More than thirty of the region’s senior planning and environment officers are expected to participate in a three-day regional training workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Bridgetown, Barbados, starting next Tuesday.
The CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration with the Government of Canada will be holding this workshop particularly for those officers who are currently engaged in decision-making that incorporates EIA considerations.
This training intervention is designed to build their capacity to represent their national interest in EIA decision-making, according to a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen.
The training intervention will be conducted by Environment Canada and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat, with support from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB); the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
Over the three days, participants at the workshop will be exposed to a range of topics and skills including the key considerations in conducting effective EIA Regional Environmental Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment, Challenges Associated with Risk Profiles and the Use of EIA in the Caribbean, the release stated.
