Strengthening electoral, environmental and financial accountability.
Strengthening electoral, environmental and financial accountability.
Release. Policy Forum Guyana, along with regional and international partners, is happy to announce a significant development in our mission to protect oceans and marine ecosystems. On World Oceans Day, 8th June 2023, our collective efforts to endorse a moratorium on deep-sea mining activities in the Caribbean reached a crucial milestone.
With today being World Oceans Day 2023, Policy Forum Guyana, in collaboration with prominent regional and international bodies, is spearheading a collective effort to urge all Caribbean organisations to endorse a suspension on activities that promote deep-sea mining.
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Kaieteur News – Despite facing challenges posed by heavy rainfall and flood warnings, Policy Forum Guyana successfully launched its 1.5oC Lifestyle Campaign on Saturday at the Marian Academy.
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PRESS RELEASE: THE LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 2030 – GUYANA UP FOR SALE From a pioneering REDD+ Agreement with Norway a decade ago, Guyana’s forests are now being re-packaged as an ‘eco-system service’ in the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030 in which the world’s leading fossil fuel generating companies are encouraged to invest. Buying …
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LETTER: MSG-Civic vote to abstain on the TOR issue was consistent with the position communicated to the Minister – KN Feb 27, 2023 Dear Editor, The following is an Open Letter to the President of Guyana sent electronically and as printed letter. We are writing this Open Letter on behalf of the Civic component of …
PRESS RELEASE: GUYANA CANNOT ENJOY EITI MEMBERSHIP ON ITS OWN TERMS What is in danger of being lost in the furore surrounding the temporary suspension of Guyana’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) is that unless the government mends its ways, it is courting more serious sanctions. Recognizing that the ultimate authority in the EITI is …
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PRESS RELEASE: HIGH-SPEED PAINTING COMPETITION PREVAILED OVER TORRENTIAL RAINFALL Despite the torrential downpour Policy Forum Guyana’s (PFG) High-Speed Painting Competition was successfully carried out on Saturday, December 3rd at St. Stanislaus auditorium. Having taken the prior precaution of shifting the venue from the fence outside of Parliament to St. Stanislaus College auditorium the competition saw seventeen teams compete …
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What passes for politics in Guyana is so removed from civilized compromise that the recent announcement of Government’s intention to launch a process of constitutional reform next month induces only eye-rolling resignation. While a national conversation on our political battlefield is urgently needed and would be welcomed by Policy Forum Guyana (PFG), a formal constitutional …
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