In accordance with the authority delegated by the Board of Directors at its Two Hundred and Eighty-Third Meeting (Minute 283.27), the President approved the Use of Funds of an amount not exceeding the equivalent of Thirteen Thousand Six Hundred United States dollars (USD13,600) from the Special Funds Resources of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to finance the participation of Civil Society Organisations from its Borrowing Member Countries at the Disabled Peoples' International North America and the Caribbean, Inc. Tenth Regional Assembly and Consultation on CDB’s Disability Assessment Project.