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UNDP Guyana collaborates to varying degrees with most of the key environmental agencies in the country. 3 Guyana is highly
dependent on the import of fossil fuels and has therefore requested UNDP's assistance in its efforts to seek alternative, more sustainable
sources of energy. As part of this support, UNDP recently funded the assessment of a hydroelectric power project. Business
is not normally responsible for the reduction of poverty, the education of children, combating HIV. The private sector, however, has
tremendous ability to help meet the development goals.The key is finding points of overlap between ability and profitability.
Youssef Mahmoud, Resident Representative
LAND ENERGY FSSD*
PORTFOLIO
UNDP is providing assistance to enhance national capacity in environmental policy and planning, focusing on coordination, strategy
and policy development, public awareness, monitoring, consensus building, facilitation of proactive participation at international and
regional forum, mobilization of resources, enhancing skills in facilitation, conflict resolution, negotiation and participatory methodologies.
In addition, to ensure coherence in national planning, UNDP is implementing the GEF-funded National Capacity Self-Assessment
(NCSA) process, which aims to identify, confirm and review priority issues for action in the country within and across the thematic areas
of Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification, and the related international conventions.
To enable the increased use of renewable energy in Guyana, and thereby reduce GHG emissions, UNDP is providing technical and capacity-building
assistance to increase knowledge and skills development for upstream policy and planning on renewable energy.
Increased capacity has enabled the identification of alternative funding mechanisms and opportunities for clean energy development.
In addition, the GEF-funded Caribbean Renewable Energy regional project aims to remove policy, financial, capacity and awareness barriers
to renewable energy use in the Caribbean, to bring about a significant reduction in CO 2 emissions in the region.
UNDP is supporting the adoption of sustainable land management practices to reduce poverty in Guyana. In partnership with the private
company, Amazon Caribbean Ltd., UNDP is initiating a joint initiative, funded by UNDP resources, to demonstrate public-private
partnerships for poverty alleviation in a remote area in Guyana. The major objective is to expand the economic assets of the
Amerindians living in remote communities. Activities under the initiative include: training 500 Amerindians in general organic farming
skills; providing assistance to prepare the land for organic production; providing seedlings and basic farming equipment; supplying
finance to support the transition from harvesting wild palms to cultivation of the palms.
CONTACTS
Ms. Patsy Ross – patsy.ross@undp.org
Tel.: 592-226-4040 or 4048 or 4049
http://www.undp.org.gy/enenv.html
PARTNERS
Some of our Partners working with
UNDP and the Government in
Guyana
GTZ
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Guyana MDGR 2003 http://www.undg.org/documents/4513-Guyana_MDG_Report_-_Report.pdf; 2 UNDP Guyana Document,“GoG/UNDP Capacity Building for the Management of Natural Resources
and the Environment Project”.; 3 http://www.undp.org.gy/enenv.html; *Frameworks and Strategies for Sustainable Development
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