Representatives from around the Caribbean came together at the Barbados Fire Academy in Arch Hall, St Thomas, Barbados in late January.\u00a0 They attended a training workshop funded by the UK and delivered for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).\u00a0 The workshop\u2019s objective was the strengthening of the region to build risk assessment and response capabilities against the threat of attacks using chemical weapons.<\/p>\n
Officials from The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago were given expert advice and tuition on the OPCW\u2019s Online Self-Assessment Tool.\u00a0 This software was specially developed from experience in the Caribbean.\u00a0 It helps countries to assess and enhance their risk and response capabilities against the threat of use of chemical weapons or misuse of toxic chemicals.<\/p>\n
Clive Rowland from the Ministry of Defence said: \u2018The UK is especially pleased to financially support this important capacity building event and we are proud to play our part in the development of OPCW\u2019s Online Self Assessment Tool which is the focus of this workshop.\u2019<\/p>\n
The workshop was supported by the Environmental Protection Department of Barbados\u2019 Ministry of Environment & National Beautification, Green and Blue Economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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