OECS

Climate Change Adaptation in the Caribbean: Science, Ethics and Policies
16 Jan 2012
This meeting is convened by the Sector for Social and Human Sciences of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in collaboration with the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis and with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The meeting will bring together regional experts, ministerial and governmental officials, representatives from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with a view to examining how climate...
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CCCCC Update Focuses on Preparations for Durban Climate Change Conference
23 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
10 August 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published the July/August issue of its Climate news update, highlighting concerns ahead of the Durban Climate Change Conference, the cap of Chinese energy consumption and other regional news. The news update notes that: South Africa’s preparations to host the next climate talks have encountered the skepticism of activists claiming South Africa’s lack of leadership on environmental issues; China’s...
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CCCCC Update Focuses on Preparations for Durban Climate Change Conference
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
10 August 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published the July/August issue of its Climate news update, highlighting concerns ahead of the Durban Climate Change Conference, the cap of Chinese energy consumption and other regional news. The news update notes that: South Africa’s preparations to host the next climate talks have encountered the skepticism of activists claiming South Africa’s lack of leadership on environmental issues; China’s...
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Regional Workshop on Informal Sector Surveys for the Caribbean Subregion
katharina | 28 Oct 2011
This workshop was one of the culminating activities of the inter-regional project on the Measurement of the Informal Sector and Informal Employment. The project involved three United Nations commissions, namely, ESCAP, ESCWA and ECLAC. It was supported by the Development Account of the United Nations and the ECLAC component was conducted in the Caribbean subregion beginning in 2007. The project country in this subregion was Saint Lucia and this culminating workshop was aimed primarily at...
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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Model
katharina | 28 Oct 2011
At the very core of the OECS model is the principal of the pooling of scarce human and financial resources in the building of a regional institutional architecture to provide an array of services in common, which individual Member States would be incapable of providing for themselves. With a combined population of slightly under 600,000 , these micro states are able to reduce their individual vulnerabilities and increase their resilience as a group. Among the most important objectives of the...
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