International and Regional Documents

The Southwest Indian Ocean Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (SWIO RAFI) seeks to provide a solid basis for the future implementation of disaster risk financing through the improved understanding of disaster risks to participating island nations.SWIO RAFI complimented the ongoing work of the IOC to reduce vulnerability to natural disasters in accordance with the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Program of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

The Seychelles Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) by the World Bank aims to identify the most pressing constraints to inclusive, sustained growth in Seychelles, based on a comprehensive search for, and analysis of, evidence. 

Created by young people for young people, this guide consists of daily actions and projects that you can organise with your friends to help achieve these 3 extraordinary things. The Guide was created based on ideas of 500 young leaders from 126 countries and territories gathered at the global conference in the Netherlands in February 2017 and an online survey open for young people. Combined with expertise of the 13 organizations from different sectors, these ideas built the Young Person’s Guide to Saving the World.

Three fact sheets to communicate the economic and social importance of coral reefs at a country and regional level have been released. Data is provided for more than 50 coral reef countries in 3 regions. Each factsheet provides easy to read economic and social data for the three main ecosystems services provided by coral reefs: coastal protection, fishing, and tourism and highlights their importance in the various’ countries GDP. Readers will also find striking sentences that can be used in arguments to inform and convince decision makers.

Tanya Bryan, Janina Korting (eds) (2018) Financing Sustainable Management of Marine and Coastal Biodiversity. Published by Blue Solutions, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH GRID-Arendal, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)

The Blue Solutions Initiative collates, documents and shares successful approaches, or “solutions”, addressing marine and coastal challenges. The sharing and exchanging of these solutions provides others with examples and lessons learned, and can inspire to adapt and replicate these achievements without “reinventing the wheel”, thereby accelerating action for sustaining healthy marine and coastal ecosystems. The Blue Solutions Initiative facilitates exchange around solutions through the marine and coastal solutions portal on the PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet platform (www.panorama.solutions/marinecoastal) and in face-to-face meetings such as workshops and trainings.