Guyana
12 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 March 2012: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has reported that it will administer a US$20 million Community Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Fund, which is to be established for Caribbean countries with funds from Canada. The Fund is intended to help Caribbean countries reduce risks, at the community level, posed to vulnerable populations by natural hazards and climate change.
The Fund will assist Bank member countries, except Haiti, to implement sub-projects to reduce natural hazard risks...
09 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 March 2012: As part of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) celebration of International Women’s Day, CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque announced the release of public campaign products on ending violence against women.
The products, intended to support the global campaign “UNiTE to End Violence against Women” launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2010, include public service announcements (PSAs), jingles, a calypso and a documentary on sexual, psychological and...
05 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 March 2012: The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Irwin LaRocque, underscored that the private sector must play a crucial role if CARICOM is to realize the potential of its Single Market and Economy (CSME) and achieve the growth and employment goals set by its Heads of Government.
Speaking at a business luncheon hosted by the Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association (GMSA) in Georgetown, Guyana, LaRocque highlighted the business opportunity CSME represents for the...
29 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
24 February 2012: The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) agreed the details of a US$65 million dedicated Climate Action lending and technical assistance programme funded by the EIB for the 18 CDB member countries.
The new lending programme will provide long-term, low-cost funding for public and private sector climate change mitigation or adaptation projects. The loans will be complemented by technical assistance to improve climate change-related expertise...
29 Feb 2012
The first session of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) in charge of advising member countries in the implementation of the Protocol on Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS Protocol) will take place in Aruba. The LBS Protocol is one of several to the Cartagena Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR). Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, France, Guyana, Panama, Saint Lucia, Trinidad...
