The 3rd Project Steering Committee Meeting of the ACP MEAs III Programme will convene in Brussels, Belgium from 19th - 20th October 2022.
The meeting will review the progress made during 2022 and the work plans and budgets for 2023.
The GEF CReW+ Project, represented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), will launch (in-person) its Compendium of Sanitation Technologies on Tuesday 11th October 2022. The soft launch of the compendium was held virtually in June 2022.
The launch will be part of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance's (SuSanA) afternoon session on “Tecnologías y Herramientas de Saneamiento” (sanitation technologies and tools) at 4:30 p.m. GMT-5.
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management (RAPMali) for the Wider Caribbean Region 2014
This document provides an update to the 2008 “Marine Litter in the Wider Caribbean: A Regional Overview & Action Plan” (RAPMaLi). The primary action categories addressed in this document include: a) Legislation, Policies and Enforcement; b) Institutional Frameworks and Stakeholder Involvement; c) Monitoring Programmes and Research; d) Education and Outreach; and e) Solid Waste Management.
On Tuesday 21st June 2022, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat was pleased to welcome its focal points, representatives of governments, UNEP staff, partner agencies and members of the wider public to the virtual launch of its 35th anniversary video. A total of 76 persons joined the celebratory event, hailing from various countries across the globe, including Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, France, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, St.
In the lead up to the United Nations Ocean Conference, the United Nations Department of Global Communications explored some of the ocean-related issues facing the eastern Caribbean island nation of Barbados.
The feature was documented by Conor Lennon in a four-part podcast series. Episode 2 highlights the national hedgerow planting project at the National Botanical Gardens, which is the intervention site of the GEF IWEco Barbados sub-project.
Full podcast series:
The Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA), one of the Regional Activity Centres (RACs) for the Cartagena Convention’s Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS), will host a three-day workshop on coastal eutrophication and harmful algal blooms. The index of coastal eutrophication is reported under Sustainable Development Goal 14.1.1.
The Tenth Ordinary Steering Committee Meeting of the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency, Information and Training Centre – Caribe (RAC REMPEITC-Caribe) was held in Willemstad, Curacao from 18th to 19th May 2022.
The Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is seeking to address the many of the deep-rooted problems of our societies laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and which will require major structural transformations and common shared solutions that are anchored in the SDGs. To mobilize action, the Conference will seek to propel much needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action.
In 2021, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat celebrated 35 years since the entry into force of the Convention. A video was commissioned to commemorate this milestone achievement and highlight the importance and benefit of the Convention and its Protocols to the governments and peoples of the Wider Caribbean.
CEP was established in 1981 as part of the Regional Seas Programme in recognition of the importance and value of the Wider Caribbean Region’s fragile and vulnerable coastal and marine ecosystems including endemic plants and animals.
