St. Lucia

June 7-10, 2011

CARIWIN collaborated with the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute and the United Nation's Global Environment Facility Integrated Watersheds and Coastal Areas Management project to host a four-day Water Information Systems Expert Meeting for the Caribbean Region, bringing together senior water managers, technical experts and researchers from twelve countries.

Mr. Herbert Emmanuel, Permanent Secretary in the St-Lucia Ministry of Agriculture, applauded the organisers and participants for responding to the challenge of mainstreaming Water Information Systems and working collaboratively toward a common water policy for the region.

Significant outcomes from the event include

  1. a draft protocol to promote standardization of water quality monitoring and hydro-meteorological monitoring in the Caribbean region
  2. a web-based forum for Water Information Systems Experts to discuss and knowledge-share regarding use of spatial applications (Caribbean WISE group on Facebook) 
WIS Experts Meeting Agenda [PDF]

Participants of the Water Information Systems Expert Meeting for the Caribbean Region