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Norwegian team meets with Minister Harmon

MINISTER of State Joseph Harmon on Thursday received a courtesy call from a visiting Norwegian delegation here to meet with their counterpart agencies to discuss Guyana REDD+Investment Fund (GRIF) projects, at his office at the Ministry of the Presidency.Guyana’s Office of Climate Change and the Project Management Office for the GRIF Project both fall within the minister’s purview.

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Minister of State Joseph Harmon greets Hege Ragnhildstveit, Senior Adviser, Government of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative

The team was led by Hege Ragnhildstveit, Senior Adviser, Government of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative and included Tron Lovdal, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Department for Climate, Energy and Environment and Ane Marit Lid, Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, while Minister Harmon was joined by Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary Best and Nikolaus Oudkerk, from the Project Management Office, Ministry of the Presidency.
The Norwegian delegation will hold talks with their counterpart agencies on the GRIF Projects development, challenges, implementation and scheduling with the Project Management Office (PMO) and other matters connected to the Guyana-Norway Agreement.

The delegation will also meet with other connected agencies, such as the Guyana Forestry Commission, the United Nations Development Programme, the Inter-American Development Bank and civil society. The GRIF projects are at different stages of implementation across Guyana.

In an invited comment, Ragnhildstveit said that the meeting was fruitful and appreciated.

“The Minister of State was very kind to receive us this morning and it was very encouraging to hear his remarks that Guyana appreciates the cooperation with Norway. The Minister of State is very concerned about Guyana’s rainforest and the people who live there, as well as the importance of combating climate change,” she said.

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From left: Nikolaus Oudkerk, Project Management Office; Legal Advisor to the Ministry of the Presidency, Geeta Chandan-Edmond; Minister of State Joseph Harmon; Tron Lovdal, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Department of Climate, Energy and Environment; Hege Ragnhildstveit, Senior Adviser, Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative; Ane Marit Lid, Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation; and Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Rear Admiral [ret'd) Gary Best From left: Nikolaus Oudkerk, Project Management Office; Legal Advisor to the Ministry of the Presidency, Geeta Chandan-Edmond; Minister of State Joseph Harmon; Tron Lovdal, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Department of Climate, Energy and Environment; Hege Ragnhildstveit, Senior Adviser, Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative; Ane Marit Lid, Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation; and Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Rear Admiral (ret'd) Gary Best 

FM
Demerara_Guy posted:

http://guyanachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Harmon-2-1.jpgMinister of State Joseph Harmon makes a point to the team, during the meeting at the Ministry of the Presidency 

This is about husbandry of the environment so why is this in the office of the presidency if not for control of the cash?

FM

Yeh man, they need it fo go wine down come the 5oth.

They gonna use it fo buy some fry chiken an nice yellow an green t shirts

They gonna also use it fo build big tarass mansions as dem last Govt peeps dem did.

You just have to look at the positive side...PPP LOST.

cain

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