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CETA
Communication, Education, Training and Awareness is of great concern to the governments of the Wider Caribbean Region. Effective environmental management depends on a high level of public awareness and involvement, and on the availability of appropriate skills to respond to problems and issues in a timely and efficient manner.
CETA Objectives
- Transform and improve educational systems
to promote positive attitudinal and behavioural changes relating to
environmental management by improving the understanding of the value, relevance
and importance of marine and coastal resources;
- Develop and implement national and regional
technical and managerial training programmes (focusing on “training trainers”
to maximise the multiplying effect) for persons responsible for the use and
management of marine and coastal resources;
- Support public awareness efforts of the
media, private sector, community-based, and non-governmental organizations to
demonstrate the economic value of marine and coastal resources to specific
sectors and overall national development.
- To increase
access to marine and coastal resources information through strengthening of CEP
websites, networking mechanisms and database development;
- To disseminate
information resulting from the projects and activities
of CEP; and
- To assist the regional subprogrammes of CEP in matters related to
communication, education, training and awareness information management through
the development of tools to
organise and disseminate information relevant to the implementation of the
Cartagena Convention and its Protocols and support in the areas of data access,
information management, (and development and maintenance of a network of
expertise and knowledge).
CETA Thematic Areas
- Communication
- Education
- Training
- Awareness
