This EU funded project initiates an Alliance with the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica and the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce which is based in Trinidad and Tobago.
The objective of the project is to build private sector capacity in environmental and energy management order to promote a successful regional and national collaborative approach to efficient energy consumption reduced environmental impacts
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Funding Opportunity: ECPA Central America and Caribbean Regional Clean Energy Program
May 11th, 2012 
Admin: Donna Energy Climate Partnership of the Americas Department of State
Program Office: The U.S. Embassy in San José, Costa Rica
Funding Opportunity Title: ECPA Central America and Caribbean Regional Clean Energy Program
Announcement Type: Grant or Cooperative Agreement
Deadline for Applications: 12:00 PM on June 4, 2012
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ECPA Central America and Caribbean Regional Clean Energy Program
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Comments OffCARIBBEAN NATIONS MOVE TO REDUCE FOSSIL FUELS USE
May 11th, 2012 Admin: Donna The world’s smallest island nations, many of which are in the Caribbean have announced new actions to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and end poverty, as they wrapped up a sustainable energy conference in Barbados, organized by the UN and the Government of Barbados.
In the Barbados Declaration – adopted ahead of next month’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development 20 years after the landmark Rio [...]
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May 11th, 2012 Admin: Donna On Wednesday, The Gleaner hosted an editors’ forum with members of the JamaicaManufacturers’ Association (JMA). The topics discussed were: ways to grow the sector and issues affecting manufacturing as well as what the manufacturers were expecting out of the new Budget.
Participants were: Brian Pengelley, JMA president; Metry Seaga, deputy president, JMA; Omar Azan, immediate past president, JMA; Gary ‘Butch’ Hendrickson, CEO, Continental [...]
Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) – Challenges, Opportunities and Commitments and the Rio+20 Informal Ministerial Meeting in Barbados
May 10th, 2012 Admin: Donna Conference Documents
Click on the links below to obtain background and conference documents for the following sessions:
Monday 7 May 2012
Opening Ceremony
Welcome and Introductory Remarks by Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative
Feature Address by the Honourable Freundel Stuart, QC, MP, Prime Minister of Barbados
SIDS Energy Outlook
Presentation by Joseph Williams, Programme Manager, Energy, CARICOM [...]
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May 10th, 2012 Admin: Donna The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, “Rio +20″, will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012. The conference will be preceeded by the third Preparatory Committee meeting of the Conference from 13 to 15 June 2012. In accordance with General Assembly resolution 66/544, the pre-registration for participation in [...]
