The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), by letter of September 25, 2017 to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), requested support on behalf of GOAB under IDB Special Programme/Non-Reimbursable Technical Cooperation for Emergency Assistance for countries affected by natural disasters.  

IDB responded to the request, and, on January 17, 2017, the General Manager of the Caribbean Countries authorised two hundred thousand United States dollars (USD200,000) under the Non-Reimbursable Technical Cooperation Emergency Assistance to GOAB, in accordance with CDB’s request, and submitted a Letter of Agreement in respect of the Technical Cooperation for countersignature by CDB (See Appendix 1 Emergency Assistance to OECS Countries affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria).