Other interventions included : providing support for the finalization of the PRSP ; building capacity in the health sector ; enhancing capacity for gender equity in governance and providing skills training for poor and disadvantaged women ; the establishment of a sustainable development networking programme ; and support to the local standards organization . Notable results under this programme area include the conduct of a poverty survey in 1999-2000 , whose results formed the database for the preparation of an Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper ( I-PRSP ) for Guyana ; the establishment of the Guyana Women 's Leadership Institute ; certification of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards and introduction of the International Standards Organization 14,000 series of standards to guide production in the manufacturing and mining sectors .