35th Anniversary Video Launch

In 2021, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat celebrated 35 years since the entry into force of the Convention. A video was commissioned to commemorate this milestone achievement and highlight the importance and benefit of the Convention and its Protocols to the governments and peoples of the Wider Caribbean.

The video was produced by Mayers Media Inc. in Barbados through financing from the Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean, and the Pacific Countries project. This production will also support the efforts of the Secretariat to encourage ratification of the Convention and its Protocols by Non-Contracting Parties. 

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the video will be launched virtually on June 21, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. GMT-5. 

In support of the theme for World Oceans Day 2022 (Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean), this launch will celebrate “Collective action to protect the Caribbean Sea”.

Registration: https://bit.ly/3m72wVAUNEPCEP

Platform: Microsoft Teams

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Background

 

The Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (also known as the Cartagena Convention) is the first and only regionally binding treaty of its kind. It promotes the conservation and sustainable development of the Wider Caribbean's marine and coastal environment and provides the legal framework for the Caribbean Environment Programme.  

It is supported by three technical agreements or protocols on oil spills, specially protected areas and wildlife and land-based sources and activities of marine pollution. 

 

AGENDA

      1. Welcome

• Mr. Christopher Corbin, Acting Coordinator

         Cartagena Convention Secretariat

 

      2. Opening Remarks from UNEP Headquarters

• Ms. Kerstin Stendahl, Head of the Ecosystems Integration Branch

• Dr. Balakrishna Pisupati, Programme Manager

          ACP MEAs III Programme

             

      3. Remarks from Regional Activity Centres (RACs)

• Lt. Commander Floyd Patterson

          International Maritime Organization Consultant

          Regional Marine Pollution Emergency, Information and Training Centre – Caribe in              Curacao, Oil Spills RAC

• RAC for the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol in Guadeloupe

• Centre for Research and Environmental Management of Transport in Cuba, LBS RAC

• Dr. Darryl Banjoo

          Deputy Director (Acting)

          Institute of Marine Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago, LBS RAC

 

      4. Remarks from Regional Activity Network (RAN)

• Dr. Francisco Arias 

          Director General

          Marine and Coastal Research Institute in Colombia

   

     5. Video Screening

         

     6. Project Beneficiary

• Ms. Eurica Douglas, General Manager

          Clarendon Parish Development Committee Benevolent Society      

          United Nations Jamaica Human Security Trust Fund Project   

 

      7. Feedback and comments

      

      8. Closing

• The Hon. Adrian Forde

          Minister of Environment, National Beautification and the Blue and Green Economy of            Barbados

          Chair of the Cartagena Convention Bureau

•  Mr. Christopher Corbin, Acting Coordinator

          Cartagena Convention Secretariat