Trinidad and Tobago
22 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
May 2012: Senior government officials from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) Central Sub-region have convened for a second annual round of consultations.
Disaster management officials from Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines met on 8-9 May 2012 in Warrens, Barbados. Barbados serves as the CDEMA Sub-Regional Focal Point (SRFP) for the Central Sub-region.
The meeting featured what officials from Barbados’ Department of Emergency...
25 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 April 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a note containing information on financial support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the preparation of national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CCC/SBI/2012/INF.7).
The note details of the financial support provided by the GEF for the preparation of initial and subsequent national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties). Annexed to...
16 Apr 2012
The first session of the Conference of Parties (COP 1) to the Protocol on Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS Protocol) to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention) will be held to: review and approve the recommendations of the first meeting of the Scientific, Technical and Advisory Committee (STAC 1) for the Protocol held from 5-7 June 2012; review and agree on further activities of the LBS...
11 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2012: The 14th issue of the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency, Information and Training Center for the Wider Caribbean’s (RAC/REMPEITC) quarterly newsletter, titled ”Caribe,” highlights three workshops held in the region to help countries meet their obligations under the 1990 International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response, and Cooperation (OPRC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
The first workshop, funded by IMO and the International...
22 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 March 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released its first Caribbean Human Development Report, titled “Human Development and the Shift to Better Citizen Security,” which covers Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
According to the report, 12 of the 20 most violent countries in the world are in Latin America and the Caribbean. UNDP underscores that crime has become one of the main challenges threatening economies and...
