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BRUSSELS, Belgium--Minister Plenipotentiary Josianne Artsen signed on the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) Sustainable Energy Roadmap on behalf of government on Thursday. The roadmap was the end result of the Summit of the OCTs Energy Ministers in Brussels, Belgium, from June 16 to 18.
The roadmap facilitates and supports the path to lower fossil fuel dependency, and increases energy efficiency to further assist OCTs in the transition to sustainable energy.
OCT governments agreed at the summit to support the development of an OCT Sustainable Energy Roadmap to help reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and improve their energy efficiency.
A selection of the identified sustainable energy priority areas for the Caribbean OCTs and a proposal for a possible joint project were shared with the participants of the summit.
The Energy Summit gave OCTs the opportunity to provide guidance regarding sustainable energy priorities for the Thematic Programme (16-18 million euros) under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF).
Sustainable energy was identified as an essential area of cooperation at the OCTs Ministerial Conference, held in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on February 26.
St. Maarten, as Regional Authorizing Officer (RAO) for the 11th EDF Caribbean Regional Programme (40 million euros), presented an update to the summit on the progress made in the programming phase, and outlined the proposed actions and way forward for the coming four years.
Artsen led the St. Maarten delegation, comprised of Policy Advisor Donor Coordination and EU Relations Olivia Lake, Senior Policy Advisor Nature and Environment Claire Hooft-Graafland and St. Maarten's Representative in the Netherlands for EU Relations Carol Voges to the summit.
