LocationsStatement of Intent Signed Between Island Aviation Services Limited (Maldivian) and UNDP Maldives on Advocacy Campaign Promoting the Magazine and SDGs
UNDP Maldives Launches Sixth Edition of ‘Island Life’ Magazine
June 12, 2022
Photo Credit: UNDP Maldives /Aishath Azheena
12 June 2022, Velana International Airport: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Maldives has today launched the sixth edition of its flagship publication, the ‘Island Life’ magazine.
‘Island Life’ magazine is a compilation of stories that sheds light on key development challenges faced by the Maldives, and the work UNDP is doing together with our partners to address these issues in the country. Presented in the publication are perspectives from the Government, civil society, development partners, and stories of the passionate communities and individuals UNDP works with.
The magazine launching event hosted at Velana International Airport by the Maldives Airport Company Limited, was attended by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Ahmed Khaleel, Special Envoy for Climate Change, H.E. Sabra Ibrahim Noordeen, UN Resident Coordinator in the Maldives, Ms. Catherine Haswell, and was presided by UNDP Resident Representative in the Maldives, Mr. Enrico Gaveglia. Prior to the event, the magazine was also presented to the Minister for Tourism, H.E. Dr. Abdulla Mausoom.
Presentation of the 'Island Life' magazine to Minister of Tourism, Dr. Abdualla Mausoom by UNDP Maldives Resident Representative, Enrico Gaveglia
Photo Credit: UNDP Maldives /Yujuan Jing
Preceding the magazine launch, a Statement of Intent (SOI) was also signed between UNDP Maldives and Island Aviation Services Limited (Maldivian – The National Airline of the Maldives), to collaborate on an advocacy campaign promoting the magazine, and in promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focusing climate adaptation and mitigation and improving governance and livelihoods in the Maldives.
Statement of Intent signing between UNDP Maldives and Island Aviation Services (Maldivian)
Photo Credit: UNDP Maldives /Yujuan Jing
“To augment partnerships for development, we have initiated conversations with key industry leaders and partners here in the Maldives and abroad, who can help amplify our messages out of the country beyond the tourists visiting these wonderful shores. In doing so, we aim at leveraging, influencing, and generating a different kind of support for Maldives. One that talks to consumer responsibility and appreciation for our nature,” said Enrico Gaveglia, UNDP Maldives Resident Representative, speaking at the launching ceremony.
UNDP partnerships in the Maldives serve to advance the national agenda and assist in realising national development priorities. ‘Island Life’ magazine spotlights our continued work and partnership coalitions towards this end.
UNDP’s new value offer to the Maldives, under UNDP’s new Country Programme Document for the Maldives 2022-2026, strongly aligned with the UN Cooperation Framework and national development priorities, reaffirms the long-standing partnership between UNDP and the Government, building on several areas of support through the decades, and lays the foundation for accelerated and focused development cooperation.
Photo Credits: UNDP Maldives /Aishath Azheena
'Island Life' Magazine 2022
