UN in the Solomon Islands Country Implementation Plan 2025 - 2027

The Solomon Islands Country Implementation Plan (CIP) 2025-2027 outlines the UN’s strategic engagement to support Solomon Islands in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States (ABAS). This Country Implementation Plan is guided by and aligned to Solomon Islands’ national development priorities as outlined in the National Development Strategy (NDS) 2016-2035. The NDS outlines five overarching objectives, namely:

1. Sustained and inclusive economic growth
2. Poverty alleviated across the whole of Solomon Islands, basic needs addressed and food security improved; benefits of development more equitably distributed
3. All Solomon Islanders have access to quality health and education
4. Resilient and environmentally sustainable development with effective disaster risk management, response and recovery
5. Unified nation with stable and effective governance and public order 

Furthermore, Solomon Islands is set to graduate from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status, on December 13, 2027. The LDC Smooth Transition Strategy (STS) 2025 serves as a comprehensive roadmap for navigating the pre- and post-graduation period, addressing critical areas such as trade, development financing, structural transformation, capacity building, and social resilience. It underscores the importance of securing extended trade preferences, mobilizing financing resources, fostering industrialization, and strengthening institutional capacities.

The Country Implementation Plan 2025-2027 is structured around the four overarching pillars (Planet, People, Prosperity, Peace) as outlined in the Pacific United Nations Sustainable Cooperation Framework, the UN’s activities have been closely aligned with the Solomon Islands’ NDS to respond to its objectives and thus promote national development priorities.