Countries covered | All of the Caribbean |
Who we are | The principal Integrated Water Resource Management capacity building network in the Caribbean with representatives and partners on 18 Caribbean islands. We operate out of The Business Development Unit, Faculty of Food and Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad. Our mission is to promote Sustainable Integrated Water Resource Management in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean: “Ensuring a Future by learning in the present” We focus on Building institutional and technical capacity of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as it relates to Integrated Water Resource Management by increasing resilience of vulnerable populations across the region. We develop and administer training programmes, workshops, awareness initiative and outreach concepts tailored to suit the Caribbean Context. |
Network highlights, achievements | Over 100 technical persons trained annuallyPartners in 18 Caribbean Countries. Training courses on all aspects of Hydro-climatic Disaster Risk Management |
Partnerships | Collaborative Partnership with Global Water Partnership Caribbean (GWP-C) and Caribbean Wastewater Association (CWWA) geared towards strategic water related capacity building interventions Cooperative partnerships with numerous NGOs across the Caribbean focussed on capacity building initiatives in Vulnerable GroupsStrategic partnership with the Faculty of Food and Agriculture, University of the West Indies focussed on material development aligned to the needs of the region in relation to Integrated water resource management (IWRM) |
Contact information | Caribbean.WaterNet@sta.uwi.edu |
Social media | https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanWaterNet/ |