ka Ka Hoʻolālā Kōkua Caribbean (CTO) ua hoʻolaha ʻo Elizabeth “Liz” Thompson, kā ʻelele a Barbados i Nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa, e haʻi i ka haʻiʻōlelo nui ma ka Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, a i ʻole kapa ʻia ka ʻO ka hālāwai kūkā kipa hoʻomau (# STC2019) ma St. Vincent a me nā Grenadines. ʻO ka hālāwai kūkā 26-29 ʻAukake, e hōʻike ana i kekahi mau pilikia nui e pili ana i ka hoʻomau ʻana, ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia nei me ka launa pū ʻana me St. Vincent a me ka Grenadines Tourism Authority.
ʻO Liz Thompson kahi Barbadian nāna i hana i ke kulekele hoʻolālā no kahi kokoke 25 mau makahiki. ʻO ia ʻo Barbados 'Ambassador i United Nations. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma mua ma nā ʻano ʻoihana like me ke koho ʻia i lālā no ka Parliament mai 1994 a 2008 a ma ke ʻano he Kuhina Aupuni i kēia wā. I nā manawa like ʻole, ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā waihona o ka ikehu a me ke kaiapuni, nā hale a me nā ʻāina, ka hoʻomohala kino ʻana a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana, a me ke olakino. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Ms. Thompson i ka ʻoihana Minority i ka Barbados Senate mai 2008 a 2010.
Mai ka 2010 a hiki i ka 2012 ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Kakauolelo Kākoʻo Nui o Nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa, me ke kuleana kikoʻī ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā Luna Hoʻokele ʻelua o ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo Rio + 20 e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau. Ma kēia kūlana ua hoʻomohala ʻo ia i ka ʻOihana Hoʻomau Kākoʻo Hoʻomau Kula kiʻekiʻe (HESI). Ma hope mai, ua hana ʻo ia i kekahi mau hana aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo i loko o ka ʻōnaehana UN, e like me ka hoʻololi ʻana mai nā MDG a i nā SDG, ma ke Keʻena o ka UN Secretary General, UNDP, ka Pelekikena o ka General Assembly a ma ka Secretary General's global ikehu hoʻoholomua, ikehu ikaika no nā mea āpau (SE4ALL).
He ʻike nui ʻo Liz i ka kulekele aupuni a me ka honua āpau a me nā kūkākūkā ʻana, me nā keʻena kālā kūwaho a me loko o ka ʻōnaehana UN a me nā kaʻina hana. Ma ke ʻano he kuhina ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i nā hana kulekele nui i Barbados e like me ka ulu mau ʻana o ka mokupuni, ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻōmaʻomaʻo, nā kulekele ikehu paʻa a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pono aupuni Ua komo pū kāna mau hana ʻoihana me ke kūkākūkā ʻana ma ka Caribbean a me ka honua, i nā ʻāpana ʻoihana pilikino, nā aupuni a me nā ʻoihana UN.
Ua aʻo a kamaʻilio pū ʻo Liz ma nā ʻāina he nui a ma nā kula nui e like me Harvard, Yale, Colombia, nā Kulanui o North Carolina, Waterloo a me West Indies e pili ana i nā pilikia he nui i ka hoʻomohala, ka nohona a me ka ikehu. Ua kākau ʻo ia i kekahi mau pepa a me nā ʻatikala e pili ana i kēia mau kumuhana a ʻo ia ka mea kākau o nā puke ʻelua e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau ʻana i paʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 2014. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo ia i ke kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hihia, a he loio i ke kānāwai (LLB a me LEC) mai ka Ke Kulanui o West Indies a paʻa ʻelua mau kekelē laeoʻo, kahi MBA laulā me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai ke Kulanui o Liverpool a me kahi LLM ma ke kānāwai ikehu, me nā ʻōpio i ke kānāwai a me ke kulekele o ka ikehu hou a me ke kaiapuni, mai ke Kulanui Robert Gordon.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- She is certified in negotiations, alternative dispute resolution and arbitration, is an attorney at law (LLB and LEC) from the University of the West Indies and holds two Masters degrees, a general MBA with distinction from the University of Liverpool and an LLM in energy law, with minors in the law and policy of renewable energy and environment, from the Robert Gordon University.
- Thereafter, she was engaged in a number of advisory roles within the UN system, including on the transition from the MDGs to the SDGs, in the Office of the UN Secretary General, UNDP, the President of the General Assembly and on the Secretary General's global energy initiative, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL).
- Liz has lectured and spoken in many countries and at universities such as Harvard, Yale, Colombia, the Universities of North Carolina, Waterloo and the West Indies on a number of issues in development, environment and energy.
