PIOJ Annual Report 2005 - Planning Institute of Jamaica

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Claire Bernard, Director, Sustainable Development & Regional Planning, PIOJ, discusses a point with sixth form students from Merl Grove
High School during a Speakers’ Bureau which was held at the School on November 11, 2005.
expansion along the north-west tourism corridor. A GIS
Atlas of 36 maps was also created to support the study.
Technical assistance was provided to the Highway 2000
Corridor Plan Secretariat through the review of draft
reports and preparation of 117 squatter settlement and 23
special area maps for the study area.
A draft project proposal for the preparation of a
Squatter Management Policy was prepared and submitted
to the World Bank for funding. Preliminary research
was undertaken towards the development of a waste management
policy with specific reference to End of Life
Vehicles (ELVs) and related wastes. Other policy inputs
included technical support for the development of the
Hazard Mitigation Policy, the preparation of a Position
Paper on a Regional Development Strategy and the design
of a study for Review of the National Planning System.
An action plan to guide implementation of components
of the Rural Sustainable Development Policy was
developed. The action plan which can be linked to climate
change and desertification was formulated through
technical assistance from the Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
One Draft Cabinet Submission, two Cabinet Notes
and four Ministerial Briefs were prepared. In addition,
technical comments were prepared on 13 policies, terms
of references and projects and three parish sustainable
development plans. Technical advice was provided on an
ongoing basis through participation in a number of councils
and committees. Including:
• Squatter Management Policy Steering Committee;
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