Programme Manager, Senior Project Officer, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Amrikha D. Singh currently serves as the Programme Manager for Sustainable Development at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, where she is responsible for among other things regional programming, coordination and development in response to current and emerging environmental challenges, environmental technical assistance, programming support to Member States, coordinating engagement in international environment governance processes, leading on technical aspects of UN-CARICOM environmental partnerships development and implementation, and regional environmental education mainstreaming. Ms. Singh leads on mainstreaming the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Programme of Action and on the articulation of the Caribbean Community Environmental Policy Framework. Prior to joining the CARICOM Secretariat in 2014, she was employed for approximately fifteen years with the Ministry of Environment in Barbados, where she served as the National Focal Point for monitoring and mainstreaming of International Sustainable Development Frameworks, SIDS issues and Trade and Environment matters. She also championed the development of sustainable development indicators, state of environment reporting, and partnered in building national capacity on environmental statistics within the context of the national statistical framework. Ms. Singh is a graduate of the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology from the St. Augustine Campus and a Master of Science in Marine Resources and Environment Management from the Cave Hill Campus. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London.