1. WELCOME TO PROJECT CASCADE
10th EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
ACP Secretariat
ACP Caribbean & Pacific Research Programme for Sustainable Development

2. The ST LUCIA STAKEHOLDER PANELS At Sustainable Development and Environment Division Conference Room, Caribbean Cinemas Complex, Choc Estate, Castries On September 25, 2013

3. Presented by PROJECT OVERVIEW MARINA E MODESTE Project Manager,
Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES)
The UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES,
ST AUGUSTINE

4. Project Priority: Water and Sanitation
Name of applicant: The University of the West Indies
PROJECT DURATION: 24 Months
Completion Date: July 31st 2014

5. Partners
Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici S.c.a.r.l. (CMCC), Italy
&
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Regional Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Organisation, Belize

6. PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
To Support Small Island Developing States in a Path Towards Sustainable Development
SPECIFIC: To Design and Promote Multi-Stakeholder Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Small Island Developing States
Location of the Action:
Core Sites: St Vincent, St Lucia,
Mirror Sites: Grenada (Caribbean),
Mauritius (Pacific)

7. FINANCING MECHANISM TOTAL COST OF THE ACTION: EUR 597 753.68
CONTRIBUTION FROM
CONTRACTING AUTHORITY: EUR
CONTRIBUTION FROM PARTNERS: EUR

8. TARGET GROUP: Community-Based Organisations Local Authorities Indigenous Peoples Non-Governmental Organisations Research Organisations Researchers Students Young People FINAL BENEFICIARIES: Stakeholders in regional Caribbean Public Policy Officials & Pacific SIDS: Coastal Communities Industries of the Water and Sanitation Sectors The Tourism Industries The Agricultural Industries

9. ESTIMATED RESULTS:
Result I : A Toolbox for Multi-Hazard Vulnerability Assessment
Result II : Community and Hazard Profiles for Climate- Related Threats to the Water and Sanitation Sector
Result III : Multi-Stakeholder Adaptation Action Plans
Result IV : Adaptive Capacity Building and Best Practices

10. MAIN ACTIVITIES:
A Catalogue of Existing Caribbean, Pacific and European Projects
A Review of Climate-Change Vulnerability Analyses
A Review and Summary of Climate Change Impacts on Water and Sanitation in SIDS
The Development of a Framework for Individual-hazard Vulnerability Assessments
The Development of a Framework for Integrated, Multi-hazard Vulnerability Assessment

11. MAIN ACTIVITIES Cont’d:
The Application of Scenario Analyses
The Establishment and Description of the Core Studies in the Caribbean
The Establishment and Description of the Mirror Case Study in the Caribbean and the Mirror Case Study in the Pacific
The Establishment of Case Study Stakeholder Panels in the Core Case Studies
The Development of Coastal Mapping in Core Case Studies

12. MAIN ACTIVITIES (Cont’d):
Vulnerability Analysis of Individual Threats in Core Case Studies
Vulnerability Analysis of Multiple Threats in Core Case Studies
The Adaptation of Research Recommendations to the Caribbean and Pacific Mirror Sites
The Development of Community-Based Action Plans
The Recommendations for Strengthening Water Governance in SIDS

13. MAIN ACTIVITIES (CONT’D):
The Development of Adaptation Strategies for Water Management in SIDS
Dissemination to the Academic/Scientific Community
Dissemination to Regional and European Stakeholders
Dissemination to the General Public

14. THANK YOU CONTACT US: marina modeste marina.modeste@sta.uwi.edu
SALISES, UWI, ST AUGUSTINE
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