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Public Relations and Stakeholder Relationship Management

Stakeholder Engagement

The instructive and interactive sessions were a part of an
ongoing collaboration between the CARICOM Secretariat
and CXC®, to establish a framework and build capacity for the
development and promotion of renewable energy. Through
the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technical
Assistance (REETA) Programme, the German international
development agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) has supported efforts by these
entities to improve the capacity and awareness of Caribbean
students, on sustainable energy issues.

Day one of the online sessions was dedicated to Unit 1 of
the Green Engineering programme, with presentations by
Dr. Paulette Bynoe, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Earth
and Environmental Sciences at the University of Guyana; Mr.
Churchill Norbert, Chief Engineer at Sandals Grande Antigua
and Dr. Cherri-Ann Farquharson, Lecturer in the Faculty of
Engineering at the UWI Mona.

The final session focused on Unit 2 of the programme and
presenters included Dr Devon Gardner, Programme Manager
for Energy and Head of the Energy Unit of the CARICOM
Secretariat; Professor Chandrabhan Sharma, Leader of the
Energy Systems programme in the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering at the UWI, St Augustine and Dr
Gary C. Jackson, PE, CEM, Executive Director of the Caribbean
Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.

CAPE® GREEN ENGINEERING Teacher Training Workshop
The outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), now
characterised as a global health pandemic, has been highly
disruptive and the global and regional education sectors
have not been exempted. The pandemic has forced reduced
operations of all academic institutions resulting in massive
shifts and impromptu breaks in the teaching, examination and
assessment of students at all levels across the Caribbean.

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