Guyana fully represented at a number of important fora

Mar 26, 2017 News

Three Guyanese will participate in a study tour to gain skills in resources and technical expertise in the areas of citizen security and the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) to improve case and data management within the Criminal Justice System.
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon at his weekly post-cabinet briefing said that the United Nations Development Programme-sponsored Crime Observatory study tour and technical exchange will be held in Belize from tomorrow (Monday) to Wednesday.
Cadet Officer Devon Gordon and the Ministry of Public Security staffers, Courtney Samuels, Head of Policy and Research Unit and Michelle Baptiste, Observatory Officer, will attend the event.
On April 4, last, Harmon said that approval was given for Marcel Huston, Chief Education Officer (acting) to participate in the Caribbean Safe Schools Ministerial Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda.
The objective of the forum, according to the minister, will be to promote and raise awareness on the three pillars of School Safety of the worldwide initiative on Safe Schools in the Caribbean, and to identify national and joint regional achievements regarding school safety, and to adopt the declaration and road map on school safety and be committed to its implementation
The meeting will enable Ministers of Education and Senior Advisors to meet with relevant support groups involved in school safety in the Caribbean.
Guyana will also participate in a Caribbean Technical Distance Training Workshop on Public Private Partnership to manage fiscal costs and risks to be held in St. Kitts from March 29 to 31.
The workshop will address the effective management of costs and risks involved with Public and Private Partnerships in which the public sector is required to deal with the issues, while the private sector supplies infrastructure assets and services for joint projects.
Bernard Lord, Department Head Project Cycle Division and Miguel Cho Kang, Head of Regional Planning, of the Ministry of Finance, will attend the workshop.
Guyana will also be represented at the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation Meeting (ACTO) of the Forest Authority under the project under Forest Covers, which will be held in Suriname from March 30 to 31.
The meeting will seek to develop and implement Forest Covers management in the Amazon Region by strengthening existing regional cooperation and coordination in deforestation management.
Hannah Jose, Project Officer of the Planning and Development Division and Hansrajee Sookdeo, Project Officer, REDD Secretariat, both of the Guyana Forestry Commission, will attend that meeting.
Additionally, Minister Harmon said a Guyana delegation will attend the Amazonian Seminar on Social Protection organized by the Brazilian Government in partnership with the World Bank and the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to be held in Belem, Brazil, from March 27 to 31.
The seminar will provide a platform for the representatives of government academia, Indigenous people, civil society and international agencies to share experiences regarding social protection in the context of the Amazonian Region.
Participation in this seminar will assist in providing experience and knowledge needed for the formulation of public policies to guarantee the involvement of the Amazonian population development process.

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