Training - Biomedical Waste Management Training provided to Health Care Administrators, Environmental Health Professionals and Solid Waste Managers 

Training - Provided training on the operations and maintenance for sewage treatment plants.

Training - Trained representatives Barbados in Advance Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment.

Training - CEHI, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Family Affairs and Gender Relations of St Lucia, the Caribbean Development Bank, Pan American Health Organisation, Health Caribbean and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, hosted a training course in Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA).

The course was part of a planning exercise geared toward the development of a comprehensive, region-wide EHIA programme.

It was designed to develop the skills of health and planning officers and private consultants in the preparation and review of environmental health impact assessments related to both public and private sector projects.

Review - Conducted Review of Water Conservation Practices and Potentials for Tourist Facilities in Barbados and St. Lucia

In response to the fish kills which occurred in the Eastern Caribbean and along the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, CEHI, the CARICOM Secretariat and CFRAMP, coordinated a Workshop in Barbados on the 16 October. The objective was to bring together all interested or affected parties to gain an understanding of the situation and also to strategize on how such incidents should be coordinated, should there be occurrences in the future. The Workshop identified the need for research to determine the causes of the fish kills in the region.

BASEL - Work began in earnest on the BASEL Inventory of Spent and Outdated Chemicals in the Caribbean Region. The project is being conducted in seven countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.

Training - The Institute trained three government representatives in the "Management of Sanitary Landfills".

Sewage and Effluent Guidelines - The Institute followed up on policy recommendations related to the adoption and implementation of sewage and industrial effluent guidelines by its Member States. In 1997, a legal consultant visited Barbados with the aim of assisting Barbados to move forward with implementation of effluent guidelines.

Training - Training modules on Management of Industrial Chemicals in the Automotive Mechanic and Refrigeration & Air Conditioning industries, prepared by CEHI in partnership with the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP), were piloted over a six week period for students in the Automotive Mechanic and the Refrigeration & Air Conditioning disciplines at SJPP. The course was evaluated and a workshop for trainers, including two from Barbados, was held.

Waste Management - The Institute jointly organized a one-week course in "Operation and Maintenance of Waste Water Treatment Plants", along with the Environmental Engineering Division of the Ministry of Health. Over twenty local government officials and sewage treatment plant operators benefited from the training course. The Institute assisted PAHO in an assessment of solid and liquid waste activities in Barbados by providing information to a short-term consultant assigned to conduct the assessment. Training Modules on Management of Industrial Chemicals in the Automotive Mechanic and Refrigeration & Air Conditioning industries were prepared by CEHI in partnership with the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) and with the endorsement of the Ministry of Education. Pilot training activities for a six week period for students in the Automotive Mechanic and the Refrigeration & Air Conditioning disciplines at SJPP were scheduled for early in 1997.

Information Services - As a result of the findings of the study conducted by CEHI on WASAMS in 1995, the Institute entered into an agreement to pilot the implementation of WASAMS in Barbados and Grenada. Due to lack of commitment on the part of the national agencies, much progress has not been made on this activity.

Information Services - The Institute in its desire to improve the management of environmental health information in its Member States, conducted with support from PAHO/CPC, an assessment of the management information system capabilities of the Ministries of Health and the Water Authorities in the above countries.

Parallel to above, an evaluation of the Water and Sanitation Monitoring System (WASAMS) was undertaken. This evaluation identified the reasons for the non-implementation of the system in the targeted countries. An implementation plan was developed and is to be put in place in early 1996 with support from PAHO/CPC.

Laboratory services - Samples of well water for heavy metal analysis were periodically received from the Barbados water Authority and processed