Lilia Burunciuc ended 4-day visit to Sint Maarten

World Bank, in its recent press release, informed that the new Country Director for the Caribbean, Lilia Burunciuc, has ended a 4-day visit to Sint Maarten.

Saturday, 17th July 2021

Sint Maarten: World Bank, in its recent press release, informed that the new Country Director for the Caribbean, Lilia Burunciuc, has ended a 4-day visit to Sint Maarten. Notably, Sint Maarten was Burunciuc first visit to the region since her appointment on July 1, 2021. In her official visit, she met Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs, Sint Maarten’s Council of Ministers, the National Recovery Program Bureau, and other partners. Also, She chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee for the Sint Maarten Recovery, Reconstruction & Resilience Trust Fund. The Trust Fund is funded by the Government of the Netherlands. She also visited various of projects financed by the Trust Fund. In a remark, she said, "I am pleased to see firsthand the growth that has been made below the Sint Maarten Trust Fund Program.” Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean, added, “I would like to show to the people of Sint Maarten, the Government of Sint Maarten & all Trust Fund stakeholders, the World Bank’s proceeded commitment to guarantee the successful implementation of these critical projects for the reconstruction and resilience of Sint Maarten.” According to an official press note of the World Bank, during her 4-day visit, Ms. Burunciuc highlighted the vital progress on the 10 projects being financed by the Trust Fund, despite the coronavirus crisis. Ms. Burunciuc visited the Sint Maarten Medical Center, where the modish hospital is under construction under the Hospital Resiliency and Preparedness Project. Moreover, she also witnessed repairs to schools, homes, and shelters financed by the Emergency Recovery Project I and ongoing large-scale shipwreck salvaging activities that will facilitate safer navigation under the Emergency Debris Management Project. Alongside, she attended the inauguration of a satellite library and visited a playground financed by the Resources for Community Resilience Project, which gives resources to NGOs and community-based organizations for community projects. Additionally, She met with two of the fifty owners of small and medium enterprises who have received promote under the ongoing Enterprise Support Project. The Country Director rounded off her visit with a Princess Juliana International Airport tour, which will soon avail from the major reconstruction. Work at the airport is supposed to start later this year. Ms. Burunciuc stressed the significant of continued and close collaboration with the Govt. of Sint Maarten, the PM, the Council of Ministers, Steering Committee members, the Representative of the Govt. of Netherlands in Sint Maarten, and a mixture of other civil society and private sector partners. Ms. Burunciuc underlined her plan to continue the strong relationships between the World Bank and Sint Maarten while her tenure and to achieve concrete, effective & visible results for the people of Sint Maarten.