Sep 2023
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Alisi Rabukawaqa · International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Christopher Pearce · National Oceanography Centre Jeremy Raguain · Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) and AOSIS Fellow Kristal Ambrose · Bahamas Plastic Movement (BPM) Martin Chong · Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) Programme, Pacific Community-SPC Vinzealhar Nen · 350.org
18 Jul 2023
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Emily Wilkinson · ODI Jean-Paul Adam · Office of the Special Adviser on Africa to the UN Secretary General
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourth Report - The UK Small Island Developing States Strategy HC 476 1 May 2024 26 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
4 results
Clear
4 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Fourth Report - The UK Small Islan…
Advocate within OECD to reform ODA eligibility criteria for SIDS' vulnerabilities
The UK Government should use its membership of, and influence within, the OECD to advocate that ODA eligibility criteria be reformed to reflect SIDS’ vulnerabilities. This could take the form of a ‘small island exception’ as employed by the World … Read more
Government Response
The government partly agrees, stating UK representatives are advocating within the OECD for strengthened ODA processes to better reflect SIDS' vulnerabilities, working with like-minded donors. While supporting the principle, they note further improvements are needed for the UN MVI and do not explicitly commit to a 'small island exception'.
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12 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Fourth Report - The UK Small Islan…
Advocate on Loss and Damage Fund board for grant-based disbursements
Now that the agreement is in place, the UK Government should use its seat on the Loss and Damage Fund board to advocate that the Fund disburses its funding in the form of grants.
Government Response
The government will use its seat on the Loss and Damage Fund Board to push for minimum allocations for vulnerable countries and explore innovative financing, and recognizes the need for highly concessional finance.
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16 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Fourth Report - The UK Small Islan…
Commit to recognising SIDS' legal statehood continuity and fixed maritime boundaries despite sea-level rise.
In the light of the ILC’s impending report on the topic, the UK Government should commit to working with like-minded states to explore ways of (i) formally recognising the continuity of Small Island Developing States’ legal statehood, should all their … Read more
Government Response
The government partly agrees, having formally accepted that maritime zone baselines may remain fixed and published a statement, but it is still carefully considering the issue of continuity of statehood, noting it will review a relevant international report in 2025.
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18 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Fourth Report - The UK Small Islan…
Commit to making multi-year funded programmes the norm in partnerships with SIDS.
In its partnerships with SIDS, the Government should therefore commit to making multi-year funded programmes the norm.
Government Response
The government partly agrees, stating it currently has several multi-year programmes for SIDS and aims to strengthen them during the Spending Review, but does not commit to making them the norm, noting that multi-year programmes are always subject to financial allocations and break clauses.
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Government Response AI assessment · 26 of 14 classified
Accepted 12
Accepted in Part 4
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 3
Not Addressed 3
Rejected 2
Total 14 recs + 12 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
23 Apr 2024 Correspondence from the Minister for Development & Africa relating to the Committee visit to Dominica and SIDS Conference - 25 March 2024
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23 Apr 2024 Correspondence to the Minister for Development & Africa relating to the Committee visit to Dominica and SIDS Conference - 8 March 2024
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