Mauritius obtains EUR 2,1 million from French Development Agency

Two agreements for financial assistance, totalling EUR 2,1 million, from the Agence française de Développement (AFD), were signed on 16 February, in Port-Louis.

A grant of EUR 1.1 million was extended to Mauritius under the 2050 Facility: ‘Construire une vision commune et une trajectoire neutre en carbone et résiliente à l’horizon 2050’ (Building a common vision and a carbon-neutral and resilient trajectory by 2050).

As for the partnership agreement Fund for Technical Expertise and Experience Transfers (FEXTE), ’Etude du littoral’ (Survey of the coastline), a financial assistance of EUR 1 million was obtained.

The financial, administrative and technical execution of the agreements will be carried out by the Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change.

Those present at the event included the Minister of Finance Dr Renganaden Padayachy; the French Ambassador to Mauritius, Mrs Florence Caussé-Tissier; the Director of the AFD for Mauritius and Seychelles, Mr André Pouillès-Duplaix; and the Director of the International, du Développement et de l’Innovation at the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, Mrs Catherine Bonin.

Original article at GIS Mauritius