EU gives financial backing to Guiana Shield Project

The European Union which co-financed the first phase of the Guiana Shield Initiative to the tune of €1,676,331 is now co-financing a new phase with a budget of €1.5 million with a similar contribution from EU member state, the Netherlands, Head of the European Union in Guy-  ana, Ambassador Robert Kopecky said yesterday.

In his address during a ceremony at the Promenade Gardens, Georgetown, to launch the Guiana Shield Facility Project in Guyana,