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To further modernise the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport the following projects are expected to be implemented by 2014-2015:
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• development of an airport environment strategy to map out the environmental measures relative to, inter alia, air quality, water quality, wastewater management, noise, solid waste, hazardous waste, biodiversity, energy consumption and the community environment.

Launched in 2008, in response to the global energy crisis, the MID (Maurice Ile Durable Project) has for aim to deliver a sustainable growth for Mauritius. The MID aims at facilitating economic growth taking into account the limitations of natural resources. Mauritius has developed a MID Policy - a 10 year strategy and a detailed Action Plan - as a commitment to integrate the sustainable development concept into its overall policies. With a national as well as interdisciplinary dimension, MID policies and strategies have implications beyond single areas of social, environmental and economic activity.

Much work has been undertaken to the movement of policy formulation since 2008 to achieve the long-term vision for sustainable development in Mauritius. In April, 2011, the MID Green Paper, launched by the Government, became the foundation of the MID policy development process and a milestone for stimulating discussion on the MID concept in the public arena.

The MID (Maurice Ile Durable Project) Action Plan, developed in 2013, revolves around 130 actions to be taken across the 5Es namely: energy, environment, education, employment and equity identified in collaboration with different stakeholders. In the first instance, the Action Plan will be delivered mainly through the following four MID priority programmes:
• energy;
• cleaner, greener and pollution-free Mauritius;
• green economy;
ocean economy.

The preliminary cost estimates revolves around the following:
• energy: US$170 million (Rs 5.1 billion);
• cleaner, greener, pollution-free Mauritius: US$32.9 million (Rs 1.0 billion);
• green economy: US$5.2 million (Rs 0.16 billion).

The aim of the Maurice Ile Durable (MID) concept was to establish the foundation for energy self-sufficiency and improve energy security. The MID concept has recently been enlarged to include: energy, environment, education, equity, and employment/economy. A MID Policy Strategy and Action Plan approved by Government in June 2013 comprises four priority programmes: energy; a cleaner, greener, pollution-free Mauritius; a green economy; and an ocean, economy. (…)

The MID (Maurice Ile Durable Project) Commission is responsible for coordinating and ensuring the timely implementation of the MID Policy, Strategy and Action Plan (MIDPSAP) which includes as one of its programmes the Green Economy, financed by the MID Fund. These projects relate mainly to:
• “green job” policy in the National Employment Policy;
• Green Procurement;
• Green Agriculture;
• Green Industry;
• Green Hotels and Eco-Tourism.

The initiative of MID (Maurice Ile Durable Project) Commission in driving the green economic agenda has made it possible for Mauritius to benefit from support under the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), a joint initiative between UNEP, UNDP, the International Labour Organisation, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.

To this effect, a Green Economy Assessment (GEA) will be carried out. The development of the green economy is part of the priority programmes of the MIDPSAP (MID Policy, Strategy and Action Plan). The objectives of the study will be to identify opportunities that a green economy can offer in terms of sustained economic growth, energy and water savings, agricultural productivity and the creation of green jobs. The Green Economy Action Plan, which will also be an outcome of the GEA, will feed into the efforts of Government to achieve a high income and inclusive economy.

The authorities recently announced the preparation of a blueprint, the Inclusive High Income Economy vision, geared at transforming Mauritius by 2020 through solid and equitably distributed output growth. The pathways to the Inclusive High Income Economy include: the development of new economic activities such as the ocean economy, a health centre of excellence, biotechnology, an aviation hub, and a knowledge hub; the implementation of the New Africa Strategy to tap investment opportunities in Africa, and investing significantly in the physical infrastructure of the economy. The objective is to ensure economic growth, social equity, and sustainability.