SSNED Newsletters
Please click here to download the 2nd Newsletter covering the period between March and October 2009.
Please click here to download the 1st Newsletter issued on 3rd January 2009.
THIS MONTH
The Network's board of trustees gave the go-ahead for the projects to be undertaken in 2010 after submission of the interim project proposals in January 2009 by the secretariat.
PAST EVENTS
January 2010 The Secretariat submitted 9 Interim Project Proposals to the SSNED Board of Trustees, relating to the following projects:
Twinning Projects: Belize-E-Government Strategy; Fiji-Small and Micro Enterprise Development; Lesotho-Statistics for Evidence Based Economic Development; Mauritius-Setting Up of a Land Transport Authority; Namibia-Developing Strategic Directions for the Competition Commission of Namibia; Swaziland-Developing a Competitiveness Strategy for Swaziland
Training Workshops: Africa-Competition Law and Policy in the African Small States; RMCE-Competitiveness Strategies and Capacity Building with Special Reference to the African and Indian Ocean Small States; Pacific Region-Competition Law and Policy in the Pacific Small States
December 2009 Botswana joined the Network. January 2010
November 2009 During the month of November 2009 the secretariat proceeded with the coordination of two twinning projects namely (i) "Counter Automation at the St Vincent and the Grenadines Postal Corporation" with Barbados as service provider. The terms of reference of this project are available here (password protected); (ii) "Developing Strategic Directions for the Copetition Commission of the Gambia" with Cyprus as service provider. The terms of reference of this project are available here (password protected).
October 2009 A Training During the month of November Workshop on “Competition Law and Policy in the Caribbean Small States: Institutional and Enforcement Challenges” took place in Barbados on 26-27 October 2009. More information is available here .
October 2009 The Fifth Board of Trustees of the SSNED meeting took place on Saturday, October 3, 2009, the Istanbul Congress Center. For more information click here.The Fifth Board of Trustees of the SSNED meeting took place on Saturday, October 3, 2009, the Istanbul Congress Center. For more information click .
October 2009 The 2009 Small States Forum meeting has taken place on Sunday, October 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 pm at the Istanbul Congress Centre, in the wings of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings. For further information click here.
October 2009 The secretariat has drawn up a directory of experts. Experts on small-states issues who wish to be listed in the directory are to fill in the form available here .
September 2009 The Network collaborated with the Government of the Isle of Man, the World Bank and the University of Oxford in the organization of a high-profile workshop intended to help small countries respond to the global financial crisis. The Workshop entitled “The Small Countries Financial Management Programme,” was held between 6 and 18 September, 2009. The Workshop was funded by the Isle of Man Government, and designed and run by Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. Further information is available here .
September 2009 3 new members joined the Network. These are Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Trinidad & Tobago. As on 25 September 2009, the total number of members of the Network totaled 30 small states. Click here to view list of members as on 25 September 2009.
August 2009 Ms Daria Kuznetsova, a student at the London School of Economics, offered to work at the Network offices for two weeks in August 2009, as a Stagiare. She expressed her intention to work again for the Network during the summer of 2010.
August 2009 DFID is currently leading the British Government's fight against world poverty, and is promoting Competition Law and Policy in Africa. The DFID has launched a White Paper in which DFID set out its commitment to support an Africa Competition Forum. The SSNED was invited to be associated with this initiative, following a meeting that the Director-General of SSNED had with Mr Roger Nellist, who heads the Growth and Investment Group of DFID.
June 2009 Two officials from the Government of St Lucia namely Mr Marlon Narcisse and Ms Daune Louisy accompanied the Hon Peter Lenard Montoutte, Minister for Public Service, visited SSNED in connection with the Twinning Project on E-Government in St Lucia.
June 2009 Ernst and Young who were appointed to Audit the financial statements of the SSNED, submitted their report in June 2009.
June 2009 2 new members joined the network. These are Belize and Guyana.
April 2009 The Network funded and concluded three twinning projects namely (i) “Development of e-Government in St Lucia” with Malta as service provider. Click here to view a summary of the project; (ii) “e-Learning Development and Training for Educators in the Seychelles” with Mauritius as service provider. Click here to view a summary of the project ; (iii) “Assistance in Public Transport Reform: Building of Regulatory Capacities at the Malta Transport Authority” with Singapore as service provider. Click here to view a summary of this project.
April 2009 The Network funded and concluded two training workshops. The first was on ‘Sustainable Development Strategies for Small States” held in Malta between 16 and 23 March 2009. A summary of this project is available here. The second workshop was on “Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation in the Pacific Region” held in Fiji between 4 and 15 May 2009. A summary of this project is available here.
February 2009 The Fourth Meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the Caricom Head Offices in Georgetown, Guyana on 27 February 2009. During the meeting, members discussed a number of possible twinning projects and training workshops. Members also considered the administrative report (password protected) of the Network, covering the period October 2008 (following the third meeting of the Board) to February 2009 and the financial statement (password protected) for the period January to December 2008.
January 2009 The SSNED appointed Mr David Pulis as full-time Administrator and Ms Maryrose Vella as part-time assistant administrator. Professor Briguglio was the Director of the Network.
November 2008 2 new members joined the network. These are Cape Verde and Lesotho.
October 2008 The Small States Forum is convened in Washington in the Wings of the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings. Click here for further information
October 2008 The SSNED holds the third meeting of its Board of Trustees. Click here for further information.
October 2008 3 new members joined the network. These are Isle of Man, Montenegro and Timor Leste.
September 2008 3 new members joined the network. These are Iceland, Palau and Tonga.
February 2008 The SSNED holds the second meeting of its Board of Trustees. Click here for further information.
February 2008 3 new members joined the network. These are Bahamas, Fiji and Namibia.
January 2008 Dominica applied to join the network.
October 2007 The SSNED holds the first meeting of its Board of Trustees. Click here for further information.
October 2007 The Small States Forum is convened in Washington in the Wings of the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings. Click here
Information about previous meetings of the Forum is available here.
October 2007 13 new members joined the network. These are Antigua, Barbados, Cyprus, Gambia, Grenada, Malta, Mauritius, Samoa, Seychelles, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines and Vanuatu.
October 2006 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.