The Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) Secretariat of the United Nations Environment Programme in collaboration with the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS/ESDU) and the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI), and with support from the Government of Saint Lucia,  will be convening a Sub-Regional Workshop on Recreational Water Quality in the OECS.

 
The proposed objectives of this Workshop are to:

§    Increase awareness of the importance of marine water quality monitoring to senior decision makers by emphasizing linkages of poor recreational water quality with impacts on Human Health, Fisheries, Coral Reefs, and Tourism;

§    Provide an overview of the status of marine water quality in the Eastern Caribbean including an assessment of marine pollution; 

§    Raise awareness of the importance of the LBS Protocol and National Programmes of Action (NPAs) as tools for improving environmental management within the framework of National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) in the OECS Sub-Region.