implemented a new reporting mechanism called the Performance Review and Assessment of
Implementation System (PRAIS). This system entailed the use of a web-based portal known as the PRAIS Portal. To facilitate the smooth uptake of this system, the UNCCD Secretariat though the UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre World (WCMC) designated regional reference centres across the globe whose staff would provide technical support and training to countries in their first attempt at using the system in 2010. CEHI was designated the Regional Reference Centre for the Caribbean, to assist 13 Caribbean countries (including Belize and Suriname) in their reporting process.