The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Partnership Framework, established by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) following the 2014 Third International Conference on SIDS in Samoa, mandated the UN Secretariat, in consultation with the Partnership Framework Steering Committee, to organize on an annual basis, an action-oriented, results-focused Global Multi-stakeholder SIDS Partnership Dialogue. This first Dialogue will provide an opportunity to: review progress made by existing partnerships; share good practices, lessons learned and challenges and solutions from SIDS partnerships; and launch new partnerships for SIDS. The SIDS Partnership Framework seeks to monitor and ensure the full implementation of pledges and commitments through partnerships for SIDS, and to encourage new, genuine and durable partnerships for the sustainable development of SIDS. In addition to a Steering Committee and the organization of the Dialogue, the Framework also includes a reporting template, and encourages the organization of national and regional partnership dialogues. The first Global Publication on Partnerships for SIDS will also be launched at the event. Italy and Maldives, in their capacities as Co-Chairs of the Steering Committee on Partnerships for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), will be hosting the event.  

date: 22 September 2016  
location: New York City, US  
contact: Ola Göransson, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)  
phone: +1 212-963-7838  
e-mail: goranssono@un.org  
www: http://www.sids2014.org/sids-partnership-framework