It is proposed that CDB approve a grant to CIMH in an amount not exceeding the equivalent of one million, five hundred and forty-two thousand, one hundred United States dollars (USD1,542,100) from CDB’s SFR allocated from the CARE Programme to finance consultancy services and the procurement of goods and services aimed at strengthening institutional capacities for coastal and marine resource and air quality monitoring, impact-based forecasting, EWS, and resilience building in the Caribbean (The Project).

The expected outcome of this Project is improved marine and coastal, and air quality observation, impact-based forecasting, and EWS across the Caribbean.