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Purchase of COVID 19 Medical Supplies

Status: Completed Period of implementation: 2021 Donor: European Union – 11th European Development Fund Direct Beneficiary: Ministry of Health Implementing Agency: ONAO, Ministry of Health Donor Contribution: 160,000 EUR Background: At the height of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GoAB) was faced with mounting cost and logistical challenges as it…

Capacity Building Workshops and Support to Civil Society Organizations

Project Budget: 25,000 Euro Background: The Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA) between the European Union and the African Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP), aims at poverty reduction and eventual eradication for sustainable development. The CPA emphasizes the participation of ‘non-state actors’ in ACP countries in the implementation of the Agreement to Facilitate deeper involvement of civil…

Technical Assistance to the Insurance Department of the Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC)

Status: Completed Period of implementation: July 2012 to February 2013 Donor: European Union – 10th European Development Fund Direct Beneficiary: FSRC Implementing Agency: ONAO, Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) Donor Contribution: 100,000 EUR Background: The project was approved within the context of support to the focal sector of the 10th EDF, Public Financial Management and…

ASYCUDA World Upgrade Project in Antigua and Barbuda Customs and Excise Division

Status: Completed Period of implementation: October 2022 to May 2023 Donor: European Union – 11th European Development Fund Direct Beneficiary: Customs and Excise Division Implementing Agency: UNCTAD, ONAO, Customs and Excise Division Donor Contribution: 157,190 EUR Background: The Customs and Excise Division has undergone many software upgrades and operational changes to enhance its capability to…

Focal Sector Project: Public Financial Management and Revenue Reform Project

Project Budget: 1,100,000 Euro Background: Historically, Antigua and Barbuda has been one of the Caribbean’s most prosperous nations, with a vibrant tourism industry and offshore financial services. However, the country’s tourism-dependent economy has been severely impacted by the global economic, financial, and covid-19 crises. These have aggravated an already unsustainable fiscal position, and as a…

The Vulnerability Flex (V-FLEX)

Status: Completed Period of implementation: 2009 Donor: European Union – European Development Fund Direct Beneficiary: Ministry of Finance Implementing Agency: Ministry of Finance, ONAO Donor Contribution: 9,000,000 EUR Background: During the period 2009 – 2010, the European Commission approved the financing of a facility called the Vulnerability FLEX mechanism (V-FLEX). The V-FLEX was a short…

Barbuda Reconstruction Project (Post-Hurricane Recovery) Programme

Partner Contribution: 5,000,000 Euro from the European Union Background: The project will support the efforts of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda in the recovery of post-Hurricane Irma Barbuda through the repair and rebuilding of 150 104 residential structures using the “Build Back Better” (BBB) approach. The project will further contribute to the return of…

Emergency Ferry Docking Facility

Project budget: 1,241,310 EURO Rationale: One of the expected results of the implementation of the 9th EDF Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme (CRIP) was reduced vulnerability through “enhanced capacity to combat drugs and mitigate natural hazard risk.” An essential and common element of these policies, principles, and strategies is regional cooperation, involving CARIFORUM, French DOMs, and…

Restoration of Nelson’s Dockyard Seawall

Project Budget: 1,998,000 Euro Background: The main activity under the project was to restore the wharf of the Nelson’s Dockyard to preserve the monument as a whole while allowing for continued use of the facility. The culmination of the project was marked with a handover ceremony in January 2004. The project was part of a…

Enhanced Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) Framework for Antigua and Barbuda Project

Background: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the European Union (EU) entered into a Contribution Agreement (dated November 28th, 2019) for the administration of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Standby Facility for Capacity Building, which is being financed through the 11th European Development Fund…

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