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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a Letter of Agreement with Fiji Development Bank (FDB) formalizing a shared commitment to help the bank gain accreditation with the Green Climate Fund, a financial mechanism under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This accreditation will allow FDB to access international funding for projects that make communities more resilient to extreme weather and natural disasters.
U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia Robert Annan Riley III today was joined by the Secretary of Finance, Sihna N. Lawrence, to lead the completion ceremony of a project preparation training program that has strengthened the capacity of the Federated States of Micronesia’s leaders to develop effective environmental and disaster preparedness projects in the country.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Pacific Islands Office Chief of Program Resources Management Robert Barton, USAID Pacific Islands Engineer Robert Pierce, and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) government officials marked the completion of homes and public infrastructure destroyed by Typhoon Maysak.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently marked the completion of a partnership that has helped make coastal communities in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, more resilient.
A vast proportion of the world’s shipping passes through Pacific waters, making the Pacific Islands central to global security and the global economy. They are also on the front lines of a number of global challenges, in particular climate change and natural disasters.
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