Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI)

This Agreement provides for the establishment of the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute, the objectives of the which are to provide technical and advisory services to member states in all areas of environmental management, to keep inventories of training programmes in related disciplines, regional experts and to promote and collaborate in planning workshops and on-the-job training in member states, to act as a regional reference centre for the collection and dissemination of technical and scientific information, a focal point for various environmental monitoring networks for the collection and dissemination of environmental data, to promote and co-ordinate applied research relevant to the environmental problems of the Caribbean region or as identified by Member States, and to promote the activities which will facilitate the implementation of the Environmental Health Strategy, among other objectives.