Minister Harmon urges international community to recognise HFLD countries as priority group for sustainable financing
Paramaribo, Suriname – (February 14, 2019) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, issued a call to the international community for High Forest Cover, Low Deforestation (HFLD) countries to be recognised as a special, priority group for sus [...]
Norway to provide additional support to HFLD countries -Minister Harmon welcomes announcement
Paramaribo, Suriname – (February 13, 2019) The Kingdom of Norway, this morning, announced that it will provide additional support to High Forest Cover countries, including Guyana at the Climate Finance Roundtable of the High Forest Cover Low Deforest [...]
Valerie Rodway’s music fosters ‘Guyaneseness’ -President says at ceremony to commemorate birth centenary
Georgetown, Guyana - (February 12, 2019) President David Granger, this morning, reiterated the importance of arts and culture in fostering social cohesion, during a ceremony to commemorate the birth centenary of Mrs. Valerie Rodway, CCH, LRSM. The bu [...]
Guyana participates in HFLD Conference -to capitalise on climate, forest financing opportunities
Paramaribo, Suriname – (February 12, 2019) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, within whose purview responsibility for the Department of Environment and the Office of Climate Change fall, is currently in Paramaribo, Suriname to attend the Hig [...]
Draft Summary of Terms of Reference Selection process # GY-T1154-P001 TERMS OF REFERENCE Communications Consultant/firm to the Department of Energy, Government of Guyana GUYANA GY-T1154 (ATN/OC-17165-GY) Strategic Communications & Knowledge Sharing
1. Background and Justification 1.1. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) was founded in 1959 and serves as the leading source of development financing for Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC). It provides loans, grants, guarantees, policy ad [...]
Increase in scholarships, allocations to education proof of Gov’t’s commitment to human development – Minister Harmon
Georgetown, Guyana – (February 9, 2019) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, said the increase in the number of government scholarships awarded since taking office in May 2015 is evidence of government’s commitment to national dev [...]
Government, Football Federation and Hockey board sign MoUs for modern sporting facilities
Georgetown, Guyana – (February 8, 2019) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Guyana Hockey Board, which will pave the way for the construction [...]
Minister Harmon meets with German Development Bank officials -PAC to benefit from €4.8M projects
Georgetown, Guyana – (February 8, 2019) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, this morning, met with a visiting team from the German Development Bank (GDB), which is funding a €4.8M project, titled ‘Guyana Protected Area System&rsquo [...]
The Ministry of the Presidency Department of Energy Logo Competition
Rules and Guidelines This competition seeks to create a LOGO OF ORIGINAL DESIGN for the recently formed Department of Energy (DoE) which was established on August 1, 2018. The DOE’s mandate is to implement sound policy and provide institutional [...]
CDEMA, CDC, UNICEF host consultation on development of Protocol for Protection of children during disasters
Georgetown, Guyana – (February 6, 2019) The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in collaboration with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the B [...]