Public Sector Entities to Benefit from the CCREEE Project Preparation Facility
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Last November, the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) launched the private sector stream of the Project Preparation Facility (PPF) and today, the Centre kicked off the public sector stream with a roundtable discussion.
Several high-level participants with focal areas ranging from energy and finance to climate resilience and youth spoke under the theme, The Energy and Climate Nexus: Meeting Targets and Goals through Project Development. Among these was Barbados’ Energy Permanent Secretary and Chairperson of the CCREEE Executive Board, Mrs Francine Blackman, who in responding to a question from the moderator noted that “for us in Barbados, the 2008 oil crisis and a deteriorating fiscal position with close to 800 million spent annually to purchase oil, the government made a decision to use more of the natural resources around us.”
(CCREEE), Press Release
4 May, 2021|Bridgetown, Barbados – Last November, the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) launched the private sector stream of the Project Preparation Facility (PPF) and today, the Centre kicked-off the public sector stream with a roundtable discussion.
Several high-level participants with focal areas ranging from energy and finance, to climate resilience and youth spoke under the theme, The Energy and Climate Nexus: Meeting Targets and Goals through Project Development. Among these was Barbados’ Energy Permanent Secretary and Chairperson of the CCREEE Executive Board, Mrs Francine Blackman, who in responding to a question from the moderator noted that, “for us in Barbados, the 2008 oil crisis and a deteriorating fiscal position with close to 800 mil spent annually to purchase oil, the government made a decision to use more of the natural resources around us.”
-As Germany Reaffirms Support To Liberia
The German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) has graduated 45 Level-3 Road Maintenance and Construction Craft Technicians following a 12-month intensive training.
Project Manager William Zayzay said the training became necessary following studies that Liberian roads were not being properly managed and maintained.
Mr. Zayzay said the 45 graduates, which include ten female technicians, were selected from ten counties, including Montserrado, Margibi, Bong, Lofa, Nimba, Grand Gedeh, and River Gee.
The graduates, who are the first batch of trained Maintenance and Construction Craft persons under the GIZ/Government of Liberia road maintenance effort, are expected to help Liberia’s road maintenance problems.