Vision 2030 Jamaica Update

VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3

JULY 2011 – SEPTEMBER 2011

OLD HARBOUR TOPS SDC TWENTY20 FOR 2030 COMMUNITY CRICKET COMPETITION

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Ms. Westmoreland 2011 Festival Queen Revealed

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Preparation for New MTF Underway

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Hot Topic - Vision 2030 Jamaica - Dashboard of Indicators

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Hot Topic (Cont’d)

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Preparation for New MTF (Cont’d)

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TWGs in Action

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Recent Significant Events

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Bite of the Quarter

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What’s Happening

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Next Steps

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Breaking News 8

DID YOU KNOW?

The National Vision Statement for Jamaica is:

“Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do business”

ild-card entry Old Harbour of St. Catherine, copped the title of National champion of the Social Development Commission (SDC) National Twenty/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 competition to an exciting climax. They beat Content Gardens of St. Ann in the final match at Alpart Sports Club in St. Elizabeth on Sunday, September 4, 2011.

Members of the v i ct o r io us Ol d 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 Chairman Mr. Lloyd Pommells.

page document detailing tors were exposed to Vision key elements of the Plan), bro2030 Jamaica through an exhibi- chures, pens, pencils, and tion mounted at each venue, message glasses. and the distribution of educational and promotional materi- Spectators were also kept inThroughout the preparation als including the Vision 2030 formed through Question and and match periods, members of Jamaica, Popular Version (a Answer segments and titbits the public, players and specta- concise and user-friendly 80provided by the announcer.

Miss Westmoreland 2011 Festival Queen Wins First National Vision 2030 Jamaica Award Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson presents Lisanie Gayle— Ms. Westmoreland, Festival Queen, and 2nd Runner-up to Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2011—with the Vision 2030 Jamaica trophy and cash prize for winning the award for “Item that Best Depicts 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.

Photos Courtesy of Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC)

Inside this issue:

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isanie Gayle, winner of the “Item that Best Depicts Vision 2030 Jamaica” in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) 2011 Festival 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 delicious/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 rehearsal. 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 different”.

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 encapsulated 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!”

Time will tell…

VISION POT By: Lisanie Gayle 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, Gi mi di dream wey yu gat, 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, 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,

Gi mi yu dis, Gi mi yu dat, Gi mi di dream wey yu gat, Cum mek mi mix ina mi vision pat

(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

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, Gi mi di dream wey yu gat, Yu dis, yu dat, yu gi mi yu DREAM………

Gi mi yu dis, Gi mi yu dat, Gi mi di dream wey yu gat, You see mi mix it ina mi pot

Winner of:

Now, wi afi wait…

Evry ting in place, mi a mek it simma,

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Best Depiction of Vision 2030 Jamaica Best Performance in the JCDC Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2011

Preparation for New MTF Underway ...

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he planning activities under Vision 2030 Jamaica for the preparation of the new Medium Term Socio-Economic FramePIOJ Deputy Director General, Policy Mr Everton McFarlane, speak- work (MTF) ing at the start of the half-day for FY 2012/13 En vir onme ntal S ca nni ng Workshop at the PIOJ on – 2014/15 has September 27, 2011 .

begun. The new MTF will present the national development priorities and strategies for the next three-year planning 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 workshop 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 environment 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 identified the potential impacts of these global trends on the National Outcome Areas of Vision 2030 Jamaica and MTF 2009/2012.

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Measuring our progress under Vision 2030 Jamaica

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n this page and the next, we present the Dashboard of selected Indicators of National Wellbeing, 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 Status; Security Status; and Environmental Stewardship, as indicated by the accompanying tables.

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 requisite skills to pursue tertiary level education and training.

• Security Status: The report focused on Major Crimes—

Na onal Goal # 1: Jamaicans Are Empowered To Achieve Their Fullest Poten al

• Health Status: As we track our pro-

gress towards achieving the International benchmark of 95 per cent Immunization coverage (for tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, pertussis/ whooping cough and tetanus) for children between 0-11 months and 12-23 months, data show an average of approximately 95 per cent coverage for children 0-11 months in 2010, up from approximately 91 per cent in 2009. By contrast coverage for children between 12-23 months (measles, mumps and rubella) fell to 87 per cent from 88 per cent in 2009.

murder, shooting, rape, carnal abuse, robbery, break-ins and larceny. As the Table on page 4 indicates, there was a continued downward trend in incidences of these crimes during the January to June 2011 period, which began in the second half of 2010.

• Education Status: As we strive to achieve “World-Class Education and Training” under Vision 2030 Jamaica, the report reveals that, for the 2010/2011 school year, as a percentage of the total number of students taking the CSEC examinations, there was a decline from approximately 37 • Environmental Stewardship Status: The report reper cent to 36 per cent of those attaining Grades I-III in five vealed the status of the health of our coral reefs, an imCSEC subjects or more, including English Language and/or portant indicator of (i) the state of our nation’s marine Mathematics. resources and our ability to withstand natural hazards, in More on p4

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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.

Goal #2: The Jamaican Society is Secure, Cohesive and Just

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.

Goal# 4: Jamaica has a Healthy Natural Environment

Reefs covered with microalgae, and depicting low coral cover.

Preparation for MTF 2012-2015 (Cont’d from Page 2) DID YOU KNOW? •

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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 operationalization of the long-term plan.

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

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

Environmental Scanning Workshop activities:

Below: Participants engage in animated discussion as they identify major global trends and their implications for Jamaica’s medium-term planning.

L: PIOJ Science & Technology Development Planner, Mr Richard Kelly helps workshop participants understand the use of “Foresighting and Environmental Scanning” in strategic planning.

L & R: Break-out groups undertake preliminary analysis of the potential impacts of identified major trends on National Outcomes under Vision 2030 Jamaica.

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Thematic Working Groups in Action...

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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 Environment Report (SOE) 2010. The TWG is expected to play a key role in providing strategic direction in the development of this report as well as in the gathering of data for analysis and reporting.

The first SOE Report was produced in 1995.

Subsequent to 1995, three 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 process continues as preparation is made to produce the next SOE Report.

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 .

DID YOU KNOW? • 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.

The SOE 2010 will adopt the “Pressures- • Education & Training TWG State-Response” format in highlighting drivMeeting - September 21, 2011 ing forces and pressures giving rise to environmental issues, the state of the environ- Discussions centred on two main areas, ment impacts on natural and human systems namely: and subsequent responses by governmental and non-governmental institutions. The 1) The status of the Education Strategic report which will be aligned to the Vision Plan 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan is expected to be laid in Parliament in 2) The Indicators and targets and November.

Agency updates from the HEART Trust/NTA • Hazards Risk Reduction and In discussing the status of the Education Adaptation to Climate Change Strategic Plan, the TWG informed that The seventh meeting of the Thematic Work- the plan had been completed and reing Group on Hazard Risk Reduction and viewed in islandwide consultations. It had Adaptation to Climate Change was held on been submitted to the Minister for final August 3rd , 2011. The purpose of this comments prior to implementation. meeting was to share with members and obtain their feedback on the “Climate Risk In relation to the indicators and targets, Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean” the group recommended that indicators project which is to be implemented over the relating to early childhood should be added to the matrix in consultation with the next three years (2011-2014).

Early Childhood Commission.

The meeting was attended by a visiting team from project leaders, the Munich Climate • Effective Social ProtectionInsurance Initiative (MCII), in partnership September 21, 2011 with the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), MicroEnsure, the The main focus of the meeting was to world’s premier micro-insurance broker, discuss implementation of the Poverty Munich Re, a leading global reinsurer, and Reduction and Persons with Disability the UN University. sector plans. The Jamaica Social InvestIn addition to a presentation and discussion ment Fund (JSIF) gave a presentation on a by the visiting team, members of the TWG poverty alleviation project they had impleidentified fundamental needs and issues that mented in West Kingston and was exmust be considered by the team for the feasi- pected to be broadened to include other areas around the island. The project tarbility stage of the project. geted areas such as housing and sanitation.

Five countries in the Region— Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Belize and Guyana— The main presentation on Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) was deferred in the are participating in the programme. interest of time. However, it was noted that the Jamaica Council for Persons with • Health TWG Meeting Disabilities (JCPD), in collaboration with August 25, 2011 the Ministry of Education (MOE), had facilitated training courses for early childThe health TWG held its second meeting hood practitioners on understanding and with the focus on continuing the process of responding to PWDs. 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.

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Recent Significant Events...

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Vision 2030 Jamaica Workshop for Senior Education Officers (SEOs) Regions 1, 2 & 6 A Senior Education Officer discusses aspects of the Plan, following Mr. Lumsden’s presentation which was aimed at heightening awareness and buy-in of members of the target group.

Ministry of Education July 8, 2011 Some of the SEOs who participated in the Workshop.

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Coordinators of each region receive a hard and soft (CD) copy of the Plan.

Two participants enjoy reading the Vision 2030 Jamaica, Popular Version.

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.

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

Trelawny July 2, 2011

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

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

Let us see what our future will be like: Youngsters collect brochures to educate themselves about Vision 2030 Jamaica and its connection with the Twenty20 Cricket and sports in general.

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.

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Recent Significant Events...

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

Manchester July 24, 2011

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 discovered.

Part of the attractive display at the Vision 2030 Jamaica booth.

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

Is there hope for West Indies cricket?

PIOJ Director General, Dr Gladstone Hutchinson expressing his delight in being part of the PIOJ/SDC collaboration 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.

St. Mary August 21, 2011

Clarendon August 7, 2011

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

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

L:Spectators engaged in the ‘Tun Up’ activities during the lunch-time break.

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

Can you spot the ball?

St. Ann August 28, 2011

Vision 2030 Jamaica team member, Ms. Kadian Christie explains the key issues of the Plan.

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

L: Semi-finalists Content Gardens Cricket team —the big winners on the day— posing after their victory over the Waltham Police

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.

R: Vendors cash-in on the opportunity to do good business at the match.

St. Elizabeth September 4, 2011 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.

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NEXT STEPS

Bite of the Quarter

Thematic Working Group Meetings

Preparation of MTF 2012 - 2015 “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.”

Continue to make presentations to key stakeholders on Vision 2030 Jamaica BREAKING NEWS!!!

Vision 2030 Jamaica Popular Version now in

Talking Book format 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.

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What’s Happening EVENTS

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Vision 2030 Jamaica Workshop for

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

Senior Education Officers – Regions 3, 4 & 5 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

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

Vision 2030 Jamaica Booth SDC Community Month of Activities

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

Contact us at: Planning Institute of Jamaica 16 Oxford Road, Kingston 5 Tel: 935-5150; 960-9339;906-4471/2 Email: ndp@pioj.gov.jm Website:www.vision2030.gov.jm and on: