Ambassador checks on EU-funded Rupununi projects

Secondary school students at the Bina Hill Institute smile as they pose with Head of the EU Delegation Robert Kopecky (third from left).

Head of the European Union Delegation to Guyana Robert Kopecky commissioned the Toshao’s building at Bina Hill and inspected other EU-funded projects in the Northern Rupununi during a three-day visit to the area last week.

The specific objective of a key project is to strengthen organisational capacity of the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB) which is the umbrella body for 18 communities of the North Rupununi, the EU said in a press release.  All of the projects are being implemented by the Iwok-rama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development and are being undertaken in Aranaputa, Wowetta and Rewa to boost Tourism Development and Fisheries.

The project aims to build individual, organisational and institutional capacities in the North Rupununi Wetlands. It started on December 23, 2009 and is expected to be