BASSETERRE, St Kitts – The Government of St Kitts and Nevis and the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) are being represented in the Dominican Republic for The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Caribbean Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) conducted from the 11-13 March 2024 and the GEF Regional Adaptation Programming and Strategy Workshop for the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) from 14-15 March 2024.
The Expanded Constituency Workshop further allowed for interactions among the various organizations and agencies to explore ways of working together. The delegation which comprised Colincia Levine, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment et al., Dallaries Spair, Project Officer in the same Ministry, Dr Eric Browne, Forestry Officer in the Department of Environment, Thema Ward representing the NIA and Franklin Connor from St Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards engaged with the host agency on the outlook for GEF 8 and portfolio implementation.
Discussions centred on a funding structure which included:
Country Engagement Strategy
Operations & Policies
Results & Monitoring
Small Grants Programme (SGP)
Meanwhile, The GEF Regional Adaptation Programming and Strategy Workshop for Small Island Developing States like St Kitts and Nevis, aimed to strengthen outreach and training support to improve country planning and programming under the new Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for 2022-2026 for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF).
This workshop’s main objective was to provide support for SIDS, like St Kitts and Nevis, to prepare Climate Change Adaptation projects for the GEF-managed Special Climate Change Fund.
Participants were also trained to translate their adaptation priorities into projects and funding proposals.
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