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Apr 18, 2016 News
– as prerequisite of disbursement
The collaboration between the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is expected to facilitate several programmes that will ensure that residents are updated on works to improve sea and river defence.
This is according to CDB’s Social Analyst, Annicia Gayle-Geddes, speaking at the sea and river defence resilience project workshop recently. She explained that residents in communities throughout Regions Two, Three, Four and Six will be participating in the project.
She explained that a Community Partnership Mechanism (CPM) was a prerequisite before the bank disbursed the loan for the project.
The CPM, according to Gayle-Geddes, is expected “to keep community members informed on matters relating to implementation of the project and to facilitate reporting to the Work Services Group (WSG) through the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) on matters concerning residents.”
It is understood that the CPM’s project coordinator will provide each NDC in the relevant communities with specification of the work to be executed. Gayle-Geddes also emphasized that the CPM must be representative and inclusive, taking into account gender, as well as reflecting the profile of each community.
It was also announced that a Community Awareness Educational Programme (CAEP) will be implemented. Both CAEP and CPM are expected to embrace gender and age sensitive responsiveness, to ensure that the project is all inclusive.
According to the Analyst, the consultants from the CAEP will develop and implement a programme of communication activities aimed at reforming the attitudes and behaviour of residents in respect to how they treat the sea and river defences.
This will be to ensure that residents are sensitized on issues of risks and resilience with regards to flood matters and to guarantee that there is practical, cost-effective community and household options for preparing for flood disaster.
These programmes will also complement existing ones, as well as provide new opportunities to sensitise and inform the population on issues of flooding and hazards and protection of these communities.
It is understood that in addition to provisions for communities, University of Guyana (UG) and Guyana Technical Institute (GTI) students will also be involved in the project.
At the launching of the workshop, CDB’s Portfolio Manager, William Ashby, had related that the US$30 million project would encompass the reconstruction and improvement of 5.4 kilometers of sea and river defence infrastructure.
He noted that at least 45,000 persons in about 9,000 households in Regions Two, Three, Four and Six would benefit under the project. He assured that the designs would be up to standard. Ashby also announced that provisions have been made for the shoreline change monitoring system.
Government recently secured a loan agreement from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to the tune of US$25M for a project aimed at improving Guyana’s sea and river defense capabilities. Guyana will be providing US$5M to the project, which is anticipated to be able to protect some 45,000 people in flood prone areas.
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