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

Event

Teaser:

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.

Event information

Date:

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Event type:

Meetings and technical symposiums

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”.

Programme of work:

May 10, 2023

Opening session

05:00 - 06:30

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

Presentations:

Faustina Wiggins, Director, Regional Statistics Programme, CARICOM Secretariat 
May 10, 2023

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

06:50 - 08:00

Presentations:

Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Division
Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Division

▪ DA 12 Project: Main results


Francisco Jimenez, ECLAC

▪ Platform for resilience


José Luis Olarte, ECLAC

▪ Visualisation exercices


     » Questions and Answers


May 10, 2023

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

10:00 - 11:30

Presentations:

Faustina Wiggins, CARICOM Secretariat


Farzana Yusuf-Leon, OECS

The perspective of the OECS Commission


Carlos de Miguel, ECLAC

Priorities from the Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division


     » Questions and Answers


Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC

▪ Conclusion of the day


May 11, 2023

Session 4: Countries perspective of the DA12 benefits

05:00 - 08:50

Moderator: Janet Martin, ECLAC

Welcome, overview of Day 1

Francisco Jimenez, ECLAC
▪ Interactive feedback from the participants (Slido)

To promote the interchange of the national point of view about the DA12 project and its outcomes and the possible uses of their statistical work to support national policy making.

Presentations:

Sherwyn Greenidge, Department of Environment and Tracelyn Joseph, Statistics Division
Department of the Environment
Kimisha Thomas, Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernization and Kalinago Upliftment
Junior Alexis, Central Statistical Office
Department of Statistics, Ministry of Sustainable Development
Anjali De Abreu-Kisoensingh, General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) and Donovan Bogor, National Institute for Environment and Development in Suriname (NIMOS)
Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC

▪ Summary session 4


May 11, 2023

Session 5: Data communications for advancing climate action

08:50 - 13:50

During this workshop facilitated by PARIS21, participants will learn about good practices and principles for impactful communication of national climate change, environment, and disaster indicators.

Presentations:

PARIS21,

▪ Getting-started: How can you communicate data for impact in decision making?


PARIS21,

▪ Group Activity Part 1: Identifying an environmental issue that matters and finding its data


▪ Group Activity Part 2: Defining the audience of your information


▪ Group Activity Part 3: Developing a communication data product that matters to the audience


May 12, 2023

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

05:00 - 06:10

Moderator: Alberto Malmierca, ECLAC

Welcome, overview of Day 2

Presentations:

PARIS21

Feedback conversation about the day before experience


May 12, 2023

Session 6: Sustainability of project outcomes

06:30 - 07:00

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

Presentations:

Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean


Francisco Jimenez, ECLAC

Interactive feedback from the participants (Slido)


May 12, 2023

Session 8: Some ideas for next steps

08:10 - 08:40
What is next? What can we do? 
Conversation:
- Needs identification.
- Collaboration spaces.
- Topics and tools reviewing

 

May 12, 2023

Closing ceremony

08:40 - 09:00

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Presentations:

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


Practical information:

Language

The working language of the workshop was English.

Organizing institution:

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

  • http://www.cepal.org/es
  • 56 222100000

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ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean

  • http://www.cepal.org/en/headquarters-and-offices/eclac-caribbean
  • (868)224-8000

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United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

  • https://unstats.un.org/home/
  • Fax +1 (212) 963-9851

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Caribbean Community

  • http://www.caricom.org/
  • 592 222 0001-75

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Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

  • http://www.oecs.org/
  • +1 758-455-6327

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

  • https://www.paris21.org/
  • +33 1 45 24 90 51.

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