Newly Developed Training Programme for National Ozone Officers in Caribbean Region

KINGSTOWN, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, 30 May 2018 — The UN Environment’s OzonAction Branch in cooperation with the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has organized the newly developed training programme for National Ozone Officers in the Caribbean region (Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 28-29 May 2018).

The main objective of this training programme is to provide National Ozone Unit (NOU) staff with essential information about the Montreal Protocol, a country’s obligations under the Montreal Protocol, and the main activities to be carried out by NOUs at the national level. The training also provides newly appointed NOU staff with fundamental knowledge and information tools that will enable them to support their government in meeting its commitments as agreed by all Parties under the Montreal Protocol.

The curriculum and training materials included in this newly developed training programme focuses on information that will support new NOOs in carrying out their daily work in an effective manner. This includes an understanding of national commitments under the Montreal Protocol, the annual cycle of events, annual and intermittent reporting requirements to the Ozone and Multilateral Fund (MLF) Secretariats as well as MLF project cycles. It also addresses key activities at the national level, such as the effective implementation of MLF projects, interacting with ODS (Ozone Depleting Substances) users and other stakeholders.

The new training programme comprises a series of standardized training tools, including concise background documents, presentation slides (PowerPoints), handouts, checklists for NOOs, quizzes, crosswords, innovative activity exercises, evaluation documents, guides for additional work by NOOs before and after training sessions, lists of useful additional resources etc.

The participants included NOU officers and assistants from the Caribbean region (Belize, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines). The representative of Grenada also participated in the work of the NOU training as a resource person. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mikheil Tushishvili, Programme Officer 
OzonAction UN Environment
Tel: +33 1 44 37 14 71
Email: mikheil.tushishvili@un.org

Marco A. Pinzon, Montreal Protocol Coordinator (Caribbean)
OzonAction UN Environment, Office of Latin America and the Caribbean
Tel: +507 305 3154
Email: marco.pinzon@unep.org

Donnalyn Charles, HPMP Programme Officer 
OzonAction UN Environment, Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Tel: +507 305 3163
Email: donnalyn.charles@unep.org