BARBADOS-VISIT-Top EU official to visit Dominica.

The deputy secretary general for Economic and Global Issues of the European Union's External Action Service, Helena Konig will arrive in Dominica on Thursday as part of a visit to four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries.

She is due to visit Barbados following her visit to Roseau, where she will officially hand over climate resilient houses that were built as part of the country's reconstruction, following the devastation of Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Helena Konig

The homes are located in the vulnerable Kalinago territory, north east of here, where descendants of the country's indigenous people, the Caribs, still reside.

During her brief visit to Dominica, the EU official will meet with Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit for discussions 'on issues of common interest'.

An EU statement said that the reconstruction effort was part of a Euro 19.6 million (One Euro =US$1.29 cents) grant funding from the European Union to assist the government in rebuilding the country as the first Climate Resilient nation in the world.

This included the construction of 50 houses and two climate resilient emergency shelters, repairing of a least 1,000 structures, and the rehabilitation and upgrade of public buildings. The two shelters can house more than 300 persons during an emergency.

The EU action also facilitated the implementation of the National Resilience...