2 Apr 2013

Solomon Islanders keen on education, jobs and water beyond MSDs

11:58 am on 2 April 2013

Education, jobs, access to water and sanitation are among the priorities Solomon Islanders have told the United Nations Development Programme to focus on beyond the Millennium Development Goals.

The Solomon Islands is one of 50 countries the UNDP has chosen to hold a national consultation to gauge the public's views on the UNDP's post 2015 development agenda.

A spokesperson for the UNDP office in Solomon Islands Akiko Suzaki says a workshop has been held to validate the findings of the national consultation that involved more than 1,200 people across the country's nine provinces.

"The top priority people indicated was education. And second highest priority was access to water and better sanitation, for health reasons. (The) third priority came up as sustainability of livelihoods, indicating the need for income generation."

Akiko Suzaki says a report will be compiled on the findings from all national consultations and will be submitted to the UN headquarters in New York.