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Capacity-Building Exercise in Dominica aimed at Strengthening Tourism Security in that Island Nation
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), held a capacity-building exercise in Dominica aimed at strengthening tourism security in that Island nation.
The Tourism Security Specialized Training Course was carried out in Roseau, Dominica, from June 10-14, 2013, with collaboration – from the Ministry of Tourism and Legal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Dominica and with the Dominica Police Force.. This preventive program trained approximately 70 members from both the public and private sectors of the tourism industry in Dominica in areas such as threat analysis, crisis management, risk assessment and management, behavioral detection, communication with the media and facility security.
The objective of this course was to develop the skills of Security Supervisors from the public and private sector in the areas of counterterrorism, law enforcement, and security capabilities within the tourism sector. A secondary objective was to promote the development of public private partnerships between security officials of the public and private sectors involved in tourism and recreational facilities.
At the end of this course, the public and private sector actors completed a full scale table top exercise in real time based on a scenario that could take place in the tourism industry in Dominica. This exercise also included the local media in Dominica.
In addition, the course - resulted in the establishment of a multi-threat risk assessment committee for Dominica’s tourism sector with the inclusion of representatives from both sectors to continue to monitor and reduce the risks to Dominica’s Tourism Sector.
The program culminated with a panel discussion of experts to address tourism security from a multidimensional security perspective to complement the training. This effort was led in coordination with the Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism of the OAS. Panelists represented the following organizations or agencies: Pan-American Health Organization, Dominica Hotel and Tourism Association, Association of Caribbean States, Jamaica Hotel and Tourism Association, Office of Disaster Management in Dominica, Ministry of Environmental Health of Dominica.
The course was delivered by instructors from Atlantic Group Associates and was funded by the Government of Canada.
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