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Expert for Carbon Credit Initiative – Short-Term Project (40 working days) BACKGROUND The European Union Global Climate Change Alliance + (GCCA+) Support Facility is seeking a local expert to undertake work in Barbados under the supervision of an international key expert towards the establishment of an innovative carbon credit partnership to be developed by the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI). With guidance from the BTMI and the National Conservation Commission and in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union, the consultants (both the international and local experts) will undertake the related tasks outlined below: • Task 1 – Prepare…

Barbados is in the process of a mass COVID-19 vaccination programme, following the donation of 100,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the Republic of India. And now with over 25,000 people – approximately 12.5 per cent of the adult population – already receiving their first shots within just two weeks, Barbados leads the way as the most vaccinated country in the Caribbean. To read more on this, please see the attached release.