Events

The 10th Ordinary Steering Committee Meeting of the Regional Activity Center/ Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Information and Training Center for the Wider Caribbean Region (RAC/REMPEITC‐Caribe) will convene on May 18-19, 2022 at the Renaissance Curacao Resort and Casino in Willemstad, Curacao.

The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) has partnered with the GEF CReW+ Project, UNEP – Cartagena Convention Secretariat and the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), and Caribbean WaterNet (Cap-Net) to build capacity and drive regional reforms for Integrated Wastewater Management.

The Ridge to Reef Integrated Management Project of the Mesoamerican Reef ecoregion- MAR2R/CCAD/WWF-GEF, the UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat and Mesoamerican Reef Fund -MAR Fund will host a virtual launch of the Manual for the ecological restoration of mangroves in the Mesoamerican Region and the Wider Caribbean.   Date: December 1, 2021

A TALANOA session on how effective the role of women, youth and communities are, in the implementation of the regional multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) addressing Waste. The expert panel will contribute to the TALANOA as follows:

Through the generous support of the Nippon Foundation, the World Maritime University WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute is implementing, the "Closing the Circle" Programme: Exploring challenges and advancing potential solutions to marine debris, sargassum threats and marine spatial planning (MSP) in Small Island Developing States with a particular focus on the Eastern Caribbean region.

We present different experiences of small-scale decentralized treatment and reuse systems in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Lecturer: Gustavo Heredia, Water and sanitation specialist To register, please visit: https://academy.gefcrew.org/en/available-courses/33-session-5?date=2021-09-30-09-00 Time: 9:00am (GMT-6) Platform: MS Teams

We will analyze different experiences in the field of collective treatment and reuse systems in agricultural and industrial applications at the urban level. This session will present different experiences in Latin American countries: Case 1: Brazil (Aquapolo Grande). Case 2: Chile (Mapocho) Case 3: Mexico (Lake Patzcuaro) Case 4: Dominican Republic (La Vega) Lecturer: Gustavo Heredia, Water and Sanitation Specialist

The treatment and reuse of wastewater generates a series of costs, but also opportunities and benefits. This session will present financial models and tools for cost determination, quantification of benefits and different business models to ensure the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of the projects. During the session participants will learn about:

The Nineteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Sixteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region is scheduled for July 28-30, 2021. Due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat will host this meeting virtually.  

The Eleventh Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region is scheduled for July 27, 2021. Due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat will host this meeting virtually. Photo Credit: Visualhunt

Fifth Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS) in the Wider Caribbean is scheduled for July 26, 2021. Due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat will host this meeting virtually.   

A meeting of National Focal Points to facilitate informal negotiations on specific elements of the COP agenda, paving the way for decision-making at the COP

This side event addresses challenges, solutions, and opportunities behind the spread of Sargassum across the Tropical Atlantic. The event also introduces the Sargassum Information Hub (https://sargassumhub.org/) and the UNEP – Cartagena Convention White Paper on Sargassum.

¡Reserva la fecha! Conversatorio en línea Proyectos Piloto de Ciencia Ciudadana de la red colaborativa CaMPAM Fecha: Mayo 4, 2021 Hora: 10:00 Hrs Tiempo del Este 15:00 hrs (GMT) Audiencia: Público en general en la Región del Gran Caribe

The Ninth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean is scheduled for the first quarter of 2021. Due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat will host this meeting virtually.

The Fifth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities in the Wider Caribbean is scheduled March 15-17, 2021. Due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat will host this meeting virtually. Photo credit: chesbayprogram on VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC

At this online webinar, the main conclusions and recommendations of the report ‘Stronger together: The role of regional instruments in strengthening global governance of marine plastic pollution’ will be presented. The report is the final product of a research project which analysed the role of regional instruments in combating marine plastic litter and identified linkages of these regional efforts with a new global agreement on marine plastic litter.

The Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Sub-Programme of the United Nations Environment Programme Cartagena Convention Secretariat  is pleased to invite you to participate in its webinar entitled “Sargassum Watch (NOAA) and Data collection tools”. This exciting learning event is  part of a series of webinars on citizen science projects in the  Wider Caribbean Region.

The fourth webinar in this series will take place on Monday, 30 November 2020 with focus on Caribbean, where by 2018, the mats had grown into the largest macroalgae bloom in recorded history, an 8,850 km long mass extending from the central Atlantic and Caribbean Sea to West Africa and the Gulf of Mexico. Chunks of Sargassum, circulated by ocean currents, now regularly wash ashore in the Caribbean, where they rot on the beaches, giving off a strong, sulfurous stench.