Caribbean SIDS relevant climate change and disasters indicators for evidence-based policies: Final regional workshop of the project 2023

10 May 2023 | Event

Work area(s)

Statistics

Topic(s)

Public policies Disasters Environmental statistics Climate change
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Event information

Institutionalizing sound evidence-based sustainable development policies in the Caribbean requires quality, timely, and accessible climate change and disasters indicators that are harmonized and comparable across countries.

Date

10 - 12 May 2023, 05:00 - 13:00

Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums

Address

Hyatt Regency Trinidad
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
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Background

The Statistics Division and the Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in collaboration with United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission and The Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) have been working together since 2020 with selected Caribbean countries at the national level to strengthen institutional and statistical capacities to better produce, disseminate and use environment, climate change and disaster indicators. Work at the country level has helped in identifying coordination and data sharing as the most critical areas where exchange of knowledge and experiences and peer learning at the regional level bring the most value for countries. This final regional workshop as part of the Development Account 12th Tranche (DA12) project on Caribbean SIDS relevant climate change and disasters indicators for evidence-based policies is being organized to share the experiences of the countries through the project and a final compilation of the main products of the project.

Objective

This workshop will be a space for the project management and beneficiary countries to share the results achieved and experiences generated through this mission. The project implementing agencies of the United Nations will show the main results gained in the region and stakeholders from National Statistical Offices, Ministries of Environment, and Emergency and Disaster Management authorities of members and associate members of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) will share their own point of view on the acquired experiences and knowledge gained in the environment, climate change, and disaster statistical areas in their organisations hence of the project.

The objectives of the workshop are to:

  • Enable a safe space for participants to share the specific challenges identified and their own learnings about the coordination and data sharing processes of environment, climate change and disaster statistics.
  • Present the accomplishments of the DA12 project on “Caribbean SIDS relevant climate change and disasters indicators for evidence-based policies”.

Practical information

Language

The working language of the workshop was English.

Programme of work

10 May 2023

  • Opening session

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    Moderator: Abdullahi Abdulkadri, Coordinator, Statistics and Social Development Unit, ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean 

    Opening ceremony

    • Dillon Alleyne, Deputy Director ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean

    • Rolando Ocampo, Director, Statistics Division, ECLAC

    • Chamberlain Emmanuelle, Head, Environmental Sustainability Division, OECS  Commission 

    • Reena Shah, Head of Environment Statistics Section, UNSD

    • Paz Patiño, Paris21

    • Satee Boodoo, Assistant Director of Statistics, CSO, Trinidad & Tobago Government

    Presentation(s)

  • Session 1: The DA12th project. A summary of the project's progress

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    Presentation(s)

  • Session 2: Contributions of international partners. The perspective of our main partners

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    Presentation(s)

  • Session 3: Contributions of regional partners. The perspective of our main partners

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    Presentation(s)

11 May 2023

12 May 2023

  • Session 5: Data communications for advancing climate action (conclusion)

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    Moderator: Alberto Malmierca, ECLAC

    Welcome, overview of Day 2

    Presentation(s)

    • Feedback conversation about the day before experience

      PARIS21

  • Session 6: Sustainability of project outcomes

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    Possible future to maintain the interchange result of DA12 project on the region.

    Presentation(s)

    • Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean

    • Interactive feedback from the participants (Slido)

      Francisco Jimenez, ECLAC

  • Session 7: Other initiatives for collaboration with environmental, climate change and disaster statistics

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    Possible spaces to collaborate:

    Presentation(s)

  • Session 8: Some ideas for next steps

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    What is next? What can we do? 
    Conversation:

    - Needs identification.

    - Collaboration spaces.

    - Topics and tools reviewing

     

  • Closing ceremony

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    Presentation(s)

    • Satee Boodoo, Assistant Director of Statistics, CSO, Trinidad & Tobago Government

    • Rolando Ocampo, Director of Statistics Division of ECLAC

    • Dillon Allene, Director of Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean of ECLAC

Subregional headquarter(s) and office(s)

Attachment(s)

Organizing institution

Logo eclac

ECLAC

Logo CEPAL Naciones Unidas

ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Caribbean Community

oecs

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

PARIS21 (Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century)

Contact

División de Estadísticas

estadisticas@cepal.org

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