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REPORT ON INTER-AGENCY COMMITEE MEETINGS. Sensitizing.
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REPORT ON INTER-AGENCY COMMITEE MEETINGS Presented by: Miss Alarice Fenton Assistant Statistician Statistics Department Montserrat Ministry of Finance & Economic Management
Sensitizing The Department is now on a sensitizing mission regarding the advancement of data collection for the environmental statistics and indicators. Prior to the announcement of this workshop there were no meetings with stakeholders. We recently met with stakeholders one on one. We did not attend the previous workshops. We are now advancing the 2011/2012 work plan.
Dates of Inter-Agency Meeting Meeting with Environmental Health Department 18/3/2014 & 24/3/2014
Brief overview of the content of discussion – Environment Health Department • Types and frequency of data collected by the EHD • Storage facilities • Requirements of both departments (SDM& EHD) • Challenges faced by EHD • International and local Statistics and Indicators
Indicators obtained/expected to be obtained • EHD • Obtained • Vector Control Data • Expected • Environmental Related Diseases • Complaints data
Proposed date of next meeting Environment Health Department – Presently reviewing the environment statistics and indicators of the SDM to which they will propose the date for our next meeting The meeting is expected to be held in this Month Environment Department - Meeting scheduled for the 22/4/2014. We could not have met earlier due to other commitments and staffing issues faced by both Departments.
Challenges - Statistics Department • Human Resource Challenges • Communicating with EHD
Challenges - Environmental Health • No clerical staff • Out dated equipment • Necessary equipment are not functioning • No access to GoM’s secured Drives • No centralised mechanism for storing data • Under reporting – Only major complaints are recorded
The Way Forward • Continue to liaise with the departments and concretize the activities of all stakeholders
THE END THANK YOU