In accordance with the authority delegated by the Board of Directors at its Two Hundred and Eighty-Third Meeting (Minute 283.27), the President approved a grant to the Water and Sewerage Company Inc Saint Lucia of an amount not exceeding the equivalent of seven hundred and forty-nine thousand, six hundred and nineteen United States dollars (USD749,619) from the Caribbean Development Bank’s Special Funds Resources allocated from the Caribbean Action for Resilience Enhancement  Programme to assist with financing the costs of procuring consultancy services for: (a) improving institutional capacities to assess climate risks and plan for climate resilience within the water sector; and (b) developing a climate-resilient water supply and wastewater masterplan.