Caribbean Professionals Benefit From Capacity-Building to Strengthen Water and Wastewater Management

By UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat- The UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat has partnered with the Global Water Partnership Caribbean (GWPC) to improve integrated water and wastewater management (IWWM) in the Caribbean under component 1 (strengthening of policies and IWWM standards) and component 4 (knowledge management and communications) of the GEF CReW+ project. From 21st March – 4th April 2022, GWP-C in partnership with CReW+, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Caribbean WaterNet (Cap-Net), held an international online training on the “Preparation of Shit Flow Diagrams (SFDs) for Caribbean Countries”, the first of its kind in the region. At the opening of the instructor-led segment on 29th March, Ms. Simone Lewis, GWP-C’s Regional Coordinator, thanked the participants and collaborators for being part of the SFD regional training and shared valuable information on the work of GWP-C. Mr. Christopher Corbin, Acting Coordinator of the UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat, highlighted the work of CReW+ to implement solutions for integrated water and wastewater management, the need for SFDs in the region and the work of the Secretariat to support governments in the region. As a result of the training, participants gained hands on experience on preparing SFDs and using SFD tools.