FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS FOR BOTANICAL AND HERBAL SUPPLIER HIGH-VALUE PRODUCTS
FROM SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) AND COASTAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
THIRD MEETING OF THE SIDS DOCK ISLAND WOMEN OPEN NETWORK (IWON) COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, 28TH MAY 2024, 14:00 – 15:30 EDT, VILLA ORDNANCE
IWON CITATIONS OVER THE YEARS
The SIDS DOCK Island Women Open Network (IWON) held its first meeting in Grenada on January 21, 2016, following its launch in Samoa in September 2014, where St. Vincent and the Grenadines was nominated as the Interim Chair. The IWON aims to empower women in small islands and low-lying developing states to participate in the transformation of the SIDS energy sector, ensuring gender equality in sustainable energy and climate change projects, and building community resilience through capacity building, education, technology demonstration, and financing.
2015
GRENADA
Margaurite St. John Sebastian
2016
DOMINICA
Hon. Dr. Vince Henderson, LPD, MP
2017
TONGA
Solomone Fifita
2018
SEYCHELLES
His Excellency Mr. Ronald Jumeau
2019
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
H.E. Ms. Inga Rhonda King
2020-2021
GRENADA
Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell
2023
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (SPB)
Mr. Michael J. Driver, LLB
2024
SIDS DOCK PARTNERS
The Federal Republic of Austria
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) & the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centers (GN-SEC)
Organized by the SIDS DOCK Secretariat, the SIDS DOCK Island Women Open Network (IWON), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centers (GN-SEC), in partnership with the Governments of the Republic of Seychelles, the Kingdom of Tonga, Belize, the Republic of Mauritius, the Commonwealth of Dominica, and supported by the Government of Austria