LEO Heileman, Regional Director of the United Nations Environment Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean is currently in Guyana for a high-level mission to promote the ‘Green’ Economy, the Department of Environment said in a statement.

Heileman, a national of Trinidad and Tobago, has over 20 years of experience in the environment arena focusing on environmental management, programme coordination and environmental assessment. Joining Mr. Heileman is Ms. Elenaor Bacani, Consultant on the ‘Green’ Economy, and Ms. Adrianna Zacarias, Regional Coordinator of Resource Efficiency at UNEP.

According to the department, this visit is timely as Guyana is currently developing its Green State Development Strategy. “The Department of Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme are currently coordinating his visit, which includes delivering the feature address at the second Green Conversation slated for Bartica, which is already undergoing its own transformation into a model ‘green town’. The event is slated for Friday January 26 at the Palm Spring Hotel in Bartica.”

Today the department will host the first meeting of the Inter-Agency and Multi Stakeholder Advisory Committee in the Ballet Room at Cara Lodge commencing at 08:30hrs. The objective of the meeting is to form the committee that will guide the formulation of the Green State Development Strategy.