In just two years of implementation, the Trust Fund’s Enterprise Support Project (ESP) has approved more than US $11 million and disbursed US $10.4 million in financial support packages to
More infoProposed location of Marion artificial reef identified, to be placed in Man of War Shoal Marine Park
After intensive consultation with stakeholders, the National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) is in the process of finalizing arrangements to sink the salvaged 27-meter-long tugboat Marion in the Man of War
More infoPrivate home repairs making steady progress and will continue into 2023
Under the Sint Maarten Trust Fund’s Emergency Recovery Project (ERP-1), repairs to private homes are making steady progress, as evidenced by the turning over of yet another home to a
More infoSint Maarten’s hurricane resiliency to improve with upcoming underground cabling works
In collaboration with N.V. GEBE and the National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB), more than nine (9) kilometers of overhead low-voltage electricity lines will be placed underground as part of major
More infoFinancial support for small businesses expands as OBNA joins ESP project
The country’s small businesses have even more avenues for growth and support with the addition of the Ontwikkelingsbank van de Nederlandse Antillen (OBNA) as the newest financial institution to partner
More infoNRPB, Nature Foundation discuss artificial reef creation with industry stakeholders
With several marine and dive tourism stakeholders in attendance, the National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) and the Sint Maarten Nature Foundation held a consultation session at Carl’s Unique Inn in
More infoSchool repair activities continue with work on MAC and MPC
Operational repairs of Sint Maarten’s schools are continuing under the Emergency Recovery Project (ERP-1), with work having recently started on Methodist Agogic Centre (MAC) Comprehensive Secondary Education and Milton Peters
More infoVSA, NRPB launches survey on social and economic conditions
The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA) and the National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) has launched a household survey to gather data on various social and economic
More infoESP concludes business skills training program
The project team of the Enterprise Support Project (ESP) successfully concluded its first business skills training program on Thursday, February 17, 2022. As evidenced by the program’s name, “Small Business
More infoSteady progress being made to implement school, library reconstruction project
The project teams of the National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) are making steady progress to begin implementing the Fostering Resilient Learning Project (FRLP), one of the various projects of the
More infoDutch State Secretary Van Huffelen tours Sint Maarten Trust Fund projects
Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitalization Alexandra van Huffelen toured several projects of the Sint Maarten Trust Fund on Saturday, February 19. This was part of the State
More info139 shipwrecks successfully removed from the Simpson Bay Lagoon as salvaging activity wraps up
With most of the works already completed, the shipwreck salvaging activity is wrapping up as a major success of the Sint Maarten Trust Fund’s Emergency Debris Management Project (EDMP). By
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