The grant will assist WASCO with capacity development in its fresh water and waste water sectors.

​The Ministry of Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology, and the Water and Sewerage Company Inc. (WASCO) signed a cooperation agreement with the Syndicat Intercommunal du Centre et du Sud de la Martinique (SCISM) earlier this month which resulted in the receipt of a European Union (EU) grant contract in the sum of Euro  347,587.

The agreement, which falls under the 10th European Development Fund ACP-EU Water Facility, will assist WASCO with capacity development in its water and wastewater sectors through an intra-regional Water Operators Partnership (WOP) Program with SCISM.

Saint Lucia's delegation to the signing was led by Hon. Dr. James Fletcher, who stressed the importance of enabling a sustainable water and wastewater sector in Saint Lucia for national economic growth and development. He also expressed the appreciation and gratitude of the government and people of Saint Lucia to SCISM for the assistance provided to WASCO under the agreement.

The assistance is intended to achieve four (4) goals: it will acquire the methodology and tools to develop a master plan for water and waste-water; improve asset management; prepare guidelines and orientations for a risk management plan including disaster preparedness, crisis management and resilience; and develop Terms of Reference (ToRs) for procuring services to address deficiencies identified during the preparation of the methodology for the master plans.