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RIISE — Caribbean Resilient Infrastructure Implementation and Skills Exchange
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Accelerating Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Delivery Across the Eastern Caribbean

RIISE supports Caribbean governments in overcoming implementation bottlenecks through on-demand technical expertise, hands-on implementation support and regional knowledge exchange. When a project stalls or is delayed during implementation, RIISE steps in to clear the bottleneck and deliver resilient infrastructure — permanently strengthening local systems and capacities across the region.

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4
Participating countries
13
Technical service areas
7
Delivery stages, end to end
CAD 5M
Phase 1, funded by Canada
  • Project Management
  • Procurement
  • Contract Management
  • Engineering and Technical Reviews
  • Financial Management
  • Environmental Safeguards
  • Social Safeguards
  • Climate Resilience
  • Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Communications
  • Monitoring and Reporting
  • Risk Management
The premise

Why Infrastructure Implementation Matters

“Infrastructure investments only create impact when they are successfully delivered.”

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Context

The Caribbean Implementation Challenge

Across the Caribbean, governments are implementing increasingly complex infrastructure investments while navigating limited institutional capacity, growing climate risks, and increasing demands for project delivery. While financing is often available, implementation bottlenecks can delay progress, increase costs, and reduce development impact.

Delivering climate-resilient public works is therefore a race against time. RIISE helps regional partners navigate and overcome the most common implementation roadblocks:

Capacity Constraints

  • Overstretched implementation teams
  • Limited access to specialised niche expertise

Operational Roadblocks

  • Complex administrative bottlenecks
  • Critical procurement delays

Systemic & Coordination Gaps

  • Fragmented support systems
  • Complex multi-stakeholder coordination
  • Institutional knowledge retention challenges
The response

How RIISE Helps

Each implementation constraint above has a matching form of support.

  • How RIISE helps

    RIISE provides targeted support to help countries overcome implementation challenges and advance resilient infrastructure priorities.

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  • LIMITED ACCESS TO SPECIALISED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

    Rapid mobilization of specialised expertise to address specific implementation needs

  • IMPLEMENTATION AND DELIVERY CHALLENGES

    Targeted technical support to overcome implementation bottlenecks

  • LIMITED INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY

    Strengthening institutional capacity, systems and skills for sustainable delivery

  • LIMITED REGIONAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

    Facilitating peer learning and knowledge exchange across countries

  • FRAGMENTED ACCESS TO REGIONAL EXPERTISE

    Connecting countries with relevant regional expertise and networks

  • LIMITED CAPTURE OF IMPLEMENTATION KNOWLEDGE

    Capturing and sharing lessons learned and good practices