Goolsarran contract to help unlock EU funds

Ambassador Robert Kopecký (seated at left) and Anand Goolsarran signing the contract while EU Programme Officer LaToya DeMendonca-Blair and EU Head of Cooperation Ewout Sandker look on. (EU photo)

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Guyana, Ambassador Robert Kopecký on Thursday signed a contract with former Auditor General and now Public Finance Management Consultant Anand Goolsarran which will help the government here to meet the criteria for EU budget support for the sugar and sea defence sectors.

A statement from the EU yesterday said that the contract will assist the Government of Guyana in evaluating the country’s Public Finance Management as well as in the preparation of a Budget Transparency Action Plan.

The assignment will last until the