Ascension : Business News from St. Helena
Submitted by The Islander (Gavin Yon) 21.04.2005 (Article Archived on 05.05.2005)
Following the approval in March by DFID Ministers and the Executive Council of a project to develop air access to St Helena, a DFID team will be visiting St Helena from 24 April to 1 May to work closely with SHG on progressing project implementation.
Business News from St. Helena
St Helena Access
Visit by DFID team - 24 April to 1 May 2005
Press Release
Following the approval in March by DFID Ministers and the Executive Council of a project to develop air access to St Helena, a DFID team will be visiting St Helena from 24 April to 1 May to work closely with SHG on progressing project implementation.
The team will comprise:-
Clive Warren, Head of DFID's Overseas Territories Department,
Caterina Alari, Governance Adviser,
Dick Beales, Senior Natural Resources and Environment Adviser,
Liz Gascoigne, Social Development Adviser,
Robin Marriott, Legal Adviser,
Andrea Woodrow-Bennett, Deputy Programme Manager, and
Nigel Kirby, Engineering Adviser and St Helena Access Project Manager.
The main objectives of the visit in relation to the Access Project are:-
· To finalise project management arrangements for the detailed design and construction phases of the project
· To finalise terms of reference and contractual arrangements for technical support to the project
· To finalise terms of reference for independent Social and Environmental Impact Analyses.
· To increase awareness and understanding of the project on St Helena.
To do this the DFID team will hold a series of meetings with the St Helena Access Project Team, the newly established Development Board, which includes private sector and civil society representatives, and with various government departments. The team will also hold meetings with a wider range of stakeholders on St Helena to develop terms of reference for the Social and Environmental Impact Analyses.
The DFID team and members of St Helena Access Project Team will meet with the public in the Consulate Hotel on the evening of Tuesday 26th April to answer any questions you might have. There will also be radio interviews on Thursday 28th April, and you are invited to send in any questions you may have to Radio St Helena and Saints FM Radio.
In addition to the work on the Access Project, members of the DFID team will also be working with SHG to take forward issues relating to modernising government, constitutional change, the recommendations of the recent fiscal review, and the Overseas Territories Environment Project (OTEP).
DFID Overseas Territories Department 20 April 2005.
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