The Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) will guide Guyana's economic and sociocultural development over the next 15 years. It will lay His Excellency President David A. Granger and the new coalition Government’s principle foundations for inclusive green economic and social growth, provide a roadmap for achieving sustainable development goals and related targets, and outline a long-term vision for a prosperous and equitable future. The objective of the strategy is to reorient and diversify Guyana’s economy, reducing reliance on traditional sectors and opening up new sustainable income and investment opportunities in higher value adding and higher growth sectors.
Importantly, the present document, Framework of the Guyana Green State Development Strategy and Financing Mechanisms, is the proposed “Framework” for Guyana´s Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) providing guidance on the prioritised areas to be developed in the strategy. It does not give in-depth detail specificity for the GSDS, but rather lays out the elements to be examined and consulted upon during the course of the GSDS’ development (April to December 2017). The Framework shares the same spirit of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, serving as a tripod platform for economic, social and environmental safeguards. These safeguards, during the development of the GSDS, are to ensure a sustainable and fair transition to inclusive green growth and a better quality of life for all Guyanese.
- Green and Inclusive Structural Transformation: Diversifying the economic base, accessing new markets and creating decent jobs for all
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Expansion of Environmental Services: stewardship of natural patrimony
- Energy – Transition to Renewable Energy and Greater Energy Independence
- Resilient Infrastructure and Spatial Development
- Human Development and Well-being
- Governance and Institutional Pillars
- International Cooperation, Trade and Investment