"Cultivating Sustainability, Cultivating Life"About Us

To facilitate interaction and dialogue among the national, regional and international partners and encourage the active participation of all major groups in the pursuit of the conservation and sustainable utilization of land resources in the Caribbean. As such, PISLM Support Office is a service provider and facilitates the implementation of the PISLM but does not implement actions itself. The Support Office is responsible for coordinating activities regarding the PISLM throughout the Caribbean region and the execution of the PISLM is intended to be completed by farmers, engineers, agencies etc.

The PISLM Support Office is responsible for implementation of activities from the Business Plan and reporting to the Task Force. Through the Support Office, all documents related to activities, meetings, evaluations, etc., can be viewed by the Task Force.

1. Facilitate the implementation of the decisions of the PISLM Task Force including such administrative and technical arrangements as may be required;
2. Make all administrative and logistical arrangements for convening sessions of the PISLM Task Force, including compilation and transmission of reports to all partners of the PISLM;
3. Prepare and submit biennial reports on its activities to the PISLM Task Force;
4. Facilitate the coordination of the PISLM with the relevant national, regional and international partners;
5. Formulate comprehensive work programmes in keeping with the decisions of the Task Force;
6. Prepare and submit a biannual work plan and budget for review and approval of the PISLM Task Force;
7. Provide oversight for the implementation of prioritized projects;
8. Identify resource needs to support its operations and other activities as directed by the Task Force for the implementation of the PISLM.

The PISLM Assembly comprises of Focal Points from each participating Party of the UNCCD and the BPOA Focal Point with responsibility for the implementation of the land resources component of the BPOA.

1. The provision of information on activities at the National level on ongoing activities, including the implementation of the NAPs. Based on the information provided by the NFPs the PISLM Support Office will work together with the NFPs to provide technical backstopping and assist in mobilizing resources;
2. Work in collaboration with the PISLM Support Office towards the production of a sub-regional action programme, within the context of the UNCCD;
3. Provide guidance
4. Select members of the PISLM Task Force

The main function of the PISLM Task Force is to provide operational policy guidance to the PISLM taking into consideration the policy directives which are provided by the various Ministerial Bodies.

The tenure of the PISLM Task Force rotates every 24 months. The Chairmanship of the Task Force rotates between the Non-CARICOM SIDS and the CARICOM SIDS and the meetings of the Task Force should be convened at least twice during the 24-month cycle of its tenure.

The Expert Group/Committee on Science and Technology will be constituted to address scientific and technical issues relating to desertification, land degradation and drought taking into consideration the inter-linkages between the various MEAs in Caribbean SIDS. The actions of this expert group will be consistent with the relevant science and technology provisions of the UNCCD 10 Year Strategy and Implementation Framework.

1. The Expert Group is established as an advisory body to the PISLM. It will provide objective, strategic, scientific and technical advice on sustainable land management issues, land degradation, drought in Caribbean SIDS as well as the implications of the UNCCD and other MEAs. In the pursuit of this objective, it will develop a network of Caribbean SIDS scientists and technical experts consistent with the ILACT.
2. The Expert Group will coordinate its activities with the Business Plan and Work Programmes of the PISLM. In addition to providing objective, strategic, scientific and technical advice to the PISLM, the Expert Group will function as the Caribbean SIDS Sub Regional Committee on Science and Technology of the ILACT.
3. The Expert Group will also in its work seek complementarities with the Work Programmes of other S&T Committees of other Conventions, in pursuit of the objectives outlined in the PISLM Business Plan.
4. The Expert Group will report to the Task Force and the Task Force will define the working modalities of the Expert Group vis-a-vis the ILACT.
5. The Support Office will act as the Secretariat to the Expert Group.

The Civil Society Network along with the UNCCD Focal Points and BPOA Focal Points form the core of the Stakeholder Consultative process. Accordingly, the functions of the Network of Civil Society Organizations include:

1. Support the work of the UNCCD Focal Points and the BPOA Focal Points at the national level;
2. Assist with the mobilization of local communities in support of the activities of the PISLM;
3. Participate in the national reporting exercises to the UNCCD;
4. Assist with project identification, preparation and implementation.