{"id":9479,"date":"2021-09-29T20:44:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T00:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=9479"},"modified":"2021-09-29T20:44:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T00:44:35","slug":"grenadas-prime-minister-recieves-excellency-in-leadership-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/29\/grenadas-prime-minister-recieves-excellency-in-leadership-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenada\u2019s Prime Minister Recieves Excellency In Leadership Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grenada\u2019s\u00a0Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell is the 2020-2021 recipient of the Excellency in Leadership Award, presented by the SIDS Dock Island Women Open Network (IWON), for his outstanding leadership of SIDS DOCK.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Mitchell, who was elected in 2018 as the President of the 4th\u00a0Session of Assembly of\u00a0 SIDS DOCK, served an unprecedented second term, due to the death of the President designate, the former Prime Minister of Tonga, in 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As he handed over the reins of leadership at the 6th\u00a0Session of the Assembly of SIDS\u00a0 DOCK on Tuesday, the Grenadian leader was revealed as the latest awardee, in\u00a0 recognition of his \u201cexemplary leadership, faithfulness, commitment and dedication in\u00a0 furthering the SIDS DOCK mission\u201d. His ability to maintain solidarity and keep the\u00a0 fledgling organisation afloat during the challenging times created by the COVID-19\u00a0 pandemic, was also recognised.<\/p>\n<p>The citation on the award commended the Prime Minister for prioritising the interests of\u00a0 SIDS DOCK member states, for being an advocate for ocean energy for Small Island\u00a0 Developing States (SIDS) and for promoting the building of resilience to the impact of\u00a0 climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Under Dr. Mitchell\u2019s leadership of SIDS DOCK, the organisation kick-started the\u00a0 implementation of its largest programme, the SIDS Blue Guardians, a US $40 million\u00a0 initiative which focuses on \u201cimproving the management of SIDS ocean resources and\u00a0 developing ocean energy to be SIDS primary energy source in the future to drive SIDS\u00a0 carbon neutral economic development, as well as building resilience to the impacts of a\u00a0 changing climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister was also credited with having the moral courage, vision, ability to\u00a0 make tough choices, and willingness to engage in hard work in championing ocean\u00a0 energy, an ignored and critical resource for SIDS. His advocacy is said to have produced\u00a0 sustained attention for SIDS.<\/p>\n<p>The citation also referenced Dr. Mitchell\u2019s exceptional achievements that are of great\u00a0 benefit to Grenada, CARICOM, Small Island Developing States and the world.<\/p>\n<p>The award was presented on behalf of SIDS DOCK Island Women Open Network, by\u00a0 Josette Parris, a Form-3 student of the St. George\u2019s Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Grenada\u2019s\u00a0Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell is the 2020-2021 recipient of the Excellency in Leadership Award, presented by the SIDS Dock Island Women Open Network (IWON), for his outstanding leadership of SIDS DOCK. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/29\/grenadas-prime-minister-recieves-excellency-in-leadership-award\/\" title=\"Grenada\u2019s Prime Minister Recieves Excellency In Leadership 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