PIOJ Growth-Inducement Strategy - Planning Institute of Jamaica

3.0 Major Themes
This document is the result of the CRP development process to date. Its major themes
are as follows:
1. Enhancing the impact of current violence reduction initiatives through greater
coordination and harmonization of activities at the community level and more
strategic deployment of available resources.
2. Scaling up of best practices based on lessons learnt.
3. Focusing on longer term sustainability of the programme and a “weaning” of
community residents after its conclusion through the transformation of personal
and community attributes and assets into productive activity, wealth creation and
sustainable livelihoods.
4. Building of trust in the state through deeper, on-going engagement with
communities and a formalization of community governance to promote legitimate
community leadership.
4.0 Critical Success Factors
The CRP will seek to improve on previous initiatives by incorporating a focus on four
important aspects:
1. Political transformation - breaking links between politics and ‘dons’, gangs
and forms of organised crime and other criminal elements.
2. Strategic operational engagement by the security forces against criminal
elements to complement social and economic interventions.
3. Unwavering prioritisation of and commitment to the programme by State and
societal action with clearly designated political champions and strong
Parliamentary oversight for accountability.
4. Steadfast linking of community outcomes with the economic, social wellbeing
and justice goals outlined in Vision 2030.
5.0 Priority Actions
The CRP seeks to integrate and synchronise the efforts of government, civil society and
private sector organisations in pursuit of common objectives. Partners have agreed to
work together within a common framework towards the achievement of objectives that
help to advance the goals of vision 2030. Priority initiatives agreed upon are indicated in
Table G.1.
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