UN SIDS Partnership Awards 2022

Introduction

Launched in 2022 the United Nations Small Island Developing States Partnerships Awards (hereinafter “the Award”) was an initiative proposed by Antigua and Barbuda and the Republic of Malta, during their two-year tenure (2020-2021) as the Co-Chairs of the Steering Committee for SIDS Partnerships (‘the Committee’). The United Nations SIDS Partnership Awards recognises the efforts of the most genuine and durable partnerships for the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in line with of the SIDS Accelerated Modality of Action (SAMOA) Pathway.

Purpose

The aim of the Award is to recognize and reward the efforts of the best and most noteworthy, genuine and durable partnerships in the implementation of the sustainable development priorities of small island developing States consistent with the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and in line with the Small Island Developing States Partnerships criteria and norms.

The Awards system aims to:

1. reward the most successful SIDS partnerships;
2. highlight best practices;
3. increase the visibility of the SIDS Partnership’s Framework;
4. motivate the creation of new SIDS partnerships; and
5. incentivise the registrations of new, genuine, and durable partnerships for SIDS.

The Award

The Award consists of i) a Certificate, to be awarded during the Awards Ceremony, and ii) the title “Small Island Developing States Partnerships’ Most Distinguished Laureate” iii) authorization to use a SIDS Partnerships Awards Logo in any partnership related material, and iv) recognition on the SIDS partnerships website.

Laureates will be recognized as “Partnerships’ Champions” and the partners involved will be considered “Advocates” of the SIDS Partnership Framework. The Champions are also encouraged to advocate and highlight the Partnership Framework, encourage new partnerships, and the registration of partnerships through the SIDS partnerships website.

Self-nominations and nominations by third parties are both acceptable and must be submitted online.

Eligibility

The Award shall be open to all small island developing States partnerships at the local, national, sub-regional, regional and global levels. All partnerships that strive to follow and are in line with the small island developing States partnerships criteria and norms and whose goals, objectives, outputs and outcomes are clearly linked to the achievement of the sustainable development priorities of small island developing States under the Samoa Pathway and/or the Sustainable Development Goals, are eligible to be nominated.

The partnership must be registered on the SIDS Partnerships database as the Partnership will be assessed on the information provided to the SIDS Partnerships database and in the Online Application Form. Registration can be done in conjunction with application.

The partnership must be consistent with the Bali Guiding Principles for Partnership, the guidance on SIDS Partnerships (SMART Criteria) and the priority areas of the SAMOA Pathway. The initiative must also have a demonstrated and documented impact. Ongoing and recently completed (within the last calendar year before the award-year). Partnerships are also eligible for nomination

• Concept for SIDS Partnership Awards
• Guidance for UN SIDS Partnerships Awards

Categories

The objective of the Awards is to promote effective and efficient partnerships through recognition of best practice in partnerships for SIDS pursuant to the achievement of the SAMOA Pathway.

With this in mind, three categories (below) have been selected for the Partnerships Award.

Category 1: Economic

The economic category will focus on partnerships within relevant priority areas of the SAMOA Pathway which fall under this theme, namely promotion of;

• sustained and sustainable, inclusive and equitable growth with decent work for all;
• sustainable tourism;
• sustainable energy;
• sustainable transportation;
• sustainable production and consumption;
• food security and nutrition
• blue economy

Category 2: Social

The social category will focus on partnerships within relevant priority areas of the SAMOA Pathway which fall under this theme, namely;

• promotion of peaceful societies and safe communities;
• education;
• culture and sport;
• social development;
• gender equality and women’s empowerment;
• health and non-communicable diseases

Category 3: Environmental

The environmental category will focus on partnerships within relevant priority areas of the SAMOA Pathway which fall under this theme, namely;

• Climate change;
• Disaster risk reduction;
• Oceans and seas;
• Water and sanitation;
• Management of chemicals and waste, including hazardous waste;
• Biodiversity;
• Desertification, land degradation and drought;
• Forests;
• Invasive alien species

Evaluation Criteria

Partnerships will be evaluated by the judging panel against the SMART Criteria evaluation framework as used in the SIDS Partnerships Toolkit:

• SIDS Specific.
• Measurable and Monitorable.
• Achievable & Accountable.
• Resource-based & results-focused
• Timeline for implementation & transparency by all parties

How to Apply

Applications submitted in accordance with the nomination, organization and eligibility criteria explained in the corresponding sections of this guidance note shall be considered. Applications can only be submitted through the Online Application Form found at: https://sdgs.un.org/topics/small-island-developing-states/united-nations-sids-partnerships-awards-2022

Only partnerships registered on the SIDS Partnerships Database shall be considered, any parties interested in nominating a partnership must complete the registration process in advance of submitting their application for the UN SIDS Partnerships Awards. Information on registering your partnership can be found here: https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/small-island-developing-states/register

The Online Application Form must be fully completed. All required fields must contain the request information. In the event that any required field is left blank, or if the answer does not directly correspond to the question asked, the partnership will not be evaluated. For technical assistance, please contact: david.johnson@un.org