The Government of Guyana has received a total of US$7.5 million loan from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to assist in enhancing access to technical and vocational education and training (TVET).A press release from the CDB stated that the project is also expected to improve the quality and effectiveness of such education and training.It was explained that the loan will provide for the construction of two technical institutes in Regions Three and Five, along with equipment, learning materials and teacher training.? The Region Three site is at Leonora, West Coast Demerara,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, and the Region Five site is within the community of Experiment, West Coast Berbice.In addition,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the loan will include a component to improve overall governance of the sub-sector and the establishment of an institutional framework for the further development of TVET in Guyana.Initially, the project will benefit 400 students in the two regions who cannot now access TVET.The students will have an opportunity to acquire vocational skills that will improve their employability and capacity to earn a decent living.?Job attachments or placements will expose the trainees to the world of work and enhance their chances of finding permanent employment. Over the three-year life of the project,Cheap Jerseys, more than 8,000 young men and women are expected to make a meaningful contribution to economic development in Guyana. More than 1,Wholesale Jerseys China,500 men and women already in the workforce will also be given the opportunity to enhance their skills.The CDB also provided the Guyana Government with a grant equivalent to US$149,Wholesale China Jerseys,940 to the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development.It was explained that the funding is to help the centre improve its revenue-generating capacity through tourism and training of business enterprises.The revenue generated will be used to finance research and development on the sustainable management of tropical forests and their natural assets.The results of the research conducted by the centre will be public goods for use by CDB’s borrowing member countries and the wider global community.The Iwokrama forest is situated within one of the world’s oldest geographic regions, and is one of only four intact rainforest environments left on earth.? The centre was established in 1995 by agreement between the Government of Guyana and the Commonwealth Secretariat.