About Curaçao and Sint Maarten
Curaçao
and Sint Maarten are located in different locations in the Caribbean
Sea and both are countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Curaçao is located north of Venezuela; Sint Maarten east of the Virgin
Islands. The UNDP provides development assistance to both. There
is no UNDP Standard Basic Assistance Agreement (SBAA) since they are
both countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Mainstays of the economy include tourism, petroleum refining, and
offshore finance. The islands enjoy a high per capita income and a
well-developed infrastructure. Almost all consumer and capital goods
are imported from the United States of America and Mexico. Poor soils
and inadequate water supplies hamper the development of agriculture.
Population Curaçao: 141,766 (July 2009 census)
Population Sint
Maarten: 37,249 (July 2010 est.)
Capital Curaçao: Willemstad
Capital Sint Maarten: Philipsburg
Chief of State: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (April 1980).
Governer Curaçao: Mr. Frits Goedgedrag
Head of Government Curaçao:
Prime Minister Mr. Gerrit Schotte
Governer Sint Maarten: Mr.
Eugene Holiday
Head of Government Sint Maarten: Prime Minister Mrs
Sarah Wescot-Williams
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UNDP Project Title:
Capacity Development for nation building in the Netherlands
Antilles*
(*the Netherlands Antilles have been disbanded but it has been
agreed to keep the name of this project which will complete in
2011)
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UNDP Project number:
72101
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Focus Area:
Poverty and the MDGs
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Service Line:
Enhanced national and local capacities to plan, monitor,
report and evaluate the MDGs and related national development
priorities, including within resource frameworks
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Dates: 2009-2011
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Status:
Ongoing
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Location:
Curacao
and Sint Maarten
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Implementing Partner:
Ministry of General Affairs, Department for Development
Cooperation
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Financial Information
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Source of Funds:
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Budget:
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US$ 330,950
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Expenditure to date:
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US$ 128,000 (updated Dec 2010)
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Brief Description:
Main deliverables: the first MDG Report for
Curacao
and Sint Maarten to serve as a base line for further
development of the countries and secondly, the installation
and capacity development for national socio economic databases
based on DevInfo.
In different referenda held in the Netherlands Antilles (NA)
(Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten), the
citizens of this federation agreed on a different
constitutional arrangement within the Kingdom of the
Netherlands. Various meetings initiated since 2005 resulted in
an agreement between the Netherlands and the Netherlands
Antilles which dismantles the Netherlands Antilles Federation.
The island territories St. Maarten and Curacao will become
self governed countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
while the island territories Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius
will become overseas territories within the Kingdom of the
Netherlands. The preparations and consultations for the new
constitutional arrangements within the Kingdom of the
Netherlands are at an advanced stage and still ongoing. This
process of fundamental change presents challenges for
government officials. This project will assist senior public
servants to manage this change process, prepare them for new
responsibilities of negotiating with multilateral
organisations, assess the development status of the new
countries and develop tools and capacity for data management.
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Project Document Link
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Contact: Sandra Baptiste-Caruth
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