SIDS DOCK is a United Nations (UN)-recognised international organisation established in 2015, with all the rights and privileges for addressing climate change, resilience, and energy security in small islands. SIDS DOCK represents 32 small islands and low-lying developing states across the globe and is so named because it is designed as a “DOCKing station” to connect the energy sector in SIDS with the global markets for finance and sustainable energy technologies. Belize is the Host Country for the SIDS DOCK Secretariat.
The SIDS DOCK organisation was established through a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), signed on 18 December 2009, on the margins of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) 19, in Copenhagen, Denmark, by the following 13 Members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS): Bahamas (Commonwealth of the), Barbados, Belize, Cabo Verde (Republic of), Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Mauritius (Republic of), Palau (Republic of), Samoa (Independent State of), Saint Lucia, Seychelles (Republic of the) and Solomon Islands.
MARCH 17, 2014
SIGNING OF SIDS DOCK-UNIDO-AUSTRIA MOU
VIENNA AUSTRIA
THE PARTNERSHIP BEGINS
The Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria, The Small Island Developing States Sustainable Energy Initiative—SIDS DOCK, and The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Establishment of Regional Sustainable Energy Promotion Centres.
The framework outlined cooperation between the Partners regarding the establishment of the Pacific Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE), the Caribbean Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE), and a coordination unit for the African SIDS at the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE).
SEPTEMBER 1-4, 2014
SIDS3 CONFERENCE
APIA, SAMOA
THE SAMOA PATHWAY
Financing the SIDS Transformation
SIDS DOCK is an initiative among member countries of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) to provide them with a collective institutional mechanism to assist in transforming their national energy sectors towards sustainable economic development and to generate finance for adapting to climate change.
A formal signing ceremony to institute the mechanism was held during the conference.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
SIDS DOCK RATIFICATION CEREMONY
NEW YORK
WE WILL NOT BE LEFT BEHIND
On September 30, 2015, the SIDS DOCK Treaty came into force, legally recognising the intergovernmental organisation established in 2009 to help SIDS finance climate change adaptation through low-carbon economic transformation.
OCTOBER 28, 2015
INAUGURATION OF THE CCREEE
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
A CARIBBEAN MILESTONE
On October 28, 2015 a large crowd at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre witnessed the inauguration the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE).
DECEMBER 10, 2015
COP21 UNFCCC AGREEMENT
PARIS, FRANCE
THE WORK BEGINS
The first session of the SIDS DOCK Assembly took place on 10 December 2015 in Paris, France, on the margins of the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Dominica was elected as The first President of the SIDS DOCK Assembly.
JANUARY 20-23, 2016
CARRIBEAN WASTE-TO-ENERGY (WtE) TECHNOLOGY EXPO and CONFERENCE
GRENADA
THE IWON IS BORN
H.E. Ms. I. Rhonda King, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations (UN) and Interim Chair of the SIDS DOCK IWON, addressing delegates at the First Meeting of the SIDS DOCK Island Women Open Network (IWON), held on the margins of the First Caribbean Waste-to-Energy Technology Expo and Conference.
JUNE 16, 2016
SIDS DOCK EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
BIRTH OF SIDS OCEAN ENERGY PROGRAMME
The SIDS DOCK Executive Council held its first meeting on Thursday, 16 June 2016, chaired by H.E. Dr. Vince Henderson, LPD, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the United Nations (UN).
SEPTEBER 24, 2016
SECOND SESSION SIDS DOCK ASSEMBLY
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
TUVALU PM ELECTED SECOND PRESIDENT
His Excellency Mr. Enele Sosene Sopoaga, OBE, Prime Minister and Minister for Public Utilities of Tuvalu, has been appointed President of the second SIDS DOCK Assembly on 24 September 2016, during its second session held at the United Nations (UN) headquarters on the margins of the General Debate of the 71st United Nations General Assembly.
AUGUST 17, 2017
PCREEE MOU SIGNED
NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA
THE PCREEE ESTABLISHED IN TONGA
SPC Director General Dr Colin Tukuitonga and Tongan Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni signed an MoU at the 10th Pacific Community Conference, committing to support the long-term sustainability of PCREEE in Nuku’alofa.
MAY 1, 2017
FIRST SECRETARY GENERAL APPOINTED
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
FIRST SECRETARY GENERAL
Dr. Albert Binger has been a driving force in helping to build and strengthen the resilience of vulnerable countries and people across Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and low-lying developing countries. It is recognized globally as a leader representing millions of people, standing at the forefront of the most significant challenge facing humankind – climate change.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
THIRD SESSION SIDS DOCK ASSEMBLY
New York, New York
SEYCHELLES TAKES THE LEAD
The third session of the Assembly of SIDS DOCK was held on 23 September 2017 in New York at the UN Headquarters, ECOSOC Chamber, on the margins of the 72nd UN General Assembly. Honourable Danny Faure, President of the Republic of Seychelles, was elected as President of the third Assembly.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
4TH SESSION OF SIDS DOCK ASSEMBLY
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
NEW LEADERSHIP
UN Headquarters, ECOSOC Chamber, Brief Remarks by Her Excellency Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu, Under-Secretary-General, and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
SAMOA PATHWAY MIDTERM REVIEW
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
MISSION TRANSFORMING ISLAND LIVES!
The Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres for Small Island Developing States” is being organized under the umbrella of the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres (GN-SEC) by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) together with the Small Island Sustainable Energy and Climate Resilience Organization (SIDS DOCK) and the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States (UN-
OHRLLS).
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
6TH SESSION OF SIDS DOCK ASSEMBLY
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
FIRST CALL TO ACTION
On 28 September 2021, during the sixth session of the Assembly of SIDS DOCK, the SIDS Leaders fully endorsed the GLOEA and issued a Call To Action! Calling upon the development community to support the GLOEA, noting that the SIDS are looking to the Oceans as the main renewable energy resource that can help achieve a Blue Economy in SIDS.
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
COP26 CALL TO ACTION
WOODHOUSE, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
NO MORE!
Small island leaders, including the Prime Minister of Tonga, advocate for ocean energy to combat climate change and fossil fuel dependency at COP26. The Global Ocean Energy Alliance (GLOEA) aims to promote ocean energy technology and investment for sustainable development.
2022 UN OCEAN CONFERENCE
JUNE 27 – JULY 1, 2022
LISBON, PORTUGAL
LAUNCH: GLOBAL OCEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE
At the 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Tonga’s Prime Minister launched the Global Ocean Energy Alliance.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
6TH EXTENDED SESSION OF SIDS DOCK ASSEMBLY
ViA TELEPHONE AND VIDEOCONFERENCE
SIDS PURSUE SUSTAINABILITY
Key outcomes included extending leadership terms, launching the Global Ocean Energy Alliance, and signing an agreement for ocean thermal energy in São Tomé and Príncipe. The Assembly expressed solidarity with Tonga after the January 2022 Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano eruption and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following the April 2021 La Soufrière volcano eruption.
25th September 2023
7TH SESSION OF SIDS DOCK ASSEMBLY
ViA TELEPHONE AND VIDEOCONFERENCE
SIDS ADVANCE OCEAN ENERGY
Key outcomes included electing new leadership, providing updates on ongoing initiatives like ocean energy projects in São Tomé and Príncipe and waste-to-energy in Belize, and discussing the impacts of the Sargassum seaweed invasion in the Caribbean.
DECEMBER 6, 2023
São Tomé and Príncipe at COP28
DUBAI CITY, UAE
PROMOTING OCEAN ENERGY IN THE GLOBAL STOCKTAKE
“SIDS are in a desperate situation, as we have little space left to deploy land-based solar PV and wind to meet our energy needs. The ocean is our resource of last resort,” said the Honourable Siaosi ‘Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni (Hon. Huʻakavameiliku), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga and President of the SIDS DOCK Assembly
The Side Event showcased the benefits of OTEC and painted a picture of life in the future for SIDS Member State constituents and communities within the GLOEA Ocean Energy Platform, www.gloea.org
The Secretariat carries out the substantive and administrative work of the SIDS DOCK Organisation as directed by the SIDS DOCK Assembly and the SIDS DOCK Executive Council. The Secretariat also coordinates the startup activities of the Global Ocean Energy Alliance (GLOEA) Secretariat in Belize. The GLOEA, supported by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centers (GN-SEC), and Austria, is an initiative focused on accelerating the development of ocean energy technologies and projects through partnerships that mobilise technical, human, and financial resources. It aims to establish a global community of vested interest with the capacity to develop a pipeline of bankable ocean energy projects to serve islands, cities, and coastal nations.