Shirlian Queeley completed the 15-week course which equipped officers with the “soft” skills of leadership, strategic programme management and relationship management, through which they can build high-performing teams and increase operational efficiency.

The intense training course covered the following modules, through a blend of theory and practical application: Strategic Management, Leadership, Financial Management, Project Management, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) and Results-based Reporting, Proposal Writing and Effective Crisis Communications and Incident Management.

The Regional Training Centre (RTC) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) facilitated the Strategic Leadership Programme for Senior Officers of National Disaster Organizations (NDO) n thirteen(13) CDEMA participating states, and was delivered by the UWI-Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus.

This course was funded through the “Strengthening of the Capacity of CDEMA Participating States and CDEMA CU for implementation of CDM” project, financed by the European Union.