Suriname
08 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
February 2013: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Global Mechanism (GM) has launched a revamped web-based platform titled “Sustainable Land Management (SLM) – Finance.” The site will support the exchange of information on funding and finance for sustainable land management (SLM) among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, many of which are also small island developing States (SIDS).
The platform, which is part of the EU-funded Scope|ACP project, a South...
23 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 January 2013: Energy ministers and senior government officials from South American and Arab countries (ASPA) have adopted the Abu Dhabi Declaration on enhanced cooperation at the bi-regional mechanism’s inaugural meeting on energy.
The Declaration, adopted during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2013, reaffirms member countries’ commitment to enhance energy links between the two regions and highlights opportunities for further cooperation in the areas of renewable energy, oil...
13 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 December 2012: The Organization of American States (OAS) has announced the 14 recipients of small grants under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) “Sustainable Communities in Central America and the Caribbean” project.
The winning proposals were announced by OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulsa at a formal ceremony held at OAS Headquarters on 10 December 2012.
The project, funded by the US and implemented by OAS within the ECPA framework, seeks to...
06 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 December 2012: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is providing Suriname a US$15 million Policy Based Programmatic (PBP) loan to reform its power sector and its governance, increase the efficiency of current plants, diversify its energy mix with renewable energy sources and improve power supplies to remote areas.
One component of the loan will focus on an integrated policy and regulatory framework to govern Suriname’s energy sector, starting with a diagnostic “Green Paper...
22 Nov 2012
This workshop is organized by the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (CReW), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and several Caribbean governments. The workshop seeks to provide participants from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the environmental, finance and utility sectors in CReW’s 13 participating countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Guatemala, Guyana,...
