1. ‘Building sustainability of the coastal communities of Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia and the Pointe Sable Environmental Protection Area’

2. Project Details Implementation Agency: Saint Lucia National Trust
Donor: Organization of American States
Implementation Site: Vieux Fort
Grant Amount: USD$39,983
Duration: One year
Commencement Period: January 2015

3. Project Background
Project falls under the Phase II of the OAS Sustainable Communities Initiative targeting Central America and the Caribbean
The OAS Sustainable Communities Initiative is implemented under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA).
The United States is supporting the OAS sustainable communities effort as part of its broader commitment to highlight the key themes:
Clean Energy, New Infrastructure, and Access for All,
Urbanization and Sustainable Cities at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)

4. Priority 1: Community-Based Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency
This will advance the use and adoption of energy efficient technologies, specifically those which could be adopted by lower income groups.
Related Activities:
Presentations about clean energy and energy efficiency for Vieux Fort stakeholders
Energy efficient demonstration site established at SLNT southern office

5. Priority 2: Resilience to Natural Disasters
This is in order to strengthen Saint Lucia’s capacity to successfully plan, manage and mitigate the risks associated to natural hazards at the community level, thereby contributing to their efforts to become more resilient.
Related activities:
Community meetings about coastal zone processes, human impacts on the coastal, impacts of climate change and short-term mitigation measures
Dune re-vegetation undertaken and beach protection measures installed

6. Priority 3: Waste Management, Recycling (including Electronic Waste) and Improved Water Resource Management
The activities under this priority area are designed to:
Promote separation of waste;
Promote household and business-level composting for green waste management;
Promote public-private partnerships for recycling of waste from PSEPA and adjoining businesses;
Making effective use of fresh water resources by demonstrating and promoting rain water harvesting;

7. Priority 4: Sustainable Transport Solutions
The focus is recreational use zoning for the main recreational zone of Vieux Fort, Anse du Sable, which is in the coastal zone of PSEPA.
Related Activities:
Consultation meetings about user conflict, local transit and recreational use and zoning plan;
Recreational use zoning plan established

8. Project Implementation Partners
Local Town and Constituency Council
Ministry of Infrastructure
Ministry of Sustainable Development, including its various Departments/Divisions
Ministry of Agriculture
Saint Lucia Air and Seaports Authority
Community Based Organisations
National Conservation Authority
Ministry of Planning/ Crown Lands
Saint Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority

9. Beneficiaries All listed project partners
Direct
Indirect
All listed project partners
Saint Lucia
Pointe Sable Environmental Protection Area
Vieux Fort Residents and Businesses
The Cause

10. Impacts from Natural Hazards

13. Thank You