Events

• “Regional Seminar on Chemical Diversion”
  Crane Hotel Bridgetown, Barbados. , Monday July 1, 2013

Crane Hotel Bridgetown, Barbados. , Monday July 1, 2013



The Executive Secretariat of the Inter American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States is pleased to inform that the Executive Secretariat will be convening a “Regional Seminar on Chemical Diversion”, from July 1 to 5, 2013, in Bridgetown, Barbados.





The program will examine how illicit drugs are produced, the chemicals used in this process, methods of diversion used and elements of officer safety. The Seminar is intended for regulatory officials, chemists, police, customs and other officers concerned with the control of chemicals.


• Barbados Commits to Drug Treatment Courts
  Bridgetown Barbados, Monday March 25, 2013

Bridgetown Barbados, Monday March 25, 2013



The government of Barbados today signed an agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS) to implement a pilot Drug Treatment Court project to promote judicially supervised treatment alternatives to incarceration for drug dependent offenders.





The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite and the Acting Assistant Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) Angela Crowdy concludes the phase of negotiations and opens that of implementation. With the signing of the Memorandum, the OAS fully commits itself to promoting judicially supervised treatment alternatives to incarceration for drug dependent offenders in Barbados. The country now joins a selective group of others that have turned ideas into policies and practices, including Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic.





On introducing the concept of drug treatment courts as an alternative to incarceration for drug dependent offenders last year, Attorney General Brathwaite said “From my end, I have bought into the concept of a drug treatment court. I believe our role is to save as many of our young men and young women as possible. What the court will do is enable us to sit down as a team and do exactly what we are presently doing, but with one objective, the objective is that we want to save the participant – not the defendant, not the criminal, the participant.”





Drug related crime carries implications for backlogs in the court system, cost of incarceration, recidivism, and public health. The OAS, through the Drug Treatment Court Program for the Americas, is supporting Member States to find better ways to treat individuals with a drug abuse problem, prevent violence, promote citizen security, improve neighborhoods and communities, and reduce the risk of relapse into drug use.





Throughout 2012, Barbados has participated in an international training workshop and hosted a sensitization workshop for Drug Treatment Courts (DTCs). Barbados will continue to receive training carried out by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security, as part of the OAS Drug Treatment Court Program for the Americas. This has been possible thanks to the financial support and contributions of the government of Canada through the Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP).





Through these activities, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, police and probation officers, treatment providers, as well as policy makers involved in this process, are able to observe, analyze, and study the model in various countries where the DTCs are already operational. Other organizations, like the CARICOM Secretariat, together with experts from Canada, the United States, and Jamaica, also support the initiative.





The CICAD Executive Secretariat will, as a result of this MOU, begin the process of meeting with the Barbados DTC Steering Committee to work out an action plan for 2013-2014, outlining the steps that will be taken to implement, monitor, and evaluate the DTC project.





For more information about this initiative, contact Drug Treatment Courts for the Americas Project Manager Antonio Lomba, at alomba@oas.org.

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Culture

• Fostering Culture Diversity and Creative Expression through Education: Sharing Good Practices

  Fostering Culture Diversity and Creative Expression through Education: Sharing Good Practices
  
  

  • Project Name: Fostering Culture Diversity and Creative Expression through Education: Sharing Good Practices
  

  • Project Code: FEM0340
  

  • Status : Implementation
  

  • Department Special Multilateral Fund of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (FEMCIDI)
  

  • Project Objectives: To strengthen public policy and to encourage and to sustain cross-sectoral collaboration in the fields of Education and Culture.
  

  • Project Start 2010 Duration (Months): 12
  

  • Project Sector: Culture
  

  • Coordinating Country Barbados Coverage: Multinational
  

  • Participating Countries: Belize, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Uruguay
  

  • OAS Department of Human Development, Education and Culture
  

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Sustainable Development

• Assessment of the Effects of Drainage Wells (Suck Wells) and Karst Sink Holes on the Groundwater Quality of Barbados

  Assessment of the Effects of Drainage Wells (Suck Wells) and Karst Sink Holes on the Groundwater Quality of Barbados
  
  

  • Project Name: Assessment of the Effects of Drainage Wells (Suck Wells) and Karst Sink Holes on the Groundwater Quality of Barbados
  

  • Project Code: FEM0323
  

  • Status: Implementación
  

  • Department Special Multilateral Fund of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (FEMCIDI)
  

  • Project Objectives: The main objective of this project is to evaluate past, present, and potential future effects of drainage wells (suck wells) and karst sink holes on the quality and sustainability of groundwater resources on Barbados and to identify and develop mitigative technologies to minimize their possible negative effects. This work effort will enhance Barbados’s capabilities in the area of groundwater resource management, and more specifically, support the Government of Barbados groundwater management and land use strategies as it relates to protecting groundwater quality and sustainable groundwater development amid pressures from residential, industrial, and agricultural development. The work is also important for the management of coastal marine resources on Barbados as contaminants that enter the groundwater system through drainage wells (suck wells) and sink holes will eventually discharge into the coastal marine environment. The impacts of land-based pollution of the coastal marine environment include significant alteration of coastal marine ecosystems (including the loss of coral reefs, habitats, flora and fauna, and biodiversity) and enhanced beach erosion.
  

  • Project Start: 2009 Duration (Months): 36
  

  • Project Sector: Sustainable Development
  

  • Coordinating Country Barbados Coverage: National
  

  • Participating Countries: Barbados
  

  • Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology(CIMH).
  

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Education

• Project Name Flexible Continuing and Professional Education: The Flexible Development and Delivery of a Suite of Continuing and Professional Education Programmes to Build Human Resource Capacity throughout the Anglophone Caribbean

  Project Name Flexible Continuing and Professional Education: The Flexible Development and Delivery of a Suite of Continuing and Professional Education Programmes to Build Human Resource Capacity throughout the Anglophone Caribbean
  
  

  • Project Name: Flexible Continuing and Professional Education: The Flexible Development and Delivery of a Suite of Continuing and Professional Education Programmes to Build Human Resource Capacity throughout the Anglophone Caribbean
  

  • Project Code: FEM0271
  

  • Status: Implementación
  

  • Department Special Multilateral Fund of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (FEMCIDI)
  

  • Project Objectives: Develop a suite of Continuing and Professional Education Programmes in Business, ICT, e-Government, Tourism and Teacher Education.
  

  • Project Start: 2008 Duration (Months): 24
  

  • Project Sector: Education
  

  • Coordinating Country Barbados Coverage: Multinational
  

  • Participating Countries: Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  

  • The University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC)
  

  
  

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OAS Internships

The OAS Student Internship Program is designed for undergraduate, graduate and young professional student to allow them to work within their fields of study. The program although unpaid is very competitive. The OAS has 28 national offices and some special programs located in the member states. Internships are available in almost all of the offices and this will allow interns to choose whether they prefer to work in their home country or in another office.

• Why the Organization of American States?

  The Organization of American States (OAS) is the main political forum of the hemisphere which promotes and supports Democracy, Human Rights, Multidimensional Security and the Integral Development in the Americas. The OAS seeks to prevent conflicts and to provide political stability, social inclusion and prosperity in the region, through dialogue and collective actions.

• What is our offer?

  We offer you a unique opportunity to gain work experience in different areas and in an international and a multicultural environment. You will have the opportunity to participate in a meaningful learning experience with orientation to the OAS mission, pillars, structure and projects in the hemisphere.

• Where can I do my Internship?

  The OAS has 28 national offices and some special programs located in the member states. This allows anyone interested, to participate in the internship program in their country of origin, or other country of interest.
  

  Besides working in the different projects of the Office, interns must participate in a series of activities that are part of a Complementary Online Program
  

  This is an unpaid internship. Candidates must meet a series of requirements.
  

• Requirements for Application

  • You must have a GPA of 3.0 out of 4 (American scale) or equivalent according to the country. This means that you have to be in the top 25% of your class).
  • While being a student is a requirement for the application, you should also be at least in the second year of your undergraduate program
  • Your internship should last at least 10 weeks and at the most 6 months.

• Documents Required

  • Complete the application form (requested to internships@oas.org)
  • 2 letters of recommendation.
  • Official transcripts with your grades.
  • Currículum Vitae.
  • Copy of your passport.
  • Once you are selected, the Intern should submit Proof of insurance.

  All the documents should be sent to internships@oas.org

  Internships are available in Washington DC. Check out www.oas.org/internships.

OAS Scholarships

The OAS Academic Scholarship Program (Regular Program), established in 1958, grants scholarships every year for the pursuit of Master’s Degrees, Doctoral Degrees and Research leading to a degree. The OAS Special Caribbean Scholarships Program (SPECAF), established in 1983, grants scholarships for the last two years of undergraduate studies to citizens and residents of the English-speaking Caribbean OAS Member States. In addition to these programs the OAS, through its Partnerships Program for Education and Training (PAEC), is able to offer other attractive scholarship opportunities for academic studies with the support of its partner institutions in the Americas and around the world.

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• SELECTED ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES 2013-2014 Undergraduate studies

QUINTYNE, JASON AVERY (M)





BLACKMAN, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER (M)


• OAS SELECTED ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES 2013 ‐ 2014 Graduate studies

ALLEYNE , NICOLE M (F)





BELLAMY, KATHY-ANN MICHELLE (F)


• OAS Selected Academic Scholarship Awardees 2012 - 2013 Undergraduate Self Placed

Shari Samuel


Bachelor's/ Hydrology and Coastal Zone Management


University of Western Ontario Canada

• OAS Selected Academic Scholarship Awardee 2012-2013 Graduate Self Placed

Brian Payne of Barbados


Masters of Science in Human Nutrition


Mc Gill University Montreal Canada

• Selected Academic Scholarship Awardees 2011 - 20012 Undergraduate

Undergraduate 2011 - 2012


Tracy Moses

• Selected Academic Scholarship Awardees 2011-2012 Graduate

Graduate 2011-2012


Phillip Lashley


Joy-Ann Headley


Annstein Inniss


Darisa Legall


Tisha Clarke


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OAS - Rowe Fund Educational loan programs for Studies in the United States

The OAS - Rowe Fund loan program for studies in the United States was established in 1948.  This program grants financial aid in the form of interest-free loans for up to $15,000 dollars for graduate, research, and the last two years of undergraduate studies, including semester exchange programs.  Applications may be submitted at any time during the studies in the U.S. and are accepted and reviewed year-round.  For more information about how to obtain a Rowe Fund loan, find other financial aid for studies abroad, or identify a university in the United States according to field of study, cost, or location, visit: www.oas.org/en/rowefund and follow us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/rowefund