PM LAUNCHES VISION 2030 JAMAICA POPULAR VERSION PM LAUNCHES VISION 2030 JAMAICA POPULAR VERSION PM LAUNCHES VISION 2030 JAMAICA POPULAR VERSION PM LAUNCHES VISION 2030 JAMAICA POPULAR VERSION VISION 2030 JAMAICA UPDATE July 2010 - December 2010 A Quarterly Newsletter of the Plan Development Unit, PIOJ ISSN 0799 — 2386 Since assuming the position of Director General at the PIOJ in July 2010, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson has “hit the ground running” in ensuring that Jamaicans understand the country’s trajectory towards achieving the national goals of Vision 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan. As a staunch champion of the Plan, Dr. Hutchinson has declared “Jamaica and Jamaicans have no choice but to aggressively and credibly pursue Vision 2030 Jamaica, as it is not only the best way forward for achieving our aspira- tions, [but] the only way”. He further asserts, “there is no other way that makes credible sense or that breaks the cycle of adversity and underdevelopment we have endured for too long”. Dr. Hutchinson is not just talking the talk. As a man of action he’s taking positive action within the PIOJ and externally. His interventions to date include: • ensuring that Vision 2030 Jamaica undergirds all PIOJ activities; • presenting a Dashboard of Indicators on Vision 2030 Jamaica as a key component of the PIOJ Quarterly Press Briefings which report on the performance of the economy at the macro and sectoral levels (specifically this helps to focus attention on how the economy is advancing our national development goals as framed under Vision 2030 Jamaica); • shaping public discourse within the framework of Vision 2030 Jamaica, through his speeches and presentations to the public and private sectors as well as civil society; • lobbying/advocating at the highest levels for greater articulation/championing of Vision 2030 Jamaica by key stakeholders in Government, opposition, private sector, and civil society. VOLUME 3, ISSUES 3&4 PIOJ/SDC/CDC/UNDP in Partnership 2 • • Bite of the Quarter 8 • Vision 2030 Jamaica Dashboard of Indicators 3 - 4 • Next Steps 8 • Pictorial Highlights 5 - 7 • What’s Happening 8 Inside this issue: “Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do business Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do business Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do business Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do business” NEW PIOJ DIRECTOR GE NEW PIOJ DIRECTOR GE NEW PIOJ DIRECTOR GE NEW PIOJ DIRECTOR GENERAL CHAMPIONS VISION 2030 JAMAICA NERAL CHAMPIONS VISION 2030 JAMAICA NERAL CHAMPIONS VISION 2030 JAMAICA NERAL CHAMPIONS VISION 2030 JAMAICA On Friday, October 8, 2010, Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding launched the highly anticipated popular version of Vision 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan at the Civic Centre, Montego Bay. Students, members of community groups and stakeholders from the private and public sectors as well as civil society groups who attended, received copies of the informative and user-friendly 88-page document which combines an interesting interplay of visuals and text to succinctly explain the Plan. The booklet is currently being distributed island-wide. PIOJ Director General, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson (2nd left) following his presentation as Guest Lecturer at the 17th Annual Management Institute for National Development (MIND) Public Lecture on August 19, 2010. Joining him from left are: Cabinet Secretary Amb. Douglas Saunders, Chief Executive Director of MIND Mrs. Ruby Brown, and Programme Manager of Vision 2030 Jamaica, Mr. Richard Lumsden. Prime Minister Golding receives a copy of the Popular Version from Deputy Director General of the PIOJ, Dr. Pauline Knight, during the launch.
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PM LAUNCHES VISION 2030 JAMAICA POPULAR VERSION PM LAUNCHES VISION 2030 JAMAICA POPULAR VERSION PM LAUNCHES VISION 2030 JAMAICA POPULAR VERSION PM LAUNCHES VISION 2030 JAMAICA POPULAR VERSION
VISION 2030 JAMAICA UPDATE
July 2010 - December 2010
A Quarterly Newsletter of the Plan Development Unit, PIOJ
ISSN 0799 — 2386
Since assuming the position of Director General at
the PIOJ in July 2010, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson has
“hit the ground running” in ensuring that Jamaicans
understand the country’s trajectory towards achieving
the national goals of Vision 2030 Jamaica -
National Development Plan. As a staunch champion
of the Plan, Dr. Hutchinson has declared “Jamaica
and Jamaicans have no choice but to aggressively
and credibly pursue Vision 2030 Jamaica, as it is not
only the best way forward for achieving our aspira-
tions, [but] the only way”. He further asserts, “there
is no other way that makes credible sense or that
breaks the cycle of adversity and underdevelopment
we have endured for too long”.
Dr. Hutchinson is not just talking the talk. As a man
of action he’s taking positive action within the PIOJ
and externally. His interventions to date include: • ensuring that Vision 2030 Jamaica undergirds all
PIOJ activities;
• presenting a Dashboard of Indicators on Vision
2030 Jamaica as a key component of the PIOJ
Quarterly Press Briefings which report on the
performance of the economy at the macro and
sectoral levels (specifically this helps to focus
attention on how the economy is advancing our
national development goals as framed under
Vision 2030 Jamaica);
• shaping public discourse within the framework of
Vision 2030 Jamaica, through his speeches and
presentations to the public and private sectors as
well as civil society;
• lobbying/advocating at the highest levels for
greater articulation/championing of Vision 2030
Jamaica by key stakeholders in Government,
opposition, private sector, and civil society.
VOLUME 3, ISSUES 3&4
PIOJ/SDC/CDC/UNDP in Partnership 2 • • Bite of the Quarter 8
• Vision 2030 Jamaica Dashboard of Indicators 3 - 4 • Next Steps 8
• Pictorial Highlights 5 - 7 • What’s Happening 8
Inside this issue:
“Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do businessJamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do businessJamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do businessJamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do business”
NEW PIOJ DIRECTOR GENEW PIOJ DIRECTOR GENEW PIOJ DIRECTOR GENEW PIOJ DIRECTOR GENERAL CHAMPIONS VISION 2030 JAMAICANERAL CHAMPIONS VISION 2030 JAMAICANERAL CHAMPIONS VISION 2030 JAMAICANERAL CHAMPIONS VISION 2030 JAMAICA
On Friday, October 8, 2010, Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce
Golding launched the highly anticipated popular version of
Vision 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan at the
Civic Centre, Montego Bay. Students, members of community
groups and stakeholders from the private and public sectors as
well as civil society groups who attended, received copies of the
informative and user-friendly 88-page document which
combines an interesting interplay of visuals and text to
succinctly explain the Plan.
The booklet is currently being distributed island-wide.
PIOJ Director General, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson (2nd left)
following his presentation as Guest Lecturer at the 17th
Annual Management Institute for National Development
(MIND) Public Lecture on August 19, 2010. Joining him from
left are: Cabinet Secretary Amb. Douglas Saunders, Chief
Executive Director of MIND Mrs. Ruby Brown, and Programme
Manager of Vision 2030 Jamaica, Mr. Richard Lumsden.
Prime Minister Golding receives a copy of the
Popular Version from Deputy Director General of
the PIOJ, Dr. Pauline Knight, during the launch.
Page 2 VISION 2030 JAMAICA UPDATE, VOLUME 3, ISSUES 3 & 4 July 2010 - December 2010
Armed with personal copies of the Vision 2030 Jamaica Popular Version, more and more Jamaicans are learning about Vision
2030 Jamaica and what it means for them as individuals, for
their community and for their country. All this is being made
possible, thanks to a collaborative effort involving the Planning
Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Jamaica Cultural Development
Commission (JCDC), the Social Development Commission (SDC),
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
Since November 11, 2010, SDC Field Officers and Community
Group leaders who have been selected to assist in the Vision 2030
Jamaica information, education and communication process at the
community level, have been engaging in the PIOJ/SDC Trainer
of Trainers’ one-day parish workshops. The sessions have
generated very interesting, animated and at times emotional
debates/discussions about our country’s current situation as well as
its prospects for sustainable development by the year 2030.
Generally, participants including many returned residents have
demonstrated their commitment to help realize the vision of mak-
ing “Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and
do business”. Workshops have so far been held in the parishes of:
St. Ann, Trelawny, St. James, St. Thomas, Manchester, Westmoreland, Portland, and St.
Catherine. They are being funded by the UNDP and will end in February 2011.
Also, during November, the JCDC facilitated the PIOJ
through their 2010 Regional Residential Performing Arts
Workshops to interface with teachers and community leaders
who will prepare contestants in the 2011 Jamaica Festival
speech, drama, music and dance competitions. The aim was
to encourage infusion of the key messages of Vision 2030
Jamaica into the entries of the various art forms.
During each Workshop, participants were given an overview of
Vision 2030 Jamaica and discussed how they might present the
theme/themes creatively through the medium of the various art
forms which they present. Special awards will be made in each
category of each art form for the presentation which best epito-
mizes Vision 2030 Jamaica. The Festival Song and Festival
Queen Competitions are also being involved in the “spread the
message” campaign.
JCDC Workshops: Community
group leaders in Trelawny (above)
and Portland (below) work in
groups to simulate development of
strategies that have assisted their
communities to help with the
achievement of a specific national
goal by 2030.
Participants in the JCDC 2010
Regional Residential Performing
Arts Workshop held at the Team-
work Christian Centre, Montego Bay,
St. James (Western region), listen
intently to information on
Vision 2030 Jamaica.
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Page 3 July 2010 - December 2010 VISION 2030 JAMAICA UPDATE, VOLUME 3, ISSUES 3 & 4
Main
Reporting
Area
Key Indicators Past Present Future
1995 2009 2030
1. Health
Status
Life Expectancy (Years) 71.3
(Avg. 1989 -
1991)
72.7
(Avg. 2006
-2008)
76.4
2. Education
Status
Adult Literacy Rate (%) 75.4 86.8 ≥ 98.3
Gross Enrolment –
Tertiary Level (%) 9.5 30.8 50-70
(Prov.)
Results in CSEC (% passing 5
subjects or more) 15.9
(1998)
35.9 60-80
(Prov.)
3. Labour
Force
Quality
Labour Force Certification
(% of Labour Force)
9.4 20.1 90.0
National Goal # 1: Jamaicans Are Empowered To Achieve Their Fullest Potential
Main
Reporting Area
Key Indicators Past Present Future
1995 2009 2030
4. Security Status
Major Crime Rate/100,000
Population
616 438 43
Murder Rate/100,000
Population
31 62 10 (a)
5. Justice Status
Case Clearance Rate (%)
(Resident Magistrates’
Courts)
97.8 80.1 100
(Prov.)
(a) Represents benchmarking to global average rate
National Goal # 2: The Jamaican Society is Secure, Cohesive and Just
How will we measure our progress
from 2009 to 2030 under Vision
2030 Jamaica?
To answer this question, Vision 2030 Jamaica Programme Manager, Mr. Richard Lumsden
(l) presents on this page and the next, the Dashboard of selected Indicators of National
Well-being that we will use to track our country‘s progress during the period to 2030,
based on areas critical to our achievement of the four National Goals.
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PIOJ Director General, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson during his presentation at the 17th Annual Public Lecture of the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) on August 19, 2010.
“... Jamaica and Jamaicans have no choice but to
aggressively and credibly pursue Vision 2030
Jamaica, as it is not only the best way forward
for achieving our aspirations, it is the only
way. There is no other way that makes credible
sense or that breaks the cycle of adversity and
underdevelopment we have endured for too long.” Distribution and dissemination of Vision 2030 Jamaica, among all stakeholders
NEXT STEPS
Ongoing strengthening of the mechanisms for implementation, monitoring & evaluation
Ongoing meetings with MDAs on alignment with Vision 2030 Jamaica
Bite of the Quarters
Vision 2030 Jamaica Update wishes every-Vision 2030 Jamaica Update wishes every-Vision 2030 Jamaica Update wishes every-Vision 2030 Jamaica Update wishes every-one the very best for the season and every one the very best for the season and every one the very best for the season and every one the very best for the season and every good wish for 2011 as we work towards good wish for 2011 as we work towards good wish for 2011 as we work towards good wish for 2011 as we work towards making Jamaica the place of choice!making Jamaica the place of choice!making Jamaica the place of choice!making Jamaica the place of choice!