Over 160 Amerindian communities are expected to benefit from access to funding to support their development with the signing of a $1.3 billion agreement between the government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday.
Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai and UNDP Resident Representative and UN Coordinator Khadija Musa signed the agreement at the Guyana International Conference Centre to facilitate Phase II of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) Amerindian Development Fund (ADF) Project.
Under the project, funded through the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) and overseen by the Project Management Office in the Office of the