Green State Development consultations head to Soesdyke

The Department of Environment in the Ministry of the Presidency, in collaboration with the Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) Coordinating Office/UN Environment, will on Saturday host consultations at the St. Mary’s Primary School at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

The objective of this exercise is to foster awareness of the GSDS, to foster greater participation therein, and to advance the strategy.
These consultations are being hosted by the Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs), and are seeing support from the Ministry of Communities (MoC), the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MoIPA), and the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs). The slogan used will be “Time to Think, Time to Decide, Time to Act”.
The Ministry of the Presidency explained that during consultations, Guyanese will be encouraged to think, discuss and communicate their ideas and vision on “how Guyana should be developed economically and sustainably over the 20-year GSDS time frame”.
“Participants will also learn about the Framework of the Guyana Green State Development Strategy and Financial Mechanisms – a document developed through a similar consultation process in 2017, and approved by the Government of Guyana, (which) has established key sectoral and thematic priorities of the GSDS,” it was stated.
It was further explained that the GSDS consultations are being conducted across all of Guyana’s 10 administrative regions, and have already begun in Region Four at La Bonne Intention, and Providence; and in Region Five at Bush Lot and Moraikobai,
Government is urging Guyanese nationals, representatives of public/private sector and civil society groups to “come out, share (your) opinions, and make (your) voice count.”
Government has been pushing the country’s green agenda with focus on utilising measures that have less impact on the environment, such a solar power, recycling, and bio-fuel. Earlier this month, The Green Guyana Expo and International Small Business Summit was launched to promote the initiative. It fell under the theme “Sustainable economic growth through small businesses innovation, entrepreneurship and transformative Government policies”.