CARICOM  Secretariat Senior Project Officer, Sustainable Development, Anya Thomas (L) introduces the EU Delegation to the workshop: L-R:  Mr Zissimos Vergos, Counsellor; Mr Koen Rossel-Cambier, Programme Manager, Social Development and Mr Stephen Boyce, Programme Manager, Education, Rural Development Section. Basseterre, St Kitts. 28 May, 2012

Mr Zissimos Vergos, Counsellor of the Social and Rural Development Section, EU greets the participants. At the head table (L-R) Mr Koen Rossel-Cambier, Programme Manager, Social Development and Mr Stephen Boyce, Programme Manager, Education, Rural Development Section. Basseterre, St Kitts. 28 May, 2012

Junior negotiators explore and interpret MEA negotiation language. Basseterre, St Kitts. 29 May, 2012

Junior environmental negotiators working together in a simulation exercise to craft negotiation Text.  Basseterre, St Kitts. 29 May, 2012

Facilitator Gilroy English  (standing in the background) confers with one of the participants. Basseterre, St Kitts. 29 May, 2012

Mr Christopher Corbin United Nations Environment Programme - Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit (UNEP CAR/RCU) explains the Cartagena Convention to participants.  Basseterre, St Kitts. 28 May, 2012

Project Coordinator Dr Therese Yarde and Project Assistant Shunae Samuels hard at work ensuring that the MEA banner is in place. Basseterre, St Kitts. 29 May, 2012

Junior environmental negotiators examine carefully a negotiation text. Basseterre, St Kitts. 29 May, 2012

Facilitator Joy Hyvaerinen, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) explains how to prepare for MEA negotiations;  Basseterre, St Kitts. 29 May, 2012

More than 30 junior environmental negotiators participate in the training intervention. Basseterre, St Kitts

Junior environmental negotiators listen keenly as Ms Anya Thomas,  CARICOM  Secretariat Senior Project Officer, Sustainable Development, (Centre) explains a particular Text