PERFORMANCE United Workers Party 2010 2011 Manifesto 2006 VISITORS: VISITORS: 1 Million 695,000 WWW. REVENUE: REVENUE: The POWER of WE $768,000 $1.5 Billion VOTE X UNITED WORKERS PARTY Let’s keep the flame BURNING Solid economic management performance… Unprecedented delivery of People development projects

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Human Resource Centres Look Out Point In Dennery The 2011 Manifesto of the United Workers Party Our achievements celebrate the blessings of features a detailed listing of our achievements as POWER OF WE over the past five years, and the duty elected government of from legitimize the power of possibilities that will inspire December 2006. This record of solid performance our development efforts over the next five years, in delivering on the promise to secure the greatest leveraging the power of working together as one good for the greatest number is the platform on people and one nation. which we seek re-election. Manifesto 2011 also features comprehensive policy Our value proposition to the people of Saint Lucia statements which provide the road map from is all about utilizing the POWER of “WE”. - We the vision to goals, to governance fundamentals, to people, joining hearts and hands, a nd voices, in priorities on the action plan going forward. This the cause of a better St. Lucia for all Saint Lucians. all-embracing document will be widely circulated and will also be available on-line at Throughout the turmoil of various disasters at www.uwpstlucia.com home and abroad. It is the POWER OF WE that worked wonders for us ensuring remarkable results The UWP counts it a great joy and honour to invite in the worst of times around the world. you to give Manifesto 2011 your most careful consideration.

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OUR ACHIEVEMENTS ...... 4

OUR PRIORITIES : WHAT WE WILL DELIVER ...... 9

MESSAGE FROM THE POLITICAL LEADER ...... 13

STATEMENT FROM THE PARTY CHAIRMAN ...... 14

OUR VISION ...... 16

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The United Workers Party: A History of Unsurpassed Progress. 2. Growth Inducing Measures and Achievements in Agriculture, Tourism and Other Sectors A consistent record of performance that has provided decades of prosperity to generations of Saint Lucians. • Launch of a National Competitiveness and projects, despite the difficult global Productivity Council financial environment: We are known at home and abroad for sound economic management and delivering on our promises. No • The revitalization of Agriculture. We are Administration in the history of Saint Lucia has ever had to face and manage within five years, the number now self sufficient in egg production, more - Baywalk - Jalousie Plantation and extent of external shocks and natural disasters that this Administration has faced: home grown food is consumed locally and Expansion • The oil price shock – prices rising and • The drought in 2010 the food import bill relative to total - Landings - Renovation and peaking in July 2008 • Hurricane Tomas in October 2010, costing spending is lower than ever Expansion of Le Sport and • The food price crisis in 2008 EC$907 million in losses and damage • The development of agriculture including: Ti Kaye • The global financial crisis in 2008 and • Rising international commodity prices in - Policy decision to return Union to - Mardini - Bank of Saint Lucia lingering effects right up to the present 2011 agricultural development instead of being headquarters at Massade, time • Floods in 2011 used as a football playground Gros Islet • Hurricane Dean in September 2009 (the Gold Project) - Karlione Court - Providence Centre at - The construction of the Tissue Culture Rodney Bay In spite of these adversities, the following were achieved under the UWP Administration: Laboratory - Hewanorra - Mercury Court at Choc Bay 1. Macroeconomic Management and Strategies for Keeping the Cost of Living Low - The distribution of some 100 green houses House - The development of a hatchery for tilapia - FDL Building - Choc Financial Centre • Positive growth on average for the last five Saint Lucia’s public debt grew by $539 and prawns and the resuscitation of - Morne Du Cap - Johnson’s Superstore at year term, with a high of 4.4 percent in 2010 million between December 2006 and the agriculture Rodney Bay • Inflation was contained present. This is less than the SLP’s - Development of orchid production as part • In 2010, Saint Lucia became the largest $677 million increase in debt between of the agricultural diversification effort • Building of vendors’ booths on Jeremie economy in the OECS, a position it lost in December 2001 and December 2006 - Commencement of construction of a meat Street and lower Darling Road 1998 under SLP rule - Debt moved from 29.3%of GDP in processing facility in Vieux Fort • Resurfaced the Babonneau, East Coast • Fiscal discipline, reflected in Saint Lucia December 2001 to 50.2% in December - Opening of a fisheries facility in Road from Praslin to Cannelles and being one of few ECCU countries without 2006. That is an increase of 20.9 percentage Anse-La-Raye upgrading of the West Coast Road an IMF programme points. By comparison, the UWP - Reactivation of the Beausejour Agricultural (ongoing) • Maintenance of Saint Lucia’s country rating Administration increased the debt by 12.8 Station • Rehabilitation of urban roads of BBB+ because of sound management percentage points to 63% of GDP at the end • Government acquired SLBC shares in • Development of the Gros Islet Waterfront and strong economic performance of 2010 WINFRESH at a cost of $26.266 million, area • From 2007 to 2011 Saint Lucia was ranked • Created opportunities for placing greater thus ensuring those shares remain in the • Increased airlift to Saint Lucia the number one CARICOM country economic power in the hands of ordinary hands of Saint Lucians • Significant increase in tourist arrivals for Doing Business Saint Lucians • Rehabilitation of agricultural feeder roads • Establishment of a maritime registry • Tax exemptions to provide relief to • Subsidized basic food items – rice, flour, • WASCO kept in the hands of Saint Lucians • Undertaking a substantial Post Tomas Re consumers in 2007/08 when world prices Sugar, every year for the last five years. and not sold to foreigners to control and covery and Reconstruction programme escalated The subsidy for 2011/2012 will be profit from providing precious water to • Establishment of a Regional Integration • Increase in income tax deduction to approximately $22 million the people and Diaspora Unit in the Office of the $17,000 from$16,000 • Increase in LPG subsidy to $15 per 20 lb • Payment of entitlement to WASCO workers Prime Minister • Increase in mortgage allowances to $20,000 cylinder of LPG from $8 in 2006 outstanding for 10 years • Implemented over 200 community from $16,000 • Against the IMF advice, this government • Maintained investor confidence in the projects island-wide under the • Reduced the rate of growth of the debt. reduced the excise tax on fuel from economy, evidenced by the many Constituency Development Programme Despite rising costs resulting from the $3 per gallon to as low as $1.25 per gallon domestic private sector construction severe external shocks over the past five in June 2011 years,

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• Violent crime under control. While Labour for Bordelais Correctional Facility and other • Commencement of the process to upgrade programme (social welfare) and pensions talked about crime reduction for years, we strategic areas around the country the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College to various categories of pensioners; took action. They paid lip service. • Enacted legislation to ensure that there will (SALCC) to a University building footpaths, bridges and homes for WE TOOK ACTION! Saint Lucians are now not be a repeat of the Rochamel Loan • Reinstatement of allowance for teachers needy persons with the help of the safer with the UWP Guarantee arrangement attending Teachers’ Training College Taiwanese; providing computer labs in • The establishment of the Financial Services • Establishment of Rural Councils to broaden • Significantly increased access to university schools and completing the platform for Regulatory Authority to strengthen the reach of Local Government education through the provision of study e-government to improve the delivery of regulation and supervision of non-bank • Establishment of a Civil Status Rectification grants and student loan guarantees social and other programmes financial institutions Office • Re-introduction of school buses • The establishment of HOPE which is • Provision of closed circuit television (CCTV) • The repair of and upgrading of St. Jude administered by the Saint Lucia Social hospital which is ongoing Development Fund (SSDF) to help young • Completion and commissioning of the New people gain skills Mental Wellness Centre • Constructed a new Senior Citizens Home in • Start of construction of the New National Black Bay, Vieux Fort Hospital costing $130 million • Building Human Resource Centres in • Development of eye care services. Monchy, LaRessource and Laborie and Establishment of the Eye Care Centre of Grand Riviere Excellence with assistance from Cuba • Completion of a transit house for children • Refurbishment of a number of health • Increasing contribution for the arts centres around the island including carnival and music education • Implementation of social policy initiatives • Bringing pipe-borne water to residents of la to prevent vulnerable groups from Bourne falling into the cracks. These include • Refurbishment of the Gros Islet Town increasing the number of basic food items; Square funding for the public assistance

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5 Youth and Sports With our new agenda for growth and development, we will continue to lead Saint Lucians towards prosperity, greater security and a better future. • The re-establishment of the Saint Lucia • Redevelopment of the Phillip Marcellin Development Bank (SLDB), along with the Grounds in Vieux Fort The main goal of the UWP Administration will be attaining higher rates of economic growth and reducing launch of the Small Business Facility • Refurbishment of major playing fields as unemployment, particularly among our youth, over the next five years. In addition, the UWP will focus on • Launch of the Youth Enterprise Equity Fund well as community playing fields the following priority areas: at the SLDB, thus providing young people • Completion of the National Tennis Facility at with project finance and unprecedented Beausejour • Strengthening the environment for job • Reconfiguring the education system to economic opportunities • Start of the construction and refurbishment creation by the local and foreign private provide a more flexible and relevant • Refurbishment of the George Odlum of a playing facility at George V Park sector workforce National Stadium and hosting of • Expanding incentives and making the • Providing the opportunity for the youth to CARIFTA Games business climate more attractive for local give full expression to their creativity and foreign investors and sporting prowess, undertake training • Managing the public debt consistent with and skill development programmes, the UWP’s economic growth agenda and become gainfully employed and achieve the need to maintain fiscal sustainability their ambitions • Employing appropriate strategies to • Provision of expanded transportation stimulate the productive sector, including infrastructure modernizing and expanding Agriculture, • Maintaining good governance and the Tourism, Public Utilities, Housing and our creation of modern local government Manufacturing base • Construction of adequate facilities for all • Maintenance of law and order and aspects of the Arts and Culture continuing to reduce crime • Finalization of a land use policy consistent • Provision of a modern and efficient health with the 20/20 spatial vision plan already care system for all developed • Provision of universal health insurance

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We performed! We delivered! Saint Jude Hospital under going reconstrustion We kept our promises and managed the economy and country effectively, despite costly natural disasters and the worldwide recession.

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UWP will develop detailed programmes to pursue the following specific priorities: • Expand community sporting infrastructure Saint Lucia School of Music to develop • Reduce unemployment and poverty by and provision of certification programmes island wide to ensure the youth are given music programmes, particularly for the generating jobs in Tourism, Information to trades men and women (artisans) the opportunity to develop their full youth and Communications Technology (ICT), • Expand the reach of the Saint Lucia potential in various sporting disciplines • Build a National Cultural Complex to Green Energy, Construction, Manufacturing Development Bank • Provide an international swimming encompass all the creative and performing and Agricultural Sectors and the • Establish a National Science and facility in collaboration with the Saint Lucia arts after public consultation professional and business service areas Technology Centre in the new Anse La Amateur Swimming Association (SLASA). • Strengthen the regulation of insurance and • Tighten inter-sectoral linkages among Raye/Canaries economic frontier Expand the provision of support to the non-bank sectors agriculture, manufacturing, tourism and • Modernize and transform the agriculture other sectors sector to capitalize on opportunities in • Encourage the development of innovation niche products with export potential and entrepreneurship as a means of • Open up the eastern corridor between achieving economic development Monchy and Vieux Fort through • Review Government’s fiscal policy including development of transportation its approach to taxation in the context of infrastructure including the construction of Government’s economic growth agenda a north-east highway from Dennery to • Reform the domestic business environment Gros Islet with a focus on increasing the efficiency of • Undertake the redevelopment of conducting business Hewanorra International Airport • Develop the mechanisms for the private • Increase investment in health/wellness and sector to take advantage of regional and sports tourism international trade agreements and to • Work with LUCELEC to explore ways to expand production for export reduce electricity costs including the use of • Work with the private sector to increase alternative energy productivity throughout the economy • Restore WASCO’s financial viability, • Re-orient foreign missions to market Saint strengthen its management and the Lucia for new foreign investment governance environment in which it • Strengthen building codes to withstand operates and expand its investment in hurricanes, earthquakes and natural water infrastructure disasters as much as possible • Provide the environment for increased • Maintain fiscal prudence investment in affordable housing • Rationalize government expenditure to • Provide Universal Health Care enhance efficiencies • Provide specialized health care for local • Increase the productivity of key towns and people and visitors in select areas villages through infrastructural • Develop a policy paper on Special improvement and targeted investment Education for National Consultation and • Promote and support self-employment implementation and introduce universal through investment in skills training access to Early Childhood Education

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Together we have commenced the reconstruction We will continue to ensure that diversification will not the politicians. I will continue to reach out as of our country. Together we are building a better decentralize development so that north, south, east the weaving of our hands together, will ensure an country. Our accomplishments are high-lighted in and west will have an opportunity to share in interconnection that will be the foundation for our this manifesto and are visible in every community. the benefits of our i nvestments. We will continue survival and ultimate success as a nation. to ensure that development will start with putting My brothers and sisters, we have held out our resources in the hands of the people. We believe I also take this opportunity to remind every Saint hands to each other and worked together for a that such an approach will result in the progress of Lucian that with commitment, dedication and stronger nation. My hand is always outstretched to our entire people and country. effort, all of us together – TEAM SAINT LUCIA – will you in brotherhood for, as the leader of this nation, enjoy the richness and blessing of our island. I I am its greatest servant. I have been motivated My leadership style has proven that we can do thank you for the support that you have given to to serve by a mother who taught me that I am my many things without carrying a big stick. It has me over the last four years and look forward to brother’s keeper and I am my sister’s keeper. I am demonstrated that listening to the people and serving you under a new and stronger mandate. Hon. Stephenson King not above you, I am one of you. walking on the ground among the people will Political Leader bring us closer to the needs of the people. I will Vote for the United Workers Party! My fellow Saint Lucians I am motivated by all Saint Lucians, especially by continue to be a leader who will engage with my the youth whose genius must be given appropriate brothers and sisters. I will speak with you as I do Any assessment of our beloved country and its avenues for positive expression. That is the reason not have all the answers. I will work with you as Stephenson King citizens over the last four years must conclude that why so much effort is going into our youth together we are can share our resources. I will Political Leader despite challenge after challenge and disaster after initiatives. I am motivated by our women who work share with you as this country belongs to you and disaster, Saint Lucia and her sons and daughters ceaselessly for this country, often with no praise or have weathered the storms and emerged better, word of thanks. I am motivated by all the stronger and more resilient. We have faced Saint Lucians who work tirelessly no matter their difficulties with courage and patience and have political affiliation and will ensure the success of refused to give up. We are truly a blessed people. projects for the good of the country. The POWER of WE

We overcame when our nation was plunged into I may not be perfect, but every day I put my back to mourning, when we united in grief over the the grindstone for the benefit of Saint Lucians. passing of Sir , the leader of our I promise that I will continue to work tirelessly to country and political leader of our party. We ensure that all Saint Lucians can live vital, weathered the storm caused by the global financial sustainable lives. Under my leadership, the United crisis and recession, where together, we succeeded Workers Party will continue to be committed to in steering the economy to strong growth of 4.4% the development and enhancement of our small in 2010, the third year of the crisis. We dealt vulnerable communities and their people. We effectively with the recent period of violent crime believe that the empowerment of these when our citizens watched in horror at the communities will enhance the governance of the inhumanity of a misguided sector of our entire country. We believe that if we give more population. We came together and today we are people a greater stake in their communities they safer and feel more secure in our homes and on the will ensure their preservation, protection and streets. We united and huddled together when we development. faced the devastation of Hurricane Tomas.

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threatened to diminish the political gains we had it was only in so doing that the progress of the not only speak to our achievements in government, made. The fortitude, commitment and sense of nation could be guaranteed. As we embark on the but will seek to demonstrate in a tangible and purpose of our parliamentarians were tested and next leg of the journey in government, we realistic way the vision of our Party for the our survival as a Party in Government doubted. re-affirmour pledge to the people of Fair Helen by continued success and progress of ALL ensuring: SAINT LUCIANS. But it was the resilience and generosity of the people of Saint Lucia, coupled with the leadership • The Safety and Security of all Citizens To “KEEP THE FLAME OF PROGRESS BURNING” – of a UWP government which must be singled out • The Provision of Affordable Housing, Health RE-ELECT UWP! for praise. The responses in the aftermath of the Care and Education devastation caused by Hurricane Tomas and other • The Continuation of our Economic As Chairman, I take this opportunity to thank all natural disasters, the International Financial crisis Recovery and Employment Generation members, supporters and well wishers. I look and not forgetting the inherited crime situation, Programme (Job creation) forward to your continued support of the United have been spectacular. It has been a daunting task • The Enhancement of our Social and Cultural Workers Party in the upcoming elections and but on every count our government has risen to the Development Programmes beyond. challenge. Our success in Government has come • The Empowering of our Communities from the hard work of the Party and that of its • Good Governance and Social Justice. committed leader. This Party believes in the creative strength of our After the 2006 elections we found a countr plagued people. We believe in the youth of our nation. We by partisanship and divisiveness and a people believe in the core values that characterize the Clem J. Bobb demoralized. Discrimination was then the order of Lucian spirit and importantly, we believe in social Party Chairman The United Workers Party has completed yet the day upheld by the affirmative action plan of the justice and equity. Therefore, this manifesto will another journey. This journey began five years opposing party. In the main, this Party in ago, with the party’s victory at the polls in the 2006 government did not seek to act with political General Election under the leadership of Sir John expediency, but adopted a conciliatory approach Compton, father of our nation. Regrettably death to effect social change. The philosophy and ethos robbed us of our leader. Sir John’s death brought of our party is enshrined in the saying: “To help the great sadness to the nation. As it has done so many cause that needs assistance and fight the wrong times in the past, the UWP rose to the challenge of that needs resistance”. And so, our Party during service to Saint Lucia. this term in office has lived up to its slogan of UNITY, WORK and PROGRESS. Political Leader and Prime Minister Stephenson King, a man of quiet resolve with commitment and Our leader, his love, understanding and dedication to country, assumed the reins of compassion, his people-oriented and participatory Government. Under his astute leadership, our approach to governance, his unruffled and calm nation was guided successfully through one of disposition in time of crisis, are hallmarks of a great the most turbulent periods in our nation’s history leader. All these qualities saw us through those marked by the global financial crisis and, natural challenging times. Yes! We united our people, we disasters such as floods, droughts, earthquakes and created jobs for all Saint Lucians and surely, hurricanes. The challenges which followed

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SUMMARY OF OUR DEVELOPMENT GOALS Our vision for Saint Lucia is for a secure, prosperous leadership of Stephenson King, during which local and dynamic society confidently participating in communities all over Saint Lucia were finally able Our long term development goals are as follows: the global community, while maintaining our core to become more integrated with the mainstream values and faith in God. We foresee a strong social of national economic life because of the social infrastructure underpinned by a vibrant and and economic programmes that we implemented. • Sustainable growth and a decent standard economic and social development sustainable economic base providing employment of living underlined by stable • An integrated economy supported by for all. We envision a resilient and efficient We envision a better Saint Lucia for all citizens macroeconomic fundamentals and well effective linkages among the economic service-based green economy supported by including higher living standards brought about by developed sectors (Tourism, Agriculture, sectors a steadily expanding export base, with a sound policies, a stronger work ethic, the Industry, ICT and Energy Sectors) • Safe and secure communities free of crime highly skilled and empowered human resource and elimination of violent crime, zero tolerance of all • Significant reduction in poverty levels and • Equality of opportunity, treatment and integrated use of ICT in all facets of the economic forms of crime, the promotion of peace and social provision of adequate social protection for social inclusion with regard to both genders system. Our forward looking and outward oriented justice and a more caring society, especially where persons who need assistance • Social cohesion economy will be infused with consistently high our senior citizens and young people are • Increased levels of health and wellness • Diversified and developed energy sources foreign and local investment, a healthy national concerned. • High and sustainable rates of employment • The pursuit of common developmental savings rate and a more equitable distribution of of the work force and equal employment goals and strategies with the member income across classes and districts. We see a leadership role for Saint Lucia in the opportunities for women countries of the OECS and CARICOM and integration of the Eastern Caribbean and in the • Equitable distribution of income amongst the execution of a foreign policy agenda Achieving our vision, will allow us to build on our further development of CARICOM. We will work geographical regions and among income geared to mobilizing external resources and performance over many years, during which our closely with our regional partners to strengthen groups achieving our foreign policy objectives country was modernized under the leadership of and expand the collective approach to formulating • A highly trained and educated work force • The strengthening of existing and the Sir John Compton. It will also build on the last four and implementing regional strategies and policies. • High productivity and a sound work ethic forgoing of new strategic alliances, years of consolidation and growth under the supporting a dynamic economy particularly with emerging economies in • The full participation of the youth in attracting new Forging Direct Investment

EMPLOYMENT AND JOB CREATION

Our primary concern is to create an economy that the regions of Saint Lucia; the expansion of the is sufficiently dynamic to generate employment for main economic sectors including tourism, every able-bodied person who is willing to work. agriculture , industry, ICT and energy; an We are confident of reducing unemployment extensive programme involving the significantly over the next five years and have development of the physical infrastructure; identified programmes and strategies in a range initiatives to stimulate private sector expansion; of areas in this manifesto, aimed at a focus on communIty dialogue and buy-in and increasing the rate of employment over the next social programmes to encourage cohesiveness. five years. These include: education and training; identification of key growth drivers in all

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Every country that has made significant strides in sector will be encouraged to provide specialized its development, has given prominence in public tertiary health care, the education of doctors, policy to the education of its people. We will work nurses and other health professionals, targeted towards realizing our vision of an education system investment and financial facilities such as that provides diverse, world-class training insurance. In its totality, the system will offer opportunities including technical, vocational, universal health care to Saint Lucians and will also academic and service oriented, at all levels. Much provide specialized care in key areas to locals and has been achieved at the levels of primary and visitors from the Caribbean region and the outside secondary education although there is still a great world. deal to be done at those levels, but we must also address the gaps in tertiary education. We will Our vision for the housing sector is to provide all establish an Education Commission to drive the Saint Lucians with opportunities for proper necessary transformation required in the education housing. Upper and middle income housing is system. already provided for to a large extent with the TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC SECTORS: AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM lower income group catered for to some degree. Our vision for health care is for a health system However, we must and will address the housing Our vision is to modernize agriculture to allow it to In the north, Port Castries will be further developed supported by a partnership of the public and needs of occasional workers and those with little or operate along sound business lines, so that farmers into a better port for cruise ships, blending private sectors. The public sector will provide a well no income. We will examine appropriate cost, can once more enjoy a reliable and sustainable smoothly into the city. We envision the further structured and efficient system offering high financing and other arrangements and also provide income. We see the emergence of a strong and development of Rodney Bay into a modern quality basic health care, an effective regulatory mechanisms for young people in need of start-up viable sector that benefits from essential recreation and major convention centre as well as a and monitoring capability and an enabling housing. infrastructure and adequate support services major yachting destination with a ship registry. The environment for private health care. The private provided by the Government. whole of Gros Islet will be a special develop- ment area, with the town being showcased as an In tourism, our perspective is that our local authentic heritage site. Its links to will culture and way of life must be tied into the Saint be developed more fully. We intend to develop Lucia brand. We see a fully participating people Cul-de-sac into a fully functioning port with providing a high quality service to the tourist adequate facilities for ocean going vessels, industry and showcasing our own unique cultural break-bulk facilities and the capacity for handling heritage in all its forms. large volumes of cargo.

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YOUTH AND SPORTS

Our vision for the youth is for young people to concern to them as well as issues of national and grow up in an environment of optimism and hope international importance. for the future, for them to have opportunities to learn and express themselves freely in their chosen We will continue to expand the community sports endeavours while participating in, and contributing infrastructure throughout the island to ensure that to the life of our Saint Lucian community. We will our sportsmen and women, and our young people expand the avenues for providing the youth with in particular, are given adequate opportunity to viable opportunities, through initiatives such as a nurture their talents and to excel in their respective National Youth Development Programme, the sporting disciplines. We will focus on expanding Youth Enterprise Equity Fund of the Saint Lucia sports programmes in the schools as well as Development Bank, the effective promotion of academic programmes related to sports, such as youth and sports groups, social development sports science and sports economics. The school groups, music and entertainment, discussions programmes will be supported with appropriate and debates, and the use of an active youth forum infrastructure such as proper gyms, courts and which we will establish as a matter of priority to recreational facilities, as well as nutritional and exchange ideas and consider views of direct health programmes.

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CRIME AND SECURITY

In spite of our outstanding success in bringing enforcing existing laws; legislating stiffer penalties violent crime under control, we cannot become and building capacity in the police force. We will complacent. We intend to establish a National also work together with other OECS and CARICOM Security Council under an Act of Parliament which countries to strengthen regional policing and will, in conjunction with existing bodies, provide a provide more in-depth regional training. We will framework for strengthening national security. establish a full police academy for the OECS, based in Vieux Fort. The focus will be on: more community based security programmes; more vigilant policing; We have never been soft on crime and will continue strengthening border police in conjunction with with the help of the public to deal decisively with the RSS, Customs and Immigration; training; criminal activity. strengthening the prosecution systems;

HOW WE WILL PAY FOR OUR PROGRAMMES

Our vision is for our programmes to be financed by machinery of government including our foreign the continuation of the high growth rates that we missions, together with targeted strategies for have achieved recently, as well as greater local and transforming the economy, will provide the growth foreign investment as the world recovers from the and resources required to finance all our recession. We are confident that the planned programmes without adding to the overall tax restructuring and transformation of the burden of the people.

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Stephenson King stepped up and DELIVERED Political Leader Castries North

Candidates Dr. Gale T C Rigobert Herricks ‘Watcha’ Renee Micoud North Laborie/Augier

Lenard 'Spider' Montoute Ezechiel Joseph Deputy Political Leader Deputy Political Leader Gros Islet Babonneau

Arsene James Rufus Bosquet Micoud South Choiseul/Saltibus

Guy Joseph Lorenzo “Doddy” Francis Castries South East Castries South

Nancy Charles Vieux Fort North Soufriere/Fond St. Jacques

Andy Daniel Richard Frederick Dennery North Castries Central Karl Wilfred Daniel Dr. Vieux-Fort South Anse La Raye/Canaries

Edmund Estephane Guy Mayers Dennery South Castries East

Keep the f lames of progress burning VOTE UWP From Vision To Delivery OUR POLICY Commitment Improving Our Access to the World: to Our Access Improving The New Hewanorra International Airport. International The New Hewanorra

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1. CONTINUING THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND STIMULATING The UWP Administration has had to deal with a central place as the largest economy in the OECS GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT ...... 29 series of external economic shocks and devastating region and in the confidence of the international natural disasters in relatively quick succession, the community in Saint Lucia. Creating Jobs Through Economic Growth ...... 30 likes of which had never been experienced before Revitalizing Agriculture ...... 34 by any government. Yet, we displayed courage, Given the extent of the global recession, its slow Developing a World Class Tourism Product ...... 38 foresight and boldness and were blessed with the pace of recovery and its impact on Saint Lucia, the Expanding Trade, Industry, Commerce, Entrepreneurship and Investment ...... 40 ability and judgment to make the right decisions main focus of our plan for the next five years is to Expanding Infrastructure for Enhanced Growth and Development ...... 43 and formulate correct strategies in rising to the bring about a significant increase in employment. Introducing Modern Information and Communication challenge of managing our country, a fact that was In order to do so we have prepared a comprehen- Technology Throughout the Economy ...... 45 recently acknowledged by the IMF. The results are sive Growth and Employment Programme focusing Proper Housing: A Basic Right ...... 47 now self-evident in the strength of the economy on the following principal areas: Adapting to Climate Change and Caring for the Environment ...... 49 despite being hit hard by the global recession, in its Increasing the Output and Productivity of Our Utilities ...... 50 • Creating Jobs Through Economic Growth Communication Technology Throughout 2. ENHANCING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ...... 52 • Revitalizing Agriculture the Economy • Developing a World Class Tourism Product • Proper Housing: A Basic Right Ensuring Access, Quality and Equity in Education, • Expanding Trade, Industry, Commerce, • Adapting to Climate Change and Caring for the Catalyst for Sustainable Development ...... 52 Providing Universal and Specialized Health Care ...... 56 Entrepreneurship and Investment the Environment Giving Full Expression to Culture, the Arts and the Creative Industries ...... 58 • Expanding Infrastructure for Enhanced • Increasing the Output and Productivity of Harnessing the Talent of Young People and Creating Growth and Development our Utilities Opportunities for their Development ...... 59 • Introducing Modern Information and Caring for our Elderly ...... 61 Recognizing and Empowering Those Who Are Differently Abled ...... 62 Reforming the Pension System : Securing the Financial Future of our Citizens ...... 63 Empowering Women and Marginalized Men and Creating Gender Balance ...... 64 Reducing Poverty and Empowering the Vulnerable ...... 66 Achieving Sporting Excellence and Inspiring the Wellness of the Nation ...... 68 Creating a Welcoming Environment for Saint Lucians Returning Home From Overseas ...... 70

3. EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES AND PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ...... 71

Taking Government to the People ...... 71 Delivering Good Governance ...... 72 Keeping our People and Communities Safe ...... 73 Creating an Efficient, Modern and Relevant Public Service ...... 74

4. FOREIGN POLICY : STRENGTHENING REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ...... 76

Making Foreign Policy More Effective ...... 76

28 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 29 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Creating Jobs through Economic Growth Creating jobs will be our main priority during the new five-year term. Increasing the number of jobs How We Will Achieve Our Goal: created over time depends, among other things, on achieving and sustaining economic growth and we will To increase employment and provide an immediate boost to the economy we will: ensure that our growth and employment enhancing strategies are implemented early in the new term.

• Commence the construction of the roads Our Goal - Reduce unemployment following: • Facilitate and provide enabling support for Our re-elected administration will focus on increasing employment - Reduce Poverty - Hewanorra International Airport investment by the local private sector by continuing the strong growth performance that we have chieved - Continue strong Redevelopment Project and foreign investors, particularly in the so far, ensuring that the benefits of growth are evenly distributed to growth - Finance Administrative Complex tourism sector where the global recession all the people and devoted to reducing poverty and unemployment - Ensure everyone gets a - Bois d’Orange Hypermart has led to a slowdown in the while our strategies keep inflation and the cost of living under fair share of the pie - Post Hurricane Tomas rehabilitation implementation of a number of hotel control. In the new term, we will work to strengthen the linkages - Keep inflation and cost projects funded by the World Bank and the projects among the economic sectors and groups to provide mutual support of living low Caribbean Development Bank • Review the marginal income tax rate on for each other so that no effort is wasted. We will continue our - Strengthen sectoral - Castries Waterfront Redevelopment in individuals and corporation tax in prudent fiscal and economic management which has been praised linkages conjunction with Royal Caribbean keeping with the objective of stimulating by international organizations like the IMF. - Continue prudent fiscal International, including the construction of economic growth while maintaining fiscal and economic management a boutique hotel, new vendors’ craft sustainability market, new ferry terminal, office complex, • Extend the tax holiday arrangements for super yacht berth, shops, restaurant businesses which invest in tourism and and a car park manufacturing, to include services, Human Resorce Centre - A major new highway in the north-east, construction and ICT sectors. Extend the linking Gros Islet and Dennery, and period of waiver of corporation tax from 15 continue the rehabilitation of the major to 20 east and west coast highways including • Provide a Specialist Medical Facility at repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Beausejour in Vieux Fort in conjunction Tomas with private sector partners, to serve - Police stations in Babonneau and Gros Islet Saint Lucia, the Caribbean and visitors from and a fire station in Babonneau outside the region and to also serve as a • Construct and rehabilitate urban and teaching hospital that can also be used by community roads around the country medical schools located in Saint Lucia • Build and rehabilitate agricultural feeder

With respect to the projects highlighted above, we anticipate spending over $350 million in the first year alone, which is expected to generate over 3,000 jobs!

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Over the Next Five Years I. A focus on key economic growth drivers to banking, public service functions and spur economic development and functions related to key economic sectors employment by region (tourism, agriculture and fishing) Re-design the approach to education and training working people for the new economy Work - Improving the urban environment to sup which is the real long-term solution to poverty together with the Private Sector, Trade Unions II. The creation or further development of port local community tourism – related to and unemployment, to enable everyone who is and all stakeholders to implement the findings of sustainable and inclusive tourism improvement in the day and night able to work to make a meaningful and rewarding the National Competitiveness and Productivity community initiatives, particularly: economy contribution to the economy. Accordingly, we Council to improve productivity and competitive- - Improvement in coastal and fresh water will train our youth and retrain our more mature ness throughout the economy. - Development of the tourism product in quality through the implementation of local communities especially those not sewage treatment plants and package • Improve the climate for investment by stronger and more resilient in accordance integrated in existing tour packages: systems in all major towns and villages and simplifying the requirements for with strict codes of procedure - Encouraging locals to provide small scale suburban housing areas conducting business by implementing the • Fully implement universal health care and local accommodation (apartments, guest recommendations in the World Bank education to increase the life span and houses and bed and breakfast) through an IV. Local action area planning for the renewal Doing Business Report on Saint Lucia active years of people and maximize their incentive programme and accommodation and creation of rural service centres • Broaden the mandate of our diplomatic contribution to society packaging through the SLTB missions to identify investment • Ensure that adequate social safety nets - Development of homestay as an V. Improving public services opportunities for Saint Lucia are in place and functioning, in order to accommodation option built around • Implement the next phase of our help distribute the benefits of growth and community tourism products that VI. Cross Cutting Interventions to enable extensive infrastructure programme for development more evenly capitalize on local distinctiveness and niche Economic Development the construction and rehabilitation of • Implement phase two of our housing tourism markets in Sports Tourism, roads, bridges, schools and public programme for the needy and the victims Education and Medical Tourism, (a) Transportation and road infrastructure to buildings of Hurricane Tomas and recent floods and - In conjunction with Stakeholders, reduce drive times, reduce congestion and • Build Back Better! Hurricane Tomas disasters develop the physical framework facilitate easy communication between the exposed our building and construction • Implement the next phase of the National to support the development of the north and south of the island deficiencies and we will implement a new Vision Plan over the next five years local night economy: entertainment, (b) A sustainable supply of water for economic, strategy to ensure that our structures are restaurants, seasonal and weekly events industrial and domestic use, critical water to attract visitations, rest rooms, off loading supply systems nationally including the areas, tourism information centres, local following will be improved hostess programme et al (c) Reducing vulnerability to natural disasters - Development of the physical framework to and climate change in all areas support the day economy: shopping facilities; tourism information service; rest VII. Community engagement, buy-in and rooms, souvenir shops; internet café, banks marketing. The focus will be on building and related, hairdressers, café, postal community consensus through structured service, ATMs, car rentals, police sub consultations involving all sectors (social, stations et al economic and environmental) and all stakeholder groups and marketing the plan III. The creation of sustainable and inclusive to the Saint Lucia Diaspora to foster a sense initiatives for urban regeneration, of inclusiveness and harness the financial including: resources of retirees and the skills of those individuals who may be interested in UWP THINKING GREEN - Reinstating the role of all town and village returning to the island to pursue centres to support basic commercial, employment or investment opportunities

32 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 33 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Revitalizing Agriculture One of the outstanding features of the United our food import bill. Consequently, it was How We Will Achieve Our Goal Workers Party Government has been the necessary to rescue this sector from the total We will: importance placed on agriculture, the support for neglect of the Labour administration. With • Expand investment in agricultural increasing banana exports within the farmers, and its interest in the development of our assistance from friendly governments, the infrastructure and re-habilitate existing region. rural communities. This has been manifested in Agricultural Sector is well on its way to full infrastructure • Encouraging new and existing farmers to our extensive programme of feeder roads, recovery despite the setbacks experienced by the • Decentralize and strengthen the approach agriculture as a business support for fishermen, banana farmers and destruction of Hurricane Tomas. Marketing Board to make key services • Provide incentives for farmers to modernize livestock producers. available closer to farms using up-to-date technology The Agricultural sector continues to play a vital • Vest strategic agricultural assets into the • Increase the provision of extension services This shows clearly, the main difference between role in generating growth and creating St. Lucia Agricultural Holding Company to farmers our party and the Labour Party. We believe that employment. It is therefore necessary that we • Look into the viability of providing • Provide incentives for fishermen to enter agriculture must continue to play a vital role in our restore the economic viability of that sector after bridging finance at reasonable cost to into large-scale fishing and improve economic development by way of boosting our its destruction by Hurricane Tomas and its demise farmers who have sold their produce and the marketing arrangement to support the exports and creating employment opportunities. in recent years caused by external events. are forced to wait for payment. Strengthen fishing industry We believe also, that we, as a nation, must reduce legislation to protect farmers from • Provide extensive education, training and unscrupulous buyers and to ensure also exposure to existing and potential Our Goal: that buyers are treated fairly farmers, utilizing both private sector and To accelerate agricultural diversification, seek to develop • Expand opportunities for accessing government institutions self-sufficiency in production and provide greater food agricultural credit through the SLDB and • Strengthen linkages between Agriculture security. other financial institutions and Tourism • Provide the enabling legal and • Continue to expand the agro-processing We aim to revitalize the banana sector and work with the administrative environment with other and agriculture diversification programmes private sector to develop suitable markets locally, regionally countries to encourage the joint marketing and internationally. of agricultural produce • Facilitate discussions with regional We will seek to develop self-sufficiency in the production of as countries and provide incentives for many types of agricultural output as possible. This will in- crease the range of products available; provide greater Livestock Sector security to farmers and save valuable foreign exchange. • Completion and commissioning of Meat multiplication for distribution to farmers Processing Facility • Acquisition of 250 acres of land from - Restore viability of Agriculture • Expansion/Upgrading of Beausejour Trousmassee estate to be use for livestock - Revitalize banana sector live-stock station to service the ever development. (communal pastures for - Increase diversification growing need of the livestock sector. cattle and small ruminants) - Increase self-sufficiency • Procurement of new bloodlines for small • Establishment of feed mill in partnership - Develop local, regional and international markets ruminants (sheep and goats) to ensure with the private sector to reduce the - Increase productivity and competitiveness throughput into the meat processing price of feed which makes up 80% of the facility. cost of producing a pound of pork and • Procurement of high breed cattle and chicken. Food Security Our Priority introduction of AI artificial insemination to ensure rapid

34 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 35 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Fisheries Sector Bananas • Pursue the construction of the fish market for tilapia and shrimp through the landing facility in Micoud as per agreement St Lucia Fish Marketing Corporation. The Ministry believes that the banana industry remains relevant and should be given much needed support with the government of Japan. • Procurement of modern processing in the following areas • Encourage the investment into larger equipment for the St Lucia Marketing fishing vessels. Corporation to assist in the creation of jobs • Input subsidy –Fertilizers • Use of the government’s increased share • With the newly built hatchery facility at and the reduction importation of • Input subsidy in the fight against the holding to influence WINFRESH’S policy in Union, Continue the expansion into processed fish. dreaded Black Segatoka disease. favour of banana farmers. aquaculture by the organization of the • Improvement to farm roads infrastructure • Assistance with the de-silting of farm Agro-Processing drains. • Consolidate and expand the range of • Consolidate and expand on the range Insurance products to be processed. of products to be vacuum packed to • Pulping of mangoes, golden apples, include dasheen, yams, breadfruit, The UWP Government believes that one of the major constraints to the advancement of the agricultural passion fruit, and citrus most of which plantain, bananas and cassava. This will sector is the lack of finance. This is a result of the vulnerability of the sector to natural disasters, pest and currently goes to waste. (markets for fruit result in added incomes for farmers. disease. The UWP Government firmly believes that a comprehensive insurance policy will eliminate this pulp already exist) • Displaced banana farmers will be given constraint. • Support existing agro-processors to ensure an opportunity to participate in the their products meet international and production of root crops and other crops • The UWP Government will continue the dialogue with WINCROP and other insurers with the view of regional standards. needed for vacuum packing . obtaining crop and livestock insurance for the entire sector, which will enhance the farmers’ ability to access finance. • The UWP Government will contribute toward insurance coverage for the sector. Youth Agri-Entrepreneurial Programme The aim of this programme is as follows: • The creation of jobs in the agricultural amount of $3.4 million and lands already sector for many young persons who have indentified in Mabouya Valley, Roseau, no access to land and capital. The Anse Ger, Beausejour, and River Doree. programme will place 150 young persons • Government will provide young people as agri-entrepreneurs in the first phase in with the opportunity to use modern the areas of livestock and crop production, technology to become successful aquaculture and related disciplines. producers of various commodities. • Government will provide land and - Introduction of new technology to equipment necessary for production enhance productivity and viability. • Development Bank will provide loan - Reduction of imports by a programme of funding for procurement of seeds, planting targeted production. materials and other inputs in the form of a - Succession planning for the aging loan to the entrepreneur. population of farmers whose average age • The Central Clearing House (formerly the now stands at 55 years. Marketing Board) would purchase all • Funding for the first phase of this project produce from the programme via contract has already been secured from the arrangements. Farming in Micoud CARICOM Development Fund in the

36 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 37 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Developing a World Class Tourism Product • Develop Vieux Fort as a tourism frontier tourism industry which distinguishes • Establish a national hospitality training between new investments and expansion Our approach to tourism, Saint Lucia’s main economic sector and income earner, is aimed at maximizing its institute. A public-private partnership of existing investments contribution to the local economy by improving its linkages to other sectors, developing the tourism product (PPP) approach will be pursued • Develop incentives for the other and enhancing our marketing strategies as we transform Saint Lucia into the best tourist destination. • Increase local ownership in the tourism subsectors, particularly in targeted areas sector through the creation of an such as health and wellness services, To develop a world-class, high-end tourism destination with a indigenous Saint Lucia brand to encourage tours and transportation. All incentives will - Make Saint Lucia a well -diversified and competitive tourism product with strong investment in the tourism sector be tied to good corporate responsibility to world class tourist linkages to agriculture, manufacturing and other sectors, as we • Develop community tourism to boost rural support social development destination and the transform Saint Lucia into the number one destination in the employment and deepen linkages • Review and re-orient our airlift strategy number one in the Caribbean. • Further develop and integrate our rich • Develop a comprehensive policy for the Caribbean cultural heritage with our tourist product. provision of support services for children - Double the number of We aim to double the number of stay-over visitors to our country The Cultural Centre for the Arts which we of employees in the tourism sector, hotel beds in the next within the next five years. Our aim is to Increase by at least 50 per are establishing will showcase our cultural especially after-school care 5 years cent, the contribution made by tourism to our GDP. talent • Include languages in the curricula of - Double the number of • Transform Saint Lucia into a major yacht training institutions and strengthen the visitors in the next 5 years destination and partner with Taiwan to SALCC programme - Double the contribution of develop Saint Lucia as a destination • Transform Soufriere, Laborie and Choiseul Tourism to GDP How We will Achieve our Goal for mega yachts into unique tourism villages based on their We will: Develop the yacht building, repair and attributes and strengths • Streamline the budgetary resources • Provide incentives for the construction of maintenance subsector • Provide performance-based incentives ear-marked for tourism marketing large-scale conference facilities • Undertake the Hewanorra International specific to particular groups of investors by • Refine our marketing approach • Expand our sports infrastructure including Airport Redevelopment Project which will type and size, with a focus on locally owned • Deepen Saint Lucia’s presences in the swimming facilities and a multi-purpose allow us to properly cater for the increases boutique hotels which offer unique visitor established source markets (US, UK, Canada indoor facility in tourist arrivals and greater usage by experiences and the Caribbean) • Develop niche markets – romance, family, Saint Lucians • Market the use of local sports facilities • Expand into new markets in Latin America adventure, historical, cultural experiences, • Develop Saint Lucia, especially Vieux Fort, by targeting regional and international and elsewhere sports as a home port for the cruise industry sporting events • Aggressively seek additional airlift into • Reduce energy costs through green • Provide tax incentives for energy saving Saint Lucia tourism initiatives by hotels • Provide training for students in wellness • Create an attractive package of incentives services such as massage and nursing for the economic citizenship programme • Revise the incentive regime for investment • Expand public education on all aspects of in the accommodation subsector of the tourism

38 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 39 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Development of the Tourism Product in Local Communities How We Will Achieve Our Goal: • Cruise tourism facility in Soufriere site, water wheel and aqueduct and coastal We will: • Yacht facility and support services in Amerindian sites Anse-La-Raye • Choiseul Village, Windmill Tour and Saltibus • Aggressively pursue new markets for our levels to create a Liberal Arts and Liberal • Encouragement of new boutique-type ecotourism tour products, maximizing the opportunities Science Programme as the foundation for hotels in accordance with planning • Anse-La-RayeVillage tour – bird watching in the region and internationally the advancement of knowledge in Guidelines including, Tamarind Knolls (urban sanctuary), sugar mill, historic • Encourage the development of innovative technology based industries Development (Anse-La-Raye) and Freedom buildings including church and presbytery methods of production that make use of • Establish an Adult Education Programmes Bay (Soufriere) • Laborie Village and Morne le Blanc tour new technology to make use of the extensive space • Signature Sports Training and Tourism • Micoud Environmental and Cultural Tour • Encourage the employment of best available in schools and institutions after Facility (Aux Piquant) • Praslin Cultural tour international practice to strengthen local regular working hours. • Cruise Facility and Marina (Cocodan) • Make the home of Sesenne Descartes as a businesses, helping them to realize their • Reduce Import Duties on spare parts for • Dennery Village Tour museum potential for growth all productive capital equipment including • Fond d’Or Mabouya Valley Tour • Develop the sub-brands of local • Support the development of joint ventures plant, machinery, equipment, vehicles and • Vigé Cassava Village Tour (Vieux-Fort) – communities to strengthen the national • Encourage and provide incentives for the computers cassava processing and growing, brigand brand development of cottage industries • Establish an Annual Calendar of Trade Fairs particularly those which produce unique in Saint Lucia and abroad, for all major products and services for local sectors including Manufacturing, Expanding Trade, Industry, Commerce, Entrepreneurship and Investment consumption Agriculture, Horticulture, Tourism, • Support the expansion of the knowledge Construction, Financial Services, Energy It is our view that the private sector is the fundamental driver of economic growth and must be the major and skill based services with emphasis on and Green Industries and the Creative focus of government’s strategy. Our policies are designed to stimulate domestic commerce and foreign music and literary arts as export services Industries trade, stimulate investment and expand the manufacturing sector. • Revisit models that support the following • Develop a long term economic strategy activities: business mentoring; technical based on Education, Technology, Green Our Goal: - A competitive, and financial advisory services; training Energy, Creative Industries, Services, and modern and resilient apprenticeships and training placements Tourism and design the public sector To create a competitive, modern and resilient private sector to transform our private sector • Convene an Annual Forum of Donors and investment program in support of the same product by moving output higher up the value chain, allowing our - Increase exports Business Support Agencies targeting • Create Private Public synergies to improve producers and exporters to retain a greater share of the fruits of their efforts, - Find new markets entrepreneurs in need of support and efficiencies in both the public and private generate the necessary diversification and growth needed to transform Saint - Increase income of potential investors willing to invest in sectors Lucia’s producers and emerging enterprises, joint ventures and economy and make Saint Lucia an even more favourable location for doing exporters similar projects business. - Diversify production • Revisit the educational curriculum at all and exports Our aim is to realize the full potential of our human capital as the key input - Encourage the in the production and exportation of high valued goods and services. We development of new aim to create the enabling environment and business climate that will products encourage the development of entrepreneurship, attract foreign investment - Generate higher and produce goods and services for domestic consumption and for export in growth markets where opportunities exist based on trade agreements. - Make Saint Lucia a better place to do Maximize the opportunities for developing trade and commerce with our business immediate neighbours, CARICOM and French Departments; and friendly countries of the Americas, , Asia, Africa and the East.

40 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 41 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Expanding Infrastructure for Enhanced Growth and Development • Reduce the cost of doing business by • Create a National Voluntary Technical engaging the relevant stakeholders in Assistance Service order to achieve a lowering of electricity • Introduce a single electronic window for We have always been committed to providing the enabling environment along with the physical and telecommunications costs, trade facilitation infrastructure as the backbone for the expansion of the private and public sectors. We will streamlining business procedures and • Introduce a single electronic window for continue with the provision of essential infrastructural projects including major road, airport and upgrading labour skills business start-up activities seaport expansion progammes. • Redefine the operations of the National • Expand Public Private Partnerships by Development Corporation to focus on the introducing business guarantee and joint attraction of targeted investors and venture programmes Our Goal: investments, beginning with the • Mandate the National Skills Development establishment of a one stop shop for all Centre to work more closely with the - Provide the necessary To create the necessary physical and economic structure infrastructure investors private sector and schools for the economy to grow and develop at a rapid pace, • Develop and implement an Investment • Strengthen the Saint Lucia Bureau of - Create physical taking into account special development areas and also environment for growth Promotional Strategy informed by the Standards to assist in both the taking account of the needs of the local and international National Vision Plan, 2020. development and monitoring of standards and development private sector and the geographical and topographical - Needs of Special • Strengthen operational structure and in the productive sector diversity of the country. technical capacity of staff to undertaken • Focus on and provide resources for growth Development Areas the new mandate. in a number of areas and sectors including: - Respond to needs of private sector • Provide a more competitive regime of - Fishing (aquaculture) How We Will Achieve Our Goal: - Incorporate geographical incentives for new foreign and domestic - Cut flowers Key Economic Growth Drivers investors, manufacturers and service - The garment industry Dennery and diversity of the country - Take account of providers as well as a related regime for Choiseul • Implementation of the Rodney Bay and Gros Islet topography and special existing investors - Agro-processing, for example, liquid eggs Enhancement Plan problems • Support the growth of local joint ventures for hotels • Implementation of the Castries Port and micro-enterprises, for example in the - Nursing services for export markets Redevelopment Project garment industry - Establishment of an offshore university • Design and implement the Castries Sewage • Encourage the Improvement in the quality campus of a reputable US medical school in Treatment Project and value added of goods and services Vieux Fort • Investment Promotion programmes to revive • Encourage local consumption of - Information and Communications developer interest in the proposed north east domestically produced products and Technology including software coast private proposals (Grande Anse Beach services development through cooperation with and Louvet Beach Resort). • Maximize opportunities from OECS Taiwan • Enhancement of Babonneau Village and Economic Union and CARICOM trade - Solar technology and products improving road linkages to the north-east coast agreements - Development of the creative arts including • Water Supply Systems (Grande Riviere Garage Site • Encourage investment in alternative energy music, craft, art, theatrical productions and Tournesse Intake) • Implement harmonization and - Invite vehicle manufacturers to establish • Undertake the Hewanorra International Airport modernization of fiscal incentives and trade an offshore automobile assembly plant in Redevelopment (with attendant services) measures for business support Vieux Fort • Vieux Fort Road diversion, coastal promenade and • Improve business support services associated development (Anse De Sable) • Establish a National Export Development • Vieux Fort Waterfront Upgrading Agency

42 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 43 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Constructing and Improving Public Infrastructure and Related Services Introducing Modern Information and Communication Technology Throughout the Economy • Sewage Waste Disposal (all towns and • Castries Inner Bypass (2.5 km/1.5 miles) villages) • Central bus terminal(s) in Castries and satel Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is not merely an economic sector, but it cuts across • Bus terminals in towns and villages lite terminals at Union (north east and west every other sector, industry and activity. We believe that ICT has the potential to be the most significant • Civic Centre in Micoud traffic) and Cul-de-Sac (south east and west driver of growth and development that we have ever experienced. It is of central importance and will be • A new hospital in Dennery traffic) one of the focal points of our development strategy. • Boys’ Training Centre (Bois Jolie) • Implementation of critical hurricane • Dennery Infant School damaged arterial roads – Gesneau and - Developed ICT sector • Berm to improve Fishing Port, Choiseul Bagatelle routes - Modern, secure information • Fire Station- Choiseul • Morne Ciseaux/Morne D’Or Link Our Goal: network Saint Lucia • Feasibility Assessment for: (Anse-La-Raye) To be a competitive economy in the global arena, supported - ICT will be available to every - North South Highway • Link Road in Mabouya Valley between by a developed ICT sector including a modern and secure citizen and business - Castries East Bypass: The Castries East Dubonnet and Grande Riviere information network and other technical infrastructure - ICT will improve productivity, Bypass will traverse the following areas: • Anse-La-Raye Bypass and one way system available to all individuals and businesses throughout Saint skills and people’s welfare Deglos, Trois Pitons (via two underground • Highway to Saltibus through to Bongolo Lucia. This will contribute to the efficiency of the - ICT will help create a tunnels), Bocage, Almondale, Union, productive and other sectors, enhancement of human capital competitive economy in the Grande Riviere, Careffe La Feuillee and and general welfare of the people. global arena Mongiraud

Sustaining Our Water Supply

• Belle Vue/Joyeux Intake for the Southern Water Supply ICT Sector • Vieux-Fort water supply redevelopment • Implementation of the Garage Site Ground Water System for the Mabouya Valley • Tournesse Intake – Fond D’Or Watershed

Reducing Vulnerability to National Disasters

• River bank Stabilization and River retraining Programmes throughout Saint Lucia • Forest Rehabilitation island-wide • Hazard Assessment in key locations • Landside Rehabilitation (central rain forests – private and public land) • Integrated Development Plan for all Hurricane Tomas affected areas – Marc-Bexon, Millet-Vanard, Gesneau-Babonneau, and Fond St. Jacques

44 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 45 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com How We Will Achieve Our Goal Proper Housing: A Basic Right We will:

• Invest in the construction of necessary • Encourage collaboration and co-operation The UWP regards decent housing for every Saint Lucian as a technical infrastructure and an information with and between communities, through a - Affordable housing right, not a privilege. Proper housing is an essential factor in network Community Portal Project opportunities for all creating the conditions for the productivity of working people • Extend ICT to every household in • Create an online portal for disseminating - Housing communities with and as a result positively impacting economic growth. Saint Lucia and sharing health care and health service proper amenities and Housing and related infrastructure services interventions • Ensure that adequate cyber security is information to the public facilities should assist people in building assets; create value; build provided on all public networks • Provide incentives to encourage the use of - “Build Back Better!” - integrated and sustainable communities that protect the • Provide support for broadband ICT in business, domestic and export improved building environment for future generations. We will implement a connectivity in rural districts industries, and household applications standards range of housing policies and programmes for Saint Lucians • Participate actively in the implementation • Fully incorporate ICT in the national school - Environmentally friendly particularly in the lower income levels, in meeting their of the Caribbean Regional Communications curriculum at all levels housing standards housing needs. Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP) • Provide adult literacy classes in ITC in - Financing at reasonable cost • Install protocols for the protection of communities around Saint Lucia children and vulnerable citizens • Provide ICT training of teachers at all levels • Provide subsidies for business incubation • Ensure that professional level computer Our Goal: services aimed at promoting the creation of science is taught and encouraged, in To ensure that every citizen has access to affordable housing and the opportunity to own a home. We aim a new ICT-enabled industry addition to the more application-oriented to create housing communities that provide the necessary amenities to support the holistic development • Review national policies to lower the cost computer studies, in order to put of its members, and also to ensure that the housing stock is developed according to improved building and of bandwidth, computer hardware and Saint Lucia on the cutting edge of the ICT environmental standards. software and access to the world wide web industry • Implement the National ICT Strategy that • Develop the necessary legislation to give we developed in 2010 effect to all of our ICT policies • Develop the e-Government portal to enable end users to have seamless access to government information and services at all times

UWP Fiber to the Home

46 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 47 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com How We Will Achieve Our Goal: Our Goal:

• Promote public-private partnerships in styles that reflect Saint Lucia’s heritage - Encourage habits and To encourage and provide increased levels of housing development, community • Sustain support to the Saint Lucia practices that take care of respect for the environment through the adoption upgrading and land rationalization Development Bank for the financing of low our environment of conservation and preservation practices as a • Develop housing complexes, including income housing - We will take conservation, means to achieving sustainable development and to apartment style buildings for 1,200 • Collaborate with the National Insurance preservative and corrective take measures including legislative action, to arrest Saint Lucian families Corporation and the National Housing measures existing environmental deterioration while • Provide support and incentives to first time Corporation to secure lands which will be - Appropriate legislative ameliorating damage that may already have home owners designated for ultimate ownership by action occurred. • Engage the partners of the construction Saint Lucians wanting to construct homes sector in developing innovative practices • Work with the private sector and other to reduce cost and to spur growth in interested parties to advance the progress the housing sector of existing large scale low and middle How We Will Achieve Our Goal • Review building standards to ensure income developments and establish new We will: structures can withstand weather systems, sites for development • Pursue the development of a Strategic • Install a rainwater harvesting system at the earthquakes and other natural disasters • Implement Phase II of the Housing Programme for Climate Resilience (SPCR) Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa in the • Rationalize informal housing settlements Assistance Programme which will cater which will identify priority resilience- south of the island, utilizing World Bank through the introduction of home to low income housing. This will expand building activities and private sector funding ownership programs the services as currently being • Place emphasis on the development, • Promote and support the installation of • Support the incorporation of green implemented in Fond St. Jacques, Soufriere, maintenance and management of specific rainwater Harvesting System for domestic technologies in newly constructed homes to other parts of the island assets and resources and commercial use • Encourage the retention of architectural • Build more green areas not only to enhance • Continue to engage with the private the beauty of our country and create sector on investing in clean energy and Adapting to Climate Change and Caring for the Environment short-term employment, but to preserve provide the necessary incentives to do so the natural environment for posterity • Review the governance arrangements The UWP believes that climate change is one of the should strive for a more eco-friendly economy. • Encourage developers of major hotel plant relating to National Parks in order to gravest threats we face as a people and that urgent The UWP has a history of supporting to adopt various national sites or develop increase local accountability action is required so that it does not undermine environmental protection. We will continue to ‘green parks’ for public use and promotion • Work towards a ‘zero waste’ economy, the achievement of the Millennium Development protect the environment for future generations, of wellness encourage people to recycle and work to Goals. make our economy more environmentally • Bring together national and regional reduce littering sustainable, and improve our quality of life and agencies, public and private sector as well • Redouble our efforts to make a significant Internationally, we are engaged with countries well-being. as Non-government Organizations and dent in the national fuel import bill to and agencies that can assist us in adapting to CBOs to discuss pertinent issues regarding enhance national energy security and to these changes by building long-term resilience the environment and national achieve improved environmental quality to extreme events. Nationally, we believe that we development • Encourage the development of industries • Continue to work to ensure the restoration which employ methods consistent with of our forest devastated by Hurricane environ mental needs and concerns Tomas • Support those businesses and individuals • Institute an annual ‘plant a tree’ programme which seek to enhance our environmental for all nationals and “pot a plant’ objectives whilst contributing to our programme for the public and private human development sectors

48 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 49 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com • Undertake a review of the land use and • Continue efforts to provide adequate drain B. Electricity zoning practices age throughout the various communities We will: • Strengthen legislation and improve as a means of avoiding flooding and land enforcement capacity to correct land, air slippage • Work with LUCELEC to ensure that the high is aimed at bringing greater efficiency to and water contamination activities standard which is provided is maintained the regulation of the market • Review and replace waste water systems and improved where possible • Engage international investors who are under a planned implementation process • Explore ways by which the ultimate cost desirous of introducing renewable energy borne by the consumer can be reduced sources including wind, solar, Increasing the Output and Productivity of Our Utilities • Continue our support for and participation waste-to-energy techniques, as a means of in the Eastern Caribbean Energy diversifying our energy supply options The UWP has a rich history of undertaking and facilitating - Make all the essential utilities Regulatory Authority (ECERA) Project which improvements in utilities which have a direct and positive impact available to every on the people of Saint Lucia. We undertook the establishment of Saint Lucian C. Telecommunications an island-wide water supply and electricity for all and facilitated - Make the utilities affordable We will: major advancements in our telecommunications infrastructure. - High quality, reliable and secure service • Continue to support competition in our markets whilst providing a fair business environment within With a renewed mandate, the UWP will extend on this legacy - Strengthen legislative which to operate by undertaking the necessary investment to meet the growing framework where necessary • Work with telecommunications service providers to ensure that “Internet Hot Spots” are erected needs of the domestic and business sectors. across the island

Our Goal: D. Post Office We will: To make all the essential utilities available to every Saint Lucian, at a rate which is affordable but reflective of the quality received and to ensure reliability and security in the provision of services, reforming the • Work closely with the Office of the • Establish an internationally recognizable necessary legislative framework wherever necessary. Postmaster General with the intention of zip code for Saint Lucia to encourage the creating greater efficiency in the service ease in our business interface with other delivery countries. How We Will Achieve Our Goal: • Modernize facilities thereby allowing the A. Water Post Offices around the island to offer We will: ‘Office and Document Facilities’ • Ensure that the governance and • Encourage the development of ‘Rain Water management of the sector are Catchments’ for newly constructed strengthened so as to encourage sound houses and businesses as a means of stewardship and accountability of the reducing the demand for treated water water resources and supply during the dry season • Continue extensive support of the WASCO • Improve the billing facility so as to ensure it returns to financial • Reduce non revenue water viability • Upgrade of rural systems • Where necessary, support the infrastructure • Commission the Water Sector Policy/ replacement plan and expansion Advisory Committee to provide guidance programme on the overall sector

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Ensuring Access, Quality and Equity in Education, the Catalyst for Sustainable Development Primary Education

Education is a basic human right, the fundamental cure for poverty and the underpinning for achieving • Improve the quality of primary education coaches in different disciplines will be the wider, social cultural and economic objectives set for the country. It is an investment in our human focusing on student learning, moral and trained and placed in the schools to resource which stimulates new human capital and productivity. social values and training for social support the programme cohesion • Deliver a school-based management • Review and revise the existing primary system at our schools, allowing for greater Our Goal: curriculum across grades and subjects to principal and staff involvement in accommodate mastery of literacy and decision-making To promote a learning culture and the development of a highly skilled and well educated people numeracy, greater choice within the • Introduce an award of excellence for aspiring to global competitiveness underpinned by the achievement of 100% literacy and the creative curriculum, computer literacy rewarding outstanding teachers and application of our talents in the Arts, Sciences and Humanities. • Encourage and support summer camps successful schools that address learning deficiencies in young • Establish a literacy and numeracy support students centre at all primary schools How We Will Achieve Our Goal • Develop the infrastructure, provide • Institutionalize a textbook programme for We will: equipment and establish a system for all students at the primary school level. identifying talent and grooming potential • Explore the possibility of online access to Special Education sports men and women through coaching the prescribed text books camp • Continue the thrust of expanding access • Develop a new policy on special education • Give support to initiatives for integrating • Apart from developing the physical to computers and internet technology in as well as a revised education programme, differently abled persons in gainful infrastructure and equipment, a cadre of communities and homes and schools • Provide access to all children who have employment special needs including those who are • Make workplaces accessible to persons gifted and those that are physically and with special needs. mentally challenged. • Identify and provide special opportunities Secondary Education for the gifted. • Re-structure the secondary education contribute to raising professional system to provide flexibility between competencies and standards Early Childhood Education academic and vocational courses, • Continue to support the textbook including advanced natural sciences, TVET, programme • Introduce universal access to early childhood education to enhance the intellectual, emotional Information Technology and other • Develop a highly motivated and competent and physical development of children from an early age specializations and qualifications, including teaching cadre and professional staff to • Develop regulations, standards, institutional structures and appropriate criteria to improve the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications support a lifelong and holistic approach to quality of early childhood education • Expand TVET training opportunities that education and learning • Establish accreditation for training agencies and processes for registration, licensing, will range from job-oriented short • Develop the scientific, technological and monitoring and evaluation of ECCD services. This will include the formulation of a training courses and apprenticeship to innovative capacity of citizens comprehensive framework of curriculum content and the monitoring of systems, methods and specialized training programmes that will standards to guide the development of the sector.

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• Expand educational opportunities at all continuous education. Learning • Introduce the Accreditation Act for quality • Expand the existing school feeding levels, to foster lifelong and continuous opportunities will be community-based assurance in education programme to include breakfast learning to the entire population, placing and seek to improve people’s lives to the • Develop programmes to address • Explore the student support services to greater emphasis on e-learning/distance- greatest extent possible. In light of the prevailing youth problems and issues such include the introduction of the school learning programmes and communication important development outcomes and as substance abuse, alcoholism, AIDS, feeding programme at secondary schools technologies like the Internet and effect on the overall well-being of the dysfunctional health and family life and • Establish a National Science and television family, particular emphasis will continue to target these to those affected or the most Technology Centre in the new frontier of • Provide opportunities for those outside the be placed on the learning needs of vulnerable groups. Teachers will be Anse-La-Raye/Canaries formal system of education to learn new young men trained and receive added support for skills and knowledge through a system of these programmes within the schools

Sir Arthur Lewis University College

• Continue to support the transformation engage in research activity, thereby into a University creating a culture of research at the • Provide financial support for staff training College. and programme development • Determine the best structure and • Establish mutually beneficial alliances with financial framework for the continued top-quality universities and institutions expansion and development of the new around the world on the basis of institution partnership • Support the development of a research capacity to encourage staff and students to

All Education Levels

• Upgrade school libraries with electronic school expenses. This will be especially reading devices directed to vulnerable groups of students • Provide the opportunity for every child to to support and continue their studies be made conversant in a foreign language • Introduce measures to improve discipline • Upgrade and Expand Science, Information in and out of school Technology and other laboratory facilities • Introduce a monitoring and support • Implement special assistance and system for principals and teachers as part scholarship schemes to help students from of a master plan for strengthened lower economic strata to meet the cost of curriculum and implementation and school uniforms and other incidental instructional quality at the school level

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We hold firmly to the view that the most reorganization and modernization of the health • Provide Specialist Medical Facility at effective approach to providing health care will services including a focus on: quality assurance; Beausejour in Vieux Fort to serve Saint come from a combination of key factors professional accountability; environmental and Lucia, the Caribbean and visitors from including the extent to which we strengthen our other public health services, child development outside the region and to also serve as a approach to primary and preventative health and the financing and regulation of health and teaching hospital that can also be used care, establish Universal Health Care early on in social services. It is our view that by following by medical schools located in Saint Lucia the new term, devise appropriate strategies for these broad strategic directions we can achieve • Increase the availability and partnering with local, regional and international a sustainable and effective health delivery effectiveness of community mental health care providers, and provide the right system. health care services cilities to increase structural, organizational and strategic solutions the proportion of Saint Lucians who stay to deliver the full cycle of health care. The UWP active and healthy. We will also make our will continue with its programme of programmes available to the private sector • Increase the availability and - Universal Health Care effectiveness of health services for Our Goal: - Low cost health care children with special health care needs - Primary and Preventative • Work closely with the Bureau of To deliver high quality, integrated, low cost and Care for all Standards and regional and international universal health care to all Saint Lucians, based on - Quality care in some bodies to improve the safety of food, medical conditions rather than provider expertise with specialized areas to drugs, medical devices and biological an emphasis on primary and preventative care and to reduce the necessity to products • Review and update public health provide further specialized care in collaboration with seek medical attention • Work closely with the National Youth legislation to ensure surveillance local, regional and international partners. overseas Council and other youth groups to reporting and to make the laws relevant educate young people on the health to the health sector reform process effects of tobacco, alcohol and substance • Have an integrated sports-health How We Will Achieve Our Goal abuse programme in all public health and We will: • Increase the capacity of Turning Point to educational facilities to increase the • Strengthen the Ministry of Health to • Continue work on the new National enable it to deal effectively with drug proportion of Saint Lucians who stay allow it to carry out its mandate of policy Hospital to ensure completion and and substance abuse active and healthy maker, regulator and provider of commissioning in 2012 • Conduct education campaigns aimed at • Increase the availability and essential services for the people • Build a new polyclinic in Dennery to high-risk groups to discourage underage effectiveness of health services for • Ensure the full implementation of international standards drinking and alcohol abuse children with special health care needs Universal Health Care in collaboration • Refurbish and upgrade Soufriere hospital • Tighten enforcement to prevent alcohol • Work closely with the Bureau of with all stakeholders to reduce the reliance on Saint Jude sales to minors Standards and regional and international • Facilitate the post graduate training of Hospital • Improve the institutional capacity of the bodies to improve the safety of food, doctors and health professionals to • Enter into dialogue with other OECS Ministry of Health to make further strides drugs, medical devices and biological provide for the replenishment of countries with a view to encouraging in reducing HIV/AIDS prevalence and products consultants and highly trained specialists regional sharing of specialist services ultimately the burden of the disease • Modernize St. Jude hospital to • Create incentives for private concerns to • Improve our surveillance systems to international standards invest in health tourism increase our capacity to plan and implement preventive programmes

56 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 57 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Giving Full Expression to Culture, the Arts and the Creative Industries Harnessing the Talent of Young People and Creating Opportunities for their Development We fully recognize the rich diversity of our cultural heritage as well as the difficulties faced by those who depend on the cultural, artistic and creative industries for a livelihood. We listened to what they A country without the capacity for meaningful change will stagnate. The youth are the spark that can had to say and the comprehensive strategy that we began to develop during the last term to expand ignite change as well as the engine that can propel and sustain it. The boundless energy, enthusiasm facilities and opportunities for professionals practicing in the cultural fields, will be fully rolled out in and creativity of young people must not be stifled, but must be nurtured and encouraged so that the the new term. change they bring about can be beneficial to them and to the society as a whole.

Our Goal: Our Goal: To provide the environment and the opportunities for Saint Lucians to draw on the richness of our cultural experience and give full expression to their innate creativity, while at the same time receiving To meet the needs and aspirations of the youth, the economic benefits of their efforts. harness their talent, and provide the opportunity for them to be trained, educated, gainfully How We Will Achieve Our Goal employed and able to give full expression to We will: their creativity and genius. • Establish a National Festivals Agencies Act in support of investment in Commission to serve as Executive the creative industries. Greater public Producer of Carnival and other national awareness will be created in the Arts and How We Will Achieve Our Goal: celebrations of which Government is Culture sector in respect of eligibility for In the new term, the UWP recommits to the development of the young people of this land. already the principal underwriter benefits under the various instruments We will: • Establish the National Endowment for • Establish a National Museum to house the Creative Arts which would manage a a national collection of paintings, • Revise and fully implement the National people who need a positive start as they system of grants, scholarships, bursaries, photography and sculpture which Youth Policy venture into the work place. The home commissions and other forms of direct chronicle Saint Lucia’s fine tradition in • Enhance educational opportunities both will be run by committed and caring support from Government and the the visual arts to enhance the cultural at the secondary and tertiary levels by persons dedicated to the upliftment of private sector to the Arts Community experience in Saint Lucia expanding the programmes offered and the youth • Provide a regime of generous Tax • Incorporate within our school curriculum taking into consideration the appetite of • Enroll between 2,500 and 5,000 youth Benefits to corporations entering into the importance of our diverse cultural and trends impacting young people, as per year in a National Youth Corps formal covenants in support of bona fide heritage and traditions well as their demands programme arts and culture entities • Encourage the proper use of and respect • Provide special opportunities in • Concentrate on job creation by actively • Develop a formal Tax Incentive Regime for our national symbols education, training and job attachments encouraging and supporting the private for investors in the creative industries • Introduce programmes that recognize for youth at risk. This will include the sector including foreign direct and an incentive package for persons and reward individuals who embody, provision of vocational and soft skills investment deriving the majority of their income promote and support national pride training through the National Skills • Put more financial and technical from the creative industries. This is • Establish a National Cultural Complex for Development Centre resources into the SLDB to enable young intended to encourage established all the creative and performing arts • Establish additional training centres in Saint Lucians to become entrepreneurs artists (particularly in music industries • Provide incentives for the development Gros Islet, Dennery and Anse-La-Raye/ • Promote and facilitate youth and other royalty driven sectors) to of the creative arts related to music, Canaries involvement in specialized and emerging establish projects in Saint Lucia fashion, film making and book, magazine • Establish a Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre areas of employment (Arts and • Encourage the effective use of the and multi-media publishing to replace the Boys’ Training Centre and Entertainment, Information Technology, currently existing Special Development • Review existing legislation to strengthen Upton Gardens Girls’ Centre Sports) Areas Act and the Special Development copyright and intellectual property laws • Construct a Transitory Home for young

58 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 59 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com • Support the youth with recognizable • Promote the establishment of Caring for our Elderly talents in sport and the creative arts to mentorship programmes involving the enable them to maximize the available public and private sector to expose The elderly have given a lifetime of hard work and effort to building Saint Lucia and deserve respect opportunities for their advancement and youth to positive and uplifting role and recognition for their contribution. They continue to play a key role in our extended families and realization of their full potential. models we must nurture and protect them and ensure that they are able to lead lives of dignity and comfort in • Nurture a culture of sacrifice, initiative • Introduce programmes that will give their senior years. taking, volunteerism and national service young Saint Lucians an opportunity to • Concentrate efforts into creating social own their own homes and a piece of Our Goal: skills that will ensure respect for self, Saint Lucia respect for all and respect for country • Expand the support provided to the To provide the conditions for our elderly - Elderly deserving of respect • Strengthen and provide support to Youth St. Lucia School of Music and School citizens to lead lives of dignity and enjoy a and recognition - Lead a life of dignity Governance Structures Orchestras to provide music education to decent standard of living including high - Decent standard of living • Strengthen the capacity of youth youth at risk, within their communities quality care, adequate housing, proper nutrition and health care including - Proper nutrition and organizations and institutions through • Continue to engage youth on their recreational pursuits, and a reasonable health care the Sign-up Initiative health and wellness practices and pension. - Adequate housing • Provide opportunities for more dialogue provide opportunities to developing - A reasonable pension on issues that concern youth that are no healthy bodies, minds and spirits so that longer within formal institutions. We will they may live productive and rewarding How We Will Achieve Our Goal: give voice to those without a voice lives We Will: • Establish an ‘Interactive Online Forum’ • Establish structured systems where • Build on our establishment of the where youth will be able to use the communities can celebrate the modern citizens home for the internet and supporting technologies accomplishments of youth elderly in Vieux Fort by providing a to voice concerns and opinions in a second home in the north meaningful manner and with greater • Increase the number and training of frequency - Meet needs and aspirations Community Health Aides to better serve • Continue providing more of youth the health needs of the elderly opportunities for healthy competition - Make effective use of their • Increase the assistance given to provide homes for the elderly on an annual basis through capacity building programmes talent and abilities • Improve the pension arrangements for clubs that offer sports, education, - Provide opportunities for provided to the elderly music and other forms of cultural training and education • Identify and maintain at low prices, a expressions - Provide opportunity for basket of selected commodities regularly • Introduce an incentive based support employment required by the elderly, particularly basic programme for clubs and organizations - Full flowering of youth foods, pharmaceuticals, items required • Collaborate with the private sector to creativity for hygiene purposes and essential equipment provide work experience, apprenticeships and attachments for unemployed youth and school leavers

60 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 61 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Recognizing and Empowering Those Who Are Differently Abled Reforming the Pension System: Securing the Financial Future of our Citizens We believe that people with disabilities must be given every opportunity to realize their full potential, effectively participate in society and have a decent standard of living. We recognize the basic right of every Saint Lucian to enjoy a decent quality of life throughout his or her life cycle. This implies among other things, that appropriate arrangements must be made to ensure - Access to the best learning that pensioners are adequately provided for and that they are not forced into poverty or poor living opportunities Our Goal: conditions. - Access to the best health care To create the conditions for people of all ages who and education are differently abled to have equal access to the best - Access to the best housing Our Goal: - Modern Pension possible income earning opportunities as well as health - Access to the best recreational System in Saint Lucia care, education, housing and recreational, social and and social services - Efficiency of operations security services available in Saint Lucia so that they can - Access to the best security To create a modern, efficient and sustainable system for - Sustainability lead productive lives and enjoy a high quality of life. services the provision of adequate benefits to our pensioners, - They must be able to lead sufficient to enable them to enjoy a reasonable quality - Adequate benefits to productive lives of high of life. pensioners quality - Reasonable quality of life How We Will Achieve Our Goal for all pensioners We will:

• Ensure that all public buildings, • Increase the supply of special care nurses facilities and transportation systems are and health personnel for the differently equipped or retro-fitted to abled How We Will Achieve Our Goal accommodate the differently abled • Introduce special income tax We Will: • Encourage the private sector to concessions for families who take care of retrofit their facilities and to provide the the differently abled • Establish a national working group to • Improve the package of benefits to necessary equipment to accommodate • Strengthen the legislation to give full review the pension system in Saint Lucia, pensioners the differently abled effect to all the measures and including the different pension schemes • Ensure that pension schemes are • Mandate the Development Control concessions that we provide for the in the public and private sectors, to accountable and efficiently and Authority (DCA) to require developers differently abled to give them every determine its strengths, weaknesses and prudently managed to provide special accommodation for chance of leading fulfilling lives specific strategies for introducing • Engage the public in regular discussions the differently abled in public access • Expand support to institutions that reforms and consultations on pension reform areas and public buildings provide special care to the differently • Synchronize this initiative with the • Provide effective regulation and • Ensure that the needs of the differently abled, to allow such centres to provide efforts of the Eastern Caribbean Central supervision of pension schemes and abled become an integral part of the diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitation Bank (ECCB) and its members, which are arrangements National Curriculum from design to and related services also considering pension reform • Adopt and implement appropriate implementation • Establish an Advisory Committee to • Increase the national savings rate which legislation for the proper functioning of • Increase the supply of teachers in the further review all aspects of programmes is an important aspect of providing pension systems including proper appropriate special education fields and support mechanisms for the adequately and sustainably for accountability and oversight • Review the health service to ensure differently abled. pensioners that the differently abled are an integral part of health care delivery

62 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 63 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Empowering our Women and Marginalized Men for Creating Gender Balance How We Will Achieve Our Goal We will: The UWP will continue to address barriers to while marginalized males, particularly young • Promote equal pay and take a range of • Develop special education programmes social mobility and equal opportunity in men, have suffered a loss of self-confidence in measures to end discrimination in the for young men and include it in the Saint Lucia. Women still encounter too many a rapidly changing society. We are committed workplace. Legislation will be enacted national curriculum hindrances in the workplace because they are to eradicating these problems and building a to support this • Create scientific rehabilitation single parents, because of their gender and gender-balanced society. • Enact laws to address sexual harassment programmes for young men and provide because of their socio-economic backgrounds, in the workplace training for community workers whose • Create the environment for women to be job it is to assist them participants at the highest level of • Target marginalized young men for management in state entities special consultations with qualified • Promote opportunities for women to personnel and for appropriate job Our Goal: start their own businesses opportunities • Examine the elements of the law that do • Create job training, and income earning To provide concerted government action to tear down not accord equal rights in respect of opportunities for marginalized young barriers that impede the progress of women and property to married women vis-à-vis men ensure their full inclusion and participation in society, their husbands while at the same time giving a sense of direction to • Increase the number as well as the access our young men gone astray and restoring self-confi- to day care and after school facilities to dence to marginalized men of all ages. encourage women to increase their educational attainment and develop new skills in order to participate fully in the labour market - Dismantle all barriers to the • Engage women and their representatives progress of women in ways to increase their security and - Greater participation and upgrade facilities that cater to the care of inclusion of women in battered women and children economic opportunities • Examine the state of the Crisis Centre/ - Equal pay for equal work Domestic Violence Centre and will - Give a sense of direction to expand its services in the east, west, and young men gone astray south of the island - Restore self-confidence to • Seriously tackle the issue of rape and marginalized men incest and improve the environment and - Build gender balance facilities to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice • Establish a proper juvenile facility for young women • Construct a modern juvenile facility for young men to replace the existing facility at Massade

64 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 65 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com Reducing Poverty and Empowering the Vulnerable • Rationalize education and school based • Establish a targeting mechanism for safety net programmes into a single identifying beneficiaries of support so as We remain committed to of poverty in Saint the School Feeding, Book Bursary and transfer programme to be administered to ensure that more timely intervention Lucia. We have heard the voice of the people Educational Assistance Programmes; fee waivers by one agency can be provided who are impacted by poverty, unemployment for specific social services and price subsidies. • Adopt and implement the National • Develop a uniform proxy means test and limited opportunities to earn income; those We also introduced a labour-intensive Poverty Reduction Strategy and Action which will be used to identify challenged by the lack of access to tertiary community works service programme linking Plan beneficiaries for all major applicable education, limited marketable skills and the lack employment to job search, training and other • Enhance the good governance policies programmes of self esteem, as well as the voices of the many support services to enhance livelihoods at the within our agencies to make them more • Rationalize education and school based persons employed in low-paying jobs for wages household level. accountable safety net programmes into a single that are insufficient to meet their basic needs. • Reform the Social Safety Net System transfer programme to be administered With a renewed mandate, the UWP will continue through the strengthening of the Public by one agency In our quest to reduce poverty levels, we have with its targeted interventions to ensure further Assistance Programme and the provision already embraced a wide-ranging safety net reductions in poverty. of a comprehensive range of benefits to programme that included cash transfer those most in need programmes like the Public Assistance Programme; in-kind transfer programmes like

Our Goal: - Extend existing safety nets and social programmes and introduce new ones To extend existing social programmes and - Support the role of the introduce new ones, create the environment to extended family facilitate self-employment, support the role of - Encourage self-employment the extended family, reduce unemployment and - Reduce unemployment generate sustained economic growth in order to - Generate sustained achieve a significant reduction in poverty and economic growth create a more equitable society. - Reduce poverty - Create a more equitable How We Will Achieve Our Goal society We will: • Adopt and implement the National those most in need Poverty Reduction Strategy and Action • Establish a targeting mechanism for Plan identifying beneficiaries of support so as • Enhance the good governance policies to ensure that more timely intervention within our agencies to make them more can be provided accountable • Develop a uniform proxy means test • Reform the Social Safety Net System which will be used to identify through the strengthening of the Public beneficiaries for all major applicable Assistance Programme and the provision programmes of a comprehensive range of benefits to

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The UWP believes that development is and mental well-being of people and the nation, • Explore the introduction of other new - The establishment of mini stadia in ultimately about people and as a result, including policies aimed at inspiring sporting sports including baseball and archery Dennery, Soufriere and Vieux Fort strategies and policies devised by policy makers excellence. It also implies that an active, healthy, catering to young people with - Installing lighting at playing facilities must be focused on and centred on people. As dynamic and energetic nation with a different abilities whilst providing - Rehabilitating playing surfaces and a natural consequence of this perspective, our government that is sensitive to the range of opportunities for advancement establishing athletic tracks on playing focus has always been and will continue to be possibilities, will have the capacity to embrace fields on the holistic development of the individual new economic opportunities in fields of - The construction of an outdoor facility and the community. This means developing endeavour connected to sporting excellence, with special programmes for the elderly strategies for improving the physical, emotional including sports careers and sports tourism. to exercise • Increase access and equity in sport for Our Goal: under-represented groups by: - Sports and recreation - Introducing grassroots programmes at The creation of an environment that enables all Saint Lucians for all the community level in collaboration to experience and enjoy sporting and recreational activities to - High levels of physical with the major sporting associations of the extent of their abilities and interests. To attain greater and mental fitness and football, netball, basketball, volleyball, degrees of fitness, wellness and mental health as well as wellness boxing and tennis providing the necessary facilities to foster competitive - Alleviation of disease and - Collaborating with the National excellence at the national, regional and international levels in ailments Associations in the establishment of new and existing disciplines and encourage sports tourism. - Facilities for excellence in homes for the sports of cycling, motor competitive sports cross and boxing - New sporting disciplines - The establishment of a Hall of Fame and - Sports Tourism Sports Museum - Strengthen legislation • Identify, recruit and support talented sportsmen and women to enable them How We Will Achieve Our Goal: • Expand or upgrade sports infrastructure to realize their full potential We will: islandwide by: • Strengthen the interdependence - the conversion of Vigie Multi-Purpose between the sports and tourism sectors • Establish an advisory body with the • Construct a world class swimming Complex into an indoor facility and • Facilitate greater promotion, specific mandate of formulating and facility in collaboration with the St. Lucia constructing two additional marketing and incentives for sporting monitoring the development and Amateur Swimming Association multi-purpose courts achievers and achievement implementation of a national strategic • Upgrade the capacity of coaches across plan for sports sporting disciplines • Re-establish school sports and physical • Facilitate international competition activity as an integral part of school. exposure in hosting and participating in This will be supported by the world class sporting events development of comprehensive school • Continue the growth and development sports programmes encompassing broad of sports organizations based participation of all students, talent • Build a Motor Cross and Drag Racing identification and competition, Complex of international standard leadership and volunteerism and regional and international tours and support initiatives

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Creating a Welcoming Environment for Saint Lucians Taking Government to the People Returning Home From Overseas The United Workers Party recognizes that the people. Consequently, we will, intensify our Government cannot be far removed from efforts to take Government to the people, Our Saint Lucian diaspora resides in many overseas. It is time for that relationship to be the day to day reality of the people. We hold providing them with the opportunity to play a countries throughout the world. We consider more clearly defined. The UWP will encourage the view that growth, modernization and more direct role in shaping their destiny. Saint Lucians living overseas an integral part of nationals who migrate to continue making their development require the full participation of our nation. Since the independence of Saint contributions to the growth and development Lucia in 1979, there has always been an of our homeland. Our Goal: attempt to engage with nationals who live To provide strong governance under which our citizens - Empower people are empowered within their communities to participate in - Empower Communities - Participate in Projects - Renewed sense of belonging their development and in the projects that enhance their Our Goal: - Improve Governance in to the Saint Lucia homeland surroundings, improve their livelihoods and contribute to local communities - Encourage investment in the key decisions which affect their lives. To create a renewed sense of belonging to a throughout Saint Lucia modern and revitalized Saint Lucia, for Saint Saint Lucia Lucians living overseas, encourage investment - Encourage participation in and maximize their contribution to the social the society and economy of How We Will Achieve Our Goal and economic life of their homeland. their homeland We will: • Continue the process of expanding the - Plan and make recommendations on establishment of Local Community improving community road and other How We Will Achieve Our Goal Councils throughout the island infrastructure We will: • Devise a bi-partisan approach to the - Bring about the provision of efficient formation of the Local Community garbage collection and other community • Hold national, regional and international assist in the development of our nation Councils services consultations on the Diaspora Policy • Continue to find ways of encouraging • Empower the Councils by providing - Monitor the use and maintenance of • Build on the work of the Regional young Saint Lucians living overseas to them with resources from the national community recreational facilities Integration and Diaspora Unit by maintain contact with their country so budget to enable them to implement - Monitor the running of schools and strengthening the mechanisms within that they never lose the connections key community projects, with health and other facilities to ensure our overseas missions and consular with their homeland appropriate systems of accountability standards offices • Continue to examine ways by which we and oversight - Identify and make recommendations for • Engage international agencies like the can increase both the rights and the • Facilitate the establishment of adequate housing and other services and World Bank and the Commonwealth responsibilities of our Diaspora Community Development Foundations infrastructure in the community Secretariat in assisting us with the design • Strengthen our links with the Union of and assist with the design of strategic • Expand the Constituency Development and implementation of our policies on Saint Lucian Overseas Associations plans to facilitate access to resources for Programme into a full-fledged the Diaspora (USLOA), at the same time ensuring that development programmes within Community Development Programme • Continue to work with the Diaspora and persons who do not belong to communities reflecting the needs of the community the Saint Lucia Development Bank on associations still have a voice and place • Give tax concessions to individuals or and ensuring that it operates in harmony the establishment of a social fund to in the development of our country businesses that contribute to any with the programmes of the Local Community Development Foundation Community Councils • Create capacity within the Local Community Councils to undertake the following:

70 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 71 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com • Further decentralize government • Expand and strengthen the role of the • Take steps to ensure a review of the facilitating exchange of ideas on services through the strategic location of National Consultative Council as a constituency boundaries in order to governance and development through offices in different parts of the island to vehicle for facilitating the input of facilitate a more rational and equitable the use of technology by extending the facilitate the provision of central ordinary Saint Lucians in national system of representation e-Government Programme to local government services at the local level decision making • Encourage consensus building by communities

Delivering Good Governance Keeping our People and Communities Safe

Protecting our relatively young democracy involves much more than enforcing the rules concerning the security of property and the well-being of the individual. It includes no less than The safety and security of all its citizens is a We pledged then to make the return of our providing the good governance required to ensure that all Saint Lucians continue to enjoy the freedom primary responsibility of any Government. This country to a safe and secure environment where to exercise their God given talents. is not an easy challenge, and over the last its citizens would be able to go about their daily decade or so every country in this region has lives confident that their government was taking - Upholding fundamental Our Goal: had to grapple with an increased spate of the appropriate steps to guarantee their rights and freedoms criminal activity and deviant behaviour. protection, our number one priority. - Good governance A new UWP Administration will continue to be guided by the principles of upholding the fundamental rights When in opposition, our party recognized the We did not expect this to happen overnight, but and freedoms enshrined in our constitution, ensuring dangers posed by this trend and repeatedly with decisive action beginning with an overhaul the separation of powers, maintaining the complete called for a bi-partisan approach to addressing of the senior management ranks of the police; independence of the judiciary and upholding the rule of the issue of crime and anti-social behaviour. We we are well on our way towards realizing the law. During the last seven years, millions of dollars have argued then and still do now, that crime is a undertaking to return our country to a state been spent on a Constitution Reform Exercise. The UWP multi-faceted phenomenon and that where law and order was maintained. It is, looks forward to receiving the report of that Commission approaches to solving crime and making our therefore, our pledge to the people of Saint very early in the life of the new administration. society safe and secure must take cognizance of Lucia to continue the work which we have all the dimensions. Our pleas at the time fell on started to its logical conclusion. - Upholding the rule of law Our legislative agenda will be geared towards facilitating deaf ears, even as the spate of criminal activity - Maintaining judicial the conduct of good governance in our society. A reached unprecedented levels. independence and governance record that has been validated by preserving the separation of Transparency International which ranked Saint Lucia 2nd power of the Judiciary, in the Caribbean since 2007 and 22nd in the world. Parliament and the Executive Our Goal: How We Will Achieve Our Goal - Root out crime and deviant We will: To continue to vigorously tackle all the sources behavior • Engage the population in the widest identified by the Ramsahoye and manifestations of criminal activity, - Eliminate the causes of crime possible consultation on the report of Commission anti-social and deviant behaviour, to root out - Be unwavering in maintenance the Constitution Reform Commission, • Enact legislation to strengthen the causes of crime, to restore our reputation as of law and order with a view to determining the way Financial Administration of the Public a peace loving, law abiding people and to make - Restore Saint Lucia’s image as a forward Service and accountability in the use of our country safe for its citizens in their peace-loving and law-abiding • Continue to pursue the enactment of public funds communities and households as well as for country and people in the legislation geared towards strengthening • Enact legislation for the creation of a those who visit our shores. international community. accountability of public officials, thereby Council on Social Reform lessening the possibility of acts of • Undertake a comprehensive review of maladministration and abuse as the Laws of Saint Lucia

72 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 73 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com How We Will Achieve Our Goal Our Goal: We will: - Modern, Efficient and To transform the Public Service into a Effective • Continue the process of transforming the - Procurement of vessels for the patrol of modern, efficient and effective body; responsive - Responsive to needs of Royal Saint Lucia Police Force into a our waters to the needs of a modern society; sensitive to the modern society strong, confident, efficient and - Continuing to provide training challenges of the new global order. We aim - Sensitive to global responsive organization for the opportunities to make our Public Service highly trained, challenges maintenance of law and order in our - Continuing the process towards full serving the public with professionalism and pride - Highly trained, professional, country commissioning of the Forensic in a cost effective manner. We will return to the cost effective • Further enhance the capabilities and Laboratory philosophy of “service to people and country” - Core values capacity of the police to perform their - Seeking technical and material and make it once more the core value of the - Service to people and functions of keeping our communities assistance from friendly governments Public Service. country safe through the following measures: and collaborating with regional and - Increasing the number of police sub-regional governments to address How We Will Achieve Our Goal: officers and re-establishing the crime and security issues including We will: dedicated Special Reserve Police Unit protecting our borders - Provision of additional supplies of - Strengthening existing legislation and • Engage public officers through their - Establish and activate a Public equipment including vehicles enacting new laws where necessary representatives and appropriate private Complaints and Solutions Office - Procurement of Mobile Police Units - Engaging in the widest possible agencies, in continuous dialogue on • Improve the dissemination of - Provision of supportive infrastructure consultative approach with all matters affecting the functioning of the information to the public on matters to include expanding the distribution of stakeholders including parliament, the Public Service which affect them CCTV systems, procuring of Fingerprint judiciary and civil society on matters of • Review the existing legislative • Conduct a strategic review of the Public Identification System (AFIS), national security, framework for the Public Service Service in order to achieve the most Communication Systems - Intensifying the process of social reform including the long delayed Public effective and efficient allocation of Service Bill and the role and functions of resources within the service, in light of the Public Service Commission among fiscal constraints We believe that in the final analysis, the ultimate solution lies in the creation of economic opportunities others • Revisit the present system of for our people and an environment that encourages social inclusion, participation and cohesiveness. • Institute measures to enhance classification within the Public Service productivity within the Public Service, • Continue to actively seek and provide including: opportunities for training of public - Reforming the Appraisal system officers in order to bring about Creating an Efficient, Modern and Relevant Public Service - Holding public officers strictly consistently high standards of accountable through a system that performance rewards exceptional performance and • Ensure high ethical and moral standards The Public Service is the mechanism through the efficiency and effectiveness of the Service. imposes appropriate disincentives for by public officers through the institution which public policy is implemented and plays a We firmly believe that a highly productive Public sub-standard work of a code of ethics critical role in the execution of Government Service will have a positive impact on the - Establish hotlines in strategic areas • Continue to refine and improve the wage programmes, projects and activities. development of Saint Lucia and we will particularly in Ministries and determination process with a view to Not with standing the commendable efforts of accelerate the pace of public sector reform in Departments which directly serve the making the negotiations arrangements many public officers, there are concerns about the new term. public less confrontational

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Making Foreign Policy More Effective - Continue to participate in the OECS • Explore the establishment of diplomatic Economic Union and in CARICOM i relations with South American countries ntegration process. Support the with which we do not have such relations We firmly believe that furthering our national goals is the foundation of effective external policy. strengthening governance in our and seek forge greater trading and Building a platform for joint action and working with the OECS and CARICOM is the best way to benefit regional bodies to enable more effective economic links from our engagement with the outside world. It will advance the interests and wellbeing of Saint Lucia participation by all our citizens. • Create a sub-committee of Cabinet on and the region and helping us to raise the standard of living of the people of the Caribbean. - Continue to support the full freedom of External Relations for more in-depth movement of the people of the OECS coordination and oversight, which will - Support effective operationalization of report to the full Cabinet of Ministers In Our Goal: - Modern and relevant the new Treaty on OECS Economic Union the interest of greater transparency and To create a modern, relevant foreign service with the foreign service both at the regional and national levels accountability and to facilitate wider capacity to articulate Saint Lucia’s foreign policy and - Able to represent Saint - Support the CSME’s full implementation debate and involvement, regular reports effectively represent the vital interests of Saint Lucians Lucia’s interests effectively once all the necessary safeguards are in will be submitted to Parliament in the international and regional community, including in the region and the world place to protect the interests of • Seek to develop the fullest potential of the ability to mobilize resources for our future - Capacity to obtain foreign Saint Lucia our producers and exporters in existing development. investment and resources - Continue to work to ensure that and new regional and international for our future development Saint Lucian businesses will be able to markets. (The United Workers Party will expand and grow their establishments continue to pursue and never give up throughout the OECS and in all CARICOM the fight for fair treatment for our How We Will Achieve Our Goal: countries producers and service providers) We will: - Continue to make security of the region a • Involve key stakeholders in the priority negotiation of trade agreements • Transform the foreign service into a consulted including those of farmers, - Strongly defend integration as a • Step up our efforts with the technically sound and professional entity hoteliers, manufactures, workers, Civil development path for Saint Lucia Governments of the other Windward through targeted training and the Society and consumers • Pursue friendship and cooperation with Islands to defend our position on the identification, selection and • Provide Saint Lucians with regular all countries, especially the emerging banana industry which has shrunk since development of career diplomats reports and updates on the effectiveness economies, and with organizations such Europe began reducing its protection of • Make full use of modern information of our foreign relations and how our as the UN, the OAS, the EU and the our bananas six years ago and other technology at the Ministry of foreign policy is working in their best Commonwealth whose values we share Foreign Affairs and our overseas Missions interest in order to expand outreach, increase • Pursue the following, given our belief efficiency and reduce costs that all other alignments or associations • Continue to strengthen coordination take second place to the OECS and with the Tourist Board and the NDC CARICOM, that Saint Lucia should play a • Review all aspects of our foreign policy leading role in the new OECS Economic to ensure the consistency with Union, and that it is desirable to always Saint Lucia’s strategic interests strike the right balance between building • We will promote fuller involvement of a strong integration movement and all sectors and stakeholders including engaging with the countries on issues our overseas communities, in defining that affect us all, while at the same time and pursuing our external policy ensuring that we protect our national • In the formulation and setting of sovereignty policy, all stakeholder interests will be

76 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia 77 www.uwpstlucia.com www.uwpstlucia.com UWPWE Governance the PEOPLE VOTING Secures On Election Day Monday 28th November 2011 TAKING CARE OF A BETTER ST. LUCIA BUSINESS THE ECONOMIC GROWTH ENGINE 2011 2500 Largest Economy in the OECS 2000 Leading Economic performer in the OECS

Leading Tourism destination in the OECS 1500

Leading Exporter in the OECS 1000 Best Place to do Business in the Caribbean EC$ MILLION 500

0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 VISITORS ARRIVALS 768.4 1446.6 1233 1121.8 1500.4 EXPORTS 193 206 373 448 483 FX EARNINGS 961.4 1652.9 1606 1570 1983

UWP’s proud record of continuous improvement 78 www.facebook.com/uwpstlucia in the midst of a global financial crisis www.uwpstlucia.com PERFORMANCE United Workers Party 2010 2011 Manifesto 2006 VISITORS: VISITORS: 1 Million 695,000 WWW. REVENUE: REVENUE: The POWER of WE $768,000 $1.5 Billion VOTE X UNITED WORKERS PARTY Let’s keep the flame BURNING Solid economic management performance… Unprecedented delivery of People development projects

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