GWP-C Member Awarded Water Law Scholarship

Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) member, Ms. Judy Daniel is one of only thirty persons from across the globe that has been awarded a scholarship through the 2012 GWP-University of Dundee International Water Law (IWL) Scholarship Programme. The scholarship will enable her to undertake a module in International Water Law at the University of Dundee in Scotland from June 11th -29th, 2012.

Ms. Daniel is the President and Founder of Environmental Advisors Inc.; one of the first Caribbean consulting firms that concentrates on sustainable development law and environmental management. Moreover, she is an Attorney-at-Law and Environmental Management Specialist with more than twenty years of experience in the areas of policy and institutional development; natural resources and environmental planning and management; environmental law negotiations; legislative drafting; civil litigation; and regional and international legal matters.

In addition to Ms. Daniel, two Caribbean nationals were also offered scholarships through the 2012 GWP-University of Dundee Water Law Scholarship Programme; Ms. Nadia Joseph of St. Lucia and Ms. Alana Lancaster of Barbados.

Ms. Joseph currently serves as the President of the St. Lucia Chapter of GWP-C’s partner, the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) and is also the Climate Change Focal Point for CYEN. She is also currently pursuing her Masters in Water and Environmental Management. The other awardee, Ms. Lancaster, is an Environmental Lawyer, Educator and Natural Resource Management Specialist. She presently lecturers in the areas of Marine and Environmental and Environmental and International Law at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus in Barbados.

Participants who successfully complete the module’s assessments will receive a transcript from the University of Dundee and a certificate approved by both Global Water Partnership (GWP) and the University of Dundee.