October 19 to October 21 will conduct a National Contingency Plan for Sint Maarten and Anguilla, which will include a self assessment utilizing the RETOS tool.

July 6th to July 8th conducted a National Contingency Plan workshop for the Republic of Nicaragua, which included a self evaluation of the draft plan utilizing the RETOS tool.

From June 29th to July 1st, 2021, conducted a National Contingency Plan workshop for the Dominican Republic, which included a condensed risk assessment.

June 23-25 Conducted a National Contingency Plan workshop for the Republic of Panama, which included a self assessment utilizing the RETOS tool.

Aim: To prepare Grenada for the decision making process prior to ratifying the annexes. Hosted by the Government of Grenada, the workshop’s objectives were: - To identify the questions to be clarified prior to acceding; - To know the “Rights and Obligations” before accession; - To know the strengths and weaknesses prior to accession; Grenade benefited immensely from the workshop and are now better able to decide on ratifying the annexes.

Hosted by the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (with the support of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, ODPEM). Aim: To improve on training prior training in National Contingency Planning/Oil Spill Preparedness and response Cooperation, with a view to upgrade existing draft NCP; - Through exercise, give practical scenarios that were aimed at preparing the stakeholders to work together in the event of a spill; - Assess their National Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Program; - To identify the gaps in the existing draft NCP. The ODPEM, being the National Coordinator, was better able to prepare further workshop, with the stakeholders awareness of their roles, and will be better able to complete the NCP for Cabinet submission.

Hosted by the Commonwealth Litter Program. Aim: To share knowledge, experience and best practices from across the region. The event was a part of the ongoing collaboration between the Belize Department of Environment and the UK’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Cefas) as part of the Commonwealth Litter Program (CLiP).