CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Phan, Bao-Han Dinh |
|---|---|
| Title | Making Environmental Data Meaningful to Civil Society Organizations in Trinidad and Tobago |
| Summary | This study investigated the core of community indicator systems, that is, the translation of data to information, using the case study of Trinidad and Tobago. It specifically examined how to make environmental data meaningful to civil society organizations (CSOs) in Trinidad and Tobago, in order to meet local and global sustainable development goals. In order to accomplish this, surveys were distributed to CSOs in Trinidad and Tobago to identify common environmental priorities and to map the data ecosystem for CSOs. With these, environmental information and data of relevance to the CSOs were determined. Following this, a gap analysis was conducted to see what factors can be addressed to create an environmental information system that is meaningful to CSOs in Trinidad and Tobago. Based on the findings, the common environmental priorities for CSOs were environmental governance and management, climate change, and natural resource management. Within the data ecosystem, the institutional dimension of data was the weakest and needs to be significantly improved to create a more meaningful data ecosystem. Greater environmental data availability, accessibility, coordination, policies and standards, and measures to track overall environmental transparency and accountability are the most meaningful to CSOs for tracking and achieving environmental sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago. |
| Supervisor | Pinter, Laszlo |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/phan_baohan.pdf |
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