Conference participants are being told there will be only one hard-copy set of official documents per delegation and that they should consider electronic access before further printing documents
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Samoa is actively reducing the amount of paper that will be used at the Third International Conference of Small Island Developing States (S.I.D.S) meeting in September.
Women in Business Development Inc Executive Director, Adimaimalaga Tafuna’i, welcomed the green approach to the conference.
“The government has been working hard to put these measures in place. We hope that through the Offset ISLANDS 2014 campaign we can start to highlight what the conference organisers, the country and the region have been doing to mitigate climate change and offset carbon emissions.”
Conference participants are being told there will be only one hard-copy set of official documents per delegation and that they should consider electronic access before further printing documents.
In a document named Guide For Participants: Making your own contribution to the sustainability of the S.I.D.S conference, participants are urged to use their tablets and portable devices as the main way to access conference documentation.
To assist with this, the entire conference zone will be a WIFI hotspot, which was installed by Fiji company, Global Gossip Group of Companies.
Using the internet, participants will be able to access the daily journal, side-event schedule, electronic brochures, information note for participants, and electronic conference documentation.
All pre-conference and in session documentation will be uploaded on www.sids2014.org.
There will be no circulation of statements in hard copy.
Instead, participants are encouraged to share their statements with the UN secretariat for posting on the conference website.
Delegations are encouraged to bring twenty hard copies of their statements to facilitate the work of interpreters.
Participants are strongly urged to limit the amount of print materials to be shipped to the conference venue and to make arrangements for donating remaining publications, books and other print materials to relevant local institutions.
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