Media Release #1 – Coming soon – A digital platform for submission of all Certificate of Environmental Clearance applications and payments!

As the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) endeavours to improve its ease of doing business, the digital transformation of its front-facing and back-end systems is critical. With this in mind, the EMA, together with the Trinidad and Tobago International Financial Centre (TTIFC) and the Emerging Services and Innovation (ES&I) Division, embarked on an effort to implement online payments via credit and debit cards, along with the creation of a new CEC Customer Portal for automation of the submission of Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) applications.


This new digital portal improves the ease of doing business and eliminates the paper-based CEC application, which aligns with EMA’s Strategic Plan (2022 – 2026) and the 2018 National Environmental Policy, priority of Evolving a Greener Economy,