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Promoting action for island conservation and sustainable livelihoods by inspiring leadership, catalyzing commitments and facilitating collaboration among all islands.

<FONT COLOR="ffffff"><strong>– Island Bright Spots: </strong> Invest in what works… <strong><a href="http://glispa.org/?page_id=2347" class="link-2">LEARN MORE</a></strong><font/>

<FONT COLOR="ffffff"><strong>– Catalyzing Commitments </strong> to action that promote conservation of the unique biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods of islands for current and future generations. <strong><a href="http://glispa.org/?page_id=385" class="link-2">PARTICIPATE</a></strong><font/>

<FONT COLOR="ffffff"><strong>– Facilitating Collaboration </strong> amongst all islands to enable islands – small and large, developing and developed - to work together to come up with solutions to common problems. <strong><a href="http://glispa.org/?page_id=385" class="link-2">PARTICIPATE</a></strong><font/>

<FONT COLOR="ffffff"><strong>– Action</strong> to conserve biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods on island priorities in a cost-effective and sustainable way. <strong><a href="http://glispa.org/?page_id=385" class="link-2">PARTICIPATE</a></strong><font/>

<FONT COLOR="ffffff"><strong>– Inspiring Leaders</strong> to conserve and sustainably utilize invaluable island natural resources that support people, cultures and livelihoods around the world <a href="http://glispa.org/?page_id=385" class="link-2">PARTICIPATE</a></strong><font/>

Let us work together to help small islands survive and prosper; and to ensure that all people enjoy a sustainable future.

Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary General

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Latest Glispa Events

Islands & Isolated Communities Congress
Date:9 to 11 September 2013
Location:Hawaii Congress Center, Hawaii
Host:In conjunction with Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit

Moving Forward: GLISPA Strategy Briefing
Date:25 April 2013, 12:30 to 15:00
Location:Moving Forward: GLISPA high level Strategy Briefing
Host:Seychelles

4th Annual Steering Committee Meeting
Date:18 to 20 February 2013
Location:4th Annual Steering Committee Meeting, Washington D.C.
Host:IUCN and The Nature Conservancy

Island Innovations: Celebrating Bright Spots, Leadership and Successes in Island Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods
Date:Tuesday 16 October 2012
Location: Eleventh Meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties, Hyderabad, India
Host:India and Seychelles

Island Breifing & Debriefing
Date: Sunday 7 October 2012
Time: 18.00 - 19.30
Location: Eleventh meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties (CBD COP-11), Hyderabad, India
Venue: Women Caucus Meeting Room - Level 1 - Room 1.10

2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress
Date:5 to 15 September 2012
Location: Jeju Island, Republic of Korea

Leaders Valuing Nature: A Celebration of Commitments at Rio+20
Date: 21 June 2012
Location: Rio+20, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Host: His Excellency Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, and His Excellency Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada

Securing the Island Future We Want
Date: Wednesday 20 June 2012
Location:Rio+20, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Host: Seychelles
Strategic Priority: Successful implementation of regional island challenges and other partner commitments

Sustainable Mountain Development Challenges in Islands
Date:Friday 22 June 2012
Location:Rio+20, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Host:Italy
Strategic Priority: Maintain a flexible and efficient Partnership responsive to its partners’ needs and aspirations

Island Hub
Date:13 June to 22 June 2012
Location: Pavilion B, Athletes Park, Rio de Janiero
Host: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate General for Development Cooperation

Opening of the in-depth review of the programme of work on island biodiversity
Date: 30 April 2012, 3pm
Location: Plenary, ICAO Headquarters, Montreal, Canada
Event: SBSTTA-16, Agenda Item 5

Implementing the programme of work on island biodiversity: Lessons and Challenges
Date: 30 April 2012, 1:15pm to 2:45pm
Location: Room 7A, Level 3, ICAO Headquarters, Montreal, Canada
Host: Seychelles

Achieving Aichi Targets 9 and 12: A pathway for preventing species extinction on small islands at global scale
Date: 1 May 2012,1:15pm to 2:45pm
Location: Assembly Hall I & II, Level 4, SCBD, Montreal, Canada
Host: Island Conservation

Planning Meeting for the Proposed Island Summit at CBD COP 11
Date: 1 May 2012, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Meet at ICAO main enterance (venue TBC), Montreal, Canada
Host: Seychelles

Annual Steering Committee Meeting
Date: 31 January to 1 February 2012
Location: Washington D.C., U.S.A
Host: Rare Conservation
Strategic Priority: Maintain a flexible and efficient Partnership responsive to its partners’ needs and aspirations

UNFCCC COP 17 - Exploring Debt for Adaptation Swaps Dinner
Date: 5 December 2011
Location: Durban, South Africa
Host: Grenada, as chair of AOSIS, and Seychelles
Strategic Priority: Ecosystem based adaptation and mitigation

UNFCCC COP 17 - Ecosystem-based Adaptation in a Changing Climate: From Practice to Policy: Lessons learned from islands
Date: 3 December 2011
Location: Durban, South Africa
Host: IUCN
Strategic Priority: Ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation

Caribbean Challenge Initiative Planning Meeting
DATE: 21 October 2011
LOCATION: St Georges, Grenada
Host: Grenada
Strategic Priority: Successful implementation of regional island challenges and other partner commitments

Briefing on Financing Adaptation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) via Debt- Swaps & Opportunity for “Blue Economy” Leadership at Rio+20
Date: 13 October 2011
Location: New York, U.S.A
Host: Seychelles
Strategic Priority: Ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2011 & Green Growth: Hawai`i Briefing with U.S. Ambassador Tong
Date: 9 August 2011
Location: Honolulu, U.S.A
Host: Hawai’i Green Growth Initiative
Strategic Goal: Catalyze new commitments to address critical island issues

Seychelles National Consultation Meeting on Mobilizing a Western Indian Ocean Coastal Challenge,
Date: 12 July 2011
Location: Anse Royale, Seychelles
Host: Seychelles Department of Environment, University of the Seychelles, Sea Level Rise Foundation and the Global Island Partnership
Strategic Goal: Catalyze new commitments to address critical island issues

AIMS Rio+20 Regional Preparatory Meeting: Western Indian Ocean Coastal Challenge Briefing
Date: 6 July 2011
Location: Victoria, Seychelles
Host: Government of Seychelles and University of Seychelles
Strategic Goal: Catalyze new commitments to address critical island issues

Annual Steering Committee
Date: 22 to 23 February 2011
Location: Washington, D.C. U.S.A
Host: Audubon Society
Strategic Goal: Maintain a flexible and efficient Partnership responsive to its partners’ needs and aspirations

UNCBD COP 10: A Celebration of Leadership and Commitment to Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods on Islands, High Level Event
Date: 26 October 2010
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Host: Seychelles Strategic Priority: Successful implementation of regional island challenges and other partner commitments

UNCBD COP 10: Western Indian Ocean Partnership, Planning Meeting
Title: UNCBD COP 10: Western Indian Ocean Partnership, Planning Meeting
Date: October 2010
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Host: Government of Seychelles and the Global Island Partnership
Strategic Priority: Catalyze new commitments to address critical island issues

UNCBD COP 10: Islands Briefing
Title: UNCBD COP 10: Islands Briefing
Date: 17 October 2010
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Host: Global Island Partnership
Strategic Priority:This event was hosted the day prior to the commencement of COP-10 and focused on bringing together the island parties

United Nations General Assembly High Level Breakfast
Date: 23 September 2010
Location: New York, U.S.A
Host: Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Strategic Goal: Linking conservation and sustainable livelihoods to development dialogue

Helping islands Adapt: A Workshop on Regional Action to Combat Invasive Species on Islands to Preserve Biodiversity and Adapt to Climate Change
Title: Helping Islands Adapt: A Workshop on Regional Action to Combat Invasive Species on Islands to Preserve Biodiversity and Adapt to Climate Change
Date: 11 to 15 April 2010
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Host: Government of New Zealand
Strategic Priority: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Mitigation and reducing the threat of invasive species

CBD COP-9 GLISPA High Level Event: A Celebration of Island Leadership: Voluntary Commitments to Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods on Islands
Date: 27 May 2008
Location: Curitiba, Brazil
Host: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

UNFCCC COP15 High Level Side Event: Celebrating High Level Commitments to Adaptation: Building Resilient Communities and Ecosystems
Title: UNFCCC COP15 High Level Side Event: Celebrating High Level Commitments to Adaptation: Building Resilient Communities and Ecosystems
Date: 15 December 2009
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Host:
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IUCN Island Initiative Planning meeting
Title: IUCN Island Initiative Planning meeting Date: November 2009 Location: Malaga, Spain Host: IUCN

1st Meeting of the European Island Biodiversity Working Group of the Bern Convention
Title: 1st Meeting of the European Island Biodiversity Working Group of the Bern Convention Date: October 2009 Location: Tenerife Host: non-GLISPA

TNC Conservation Exchange (CONEX)
Title: TNC Conservation Exchange (CONEX)
Date: 14-16 Oct 2008
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Host: TNC

IUCN World Conservation Congress
Title: IUCN World Conservation Congress
Date: 5-14 October 2008
Location: Barcelona, Spain

TNC Palau VIP Trip and High Level Event Palau
Title: TNC Palau VIP Trip and High Level Event Palau
Date: September 10, 2008
Location: Palau

19th SPREP meeting
Title: 19th SPREP meeting
Date: September 4-12, 2008
Location: Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia • Strong political support for regional invasive species programmes secured

“The European Union and its Overseas Entities: Strategies to counter Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss”
Title: “The European Union and its Overseas Entities: Strategies to counter Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss”
Date: July 7-11, 2008
Location: Reunion Island, Indian Ocean

39th Pacific Island Forum
Title: 39th Pacific Island Forum
Date: 19-20 August, 2008
Location: Alofi, Niue
Pacific Island Forum Communique:

CBD COP-9 GLISPA High Level Event: A Celebration of Island Leadership: Voluntary Commitments to Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods on Islands
Title: CBD COP-9 GLISPA High Level Event: A Celebration of Island Leadership: Voluntary Commitments to Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods on Islands
Date: 27 May 2008
Location: Curitiba, Brazil
Host: Commonwealth of The Bahamas

UNFCCC COP 13
Title: UNFCCC COP 13
Date: December 3-14, 2007
Location: Bali, Indonesia

CBD 2nd Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA2)
Title: CBD 2nd Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA2)
Date: February 11-15, 2008
Location: Rome, Italy

8th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas: Conservation serving communities, in a rapidly changing world

38th Pacific Islands Forum
Title: 38th Pacific Islands Forum
Date: October 15-19, 2007
Location: Nuku'alofa, Tonga

First GLISPA Strategy Meeting
Title: First GLISPA Strategy Meeting
Date: September 24-27, 2007
Location: Rome, Italy

APEC Meeting
Title: APEC Meeting
Date: September 8-9, 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia

CBD SBSTTA 12
Title: CBD SBSTTA 12
Date: July 2-6, 2007
Location: Paris, France

Birdlife International Partners Meeting
Title: Birdlife International Partners Meeting
Date: May 14-18, 2007
Location: Palau

Pacific Island Conference of Leaders (PICL)
Title: Pacific Island Conference of Leaders (PICL)
Date: May 6-9, 2007
Location: Washington DC, USA

Our Sea of Islands: A Regional Forum for Oceania on Marine Managed Areas and World Heritage
Title: Our Sea of Islands: A Regional Forum for Oceania on Marine Managed Areas and World Heritage
Date: January 29–February 2, 2007
Location: Honolulu, USA
Host: US NOAA & UNESCO

37th Pacific Island Forum - GLISPA High Level Event: Beyond the Micronesia Challenge: Sustainable Livelihoods for Pacific Communities
Title: 37th Pacific Island Forum - GLISPA High Level Event: Beyond the Micronesia Challenge: Sustainable Livelihoods for Pacific Communities
Date: October 23-28, 2006
Location: Suva, Fiji
Hosts: FSM, RMI, Palau

Caribbean Workshop on protected area design and management
Title: Caribbean Workshop on protected area design and management
Date: June 20-22, 2006
Location: Jamaica

Western Micronesia Chief Executives Summit
Title: Western Micronesia Chief Executives Summit
Date: July 8-10, 2006
Location: Majuro, Marshall Islands

Pacific Island Roundtable for Nature Conservation
Title: Pacific Island Roundtable for Nature Conservation
Date: July 24-28, 2006
Location: Suva, Fiji

US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting
Title: US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting
Date: May 1-5, 2006
Location: Washington, DC, USA

CBD COP8 - GLISPA High Level Event: Islands, marine biodiversity and livelihoods: a Global Island Partnership
Title: CBD COP8 - GLISPA High Level Event: Islands, marine biodiversity and livelihoods: a Global Island Partnership
Date: March 20-31, 2006
Location: Curitiba, Brazil
Host: Palau

International Meeting for the 10-year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action: High Level Event: Islands, Reefs & Communities: Committing to the Future
Title: International Meeting for the 10-year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action: High Level Event: Islands, Reefs & Communities: Committing to the Future
Date: January 10-14, 2005
Location: Port Louis, Mauritius
Host: Seychelles & United Kingdom

Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
Title: Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
Date: January 23-28, 2006
Location: Paris, France

US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting
Title: US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting
Date: December 5-7, 2005
Loctaion: Koror, Palau