Three day work-shop on The Oil Spill Contingency Plan commences at the Disaster Management Office in Jimmit

A three day workshop on  The Oil Spill Contingency Plan" commenced at the Disaster Management Office in Jimmit earlier this morning.
According to a communiqué, partners involved in this important workshop are The Maritime Administration Unit, The Ministry of Public works and the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Information and Training Centre.
This workshop is geared at reviewing and updating Dominica's Oil Spill Contingency plan and to develop a local oil spill response strategy for most probable oil spill scenarios, support agency cooperation and improve links between stakeholders, industry and government agencies with responsibilities for oil spill response.
The workshop targets Senior Government Officials from National Authorities, with responsibility for implementation of the international convention, for the prevention of pollution from ships, versed in issues related to oil spills and oil spills prevention.