National strategy for Sustainable development 2005-2015

Abstract

The National Summit for Sustainable Development posed a question: How do we, the people of Tuvalu, raise the national standard of living, for every citizen? The Malefatuga Declaration, which arose from the NSSD, contains the “Vision” that was unanimously endorsed by the delagates at the NSSD: WE, the representatives at the Tuvalu National Summit on Sustainable Development; comprising all island Head Chiefs and Presidents of Island Councils, Cabinet Ministers and Members of Parliament, representatives of civil society and the private sector, government ministries and departments, development partners and Tuvalu expatriates; RECOGNISE the importance of sustainable development - [that is] development without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs-and endorse the Vision of “By 2015, guided by strong spiritual values enshrined in its motto -’Tuvalu mo te Atua’1 -we will have achieved a healthy, educated, peaceful and prosperous Tuvalu.”