vision 2030 jamaica update

The National Vision Statement for

Jamaica is:

“Jamaica, the place of choice

to live, work, raise families,

and do business”

DID YOU KNOW?

Ms. Westmoreland 2011 Festival Queen Re-vealed

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Hot Topic - Vision 2030 Jamaica - Dash-board of Indicators

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Preparation for New

MTF (Cont’d)

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TWGs in Action 5

Recent Significant Events

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Bite of the Quarter

What’s Happening

Next Steps

Breaking News

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Hot Topic (Cont’d) 4

Preparation for New

MTF Underway

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Inside this issue:

OLD HARBOUR TOPS SDC TWENTY20 FOR 2030 COMMUNITY

CRICKET COMPETITION

VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3 JULY 2011 – SEPTEMBER 2011

Miss Westmoreland 2011 Festival Queen Wins First National Vision 2030 Jamaica Award

w ild-card entry Old Harbour of St. Cathe-

rine, copped the title of National champion of the Social Development Commis-sion (SDC) National Twen-ty/20 Community Cricket Competition, and a cash prize of $750,000.

The Old Harbour team triumphed over 372 teams from 410 communities across Jamaica to bring the competi-tion to an exciting climax. They beat Content Gardens of St. Ann in the final match at Alpart Sports Club in St. Eliza-beth on Sunday, September 4, 2011.

Throughout the preparation

and match periods, members of

the public, players and specta-

tors were exposed to Vision

2030 Jamaica through an exhibi-

tion mounted at each venue,

and the distribution of educa-

tional and promotional materi-

als including the Vision 2030

Jamaica, Popular Version (a

concise and user-friendly 80-

page docu-

ment detailing

key elements of the Plan), bro-

chures, pens, pencils, and

message glasses.

Spectators were also kept in-

formed through Question and

Answer segments and titbits

provided by the announcer.

Members of the

victor ious Old

Harbour team hoist

the winning trophy

following their

defeat of Content

Gardens at the

Alpart Sports Club,

St. Elizabeth on

Sunday, September

4, 2011. Joining in

the celebrations is

SDC board Chair-

man Mr. Lloyd

Pommells.

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Photos Courtesy of Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Director General of the Plan-

ning Institute of Jamaica ( PIOJ) Dr . G lads tone Hutchinson presents Lisanie Gayle— Ms. Westmoreland, Festival Queen, and 2nd Run-ner-up to Miss Jamaica Festi-val Queen 2011—with the Vi-sion 2030 Jamaica trophy and cash prize for winning the award for “Item that Best De-picts Vision 2030 Jamaica” at the finals of the 2011 Festival Queen Competition.

Extreme right: Lisanie, in her witch’s costume, stirs the Vision 2030 Jamaica ingredients

in the “Vision Pot” as she performs her entry “Vision Pot” for which she also won the “Best

Performance Award” in the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2011 Competition.

VISION 2030 JAMAICA UPDATE Volume 4 , Issue 3

L isanie Gayle, winner of the “Item that Best De-picts Vision 2030 Jamaica” in the Jamaica Cul-

tural Development Commission (JCDC) 2011 Festi-val Queen Competition, is a 19 year-old student of Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College.

Lisanie who holds the distinction of being the first winner of the award, reveals to Vision 2030 Jamaica Update that she was motivated to perform the item because she “believe[s] in what Vision 2030 Jamaica is all about, [and] that it can be achieved”.

“I usually like to do poems based on something that I like ...I like cake and this motivated me to prepare the item on Vision 2030 … like a cake it has different components which when put together... it’s just deli-cious/great!”

As a result, Lisanie says that the piece took less than five minutes to compose. However, what she found difficult was remembering the words during rehears-al. She also revealed that her sister as well as the Vision 2030 Jamaica, Popular Version helped her to put the ingredients together. The idea for the chorus came from a friend. She reveals that by portraying herself as a witch she was able to be “very differ-ent”.

Lisanie who hopes to attain her degree in Language and Literature within the next five years, is actively involved in her community and her main aim is en-capsulated in the project she’ll undertake during her reign as Ms. Westmoreland: Getting children to learn to read, so that they will read to learn.

As she concludes, “Our most powerful resource is our people; so once we empower them, we are good to go!”

Miss Westmoreland 2011 Festival Queen Revealed...

VISION POT

By: Lisanie Gayle

Gi mi yu dis,

Gi mi yu dat,

Gi mi di dream wey yu gat,

Cum mek mi mix ina mi vision pat Education, dat fus mi a tro,

Nuff a it, fi mek di base a di doe,

Sweetn it wid healt an strent,

An di shuga, fi gi di plan likkle lent, (Witch’s Laughter)

Now wi ready fi di body a di ting,

Beta govanance an security,

No secrets…………..

Mi a put in whole heap a transparency (Witch’s Laughter)

Wealth and prosperity,

Dat a di dream fi wi society,

Business fi boom,

It nuffi a scatta,

Use di economy fi stir di batta Gi mi yu dis,

Gi mi yu dat,


You see mi mix it ina mi pot Now, wi afi wait…

Evry ting in place, mi a mek it simma,

Time will tell…

If yu work wid me…

Mi wi wuk wid you

All a we, it wi can do, just… Gi mi yu dis,

Gi mi yu dat,


We afi mix it ina di pot. AY! You tink is witchcraft I brewing???

NO! I am a Jamaican woman- shaping

mi culcha

I only mixing di plan, fi mek Jamaica di

place of choice fi live, work, raise family

and do business…. Chant Gi mi yu dis,

Gi mi yu dat,


Cum mek mi mix ina mi vision pat See, di fucha bake,

Si di icing pan di cake…

Is love an social strent…

United we stand but divided we fall

Jamaicans… stand up tall

We diversity an intelligency [sic] mek di

plan a possibility,

Mi kno yu waan u nation fi strive,

Yu know wa fi do?... Sing it mek mi

hear Gi mi yu dis,

Gi mi yu dat,


Yu dis, yu dat, yu gi mi yu DREAM………

Winner of:

♦ Best Depiction of Vision 2030 Jamaica

♦ Best Performance in the JCDC Miss

Jamaica Festival Queen 2011

T he plan-ning activi-

ties under Vision 2030 Jamaica for the preparation of the new Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Frame-work (MTF) for FY 2012/13 – 2014/15 has

begun. The new MTF will present the national development priorities and strategies for the next three-year plan-ning period, based on progress to date and the current and expected conditions in the development environment.

As a first step, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) held a half-day work-shop on September 27, 2011 involving in-house expertise to undertake the first phase of the development of a summary

scan and analysis of the planning envi-ronment for the next five (5) years from 2012-2016. Participants focussed on the key trends in the social, economic, environmental and governance areas of development internationally and nationally; and iden-tified the potential impacts of these global trends on the National Outcome Areas of Vision 2030 Jamaica and MTF 2009/2012.

Preparation for New MTF Underway ...

PIOJ Deputy Director General, Mr Everton McFarlane, speak-

ing at the start of the half-day Environmental Scanning Workshop at the PIOJ on September 27, 2011 . More on p 4


Measuring our progress under Vision 2030 Jamaica

OOOO n this page and the next, we present the Dash-

board of selected Indicators of National Well-

being, as presented at the PIOJ Quarterly Press

Briefing on August 24, 2011. This marks one year of

reporting of the National Dashboard of indicators

that are being used to track our country’s progress

during the period to 2030, based on areas critical to

our achievement of the four National Goals.

The report reveals findings for the

April - June 2011 quarter for some

indicators and the 2009-2010 period

for others under four main reporting

areas: Health Status; Education Sta-

tus; Security Status; and Environ-

mental Stewardship, as indicated by

the accompanying tables.

• Health Status: As we track our pro-

gress towards achieving the Interna-

tional benchmark of 95 per cent

Immunization coverage (for tuber-

culosis, polio, diphtheria, pertussis/

whooping cough and tetanus) for chil-

dren between 0-11 months and 12-23

months, data show an average of ap-

proximately 95 per cent coverage for

children 0-11 months in 2010, up from

approximately 91 per cent in 2009. By

contrast coverage for children be-

tween 12-23 months (measles, mumps

and rubella) fell to 87 per cent from 88

per cent in 2009.

• Education Status: As we strive to achieve “World-Class

Education and Training” under Vision 2030 Jamaica, the re-

port reveals that, for the 2010/2011 school year, as a per-

centage of the total number of students taking the CSEC

examinations, there was a decline from approximately 37

per cent to 36 per cent of those attaining Grades I-III in five

CSEC subjects or more, including English Language and/or

Mathematics.

The provisional target by 2030 is for approximately 70 per

cent of students with secondary education to attain five

CSEC subjects or more, including English Language and/or

Mathematics at Grades I-III, and be equipped with the requi-

site skills to pursue tertiary level education and training.

• Security Status: The report focused on Major Crimes—

murder, shooting, rape, carnal abuse, robbery, break-ins and

larceny. As the Table on page 4 indicates, there was a con-

tinued downward trend in incidences of these crimes during

the January to June 2011 period, which began in the second

half of 2010.

• Environmental Stewardship Status: The report re-

vealed the status of the health of our coral reefs, an im-

portant indicator of (i) the state of our nation’s marine

resources and our ability to withstand natural hazards, in

Na�onal Goal # 1: Jamaicans Are Empowered To

Achieve Their Fullest Poten�al

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Cont’d from Page 3

Preparation for MTF 2012-2015 (Cont’d from Page 2)

• The Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Framework (MTF) is the prioritized action plan or frame of reference for implementing Vision 2030 Jamaica and the means by which the country will align more effectively its programmes and activities to the national budget.

• The MTF expresses the overall vision, goals, and outcomes of the Plan and allows for a stage-by-stage operational-ization of the long-term plan.

• The MTF is a series of seven consecutive three-year action plans that will be produced over the period 2009-2030.

• MTF 2012 – 2015 will be the second of the three-yearly MTFs.

DID YOU KNOW?

Goal #2: The Jamaican Society is Secure, Cohesive

and Just

Goal# 4: Jamaica has a Healthy Natural Environment

particular tropical storms and hurricanes;

and (ii) our ability to ultimately achieve a

“...Healthy Natural Environment” by 2030.

In 2010, an average of just over 13 per cent

of the surface area of the seabed of 29

costal marine sites around the island was

covered by live hard corals.

This reflects a decline of 0.4 percentage

points from 2008 when an average of the

surface area covered at 36 sites was

approximately 14 per cent.

Environmental

Scanning Work-

shop activities:

L: PIOJ Science & Technology

Development Planner, Mr Rich-

ard Kelly helps workshop partici-

pants understand the use of

“Foresighting and Environmen-

tal Scanning” in strategic plan-

ning.

Below: Participants engage in animated

discussion as they identify major global

trends and their implications for Jamaica’s

medium-term planning.

L & R: Break-out groups

undertake preliminary

analysis of the potential

impacts of identified

major trends on Nation-

al Outcomes under

Vision 2030 Jamaica.

Reefs covered with microalgae, and

depicting low coral cover.


• Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) have been set up as an important part of the Vision 2030 Jamaica monitoring and evaluation system.

• TWG members are senior technical representatives from Government, civil society, private sector and the international development community.

• Each group is chaired by a Permanent Secretary or Senior Government official.

DID YOU KNOW?

Thematic Working Groups in Action...

• Environment and Planning

Thematic Working Group to

Play Role in Development of

State of the Environment

Report 2010

At the last two meetings of the Environment and Planning Thematic Working Group, held July 14 and September 13, 2011, much attention and discussion was placed on the development of the State of the Environ-ment Report (SOE) 2010. The TWG is ex-pected to play a key role in providing strate-gic direction in the development of this re-port as well as in the gathering of data for analysis and reporting.

The first SOE Report was produced in 1995. S u b s e q u e n t t o 1 9 9 5 , t h r e e other SOEs were produced; in 1999, 2001, and the environment statistics in 2007. Each report was an improvement on the previous in terms of content and scope, and this pro-cess continues as preparation is made to produce the next SOE Report.

The SOE 2010 will adopt the “Pressures-State-Response” format in highlighting driv-ing forces and pressures giving rise to envi-ronmental issues, the state of the environ-ment impacts on natural and human systems and subsequent responses by governmental and non-governmental institutions. The report which will be aligned to the Vision 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan is expected to be laid in Parliament in

November.

• Hazards Risk Reduction and

Adaptation to Climate Change

The seventh meeting of the Thematic Work-ing Group on Hazard Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change was held on August 3rd , 2011. The purpose of this meeting was to share with members and obtain their feedback on the “Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean” project which is to be implemented over the next three years (2011-2014). The meeting was attended by a visiting team from project leaders, the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), in partnership with the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insur-ance Facility (CCRIF), MicroEnsure, the world’s premier micro-insurance broker, Munich Re, a leading global reinsurer, and the UN University. In addition to a presentation and discussion by the visiting team, members of the TWG identified fundamental needs and issues that must be considered by the team for the feasi-bility stage of the project. Five countries in the Region— Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Belize and Guyana— are participating in the programme.

• Education & Training TWG

Meeting - September 21, 2011

Discussions centred on two main areas, namely:

1) The status of the Education Strategic Plan

2) The Indicators and targets and

Agency updates from the HEART Trust/NTA

In discussing the status of the Education Strategic Plan, the TWG informed that the plan had been completed and re-viewed in islandwide consultations. It had been submitted to the Minister for final comments prior to implementation.

In relation to the indicators and targets, the group recommended that indicators relating to early childhood should be add-ed to the matrix in consultation with the Early Childhood Commission.

• Effective Social Protection-

September 21, 2011

The main focus of the meeting was to discuss implementation of the Poverty Reduction and Persons with Disability sector plans. The Jamaica Social Invest-ment Fund (JSIF) gave a presentation on a poverty alleviation project they had imple-mented in West Kingston and was ex-pected to be broadened to include other areas around the island. The project tar-geted areas such as housing and sanitation.

The main presentation on Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) was deferred in the interest of time. However, it was noted that the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE), had facilitated training courses for early child-hood practitioners on understanding and responding to PWDs.

• Health TWG Meeting - August 25, 2011

The health TWG held its second meeting with the focus on continuing the process of reviewing the framework for its operations. This included discussion of the TOR, the indicators and targets, and membership of the TWG. R: Head of Policy, Planning and Development, Ministry of Health, Mrs. Sandra Graham, 3rd left, chairs a recently held Health TWG Meeting.

Chairman of the Environment & Planning TWG,

Mr. Peter Knight, CEO , NEPA (3rd from r.) and

members of the group, at the meeting held in

the PIOJ Boardroom, on Tuesday,

September 13, 2011 .


Recent Significant Events...

This is how the Twenty20 Cricket Competition works… SDC PR Manager, Ms. Afrika Thompson (r), seems to be explaining to PIOJ Com-munication Manager Ms. Carole James.

First two teams to play line up for the cameras along with umpires, SDC and PIOJ officials .

Let us see what our future will be like: Y oun g s t e r s c o l l e c t brochures to educate themselves about Vision 2030 Jamaica and its connection with the Twen-ty20 Cricket and sports in general.

Trelawny

July 2, 2011

SDC 20/20 for 2030 COMMUNITY CRICKET COMPETITION, JULY - SEPTEMBER 2011...

JULY 2011

Vision 2030 Jamaica Workshop for Senior

Education Officers (SEOs) Regions 1, 2 & 6 -

Ministry of Education

July 8, 2011

Coordinators of each

region receive a hard and

soft (CD) copy of the

Plan.

Break-out groups above: Education Officers discuss the strategies for achieving a World-Class Education & Training system under

Vision 2030 Jamaica, according to their respective areas of responsibility—School Improvement & Supervision; Governance; Health

Education and Guidance and Counselling; Numeracy & Literacy.

Right:

Two participants enjoy

reading the Vision

2 0 3 0 J am a i c a ,

Popular Version.

A Senior Education Officer discusses aspects of

the Plan, following Mr. Lumsden’s presenta-

tion which was aimed at heightening awareness

and buy-in of members of the target group. Some of the SEOs who participated in the

Workshop.

SDC Exec. Director (Actg), Mr. Dwayne

Vernon (r) at the turntable as he and

St. Ann Parish Manager, Mr. Richardo

Aiken provide musical entertainment

during the “tun up” periods of the

match.


SDC 20/20 for 2030 COMMUNITY CRICKET COMPETITION - JULY - SEPTEMBER 2011...

Recent Significant Events...

Manchester July 24, 2011

Clarendon August 7, 2011

St. Mary August 21, 2011

St. Ann August 28, 2011

St. Elizabeth September 4, 2011

Above: Mayor of Clarendon, Councillor Milton Brown en-grossed in a copy of the Vision 2030 Jamaica, Popular Version.

SDC & Vision 2030 Jamaica representatives share lens time with teams before the first match.

Can you spot the ball?

Even the goat wanted to get a piece of the exciting action!!

Is there hope for West Indies

cricket?

HEART NTA trainees who are being trained “to achieve their fullest potential”, whip up a Vision 2030 Jamaica punch while SDC Exec. Director (Actg.), Mr. Dwayne Vernon and Vision 2030 Jamaica Communication Specialist, Ms. C. Miller sample the finished product.

L:Spectators engaged in the ‘Tun Up’ a c t i v i t i e s during the lunch-time break.

L: Semi-finalists Content Gar-dens Cricket team —the big winners on the day— posing after their victo-ry over the Wal-tham Police

R: SDC officer, Ms. Marissa Howell displays a poster with Goal #3 of Vision 2030 Jamai-ca as she works towards creat-ing a prosperous economy for her community and country.

R: Vendors cash-in on the oppor-tunity to do good busi-ness at the match.

These little ones are unmindful of all that is happening around them as they read the Vision 2030 Jamaica brochure.

Part of the attractive display at

the Vision 2030 Jamaica booth.

Vision 2030 Jamaica team mem-ber, Ms. Kadian Christie explains the key issues of the Plan.

Getting a bird’s eye view of the action in the middle.

Everyone loves a winner!! Vision 2030 Jamaica team member (c) posing with Andre Russell, (l) and Robert Cato the Old Harbour team.

Top & Bottom: Your knowledge of Vision 2030 Jamaica can earn you a pair of Vision 2030 Jamaica message glasses and other prizes as these cricket enthusiasts discov-ered.

PIOJ Director General, Dr Gladstone Hutchinson expressing his delight in being part of the PIOJ/SDC collabo-ration to communicate Vision 2030 Jamaica through Twenty20 Cricket matches in communities across the island. Dr Hutchinson was speaking at the official launch of the National Finals of the SDC Twenty20 for 2030 Cricket Competition, on July 21, 2011 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston.


Contact us at:

Planning Institute of Jamaica

16 Oxford Road, Kingston 5

Tel: 935-5150; 960-9339;906-4471/2

Email: [email protected]

Website:www.vision2030.gov.jm

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What’s Happening

EVENTS DATE

Vision 2030 Jamaica Workshop for Senior Education Officers – Regions 3, 4 & 5

Friday, October 7, 2011 St. Hilda’s High School Auditorium

Brown’s Town, St. Ann

TWG Meetings Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Population

October, 2011 Environment and Planning

Thursday, November 17, 2011 Health

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Social Protection

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Education and Training

St. Mary Career Fair & Expo

Vision 2030 Jamaica Booth

Thursday, October 20, 2011 Gray’s Inn Sports Complex Annotto Bay

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 @ 10: 00 am SDC 20/20 Cricket Awards Presentation

Knutsford Court Hotel

November 7-9, 2011 SDC St. Ann

“Empower to Transform”

November, 28-30, 2011 Manchester Parish Run

SDC Community Month of Activi-ties

NEXT STEPS

Thematic Working Group Meetings

Continue to make presentations to key

stakeholders on Vision 2030 Jamaica

Preparation of MTF 2012 - 2015

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Vision 2030 Jamaica Popular Version

now in

Talking Book format

Coming soon to our website which is being upgraded!

Source: PIOJ Director General Dr Gladstone Hutchinson, speaking at SALISES/PIOJ/Department of Economics Seminar on Jamaica’s Growth Inducement Strategy, September 29, 2011, Mona Visitors' Lodge and Conference Centre, UWI Mona.

Bite of the Quarter

“Vision 2030 Jamaica, the Growth Inducement

Strategy, and the Community Renewal Programme

are functional articulations of the instrumental

freedoms framed by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen

that interact to shape the development process and

contribute to an individual’s capabilities to lead a

valued life.”

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