Georgetown: Cabinet has approved funding for the National Toshaos Council (NTC) meeting which will be held during the period October 21 -25 at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Presidential Advisr on Governance Gail Teixeira said today.
The meeting held annually to provide the platform for dialogue and forward planning for Amerindian communities’ development will include an agenda focusing on the report of the NTC executive.
Community Development Projects (CDPs), Presidential Grants, Amerindian land titling projects and the opt-in mechanism for Amerindian villages and communities will be the highlight of the five day deliberation.
The opt-in mechanism provides an opportunity for titled Amerindian villages with forests to voluntarily include theirs into a performance based model that has been ascribed to state forests.
The Governments of Guyana and Norway sealed a historic agreement in 2009 for US$250M in performance based forest carbon payments by 2015. Of the total sum US$115M has been released from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) and disbursed to fund priority projects under the revolutionary Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).
Among them are CDPs, designed and approved at the Amerindian community level and land titling.
Last year saw a breakthrough for the Amerindians when $1.2B from GRIF was deposited in the Amerindian Development Fund (ADF) after the Guyana Government and its implementing partner the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed off on the release.
One hundred and sixty six (166) awaiting CDP, eight percent of which were agriculture based, moved into implementation immediately.
That year Kato, Kariabo, Batavia, Kambaru, Tasarene, Kangaruma, Rupanau and Rivers View received their land titles.
The year was also one of major disappointment when the political opposition cut funding to the LCDS and halted a number of the priority projects that were to fast-track development in Amerindian communities.
This year like every other, the Tosahos will be interacting with the President and his entire team of Cabinet ministers. Senior and Community Councillors and leaders from all 10 administrative regions will be present.
Georgetown: Cabinet has approved funding for the National Toshaos Council (NTC) meeting which will be held during the period October 21 -25 at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Presidential Advisr on Governance Gail Teixeira said today.
The meeting held annually to provide the platform for dialogue and forward planning for Amerindian communities’ development will include an agenda focusing on the report of the NTC executive.
Community Development Projects (CDPs), Presidential Grants, Amerindian land titling projects and the opt-in mechanism for Amerindian villages and communities will be the highlight of the five day deliberation.
The opt-in mechanism provides an opportunity for titled Amerindian villages with forests to voluntarily include theirs into a performance based model that has been ascribed to state forests.
The Governments of Guyana and Norway sealed a historic agreement in 2009 for US$250M in performance based forest carbon payments by 2015. Of the total sum US$115M has been released from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) and disbursed to fund priority projects under the revolutionary Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).
Among them are CDPs, designed and approved at the Amerindian community level and land titling.
Last year saw a breakthrough for the Amerindians when $1.2B from GRIF was deposited in the Amerindian Development Fund (ADF) after the Guyana Government and its implementing partner the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed off on the release.
One hundred and sixty six (166) awaiting CDP, eight percent of which were agriculture based, moved into implementation immediately.
That year Kato, Kariabo, Batavia, Kambaru, Tasarene, Kangaruma, Rupanau and Rivers View received their land titles.
The year was also one of major disappointment when the political opposition cut funding to the LCDS and halted a number of the priority projects that were to fast-track development in Amerindian communities.
This year like every other, the Tosahos will be interacting with the President and his entire team of Cabinet ministers. Senior and Community Councillors and leaders from all 10 administrative regions will be present.
