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• Dominica Tourism Security Specialized Training Course June 10 – 14, 2013
  Roseau, Dominica, Monday June 10, 2013

Roseau, Dominica, Monday June 10, 2013



The Organization of American States, Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), together with the Ministry of Tourism & Legal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Dominica and with the Dominica Police Force, will carry out a specialized training course on Tourism Security from June 10 – 14, 2013 at the Fort Young Hotel. This preventative program will train 60 members from both the public and private sectors of the tourism industry in Dominica in areas such as threat analysis, crisis management, risk management and facility security.





The objective of this course is to develop the skills of security supervisors in the areas of counterterrorism, law enforcement and security capabilities within the tourism sector. A secondary objective is to promote the development of public-private partnerships between security officials of the public and private sectors involved in tourism and recreational facilities.





The course will be delivered by instructors from Atlantic Group Associates and is funded be the Government of Canada.





The opening ceremony will Begin at 9AM on June 10th at the Fort Young Hotel Conference room.


• OAS HANDS OVER LEARNING MATERIALS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TO DOMINICA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
  Roseau Dominica, Friday November 16, 2012

Roseau Dominica, Friday November 16, 2012



As part of the Caribbean Energy Awareness and Education Programme (CEEAP), and its Learn and Save campaign, the Office of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Dominica delivered to the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development of Dominica learning materials and toolkits that will help educators teach students about the importance of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.





A country’s energy costs effect nearly every aspect of its economic development. This is true for all countries, but is particularly crucial for those in the Eastern Caribbean, where almost all of their energy resources are imported, and thus cost more. Changing the established patterns of energy consumption and production is a major social challenge which requires broad public support, and as we look toward the sustainable development of the Caribbean region, teachers and students have an important part to play.





This effort is part of an OAS executed, European Union funded initiative entitled the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP), which delivered two regional workshops in preparation for the handing over of these materials. These workshops were attended by representatives from the Ministries of Education of the seven participating countries; Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the Commonwealth of Dominica. Attendees were able to review preliminary materials and provide their input on the learning materials that were designed for the Learn and Save campaign.





The second workshop held in September 2012 provided delegates with training on the use of the educational materials, along with additional educational resources from the North-American organization KidWind, which has been engaging teachers and students to effectively incorporate sustainable energy science into their classroom curricula for nearly a decade.





The project’s objective is to provide educators with effective teaching materials, the training and confidence to communicate and transfer knowledge of the science behind sustainable energy to students in their home countries, and thus promote education on sustainable energy for all.








For more information contact:





Michael Bejos


Representative


OAS Dominica


[email protected]








Carolina Peña


CSEP-RCU Manager


OAS Department of Sustainable Development


[email protected]

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