February 2019 – Page 3 – Office of the President

Minister Harmon urges international community to recognise HFLD countries as priority group for sustainable financing

Posted: February 15, 2019
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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 sustainable and predictable financial flows to facilitate the urgent undertaking of mitigation and adaptation efforts to climate change. …

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Norway to provide additional support to HFLD countries -Minister Harmon welcomes announcement

Posted: February 14, 2019
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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 Deforestation (HFLD) Conference held in Paramaribo, Suriname. The announcement, which is welcomed by Minister of State, Mr. Joseph …

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Valerie Rodway’s music fosters ‘Guyaneseness’ -President says at ceremony to commemorate birth centenary

Posted: February 13, 2019
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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 building located at Lot 94 Carmichael Street, Cummingsburg, Georgetown was also renamed the Valerie Rodway House in honour …

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Guyana participates in HFLD Conference -to capitalise on climate, forest financing opportunities

Posted: February 13, 2019
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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 High Forest Cover, Low Deforestation (HFLD) Conference on Climate Finance Mobilisation, which began today and will conclude on February …

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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

Posted: February 11, 2019
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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 advice and technical assistance to the public and private sectors of its borrowing countries. Since the foundation, the infrastructure …

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Increase in scholarships, allocations to education proof of Gov’t’s commitment to human development – Minister Harmon

Posted: February 09, 2019
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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 development and the eradication of poverty and ignorance. Minister Harmon who was at the time speaking at an orientation …

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Government, Football Federation and Hockey board sign MoUs for modern sporting facilities

Posted: February 08, 2019
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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 of two state-of-the-art sporting facilities behind Durban Park. The Government of Guyana has given both entities a …

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Minister Harmon meets with German Development Bank officials -PAC to benefit from €4.8M projects

Posted: February 08, 2019
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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’ for the Protected Areas Commission (PAC). The team, which was led by Dr. Jens Mackensen, Head of Division, Agriculture …

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The Ministry of the Presidency Department of Energy Logo Competition

Posted: February 07, 2019
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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 and legal oversight for the sustainable development of the petroleum sector. The LOGO must depict the …

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CDEMA, CDC, UNICEF host consultation on development of Protocol for Protection of children during disasters

Posted: February 06, 2019
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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 Belize National Emergency Management Organisation, this morning, opened a national consultation for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Actors in Guyana, which seeks to develop …

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