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OECS
Observes the 6th Anniversary of the St. George’s Declaration
(SGD) |
Castries, St. Lucia, 10th April, 2007:- Tuesday April
10th 2007 marked the 6th Anniversary of the St. George’s
Declaration (SGD).
The St. George’s Declaration, another success story of the
OECS Secretariat, was officially launched on April 10, 2001
in Saint Lucia.
The SGD’s guidelines assert how human conduct affects the
environment, and provides courses of action as well as a
commitment to manage such conduct. National commitment to
the St. George’s’ Declaration is reflected in the National
Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) in all the OECS
member states. The NEMS provide the perceived framework for
environmental resources management in particular and
programmes on environmental sustainability in general.
The SGD is a milestone in its historical development, given
that it marked the beginning of a comprehensive
environmental agenda for the OECS.
Valerie Isaac St Hill, Programme Officer at the OECS
Environment and Sustainable Development Unit, OECS ESDU has
confirmed several evident achievements among OECS Member
countries as a result of the St. George’s
Declaration:“Antigua and Barbuda for example reported using
their NEMS as the national programming framework for
environment to negotiate a three million US dollar project
on sustainable island resources management from the Global
Environment Facility. St. Lucia is currently implementing an
EU funded project focused on Economic and Agricultural
Diversification and Poverty Reduction through Integrated
Natural resources management. The NEMS provides the
foundation for this project”.
Based on their NEMS development and requirements St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, Dominica, St. Lucia and Grenada obtained
support for institutional strengthening for environmental
management with funding provided by the Caribbean
Development Bank.
Ms. St. Hill told the OECS News Link that initiatives
undertaken to improve environmental management performance
in the OECS Member States have influenced the establishment
of a Ministry dedicated to sustainable development in St.
Kitts-Nevis as well as departments and directors of
Environment in Anguilla and Montserrat. In addition, there
is on going activity on legal frameworks for environmental
management in Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, Anguilla,
Grenada and the British Virgin Islands.
All nine OECS member countries embrace the St. George’s
Declaration as their covenant to sustainable development for
all in the region.
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