The EPPD Offices have moved!

In November 2012, the EPPD was relocated to new offices at Level 26, Tower D, International Waterfront Complex, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain. 

 

Formerly affiliated with the Ministry of Housing and the Environment, the EPPD now falls under the umbrella of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources created as a result of the re-alignment of portfolios of Government ministries which occurred in June 2012.

 
  In addition to the offices of the EPPD and its specialised units the MEAU and the NOU, the following sections of the Ministry can be found at our new address:

Tower D, Waterfront Complex, Port of Spain

• The office of the Senator, the Honourable Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Ganga Singh;
• The office of the Honourable Minister of  State in the Ministry of the  Environment and Water Resources, Ms Ramona Ramdial
• The office of the Permanent Secretary; Ms. Vidiah Ramkhelawan 
• The Drainage Division 
• The Legal Unit
• Communications

 

18th Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean

Tuesday 31st January - Friday 3rd February, 2012

Quito, Ecuador

The Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and is the principal regional forum for Latin America and the Caribbean in the field of the environment. 

The Forum provides an opportunity for regional dialogue on items on the global environmental agenda and to strengthen cooperation in environmental management among countries of the region. The 18th Meeting of the Forum (FME18) took place in Ecuador from January 31 to February 3, 2012. Trinidad and Tobago was represented by the following delegation:

• Mr Antony Ramnarine, Deputy Permanent Secretary (Ag), Ministry of Housing and the Environment (Head of Delegation)
• Mr Asgar Ali, Advisor to the Minister of Housing and the Environment
• Dr David Persaud, Environmental Manager, EPPD, Ministry of Housing and the Environment
• Mr Kishan Kumarsingh, Head, MEAU, Ministry of Housing and Environment 

In addition to the FME18, delegates took the opportunity of the presence of Ministers of Environment from across the region to convene the First Meeting of the Environment Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) which agreed to form a working group to define a regional environment strategy.

The Forum adopted a high-level Political Statement – “the Quito Declaration” and 10 decisions related to governance; sustainable consumption and production; environmental indicators; a regional financial strategy; air pollution; chemicals, and hazardous and other wastes; landlocked countries; Small Island Developing States (SIDS); environmental education; and the Central American and Caribbean countries. 

Deputy Permanent Secretary Anthony Ramnarine (Ag) and Head of the MEAU, Kishan Kumarsingh at the FME18.

Preparatory Meeting of High-Level experts -

Part of the Trinidad and Tobago delegation situated at centre: Dr David Persaud (L) and Mr Kishan Kumarsingh (R)

Welcome to our blog!

To kick off, we would like to firstly introduce ourselves. We are the Environmental Policy and Planning Division (EPPD), a division of professionals within the Ministry of he Environment and Water Resources of Trinidad and Tobago which is geared toward enhancing the element of sustainability within the strategic planning process of the Government.Within the EPPD, there is the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit (MEAU), which has T&T's international and regional environmental treaties as its key focus.

We accomplish our main goal by taking into account the social, economic and environmental considerations, since humans and the environment are co-existent, and then crafting policy to guide domestic actions based on these considerations.

In the interest of becoming better known by our stakeholders, we are taking advantage of the opportunity that ICT has so wonderfully provided for us by creating a new information dissemination mechanism (a blog!). We, the staff of the EPPD, therefore welcome you to the start of our activities blog, aimed at making you aware of what we do and its significance on a national scale.

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