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Contact:
Primus Hutchinson
Friday, July 25, 2003 - A number of governmental and non-governmental
rural service providers as well as various community based organisations from
the Ti Rocher community will meet for a one day consultation on Monday July 28,
2003.
The consultation which is being organised by the Ti Rocher- Community
Implementation and Advisory Committee (CIAC), in collaboration with the St.
Lucia Rural Enterprise Project (SLREP), is seeking to develop a strategy for the
sustainability of community based organisations.
Chairperson of the Ti Rocher Community Implementation and Advisory Committee,
Christine Wilson says, some of the issues down for discussion will focus on
problems experienced by community based groups in accessing funds from both
governmental as well as non-governmental agencies for community development
projects. Wilson pointed to the lack of effective communication between
governmental and non-governmental organisations and community groups that is
necessary to build the groups’ capacity to effectively manage and supervise
community projects.
Wilson said the consultation will empower the groups with the knowledge and
capacity to be better equipped to provide for the development of themselves and
the community.
According to Wilson, it is expected that a multi-institutional body will emerge
out of that consultation comprising representatives of the rural communities to
facilitate the various projects.
Some of the service providers involved in the consultation include the SLREP,
SEDU, NRDF, BELFUND, BNTF and the Poverty Reduction Fund. It is also expected
that representatives of the Ministry of Social Transformation and the Ministry
of Youth and Sports will attend the consultation.
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