Guyana Delegates Advocated Youth Involvement in National Consultations and Discussions at Youth Climate Change Conference 2017

Suphane Dash-Alleyne, Aadilah Ali, Christine Rose Archer, and Yevnie Sukra are the Guyana delegates at the Youth Climate Change Conference 2017 which is being held in Kingston, Jamaica from 10-11 October 2017. The 6th formers from Saint Stanislaus College, Queens College, St. Rose’s High School and New Amsterdam...

Grievance Redress Mechanism for Amerindian Land Titling Operationalized

Amerindian communities with issues related to their lands, resources and territories will now be able to access the services of the Amerindian Land Titling (ALT) Project Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) to have their respective issues addressed. In 2015 and 2016, stakeholders from the ALT project liaison...

 Upholding International Standards for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples key to the Successful Implementation of the Amerindian Land Titling Project
UNDP Caribbean offices join forces to kick off quick recovery activities

Recovery activities include debris removal, short-term employment and community infrastructure rehabilitation Work to immediately start in most impacted areas UN Development Programme (UNDP) offices in the Caribbean have joined forces in a Regional Recovery Strategy for Irma-affected Small Island Developing...

Gender to be fully mainstreamed in two projects on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) teamed up to host a workshop on 4th and 5th August, 2017 to validate the draft Gender Strategy that will be incorporated in the implementation of two existing projects and another project in...

  South Central People’s Development Association Awarded Equator Prize in Shulinab Village, Region #9, Guyana
Office of Climate Change, UNDP and Japan Kick Start Caribbean Climate Change Partnership in Bartica

The  Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) was launched by the Office of Climate Change of the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bartica, Region Seven. The J-CCCP is supported by the Government of Japan with a contribution of...

Guyana State of the Environment Report Launched

On World Environment Day 2017, United Nations (UN) Resident Co-coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Guyana, Mikiko Tanaka formally presented the Guyana State of the Environment Report to the Government at a simple launching ceremony and cocktail reception at...

Guyana Ranked in Medium Category in 2016 Human Development Report

Guyana’s Human Development Index (HDI) is 0.638 which puts the county in the medium human development category and positioning it at 127 out of 188 countries and territories. This is according the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) flagship report on Human Development for 2016. The report finds that...

UN Experts Team Assesses Needs for Constitutional Reform in Guyana

A United Nations team of experts visited Guyana in February to explore the needs for constitutional reform. The visit followed a formal request from the Government of Guyana for support in the constitutional reform process, highlighting the United Nations’ significant global expertise in the area of constitutional...

UNDP-FAO collaborate on Disaster Risk Management and Reduction for Guyana’s Agriculture Sector
UNDP-FAO collaborate on Disaster Risk Management and Reduction for Guyana’s Agriculture Sector

Georgetown, Guyana, 16 June, 2016 – On June 16, 2016 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted an Inception Workshop for a project titled - “Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management and Reduction in the Agriculture Sector in...

Guyana Focusing on Greater Enforcement in the Gold Mining Sector to Increase Biodiversity Protection

The Government of Guyana is collaborating with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to implement the “Enhancing Biodiversity Protection through Strengthened Monitoring, Enforcement and Uptake of Environmental Regulations in...