The Inspired Generations program aims to promote sustainable development in five countries in the Indian Ocean region through local stakeholder engagement. It establishes Local Committees for Sustainable Development to identify priority projects, certify a list of approved projects, and support their implementation. Between 2013-2015, the program mobilized over 2,000 local stakeholders including youth, established nine Local Committees, certified 18 pilot projects, and invested €300,000 in sustainable development projects across Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and Zanzibar. The objectives for 2016-2018 are to continue stakeholder engagement, support certified project implementation, and expand the program to additional Local Committees.

1. 2013 2014 2015
Inspired Generations Program – Indian Ocean
Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and Zanzibar
June
First IG
Symposium on
sustainable
development
organised in
Grande Comore
January
IG Symposium on
sustainable
development
organisation in
Anjouan
September
Action Plan for
Sustainable
Development
adopted in Anjouan
October
IG training workshops
organised in Mauritius,
Madagascar,
Seychelles
and Zanzibar
November
Anjouan
Committee for
Sustainable
Development
awarded by the
Global South-
South
Development
(GSSD) Expo in
Washington
April–June
IG symposiums
organised in
Antananarivo,
Tsiroanomandidy,
Toliara, Seychelles,
Rodrigues and
Zanzibar to realise
local diagnosis and
define the basis of
future action plan
July–September
IG symposium
organised for
Port Louis North and
drafting statutes and
action plans for the
7 other committees
August–September
Local call for projects
proposals by the LCSD
to identify 18 pilot
projects to be certified
IG during the regional
forum
October
Organisation of the
first IG Regional
Forum in Port Louis
(Mauritius) bringing
together over 100
participants
including re
presentatives of the
9 LCSD as well as
international
technical and
financial partners
April
Creation of the first
Local Committee for
Sustainable
Development
in Anjouan
5 Countries
9 Local Committees
18 Pilot Projects
€ 300,000
More than 2000 people
Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and Zanzibar
mobilised in the region including 600 students
invested by the European Union and
Youth for Sustainable Development Foundation
certified Inspired Generations (2 per committee)
for sustainable development (LCSD)
Convention on
Biological Diversity
Funded by
the European Union
Local planning
to support resilience and sustainable development
of the Indian ocean islands
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2. Inspired Generations Program
The Inspired Generations (IG) program aims to identify a list of approved and certified projects, by local stakeholders including the
youth, for a sustainable development.
First, the IG program mobilises all the local key stakeholders to make a diagnosis at subnational level, then to establish a multi stake-
holders Local Committee for Sustainable Development (LCSD). This LCSD proposes a common long-term sustainable development
strategy allowing the certification of a projects’ list responding to the identified priorities, accepted by the civil society and to be
supported during their implementation. This process also supports the projects durability as well as facilitating the development of
Public-Private Partnerships for sustainable infrastructure projects.
This initiative contributes to the promotion of integrated planning, with the aim of a better resilience of the Indian Ocean territories, of
IOC's ISLANDS program.
Indian Ocean Commission
Blue Tower, 4th floor
Rue de l’Institut, Ébène Mauritius
Contacts:
Youth for Sustainable Development Foundation
6374 Boul. St. Laurent
Montreal, QC
Canada, H2S 3C4
www.ysdfoundation.org/
Inspired Generations – Indian Ocean
Local Committees for Sustainable Development Advantages
Foster linkages between local stakeholders and National policies:
° Better stakeholders’ consultation and participation
° Better involvement in the implementation of international/regional/national
sustainable development strategies
° Greater projects’ acceptability and sustainability
° More coherent actions and results’ evaluation
Better link with the youth:
° Greater participation and awareness of young people
° Facilitating implementation of projects on the field
° Finding innovative solutions with young entrepreneurs
° Solving challenges with their creativity and to involve communities
Better projects preparation for better access to funding:
° Sharing good practices and solutions in the region
° Accessing technical support from the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) and the program's partners
° Benefiting from the IG project certification to facilitate access to technical
and financial partners
° Ensuring good governance and good funds management
IG Program Objectives for 2016–2018
° Promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) integrated planning and the implementation of SAMOA Pathway
in the Indian Ocean region.
° Continue the stakeholders’ mobilization and increase their involvement in the 9 LCSD.
° Reinforce sustainable development local activities carried out by LCSD among the civil society and particularly among
young people as part of their local action plan.
° Support the implementation of IG certified pilot projects
° Organise a new regional forum in 2017 to certify new projects, share best practices and present the new results.
° As from 2016, expand the process through the creation of at least 3 new LCSD
Local
Committee
for Sustainable
Development
3 institutional
representatives
3 representatives
of environmental
NGOs
3 representatives
of the private
sector
3 representatives
of student
organisations
3 representatives
of social and
economic
organisations
Zanzibar Seychelles
Grande Comores
Ngazidja
Tsiroanomandidy
Antananarivo
Toliara
Port-Louis
Rodrigues
Anjouan
3 representatives
of cultural and
sports
organisations
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