Capacity Building Workshop for NGOs and Community Groups
August 19-23, 2013
Superclub Breezes
Ocean View Room
Over
the past two decades, various commitments by governments have been made to
conserve the marine and coastal environment, such as: the Biodiversity
Convention (CBD); the Cartagena Convention and its protocols; and agreements
under multilateral processes, such as CARICOM and the Organization of Eastern
Caribbean States (OECS). Significant funding to protect the Caribbean’s marine /
coastal environment has been provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
and other public funding agencies. Governments, civil society, and the private
sector have carried out many on-the-ground actions. While some progress has
been made, trend lines point clearly toward the need for heightened action and
leadership.
In
2008, the
Caribbean Challenge Initiative
(CCI) was launched by a set of governments, as an effort to provide greater
leadership, and to chart a new course for protecting and sustainably managing
the marine and coastal environment across the Caribbean. The Bahamas was one of
two governments that initially agreed to participate in the CCI in 2008.
The
Bahamas has also committed to protecting 20% of its marine environment by 2020
and to better ensure that the country as a whole is prepared to take on such a
challenge a capacity building workshop will be held at Superclub Breezes on
August 19 -23 from 9:00am to 5:30pm.
The
objective of the workshop is to better equip local community groups and NGO’s
in their efforts to provide assistance with the management of their local
island protected areas. Matters, which will be discussed at the workshop, are:
How
to write award winning grants;
How
to monitor and evaluate changes in your environment;
How
to assess the effectiveness of our organization; and
Marine
protected areas planning
The
public is invited to attend and registration can be made at
bahamasgefnpc@gmail.com
or call 397-5508 for more information.
