Sept. 3, 2014 - The NIP represents the European Union assistance to Guyana and will be used for sea defence and agricultural infrastructure among other areas consistent with Guyana's sustainable development agenda.

The European Union remains the largest provider of grant
assistance to Guyana and CARIFORUM as a whole.

NIPs were also signed by several other ACP countries, including Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago in the margins of the UN Small Island Developing States Conference being held in Samoa from the 1-4 September 2014.