Italian Special Envoy for the Caribbean, Caterina Bertolini, visited Bartica yesterday to assess the scope of work which was undertaken under the first phase of the Transitioning to National Energy Security (TNES): Bartica as a model ‘Green’ Town Project.
According to a Ministry of the Presidency release, Phase One of the US$650,000 project was facilitated by a grant from the Government of Italy. It commenced in June 2018 and lasted approximately 6 months having completed all of the energy audits and public awareness exercises along with the establishment of an energy data management centre. The data gathered will be used to inform evidence-based decision-making for the future implementation of projects and programmes.
Bertolini visited the Three Miles Secondary School – where the financing has supported Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Leagues and the set-up of a Solar Photovoltaic System – the Four and Five Miles Communities, which have benefited from LED street lighting and the Mayor and Town Council offices, where the repository for all of the studies and surveys that have been conducted, has been set up.