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Posted: Wednesday 20 March, 2013 at 8:44 AM

Permanent Secretary for DFID visits Montserrat this week

Mark Lowcock, Permanent Secretary for the UK Department for International Development (DfID)
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Press Release

    BRADES, Montserrat (March 19, 2013) – Officials from the Government of Montserrat will this week meet with Mark Lowcock, the Permanent Secretary for the Department for International Development (DfiD) as he visits the island for the first time.

     

    The purpose of Lowcock’s visit is to see the extent of the devastation caused by the volcano and understand the economic and development opportunities and challenges facing Montserrat. He will also set the parameters for future self-sufficiency to include more efficient management of the public finances, combined with strategic investments aimed at reducing dependency, improving access and facilitating economic activity. He will also be discussing progress on the Strategic Growth Plan and MoU Reform Agenda.

     

    The official, who has been with DfID since 1985, is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday evening and is expected to meet on Wednesday with the Honourable Premier Reuben Meade, the GoM ministerial team, Honourable Financial Secretary John Skerritt, Honourable Attorney General Esco Henry  and Cabinet Secretary Angela Greenaway.

     

    Lowcock is also slated to take a helicopter tour of the Exclusion Zone and Plymouth to see the extent of damage caused by the volcano. He will also visit the new geothermal site, which began drilling operations last Saturday, to review the operations and discuss future development plans as outlined in the SGP.

     

    Other areas to be discussed during his two–day visit are the Fibre Optic Project, private sector investment prospects in the new town in Little Bay and the Carrs Bay Port Development. He will also be taken on a tour of the Glendon Hospital and review the hospital redevelopment project with the Honourable Minister of Health Colin Riley, Permanent Secretary Elijah Silcott and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mike Owen, and the project implementation team.

     

    He is scheduled to leave island on Thursday morning.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


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