THE LIBRARY MONA Year ending July 31, 2004 - Uwi.edu

UWICED assistance to the region in preparation for Mauritius started inBelize in December 2002, in collaboration with the United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Belize,whose Prime Minister is the CARICOM Cabinet Minister responsible forEnvironment and Sustainable Development.Under the programme of work with the UNDP Capacity 2015 projectwhich began in 2002, UWICED in collaboration with the Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Government of Dominica convened a meeting of SIDSexperts on the Vulnerability of SIDS and the Role of Trade, Tourism andCivil Society. The meeting developed a number of recommendations onactions that SIDS should consider in order to reduce their growingvulnerability.In November 2003, in collaboration with the UNDP Country Office andthe Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, the Governmentof Cuba convened another Meeting of SIDS Experts to assess the state ofwaste management in SIDS and developed a series of recommendationsto inform policy makers in SIDS on how to develop more effectiveapproaches and strategies for waste management to reduce environmentaldamages.In December 2003, in collaboration with the University of the SouthPacific and the Government of Fiji, and support from the UNDP,UWICED organized another meeting of SIDS Experts. This meeting onCapacity for Sustainable Development reviewed the guiding educationalphilosophy which has it roots in the colonial history of most SIDS, andgenerated a series of recommendations for education changes to increasethe effectiveness of education investment.Additionally as part of implementing the programme of work with theUNDP, UWICED provided technical assistance to two of the threeregional preparatory meetings.The first was the Regional Meeting for African and Indian Ocean SIDS,which was held in Cape Verde in August 2003; the Caribbean RegionalMeeting held in Trinidad and Tobago in October 2003.UWCED also provided technical assistance to the Inter-regional Meetingheld in The Bahamas in January 2004. UWICED in collaboration with theCARICOM Secretariat provided technical assistance and support to theCaribbean SIDS preparing for the Inter-regional meeting.576