UNDP “Building Back Better St. Maarten”

Credit: Saint Martin News Network

    PHILIPSBURG:--- With the substantial damages caused by Hurricane Irma on St. Maarten, The Dutch government has therefore reserved €550 million for St Maarten's recovery. Though a significant portion of this money is being administered by a World Bank trust fund, in advance of the trust fund becoming operational, €7 million has been made available for early recovery. This means that funding will be provided for projects launched after January 2018 and completed by July 2018 which have a direct impact on St Maarten's population. The ‘UNDP Quick Impact
Projects’ being carried out by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) forms part of this early recovery phase.
    The United Nations Development Programme has partnered with the St. Maarten Government and the Netherlands to support Sint Maarten’s short-term recovery by focusing on three (3) projects over the next 6 months (June 2018). With the recent establishment of our temporary office in St. Maarten, we are able to properly housed our on-ground project team which is supported by the UNDP Country office (UNDP CO) in Trinidad and Tobago. Read More>>