Black Saturday
Cruises
E-Education
Saturday 29th March 2014 marked the sad one year anniversary of the deadly floods that had casted a black shadow over the city centre .........
The first phase of the education project that envisages upgrading standards and quality in education via the use of working tablet ..........
The Italian cruise liner, Costa Croiciere will be back in the Mauritian waters as from next year (2015).....
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APRIL 2014
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Climate Change Japan to assist Mauritius on Capacity Development
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he Project Formulation Advisor of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Kaoru Takahashi along with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Premhans Jhugroo, have both signed an Agreement for the provision of technical assistance for the implementation of the project on Capacity Development on Climate Change Measures in
Mauritius. The agreement signing ceremony took place in Port-Louis in the presence of the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Devanand Virahsawmy. In line with the National Climate Change Adaptation Policy Framework which identifies socio-economic impacts of climate change on key sectors such as water, agriculture and coastal management, JICA will assist the
Ministry in developing sectorial guidelines/ policies on climate change adaptation, enhancing public awareness on climate change and strengthening the function of the recently set up Climate Change Information Centre. Minister Virahsawmy stated that a Climate Change Bill will soon be presented in the National Assembly to further strengthen the country’s adaptation and mitigation
efforts. The government has adopted a multi-pronged approach to address the adverse impacts of climate change and enhance the resilience of the population Minister Virahsawmy added that Mauritius has benefitted from a grant of Rs 90 million under the Africa Adaptation Programme on climate Continued on Page 2
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