Acronyms

Concepts

• CDPMN: Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network
• CWS: Community Water Strategies
• GE: Gender Equality
• IWRM: Integrated Water Resources Management
• MDG: Millennium Development Goal
• NWIS: National Water Information System

Conferences

• CEF: Caribbean Environmental Forum
• CIWRC: Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress

National Institutions

• AUCC: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (Canada)
• BCWRM: Brace Centre for Water Resources Management (Canada)
• CIDA: Canadian International Development Agency (Canada)
• GWI: Guyana Water Inc. (Guyana)
• IDRC: International Development Research Council (Canada)
• JICA: Japan International Cooperation Agency (Japan)
• NAWASA: National Water and Sewerage Authority (Grenada)
• UPCD: University Partnerships in Cooperation and Development (Canada)
• WRA: Water Resources Authority (Jamaica)

Regional Institutions

• CAFRA: Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action
• CARICOM: Caribbean Community and Common Market
• CDERA:Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
• CEHI: Caribbean Environmental Halth Institute
• CERMES: Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies
• CIMH: Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
• GEF-IWCAM: Global Environmental Facility - Integrating Watershed and Coastal Area Management
• OECS: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
• UWI: University of the West Indies

International Institutions

• FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
• GWA: Gender and Water Alliance
• GWP: Global Water Partnership
• IWMI: International Water Management Institute
• UNDP: UNited Nations Development Programme
• UNIFEM:United Nations Development Fund for Women
• WWC: World Water Council