Meet Danielle!

Danielle Skeete is one of our Training Facilitators!

She holds a M.Sc. in the Management of Tropical Environments from The University of the West Indies (U.W.I.), St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad; and a B.Sc. in Chemistry with Honours, in addition to a Certificate in Project Planning and Implementation.

Danielle contributes a wealth of experience as follows:

- Programme Officer at the Department of Emergency Management in Barbados since 2011.

- Head of Unit/ Technical Coordinator and Programme Officer of the Institutional Support and Capacity Building for Disaster Management in the Caribbean Project, financed under the 9th and 10th European Development Funds (EDF) and implemented by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) formerly CDERA.

- Project/Administrative Officer and Interim Project Coordinator, assigned to the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) under the Caribbean Regional Sustainable Tourism Development Programme, which was financed by the 8th European Development Fund (EDF). The programme aimed to contribute to the economic growth of and poverty alleviation in CARIFORUM countries through increased competitiveness and sustainability of the Caribbean tourism sector.

- Project Assistant - Caribbean Hotel Environmental Management Initiative (CHEMI), a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project, to introduce the concept of environmental management in small hotels in Barbados and six Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries, January 2003 - May 2004.

- Provided technical support to CHEMI properties in the area of environmental management systems.

- Co-assisted in the coordination of CHEMI seminars, workshops and training sessions.

- Provided on-property assistance to 6 CHEMI hotels in the area of Environmental Management Systems and in establishing data collection systems for Green Globe 21 benchmarking, Dominica (2003). Four (4) of these hotels successfully attained the Green Globe 21 benchmarking standard.

- Co-managed the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism’s (CAST) booths, “Environmental Best Practices in Action” at Green Expo, October 2003 at Sherbourne Conference Centre, Barbados and at the annual CHA Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference (CHIC), June 2003 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

- Shadow auditor for Small Hotel Environmental Assessments conducted for Palm Island Resort, August 2003 on Palm Island in the Grenadines and for the Fort Young Hotel, July 2003 in Dominica.

- Coordinated the execution of several half day assessments referred to as Environmental Walk-Throughs (EWTs).

- Second Marker – University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, for Semester II Examinations 2006 - 2007 in ENVT 6123 – Sustainable Tourism in the Coastal Zone.

- Administrative/Technical Consultant to Droiterre Inc. during the First Intensive Training Workshop on Trade and the Environment. (Barbados, 22nd – 24th May 2006).

- Research Consultant – South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), November 2003- February 2004. Provided all data and information required for 100% completion of an environmental vulnerability data profile for Barbados using EVI data requirements for the 54 EVI indicators and additional proxy indicators developed for the Demonstration EVI.

- Teacher of Integrated Science and Mathematics to students preparing for O'levels/CXC – Barbados School Leaving examinations.

- Emergency Evacuation Committee Member of the Deighton Griffith School in Barbados.

- Assistant Examiner (General Level Mathematics) - Caribbean Examinations Council, July 2001

Other Training and Development

Performance Review and Development System Training for Managers/ Supervisors - Training Administration Division (August 2014)
Speech Writing - Training Administration Division (July 2014)
Basic Emergency Telecommunications Course (June 2014)
Introduction to Disaster Risk Management E - Learning Course - Spring 2014 - The World Bank Institute
Regional Training Workshop on Strengthening Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response Standard Operating Procedures and the Development of the ICG/CARIBE-EWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) New Enhanced Products. (November 2013)
Hurricane Readiness Coastal Communities (March 2013)
“Train the Trainers” Capacity Building for Volunteers (November 2012)
Basic Radio Operators Course (May 2009)
Certified Business Professional in the field of Project Management - International Business Training Association (IBTA), Miramar, Fl (July 2006)
Guest Judge at Environmental Science Research Project presentations of the Year 2 Environmental Science class at the Barbados Community College (April 2006)
Seminar on Capacity Building of Environmental Management Systems (November 2004)
Certified Caribbean Hospitality Trainer (September 2004)
Specific Seminar on Direct Labour Operations – Work Programmes – 9th EDF (September 2004)
Basic Seminar on Financial and Contractual Procedures of the 9th EDF (September 2004)
Seminar on ISO 9000 Quality for Hotels and Tourism Services – BNSI/ISO (March 2004)
Green Globe 21 Certificate of Proficiency - Green Globe Asia Pacific Pty Ltd (October 2003)
Small Hotel Environmental Assessment (SHEA) Auditors’ Training - CAST (June 2003)

Presentations

Barbados’ Country Statement at the fourth Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction of the Americas. (Guayaquil, Ecuador, May 2014)
Coordinated and facilitated the 2014 Hurricane Awareness Capacity Building Workshop for District Emergency Organisations. (Barbados, June 2014)
Co-facilitator for Environmental Management Staff Awareness Training for the management and staff of Tamarind Tree Hotel and Restaurant, Hummingbird Inn and Garraway Hotel. (Dominica, January 2004)
Co-facilitator for Environmental Management Awareness Training for the staff and students of The Hospitality Institute. (Barbados, January 2004)
Co-facilitator for an Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Training Course for Green Team Leaders and General Managers. (Dominica, October 2003)