The establishment of the Small States Network for Economic Development (SSNED) was first proposed by Malta at the 2005 Small States Forum held in Washington, and the mandate to establish it was given by the 2006 Small States Forum held in Singapore. 

• Purpose and Membership
• Goverance Arrangements
• Premises of the Secretariat
• Funding
• Brochure

^{The top table of the 2006 Small States Forum, with (second from left) Mr James Adams, then Vice-president and Head of OPCS of the World Bank, who was instrumental in the setting up of the Network, and (second from right) the Hon. Willie Jimmy Tapangararua, Vanuatu’s Minister for Finance and Economic Management, who chaired the Forum meeting. During this meeting  Malta received the mandate to establish the Network.}