Second subcomponent

Support for coordination between island developing States in Africa and the Indian Ocean (AIODIS)

Budget

0 USD

Objectives

To help the AIODIS countries (Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Principe, Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Maldives, and Seychelles) to collaborate and share experiences in addressing some of the particular challenges they face, such as:

Improving the sustainable management of their vast marine territory.
Innovation and development of their blue economy in the context of climate change.
Concerted mobilisation of funding to address these challenges.

Activities

1. Organise high-level meetings to address issues and problems of regional interest.

2. Knowledge creation and exchange.

3. Provision of a tool for the preparation of project proposals.

Stories

BEM Recycling’s green agenda
BEM Recycling’s green agenda
Swiofish2 AIODIS EN

BEM Recycling’s green agenda

Mauritius aspires to become a sustainable and eco-responsible island, and this local company is committed to helping it get there. Focus on [... lire plus]

AIODIS High Level Meeting: towards an effective transition to circular economy
AIODIS High Level Meeting: towards an effective transition to circular economy
Swiofish2 AIODIS EN

AIODIS High Level Meeting: towards an effective transition to circular economy

The annual meeting of AIODIS (African and Indian Ocean Island Developing States), a sub component of the World Bank-funded SWIOFish2 project, was [... lire plus]

Giving a second life to ocean waste!
Giving a second life to ocean waste!
Swiofish2 AIODIS EN

Giving a second life to ocean waste!

The ocean’s trash can be another person’s treasure... This inspiring philosophy gave two women the idea of upcycling ocean waste to create [... lire plus]

Reports

Prevention, reduction and control of Marine Plastic Pollution in African and Indian Ocean developing island states (AIODIS)
Prevention, reduction and control of Marine Plastic Pollution in African and Indian Ocean developing island states (AIODIS)
AIODIS - Report

Prevention, reduction and control of Marine Plastic Pollution in African and Indian Ocean developing island states (AIODIS)

This is a background study for prevention, reduction and control of marine plastic pollution in Africa Indian Ocean Developing Island States (AIODIS). [... lire plus]

Assessment of intellectual property issues related to innovative circular economy projects in the African and Indian Ocean developing island states
Assessment of intellectual property issues related to innovative circular economy projects in the African and Indian Ocean developing island states
AIODIS - Report

Assessment of intellectual property issues related to innovative circular economy projects in the African and Indian Ocean developing island states

This document contains a revised draft version of a report on a consultancy on the assessment of intellectual property (IP) issues related [... lire plus]

Circular economy in the African and Indian Ocean developing island states
Circular economy in the African and Indian Ocean developing island states
AIODIS - Report

Circular economy in the African and Indian Ocean developing island states

Natural resources use and material consumptions have exponentially increased in the past 20 years (Schandl et al., 2018; Wiedmann et al., 2015).They [... lire plus]