St. Lucia DRR project

Capacity Building

Conducted trainings/workshops	Participants
3 day training workshop of the e-learning tool 'Planning for community-based adaptation', June 2010 click here to go to the e-learning tool	Agricultural extension officers
Workshop on integrated livelihood baselines and damages and needs assessment for disaster risk management, Feb 8-10, 2011	Ministry of Agriculture, extension division/vet/livestock, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Communications, Dept. of Fisheries, Dept. of Statistics, IICA, WASCO, farmers' cooperatives, Red Cross, FAO consultants
Farmer training and field demonstration for disaster risk management in agriculture workshop, Feb 16-17 & 23-24, 2011	Farmers, extension officers, vet/livestock officers and teachers
Workshop on farmers' access to financial services for managing risk and mitigating effects of risk, Nov 21, 2011	Extension officers, banking and other financial institutions, vet/livestock officers, Dept. of Fisheries, Marketing Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and FAO consultants
Training on safety at sea, Dec 8, 12, 15 and 20, 2011	48 young fishers from across St. Lucia

last updated: Friday, February 17, 2012