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Advancing Towards a Sustainable Energy in Eastern Caribbean States
The Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS/OAS),
with the support of the European Union Energy Initiative – ACP-EU Energy Facility, is the executing agency for the
Caribbean Sustainable Energy Program
(CSEP) Project, in coordination with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM Secretariat), the Caribbean Electric Utility
Association (CARILEC), and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). A significant component of the
project involves facilitating the adoption of energy policies and legislation in seven Eastern Caribbean Island states
pertaining to the market conditions for the development and use of renewable energy and energy efficiency systems by
mitigating the barriers to their use.
To advance the sustainable energy agenda in Dominica and St. Lucia, the OAS will convene several gatherings on November
18-20, 2009 in Roseau and Castries with relevant government stakeholders, including the public utilities. The purpose of
these gatherings will be to discuss the draft National Energy Policies (NEP) developed for both countries. In the case of
Dominica, the NEP has been prepared by the GS/OAS with the support of Isada Consulting Group, a consultancy hired under the
CSEP project. In St. Lucia, the NEP was drafted by the CREDP/GTZ Program and is being supported and modified by the CSEP
project.
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Payment for Ecosystem Services
To respond to trade-related capacity building development needs in the area of environmental management, the
DSD is working towards improving market-based approaches to the conservation of
biological diversity, through the support of Payment for Ecological Service
Payments (PES). Innovative financial instruments for conservation including
Payment for Ecological Services (PES) are increasingly used as tools to
implement conservation policies at the national level. More... Payment for Ecosystem Services Database
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OAS-DSD together with IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, held a dialogue of experts on “Soil Protection and the Sustainable Use of Soils.
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U.S. Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, invited Energy Ministers to the Energy and Climate Ministerial of the Americas in Washington, DC on April 15-16, 2010.
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OAS-DSD launches its Third Sustainable Energy Newsletter.
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DSD Environmental Law Chief speaks at National Workshop on Vulnerability to Climate Change at the Community Level in
Jamaica.
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First announcement and call for abstracts for the International Conference “transboundary aquifers: Challenges and new directions” as part of ISARM and PCPP Programmes.
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November, 18 to 24, 2009, Caribbean.
Advancing Towards a Sustainable Energy in Eastern Caribbean States.
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November, 13, 2009, Washington, D.C .
Dialogue on Soil Protection and the Sustainable Use of Soils.
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