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Green Economy

Vision:

A new model of economic development that ensures that natural resources are conserved and distribution of economic benefits is equitable, and so contributes to achieving the goal of sustainable development in the Caribbean.

Goal:

To effectively and equitably engage Caribbean stakeholders in developing a model of economic development for the Caribbean that ensures that natural resources are conserved and distribution of economic benefits is equitable.

Objectives:

• To facilitate dialogue among Caribbean stakeholders to elicit ideas and perspectives on economic development challenges and opportunities.
• To coordinate participatory action research and learning on key questions on how to develop and implement a new model of economic development for the Caribbean.
• To communicate lessons, models, best practices and recommendations to raise awareness on how to develop and implement a new model of economic development for the Caribbean.
• To advocate to key stakeholders in the Caribbean and internationally to influence policy for development and implementation of a new model of economic development for the Caribbean.
• To build capacity of Caribbean stakeholders on how to develop and implement a new model of economic development for the Caribbean.

Action Learning Groups and Networks 

The Caribbean Green Economy Action Learning Group (GE ALG) is a regional, multi-disciplinary group of development professionals and academics from across the English-, French- and Spanish-speaking islands of the Caribbean, with a range of expertise including macroeconomics, planning, tourism, agriculture, rural development, gender and climate change.  The group’s purpose is to identify and promote ways in which “green economy” can advance sustainable development in the Caribbean through shaping visions, perspectives, positions and actions.  CANARI serves as convenor for the Group.  GE ALG members are guided by a Terms of Reference to work collectively to implement a Programme of Work on green economy.

Projects

• The search for a new economy in the Caribbean: Regional Dialogue as part of the Green Economy Coalition National Dialogues (October 2010 – November 2011)
• Communicating the draft Caribbean position paper on green economy in the Caribbean (December 2011 – January 2012)
• Communication, policy influence, developing a programme of work for a Caribbean Green Economy Action Learning Group (February - October 2012)
• Sustainable consumption and production in the Francophone Caribbean: Phase 1 (April 2009 - April 2010)
• Sustainable consumption and production in the Francophone Caribbean: Phase 2 (June 2011- June 2012)
• Environmental mainstreaming in the British Virgin Islands (December 2011- May 2012)
• Environmental mainstreaming in Anguilla
• The search for a new economy in the Caribbean: Launching the programme of work for the Caribbean Green Economy Action Learning Group (February - July 2013)

• Action and learning about Small and Micro Enterprises as a pathway to a green economy in the Caribbean (March - September 2014)

Key publications:

• CANARI 2012 Policy Brief 13: Towards a green and resilient economy for the Caribbean (English, Spanish, French)
• Independent Research Forum (IRF) Policy paper - Post-2015: framing a new approach to sustainable development
• CANARI 2013 Policy Brief 14: Supporting Green Economy Pathways in the Caribbean through Action Learning (English, Spanish, French)
• Caribbean Green Economy Action Learning Group Programme of Work June 2013
• Discussion Paper 1: The Green Economy Factory
• Discussion paper 2: Triple bottom line methods for assessing public investment
• Discussion paper 3: From a "doorstep economy" to a green economy: A case study of Cuba 
• Discussion paper 4: Catalysing and supporting sustainable small, medium and micro enterprise development
• Discussion paper 5: Green economy in practice: The Barbadian perspective
• Discussion paper 6: The policy flux: Current green economy policy initiatives in the Caribbean
• Discussion Paper 7: Community-based development through arts and culture:
  Case study from Laborie Saint Lucia
• Discussion Paper 8: Regional economic uncertainties and risk - the next 10 years
• All Discussion Papers 1-8 by the Caribbean Green Economy Action Learning Group

• Green economies in the Caribbean: Perspectives, priorities and an action learning agenda

• CANARI Policy Brief 19: Supporting Small and Micro Enterprises to be pathways to a Caribbean green economy

Key news items:

• A Caribbean Green Economy Action Learning Group (GE ALG) was launched by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) on May 23rd 2012, in St. Kitts during the Sixth Biennial Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition (CEF 6): “The Green Economy: Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Health, Water, Waste, Land, Energy, Climate Change and our Natural Resources”. See here for more information.
• The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), which hosts the Green Economy Coalition (GEC) National Dialogues, approached CANARI to facilitate a process for the Caribbean small island developing states as part of this initiative. Find out more about the Caribbean Green Economy Regional Dialogue facilitated by CANARI.

Facebook:

YouTube:

Interviews with Caribbean stakeholders on what they think about “green economy”

CANARI staff working on this programme:

Nicole Leotaud, Executive Director [email protected]

Loïza Rauzduel, Technical Officer [email protected]

CANARI Programme Advisors:

Cletus Springer, Organisation of American States

Steve Bass, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Related programmes:

CANARI’s Rural Livelihoods programme