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CEPNET and ETA Update |
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| As you know, since the departure of our Acting CEPNET
Programme Officer, Marjo Vierros, in December 1999, CEPNET has been without a Programme
Officer. We hope that by the time you receive your next issue of CEPNews the post will be
filled. Nonetheless, we have still maintained the CEPNET Programme very actively.
We are currently writing several funding proposals for the CEPNET projects and activities that were endorsed by the CEP Member Governments in February 2000 at the Ninth Intergovernmental Meeting. These will be submitted, as they are completed, to various donors that have indicated interest in environmental information management for the Wider Caribbean Region. One of the more significant and visible accomplishments of the CEPNET Programme in the last few months has been our revised website. In addition to the expanded content, we believe you will find it much easier to navigate. In the new website we provide expanded information on environmental laws. This includes not only the Cartagena Convention and Protocols, but also links to other useful law sites. The new site also includes more Internet access to our Technical Reports and now the Workplan and Budget for the 2000-2001 biennium is available on-line and can be downloaded. Please visit us at http://www.cep.unep.org/projects/sub_proj.htm. We hope you will find the new CEP website a useful resource for marine environmental information in the Caribbean. |
As approved
in the CEP Workplan for 2000-2001, and in collaboration with the National Environmental
Education Committee (NEEC) of Jamaica, CAR/RCU was able to participate in the development
and execution of a workshop on environmental education. Hosted by NEEC with support from
the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)/Government of Jamaica Environmental
Action Programme (ENACT) and the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication, the
workshop explored future developments in environmental education for the Wider Caribbean.
After reviewing several ongoing initiatives, the participants discussed the development of
a common strategy for environmental education for sustainable development.
For additional information on this
initiative, check our website under the ETA Sub-programme (http://www.cep.unep.org/who/eta.htm ).
For more information, please contact: Timothy Kasten, Senior Programme Officer, UNEP-CAR/RCU, 14-20 Port Royal Street, Kingston, Jamaica; Tel: (876) 922-9267 Fax: (876) 922-9292 E-mail: tjk.uneprcuja@cwjamaica.com
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