The Caribbean region is a hot spot for the emergence and persistence of VBDs in the American continent. Dengue-like illnesses were recorded in the Americas since the 1600s, but the modern era of understanding started with the isolation of the dengue virus for the first time in 1943-44. The Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory (1952-1974) and the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC 1975-2012), which were merged into CARPHA in 2013, contributed significantly to the global understanding of the disease.

CARPHA’s mission is to provide strategic direction, in analysing, defining and responding to public health priorities of Member States in an effort to prevent disease, promote health and respond to public health emergencies. Regional outbreaks over the past decade such as Influenza A H1N1pdm01; Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of which was largely influenced by international travel and trade..

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has received financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for implementation of the project Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados) Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments under the Contract for the_ “Barbados Water Authority (BWA), Barbados – Supply and Delivery of Water Tankers”:

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has received financing from the Global Environment Facility-United Nations Environment Programme (GEF-UNEP), toward the cost of the project titled “Energy for Sustainable Development in Caribbean Buildings (ESD) Project” and intends to apply part of the proceeds towards the contracting of a Consultancy for Development of a Manual on Green Buildings Procurement Policies and Procedures for Public Managers.

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CONSULTANT

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), with funding from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - funded Programme of the Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (GEF-IWEco Project), is seeking to engage a consultant to develop the regional environmental indicators compendium.

BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVE, SCOPE OF WORK

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INVITATION

CARPHA and the European Union (EU) recently concluded an Agreement for the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Programme of Support for Health Security Strengthening for Prevention and Control of Outbreaks of Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. The four-year Project is aimed at strengthening health security in the region and is valued at €8 million of which approximately €5 million will be used to support a direct response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Caribbean.

The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE), an institution of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), is seeking an Information Technology Knowledge Management Expert to develop the CARICOM Energy Knowledge Hub as an integrated information repository. The CARICOM Energy Knowledge Hub (CEKH), currently hosted on CARICOM Energy’s website, will carry out information and knowledge management functions to provide decision-making support to actors in the sustainable energy transition in the region.