CRMMN FINAL WORKSHOP
The Department of Analytical Services has for the past two years executed a project entitled “Facilitating Capacity-Building for Managing Mercury in the Caribbean” funded through the Specific International Program of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The terminal workshop for the project was held on 26th September, 2023. The facilitators were Dr Linroy Christian – Director of Analytical Services within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Trade and Barbuda Affairs; Dr David Evers – Executive Director and Chief Scientist Biodiversity Research Institute; Dr Katrina McSween, Post-Doctoral Fellow Air Quality Research Division Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Presentations and matters discussed were:
· An Overview of the SIP Project: objectives and outcomes
· Caribbean Fish Mercury Findings
· Passive Air Monitoring
· Human Hair Study
· Bats and Birds
· Cosmetics
· Next Steps Sustainability of the Network Science to Policy Future Projects Cooperation and Collaboration
In attendance were Senator the Honourable Kiz Nathaniel, Ms Sandra Joseph – Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Agriculture, representatives from Forestry Unit, Bureau of Standards, Chamber of Commerce, Department of Environment, National Solid Waste Management Authority, PAHO, members of staff from Analytical Services and virtually partners of the project from Geneva, Belize, Canada, St. Lucia, Suriname and the USA.
Online Attendees were:
Name | Agency | Country |
Alexandra Stefffen | Environment Climate Change Canada | Canada |
Dennis Wip | Faculty of Technology, Electrical Engineering, University of Suriname | Suriname |
Franklyn Connor | St. Kitts & Nevis Bureau of Standards | St. Kitts & Nevis |
Gerda Wesenhagen | Faculty of Technology, Electrical Engineering, University of Suriname | Suriname |
Helen Yurek | Biodiversity Research Institute | Maine, USA |
Katrina Mac Sween | Environment Climate Change Canada | Canada |
Laura Texeira | Basel Convention Regional Centre- Caribbean | Trinidad |
Leonides Sosa | Department of the Environment | Belize |
Marianne Bailey | Minamata Secretariat | Geneva |
Mark Burton | Biodiversity Research Institute | Maine, USA |
Michelle Astwood | Minsitry of Natural Resources | Guyana |
Tahlia Ali Shah | Biodiversity Research Institute | Maine, USA |
Vanessa Sabajo | Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment | Suriname |
Yasmin Jude | Department of Sustainable Development, Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training | Saint Lucia |