SMILO - Small Islands Organisation

We've been busy prepping for our Small Islands Meet-up 2024! 🏝 This year's event takes place in the Frioul islands and Marseille, from 13 to 18 October. Organised by SMILO, it brings together its community - a global network of stakeholders committed to the preservation and sustainable development of small islands. NGOs, protected area managers, local authorities and insular organisations, will all unite around a common vision. More than 130 participants, representing over 40 islands and from 25 countries, will gather for technical workshops, field visits and a rich exchange of ideas. This event will provide an opportunity for SMILO friends to assess the progress made, consolidate efforts and strengthen the partnerships needed to create sustainable and resilient islands that play a key role in preserving the environment on a global scale. Keep an eye out on our social networks next week and stay tuned for exciting upcoming content! 🙌 Thank you for your valuable support: Fonds français pour l'environnement mondial (FFEM) I AFD - Agence Française de Développement I Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco I Conservatoire du littoral I Ville de Marseille I Erasmus Plus I Initiative Pelagos I Blue I Ministère de la Transition Ecologie et de la Cohésion des Territoires I Région Sud - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur I REMEDIES

We recently got back from beautiful Formentera, an 83 km2 Balearic Island that counts around 10 000 inhabitants. We had the opportunity to meet key environmental players and share best practices. We discovered the Casbah hotel's initiative, that has established many hectares around it to produce organic fruits and vegetables for its restaurant. 🍑 🫒 Since May 2024, the Casbah’s hotel crew have been testing a composting machine to create compost from the hotel's organic waste, which they reuse for its orchard. Another interesting project the island has in the works is “Save the Posidonia” monitoring system - to reduce the number of boats anchoring, they deal with paparazzi to report VIP boats, collaborate with boat captains to instruct them to anchor in the clear zone of the sea, and have patrols track anchors using a low-cost system of shallow sandy seabed observation. ⚓ Thanks to Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco for helping us pursue our exchanges with other island territories, particularly on the issues of marine space planning and impact reduction on Posidonia, as well as challenges of sustainable tourism and the circular economy. Whitesand Solutions

📢 ISLANDS FUND Blue x SMILO – Call for proposals If you're a grassroot organisation that wants to contribute to islands sustainable development, this Call for proposals is for you! 👋 Open to local NGOs working on islands engaged in SMILO’s labelling process or active members of SMILO islands network (valid membership).  Apply before November 12, 2024! All the info here: https://swll.to/HR0a8h Thanks to the support of Conservatoire du littoral, AFD - Agence Française de Développement and Fonds français pour l'environnement mondial (FFEM)

Amis à Paris, ne manquez pas "Océan et Climat, le boomerang", une superbe exposition du Collectif Argos qui a lieu sur les berges de Seine jusqu'au 20 Octobre... L’aboutissement de trois ans de travail pour mettre des mots et des images sur l’impact du changement climatique sur les océans. Parmi les multiples sujets traités, Natividad, une des îles du réseau SMILO. 🌊 Empressez-vous! Agence Française de Développement Fonds français pour l'environnement mondial (FFEM)

📢 SMILO recrute un.e stagiaire pour 6 mois à partir de janvier 2025 ! Vous souhaitez contribuer à la préservation des petites îles? Vous avez des compétences en développement de partenariats, levée de fonds et communication? Rejoignez vite notre équipe à Marseille! Pour postuler : CV et lettre de motivation avant le 25 octobre 2024 à secretariat@smilo-program.org 🔎 Tous les détails de l'offre ici 👇

How about rediscovering Gorée in a new light? Last week saw the inauguration of the island's new nature and cultural trails - designed to enhance local biodiversity and offer an immersive walk through the island's ecological and heritage wonders. The project, carried out in partnership with the Conservatoire du littoral and local stakeholders, beautifully combines art and nature. 🌿✨ Visiting Gorée is part of SMILO's labeling process with a series of actions already carried out and an opportunity to exchange with the island of Bassar, in order to reinforce their joint commitment to sustainable development. Well done team! 👏 With the support of AFD - Agence Française de Développement | Fonds français pour l'environnement mondial (FFEM) | Commune de l'île de Gorée

📢 ISLANDS FUND Blue x SMILO – Call for proposals 🏝   Are you a grassroot organisation? Do you want to make a difference for islands sustainable development? Once again, SMILO teams up with Blue this year to launch a new Call for proposals of SMILO Islands Fund.   🌐 This call is open to local organisations working on islands engaged in SMILO’s labelling process or active members of SMILO islands network (valid membership).    The concrete solutions that will be supported will address one of the following themes: • Sustainable tourism • Biodiversity conservation and restoration in protected areas (existing or to be created), in view of favouring MPAs (Marine Protected Areas) 📅 Applications are open until November 12, 2024!   ℹ More info here: https://swll.to/sTaD7 Special thanks to Blue, Conservatoire du littoral , AFD - Agence Française de Développement and Fonds français pour l'environnement mondial (FFEM) for supporting this initiative!

To all women changemarkers out there! Submit your success story by September 8 and join the #WomensWave for coastal sustainability in the Mediterranean! 👇 🌊

The SMILO team hopes you are having/had a resourcing summer break! ☀ 🌊

What would it look like, SMILO in 2035? Here's a little glimpse of our strategy. #goals 🙌🏼 The complete SMILO strategy is available here: https://swll.to/t7J8JVd, check it out to discover our trajectory and objectives. Thanks to the support of our loyal partners who make this incredible journey possible. AFD - Agence Française de Développement I Fonds français pour l'environnement mondial (FFEM) I Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco I Blue