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The Caribbean Workshop on Sanitation
Kingston, Jamaica, 28-29 April 2008
“Integration of Sanitation Policies into National Development Plans in the Caribbean Region”
Countries represented in CARIBSAN 2008 were Antigua/Barbuda,
Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent &
the Grenadines, St. Kitts/Nevis, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago. Among
the many participants to the workshop were Ministers, professionals of
institutions of the sector, scholars, members of civil society,
non-governmental agencies, donor agencies, development agencies and the
private sector.
The access to and the improvement of basic sanitation services, together
with the appropriate management of waste water and solid waste, and
compliance with good hygiene practices significantly contribute to human
well being through the protection of health, environmental conservation,
and the reduction of poverty. The participants of the workshop
recognized the fact that the majority of the people with no access to an
improved sanitation system belong to the poorest and most vulnerable
groups of the population, and despite some improvement through work of
government, civil society and private sector, much is still to be done
in order to achieve the basic sanitation goals.
Taking note that in December 2006 the United Nations General Assembly, concerned by the slow and insufficient progress in achieving the sanitation targets, declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation, the participating countries affirmed their commitment to achieve the basic sanitation targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the objectives of the International Year of Sanitation, and made a commitment to enhance progress toward the provision of appropriate sanitation systems, based on specific planning.
Sponsors and partners of the workshop included United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs; Water and Sanitation Programme - World Bank; Global Water Partnership - Caribbean; Ministry of Water and Housing; Pan American Health Organisation; Water Resources Authority (Jamaica); CAN CARA; and Environmental Foundation of Jamaica.
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