Suriname
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,...
28 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2012: The August issue of the Global Water Partnership Caribbean (GWP-C) newsletter includes stories on smallholder agricultural water management (AWM), rainwater harvesting (RWH), gender and sanitation, water supply improvement projects, youth involvement in water management, and integrated water resources management (IWRM) and disaster resilience.
The “Caribbean Water Insight” newsletter features articles on: innovative agriculture as a profitable and sustainable business...
13 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 June 2012: The Ministerial Council overseeing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) agreed to sharpen the focus of CRFM to improve the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the region.
The Council held its sixth meeting on 15 June 2012, in Nassau, The Bahamas, to discuss the development of a regional strategy and action plan regarding disaster management and the impact of climate change on Caribbean fishing communities, along with steps to better mitigate impacts on...
