National Implementation Coordinating Units Summary of Quarterly Report April - June 1997
| Activities Directly Supported by CPACC | Activities not directly supported by CPACC | Activities Planned for Next Quarter | Special Issues During this Reporting Period | |||
| Activity | Participating Agency | Structure and Organization of NICU | Location of CPACC Computer | |||
| Antigua & Barbuda | TG
NICU |
Cecil Mathews
(Meteorological Officer)
Brian Challenger (NFP) |
- Information dissemination and
outreach.
- Work on UNEP/GEF Country Study on Climate change Impacts and Adaptation. |
Reconnaissance visits for component 1, activities Comps. 2 & 3 , strengthen information capacity. | Consists of a coordinating structure of institutions involved in project execution. | Computer will be located at the Environment Department, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Environment. |
| Bahamas | TG
NICU |
Jeffery Simmons (Senior Meteorologist
Officer Bahamas Dept. of Meteorology)
Philip S. Weech (NFP) |
- Establishment of NICU.
- Formation of National Climate Change Committee under BEST. |
Reconnaissance visits for component 1. | The Climate Change Committee is composed of government agencies and NGOs who report to the BEST. Committee meets on a quarterly or more frequent basis. | Computer will be located at the Climate Change Committee in the Offices of the Prime Minister. |
| Barbados | TG
NICU PAC |
Antonio Rowe, Lester Toppin
(CZM Unit)
John Wilson (NFP) Rawleston Moore (Research Officer) |
- Training of Staff members and others in use of Internet and Web Pages. | No Info | NICU is within Environment Division of the Ministry of Health and Environment. It has an Advisory Committee composed of various governmental agencies that meets monthly or more often. | Computer will be located at the offices of the Environment Division. |
| Belize | TG
NICU |
Albert Jones
Dennis Gonguez (National Meteorological Service) |
- OAS/Government of Belize meeting to discuss NICU establishment. | Finalize NICU establishment. | Not finalized as of yet. | No Info |
| Dominica | TG
NICU |
Nathanael Isaac (Meteorological
Officer, Ministry of Communications and Works)
Gerard Hill (NFP) |
- Meetings with various ministries
to discuss their role in implementation of sustainable development conventions.
- Workshop conducted by the SDC. |
Revision of SDC role with regards to CPACC, meeting with key stakeholders, public information activities. | No Info | Computer will be located at Meteorological Office. |
| Grenada | TG
RT NICU |
Massell Gilbert (Head, Lands
and Surveys)
Staff of Met Office Jocelyn Paul (NFP) |
- NFP held discussions with CPACC personnel to convey awareness. | Meeting to discuss project progress, produce press releases for public on climate change, follow-up letter for site approval, locate computer installation site | The Planning Division of the Ministry of Finance is the main coordinating point of NICU, NFP disseminates information to relevant agencies | Computer will be located at Science and Technology Center. |
| Guyana | TG
NICU |
Zainool Rahaman (Interim Tech.
Coordinator)
Sheik Khan (NFP) |
- Rehabilitation work begun on a tidal gauge on the Demerara River. | Seek permission from THD for equipment installation on sites, begin public awareness program, Set up GIS system and train NICU staff. | NICU is a unit of the Hydrometeorological Service, Ministry of Agriculture. | Computer will be located at the offices of the Hydrometeorological Service. |
| Jamaica | TG
NICU RT |
Cynthia Edwards
Clifford Mahlung (NFP) Dale Weber, Peter Woodley (UWI Center for Marine Studies) Sylvia McGill, Reginald Campbell, Errol Clarke Donald Chin, Richard Walker Eric Campbell, (Meteorological Services) |
No Info | Schedule second NICU Meeting. | NICU consists of seven lead government agencies. | Computer will be located at Meteorological Services Headquarters. |
| St. Lucia | TG
NICU PAC |
Thomas Auguste (Meteorological
Services Ministry of Communications) Francis Charles (Survey and Mapping
Section Ministry of Planning)
Cornelius Fevrier (NFP) |
- Meeting to plan implementation
of Component 1.
- Internet access acquired. |
Country team meeting, site visits by local team, site reconnaissance by experts, e-mail installation at Economic Planning Section. | No Info | Final decision as to location of CPACC computer has not been made. |
| St. Kitts & Nevis | No Report | No Report | No Report | No Report | No Report | No Report |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TG
RT NICU |
Shelley-Ann Jules Moore (Hydrographic
Unit Lands and Surveys Division)
Marva Salvador-Arthur (NFP) |
- EMA prepared update of CPACC
for Working Group Meeting
- National Environmental Policy draft is in public circulation is of benefit in building CPACC constituency. |
Installation of monitoring and data collection systems, tidal gauge installation by Nov. 1997equipment, Working Group meetings, continuation of public outreach. | No Info | No Info |
Activities: TG (Technical workshop on installation of tidal gauges at the Caribbean Meteorological Institute (CMI), Barbados, May 23-25, 1997), NICU (First Meeting of CPACC National Focal Points, June 19-20, 1997, Barbados), PAC (First Meeting of CPACC’s Project Advisory Committee (PAC), June 18-19, 1997, Barbados), RT (Reconnaissance trip for selection of possible tidal gauge sites).