GSLP-Liberals-Manifesto-2019

sectors of the community, including
NGOs, young people, community
groups and businesses to achieve our
environmental objective to set the
highest standards.
ENVIRONMENT - THE CLIMATE
EMERGENCY
We will establish a Select Committee
of the Parliament on the Climate
Emergency. We will offer that this
committee should – exceptionally and
in recognition of the global, cross party
nature of this problem – be co-Chaired
by the Chief Minister and the Leader of
the Opposition.
PROMOTING WALKING IN
GIBRALTAR
Having conducted a thorough
review of crossing points in Gibraltar
and taken action to make the vast
majority, if not all, of these points
disability friendly, we will now embark
on a review of pedestrian traffic in
Gibraltar, identifying areas where
the interaction between pedestrian
and vehicular traffic is problematic to
determine the appropriate solutions,
such as the protection of pedestrians
behind railings and the increased use
of pelican crossing.
NOISE POLLUTION
Despite being a bustling, thriving city,
there is plenty we can do to tackle
sources of noise pollution. The noise
made by old and dirty diesel power
stations will give way to far quieter,
cleaner methods of energy production
in LNG - but we can do more.
VEHICLE EXHAUST NOISE
On our roads, we will tighten legislation
and provide our authorities with the
equipment they need to clamp down
on unnecessarily and illegally loud
exhaust systems, whether through lack
of repair or intentionally. Loud exhaust
systems are a blight on Gibraltar’s
soundscape and can only effectively
be tackled with the use of mobile
decibel meters and on the spot, fixed
penalty notices
CONSTRUCTION NOISE
In construction, with the adoption of
quiet piling methods and other strict
controls on operating timeframes
imposed on developers, we have come
a long way in mitigating noise pollution
from construction projects which,
necessarily, form a significant part of
Gibraltar’s economy. We will continue
to work with our strategic partners to
minimise, wherever possible, the noise
and other pollution resulting from
property development.
CLEANLINESS
The workers of the new Government
contractor of cleaning services,
Britannia will be provided with the
latest cleaning equipment.
SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTING APP
Housing Issues, Environment Issues,
Sewer Issues, Identified Road Issues,
Illegal Works, Electricity Issues, Water
Issues etc, all of these are now routinely
reported to the whole community and
world on social media instead of being
reported to the relevant authorities for
action. The younger generations do
not go anywhere without their smart
phones and the older generations
have caught on too. We will therefore
develop pages for public reporting on
popular social media platforms and a
reporting App. The working title for
this will be “The Public Inspector App”.
This will be designed as an easy to use
App which allows the Public to report
any incident/issue.
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
Education has progressed under the
GSLP Liberals like never before. We
have built 6 excellent new schools, with
another 6 under way in the advanced
planning stages. We have introduced
co-education, aligned school years to
the Key Stage education programmes
and introduced vocational courses
for older students. We have made
the Special Needs Co-ordinators
(SENCOs) full time, allowing them
to dedicate themselves more to the
children. We have provided Learning
Support Assistants in all upper Primary
(Middle) School classes in order to
support mixed ability learning which
we have introduced.
For the first time ever, we have full
time counsellors in our school system
and we are supporting and training
teachers in dealing with the mental
health of students. We are providing
more scholarships than ever before.
We have extended the arrival time
to school in order to help working
families and reduce congestion. We
have begun the process of providing
hot school lunches.
The list is almost endless. But while we
have further plans for improvement
to build on all that we have already
done, we are determined to continue
supporting the teachers who perform
the task of forming the skills and
character of our future generations
so well. Importantly, throughout the
education system we will concentrate
on life skills and self improvement of
our children and young people. We will
widen the options available and work
with the teachers to make learning
enjoyable and fulfilling.
NEW SCHOOLS
We have delivered the two new
Comprehensive Schools at Bayside
and Westside. These are really state
of the art facilities that are amongst
the best schools in Europe if not the
world. Additionally the new complex
at St Anne’s and Notre Dame has
enhanced the are of Glacis, Laguna
and Winston Churchill Avenue. We
will continue negotiations to relocate
the petrol station next to Notre Dame
School. We will complete the new St
Martin’s School soon after the end of
2019 and, Governor’s Meadow School
and Bishop Fitzgerald School in 2020.
NEW GIB COLLEGE
We will commence work shortly on
the new Gibraltar College, a building
which will reflect its increasing role
in developing education in their
sector, including adult education,
and introducing a wide range of
vocational courses. The designs
will be developed in detail with the
teaching staff of the College.
NEW SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
The new schools programme is a
key part of the work we are doing
in modernising every aspect of
education, including the fabric of our
schools. By the time we complete
this programme of investment in our
schools, every school in Gibraltar will
have been built by the GSLP, most with
the Liberal Party. The only ones not
...aspire to the best Gibraltar
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