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UK Gives US$1.2 Million Grant To PANCAP

PANCAP Meeting Members

PANCAP Meeting Members
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
April 17, 2008 (CUOPM)

The United Kingdom Department of International Development (DFID) is pumping US$1.2 million into the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP).

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Wednesday between St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) Representative, Jane Armstrong, during the Opening Ceremony of the 10th Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) at the Royal St. Kitts Hotel and Casino.

The grant of £600,000 (about US$1.2 million) to PANCAP is to support its core budget until June 2009.

“This contribution by DFID represents the first practical commitment to the principle of pooled funding that PANCAP has advocated for some time now; and we applaud DFID for this pioneering effort,” said Prime Minister Douglas when he delivered the feature address.

Dr. Douglas used the opportunity to place on record his personal thanks and those of his colleague Prime Ministers to the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the European Union (EU), German Development Bank, The Global Fund, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), United States Government and the World Bank for the funding support provided through PANCAP since its birth in 2001.

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Nevis Premier Meets With British High Commisioner

Charlestown, Nevis
January 28, 2008

Security issues were high on the agenda when Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry met with British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, His Excellency Mr. Duncan Taylor last Friday January 25th, 2008 at his Bath Plain Office.
 
In a press briefing shortly after the meeting Premier Parry described the meeting as favorable.
 
“I had a very good meeting with the British High Commissioner to Barbados.  We focused on security issues and I brought to his attention that we needed assistance with some of the problems we are having with our coast and coastal protection.
 
“The High Commissioner promised that he would get back to me and that someone would be coming to the region to discuss security issues and what can be done. It seems to be a priority of the British and they have been working with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States over the past few years.  Their presence has been more in the Windward Islands and Antigua but I do believe they would be more active in St. Kitts and Nevis over the next year or two,” he said.

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St. Kitts – Nevis / UK Relations Beneficial

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 24, 2008

Residents of St. Kitts and Nevis can expect continued cordial relations between the Federation and the United Kingdom following the visit of British High Commissioner H. E. Duncan Taylor.

Dignitaries gathered at the Royal St. Kitts Golf Club for a ceremony in honour of Mr. Taylor’s visit.

The High Commissioner, who has responsibility for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, said he travels throughout the region promoting British interests.

Commenting on the friendly nature of Kittitians, Mr. Taylor said it was no surprise that several citizens of Britain who have visited have chosen to make the Federation their home.

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