International Development Grant
Support to Operation STONE in the Caribbean
Project Number: CA-3-P005206001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $728,050.00
Start Date: May 23, 2017
End Date: January 31, 2020
Duration: 2.7 years
Project Description
This project supports Operation STONE which aims to strengthen national capacities in the Bahamas Jamaica and Panama to detect and respond to security incidents involving nuclear or radiological materials. Project activities include: (1) delivering training to law enforcement customs nuclear regulators and other stakeholder agencies; and (2) facilitating national efforts to establish inter-agency working groups to better prepare for a possible security incident involving nuclear or radiological materials.
Expected Results
The expected outcome for this project is greater awareness and increased preparedness by stakeholder agencies of Panama Jamaica and the Bahamas of the threat presented by the illicit trafficking of nuclear or radiological materials through these major seaport countries.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (April 2020) include: (1) training delivered to 338 personnel of stakeholder agencies in the Bahamas Jamaica and Panama of which 96% reported an increase in knowledge; and (2) the Bahamas Jamaica and Panama have each established a national strategic-level working group to develop and implement joint protocols and interagency response plans for security incidents involving nuclear or radiological materials.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs