The city of Port of Spain is exposed to both natural and man-made hazards, specially flooding and high rains, exacerbated by climate change and socioeconomic factors.
The objective of this workshop is to open a collaborative space to identify the main lessons and best practices from regional and global case studies in developing solutions for water management and flooding infrastructure to support the city’s current initiatives to meet the needs posed by the Action Plan of the USAID funded project, Accelerating the Essentials and Making Port of Spain a resilient City – MCR/2030 .
 
Agenda
Date: March 23, 2022
Time: 10:00 a.m. AST - Session Agenda (90 mins)
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10:00  Moderator Introduction
10:05  Joel Martinez, Mayor of the city of Port of Spain
10:10  Andres Cruz, DR3 Programs Manager, Latin America and The Caribbean
10:20 Dr. Arpita Mandal
          Flood hazard in Jamaica and impact of climate variabity:
 
10:30 Questions and conclusions
10:35  Dr. Ogenis Brilhante
           Water management strategies and resilient infrastructure development involving community level, city-wide and national stakeholders

10:45 Questions and conclusions
10:50  Jaap Klein
          Integrated approach of urban drainage

11:00 Questions and conclusions
11:05 Mrs Shalini Ramsaran-Baksh and Mr Ravi Baboolal,
          Water Management innovations
          Innovations for Flood Resilience in Port of Spain-Low Impact Development.
11:15 Questions and conclusions.
11:30 End of session