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Work on the establishment of a Jamaica Water Resources Development Master Plan is to get underway this month. The Government of Jamaica has allocated $18.4 million towards the project in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to provide assistance to the Water Resources Authority (WRA) to update the Jamaica Water Resources Development...

A sum of $38.7 million has been allocated to the Hermitage Dam Rehabilitation Study. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project, to get underway this month, seeks to carry out a feasibility assessment for the rehabilitation of the Hermitage Dam. It will determine the structural integrity of the dam and...

The Government has allocated $5 million towards the Community Empowerment and Transformation (COMET) project, Phase II. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on April 14. The project seeks to strengthen community and civil society organisations to be active managers and leaders in their communities and to increase citizen participation, cooperation and...

The Government is to spend $361 million this fiscal year under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (EECP), to improve energy efficiency and conservation within the public sector. The money, which is to come from the Consolidated Fund, has been allocated in the 2016/2017 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Targets this fiscal year include the complete...

The Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) IV, directed at the attainment of Goals One and Two of Jamaica’s National Development Plan, Vision 2030, has received a further allotment of $400 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), through funding from the European Union, aims...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) will continue its implementation of the Jamaica Integrated Community Development Project to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure and services, through a further allotment of $305 million. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project is also to contribute to increased community safety in selected...

The Government is to spend $192 million this fiscal year for youth employment in the digital and creative industries. Funding for this initiative is to come from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). The funds have been set aside in the 2016/2017 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Implemented by the Energy, Science and Technology...

The Government has allocated $3.6 million towards the Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States  project. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The objectives of the project are to: restore historical hydrological and other physical processes in the Negril Great Morass; enhance and re‐establish native vegetation...

A sum of  $14.9 million  has been allocated to support  implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 2011-2020 Strategic Plan, as outlined in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to integrate Jamaica’s obligation under the CBD into its national development and sectoral planning framework through a renewed and participative biodiversity planning...

The Government has allocated $35.5 million towards the Third National Communication and Biennial Update Report to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC). This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The funding is to assist the preparation of the Third National Communication (TNC) and First Biennial Update Report (BUR) for...

The pilot programme for Climate Resilience II (PPCR II) – Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism Project has been allocated $250 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The objective of the project is to increase Jamaica's resilience to climate change, through enhancing adaptive capacity across priority sectors. It is anticipated that for the fiscal...

A sum of $70 million has been earmarked in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure for the continuation of the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities project. The project, which started August 2013, is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security with funding provided by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). It aims to...