The CARICOM Secretariat, in collaboration with Saint Lucia and Suriname, organized a three-day workshop from February 13-15 in Saint Lucia, to supply help to Saint Lucia for the manufacturing of a recent Environmental and Local weather Change Statistical Compendium this yr.
The compendium will embrace information on areas akin to Saint Lucia’s inhabitants and households, biodiversity, land use, forestry, stable waste administration, vitality, and entry to potable water, and can type the premise for coverage and decision-making. Saint Lucia final produced a compendium in 2001.
Workshop individuals comprised Nationwide Statistics Officers and Environmental Focal Factors in Saint Lucia, who have been educated to fill information gaps to provide the compendium and supply further information on Environmental and Local weather Change Statistics.
The periods included shows on Suriname’s and CARICOM’s experiences producing environmental and Local weather Change Statistics and indicators; challenges and alternatives in compiling these statistics; finest practices in information dissemination; and the standard and governance related to constructing an environmental statistic system.
Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat facilitated the workshop, which was funded beneath the eleventh European Growth Fund (EDF) Strengthening the Framework for CARICOM Integration and Cooperation Course of Programme (SFCICPP).
The eleventh EDF helps the Centres of Excellence (CoE) established by the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) to supply technical help/capability constructing by figuring out strengths, competencies and finest practices of respective Member States in particular areas of Statistics. This programme can also be supposed to undertake attachments/change visits to CARICOM nations, which require capability constructing in these areas.
Suriname is the CoE in Surroundings and Local weather Change Statistics.
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