GEORGETOWN: Customs and Border Control Officers last week participated in a three-day workshop aimed at building capacity in enforcing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs).
Head of the European Union Delegation to Guyana, Robert Kopecky joined the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur along with Caricom Secretariat General Counsel Safiya Ali and other dignitaries for the opening ceremony held at the GRA headquarters, Camp Street. The workshop was a collaboration among the said agencies and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, a report from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.
In his remarks, Kopecky hoped that the sessions would further enhance the level of professionalism of officers from the GRA and other related agencies. Stressing the importance of such a workshop, he noted that it was taking place at a very critical juncture as the negotiations of the post – 2015 development agenda.
