GECAFS DSS3 / Caribbean Workshop
Washington D.C., USA
18th - 19th April 2005
Workshop Objectives
- Review GECAFS Decision Support System Project Progress
- Review GECAFS Caribbean Project Progress in Context of DSS Development
- Begin work on USAID SANREM CRSP Proposal for the Caribbean Region
Acknowledgements
The meeting organisers gratefully acknowledge financial assistance from SANREM.
Programme
(Detailed timings and breaks have been deleted for this web report version)
Wednesday May 18
Welcome Gregory/Mosier
Introductions
GECAFS overview and links between conceptual and regional research – John Ingram
Session 1 Review Progress on GECAFS DSS Planning
Report on January DSS workshop & general discussion on GECAFS DSS plans – Mosier
DSS Discussion: Nature of scientists’ interaction with decision makers – Sonka
DSS Discussion: Nature of decision makers’ interaction with scientists – Hohenstein
Demonstration of ideas on DSS web page - Mosier
Session 2: Overview of Development of Caribbean Project & Review SANREM Planning Proposal as a Guide to Further DSS and Regional Project Development
Overview of development of the GECAFS Caribbean Regional Project - Trotman / Singh
Overview of SANREM CRSP proposal - what we said we are going to do: Review of DSS components/discussion of type of DSS needed for regional analyses – Mosier
Views from AID mission and reps from Guyana, Haiti and Jamaica - Mosier / Brklacich
Thursday 19 May
SANREM overview Kosnik
IICA
Scenarios - Output from April Rome workshop - Zurek
DSS - general discussion in DSS relating to scenarios - Jones/Mosier
Working groups: developing SANREM proposal
Working Group Report back
Partnerships - define users and additional persons/agencies to involve in developing the proposal - Cropper / Mosier
Workshop 2 & 3 Planning
- Georgetown, Guyana; 16-17 June
- Jamaica, 30-31 August
General approach for constructing proposal - Mosier
GECAFS Overview Seminar (Brklacich/Ingram) followed by Reception