Policy Forum Guyana
Press Release – Re-habilitating Guyanese Politics by Citizens Assembly on Article 13
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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PRESS RELEASE: Selection Completed Of Civic Component Of ‘GYEITI MSG’ Eight
Selection Completed of Civic Component of ‘GYEITI MSG’ Eight Eight persons have been selected to re-constitute the civic component of the Multi-stakeholder Committee of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI). An independent five persons Selection Panel comprising senior staff from UG, the Public Service and local and international civil society conducted the selection process. …
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PRESS RELEASE: GUYANESE YOUTHS MOBILIZE TO STOP RACISM
International Day to Stop Racial Discrimination 2021 finds Guyanese youth launching the campaign “Make Guyana A Racism Free Zone”. The campaign consists of a call for all places where people gather to mount a written pledge to make that place – whether shops, clinics, police stations, offices, sports clubs, offices or places of religion – …
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River Guardians (Freshwater Teaching Manual)
This manual was designed to provide teachers and youth leaders with the basic information on the earth’s freshwater: its types, areas where they are found, used and threats from both human and natural impacts. It provides a guide that is needed in planning activities and also gives ideas of materials that could be used to …
PRESS RELEASE: THE VERDICT OF THE CARICOM OBSERVER TEAM SHOULD DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE MARCH ELECTIONS
Our organizations listed below call on all Guyanese to remain faithful to the original intention of the recount, namely, that the verdict of the Caricom Observer Team would be the determining factor in accepting the results of the March 2nd elections. Now that their verdict has been rendered, to the effect that the recount process …
PRESS RELEASE: MINING IS NOT AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE
The organizations listed below are appreciative of the success to date of the measures adopted by the Ministry of Health’s Covid-19 strategy in avoiding steep increases in infections in Guyana. We trust that the positive public response generated by the strategy can be sustained. In support of this goal we wish to raise the following …
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Press Release: Campaign To Keep Rivers alive Taken to Communities
Press Release Campaign To Keep Rivers alive Taken to Communities Policy Forum Guyana (PFG), last week commenced the systematic phase of its campaign to protect Guyana’s rivers from the devastation of mining pollution with a training workshop in Kamarang, Upper Mazaruni. Launched last July with a rally, ‘Keep the Rivers Alive’ the campaign aims to …
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GUYANA POLICY FORUM- PRESS RELEASE
EXTRACTIVE SECTOR NEEDS TO RE-FOCUS ON LOCAL INVOLVEMENT A well-attended meeting of the Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) on Saturday October 22nd reviewed progress made with respect to Guyana concluding the application process for entry to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). What should have been a relatively straight-forward process has become a somewhat protracted exercise. …