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Social Sector Investment Programme 2020 SOCIAL SECTOR 2020 INVESTMENT PROGRAMME CONTENTS Executive Summary 8 Introduction 20 CHAPTER 1: THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION 24 1.1. Socio-Economic Outlook 24 1.1.1. Global Competitiveness 25 1.1.2. Global Gender Gap 25 1.1.3. Human Development 26 1.1.4. Poverty 26 1.1.5. Health and Wellness 27 1.1.6. The Environment 28 1.1.7. Corruption 28 CHAPTER 2: THE CARIBBEAN SOCIAL SITUATION 32 2.1. Regional Economic Development 32 2.1.1. Economy 32 2.2. Regional Integration 33 2.2.1. CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) 33 2.3. Regional Social Development 33 2.3.1. Human Capital Development 33 2.3.2. Social Security 34 2.3.3. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 34 2.3.4. Poverty (Reduction) in the Region 35 2.3.5. Employment 35 2.3.6. An Ageing Caribbean 35 2.3.7. Crime and Security 36 2.3.8. Migration 36 2.3.9. Gender Mainstreaming 37 2.3.10. Health Care 37 2.3.11. Disabilities 39 2.3.12. Disaster Management – Environmental Stability 39 2.3.13. Literacy in the Caribbean & Education 40 2.3.14. Food Security 40 2.3.15. Maritime Industry 40 2.4. Regional Dialogue 41 2.5. Outlook for 2020 41 2 STABILITY | STRENGTH | GROWTH CHAPTER 3: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CARIBBEAN 44 3.1. Global Gender Gap 44 3.2. World Happiness 45 3.3. Global Peace Index 45 3.4. Corruption 45 CHAPTER 4: THE NATIONAL SOCIAL SITUATION 48 4.1. Introduction 48 4.2. Theme I: Putting People First: Nurturing Our Greatest Asset 49 4.2.1. Goal 1: Our Society will be grounded in the principles of Social Justice 49 4.2.2. Goal 2: Social Services Delivery will be improved to better serve the needs of vulnerable groups 52 4.2.3. Goal 3: Citizens will have access to adequate and affordable housing 55 4.2.4. Goal 4: The healthcare system will be sustainable and modern and deliver higher standards of healthcare 57 4.2.5. Goal 5: Citizens will be empowered to lead healthy lifestyles 60 4.2.6. Goal 6: The family will be protected and supported 61 4.2.7. Goal 7: Trinidad and Tobago will have a modern, relevant and accessible education and training system 68 4.3. Theme II: Good Governance and Service Excellence 73 4.3.1. Goal 1: Our governance approach will be based on principles of participation and inclusion 73 4.3.2. Goal 2: The public service will have modern, effective and efficient public management systems 76 4.3.3. Goal 3: Public service delivery will be customer-focussed 77 CHAPTER 5: OVERVIEW OF THE SOCIAL SECTOR FOR 2019 82 5.1 Budgeted Allocations to the Social Sector 82 REVIEW OF TOBAGO 85 5.2. New Programmes and Projects Developed/Implemented in Fiscal 2019 85 5.3. Social Policies Developed in Fiscal 2019 86 5.4. Research Conducted in Fiscal 2019 86 5.5. Evaluations Conducted in Fiscal 2019 87 5.5.1. The Ministry of Social Development and Family Services 87 5.5.2 The Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts 87 5.5.3 The Ministry of Education 87 CHAPTER 6: REVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRAMMES AND INITIATIVES 2019 90 Review of Social Programmes 93 3 SOCIAL SECTOR 2020 INVESTMENT PROGRAMME CHAPTER 7: SOCIAL SECTOR PLANS FOR 2020 172 7.1. Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts 173 7.2. Ministry of Education 174 7.3. Ministry of Health 177 7.4. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development 178 7.5. Ministry of Labour and Small Enterprise Development 179 7.6. Ministry of National Security 180 7.7. Ministry of Public Administration 181 7.8. Ministry of Public Utilities 181 7.9. Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government 182 7.10. Ministry of Social Development and Family Services 182 7.11. Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs 186 7.12. Office of the Prime Minister 187 7.13. Tobago House of Assembly 189 APPENDICES 193 Appendix I: Key Social Programmes and Structural / Institutional Initiatives Funded by the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) 2018-2020 194 Appendix II: Allocations and Expenditure for Social Programmes and Initiatives for Fiscal 2019 and 2020 and Actual Expenditure for Fiscal 2018 under Recurrent Expenditure by Ministry 198 Appendix III: List of Non-Governmental Organisations Receiving Government Subventions for Fiscal 2018 & 2019 205 List of Acronyms 209 4 STABILITY | STRENGTH | GROWTH LIST OF TABLES Table I: Key initiatives to be implemented in the 2019/2020 Fiscal Year 16 Table 1.I: World Economic Outlook Projections for 2019 24 Table 1.II: Global Competitive Index 2018-2019 25 Table 1.III: Countries Perceived to be Least Corrupt According to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 28 Table 3.I: The Global Gender Gap Index Top 10 ranking for Latin America and the Caribbean 44 Table 3.II: CPI Ranks and Scores of Caribbean countries for the period 2013-2018 46 Table 4.I: Alignment of VISION 2030: Themes I and II and Related Short Term Goals (2016-2020) with the Sustainable Development Goals 48 Table 4.II: Matters Filed at the Children Court Disaggregated by Case Type and Location for the period February 28, 2018 - June 30, 2019. 68 Table 4.III: Number of Persons Referred for Counselling Services at the Social Services Unit for the period August 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 68 Table 5.I: Budgeted Allocations for the Key Social Sector Ministries and the Social Services Divisions of the Tobago House of Assembly for Fiscal 2018/2019 82 Table 5.II: Budgeted Allocations for the Key Social Sector Ministries and the Social Services Divisions of the Tobago House of Assembly and Gross Domestic Product for 2015–2018 84 Table 5.III: Budgeted Allocations for Social Infrastructure and Programming for Fiscal Period 2015–2019 84 Table 5.IV: Percentage of Social Infrastructure & Programming Allocated to Social Sector Ministries and the THA 85 Table 6.I: National Development Themes and Goals 90 Table 6.II: Comparison of Estimates of Expenditure and Revised Estimates of Expenditure for Recurrent Social Programmes for Fiscal 2019, Key Social Sector Ministries and Key Social Services Divisions within the Tobago House of Assembly 91 Table 6.III: Actual Expenditure for Selected Programmes for the years 2014 -2018 and Revised Estimates of Expenditure for 2019 92 Table 7.I: Comparison of Budgeted Allocations for Social Infrastructure & Programming – 2019-2020 172 5 SOCIAL SECTOR 2020 INVESTMENT PROGRAMME LIST OF BOXES Box 5.I: New Programmes and Projects/Initiatives Developed/Implemented in Fiscal 2019 85 Box 5.II: Policies Developed and/or Implemented in Fiscal 2019 86 Box 5.III: Research Conducted and/or Finalised in Fiscal 2019 86 Box 6.I: Ministries/Divisions highlighted in this chapter 93 Box 7.I : Policy and Research Initiatives of the Ministry of Education for Fiscal 2019/2020 176 Box 7.II: Policy and Research Initiatives of the Ministry of Health for Fiscal 2019/2020 178 Box 7.III: Policy and Research Initiatives of the Ministry of Labour and Small Enterprise Development for Fiscal 2019/2020 180 Box 7.IV: Policy and Research Initiatives of the Ministry of Social Development and Family Services for Fiscal 2020 185 Box 7.V: Policy and Research Initiatives of the Office of the Prime Minister: Gender and Child Affairs for Fiscal 2019/2020 188 Box 7.VI: Policy and Research Initiatives of the Tobago House of Assembly for Fiscal 2020 191 6 STABILITY | STRENGTH | GROWTH LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.I: Multidimensional Poverty Index 2017-2018 26 Figure 3.I: Trinidad and Tobago Corruption Index 46 Figure 5.I: Budget Allocations for Key Social Sector Ministries and Social Sector Divisions of the Tobago House of Assembly for Fiscal 2019 in Relation to Total National Estimates of Expenditure 83 Figure 5.II: Budget Allocations for Key Social Sector Ministries and Social Sector Divisions of the Tobago House of Assembly for Fiscal 2019 83 Figure 5.III: Percentage of Budgeted Allocations to the Key Social Sector Ministries in Trinidad and the Social Services Divisions of the THA for the Period 2015-2019 83 Figure 5.IV: Percentage Allocation to the Key Social Sector Ministries and the Social Services Divisions of the THA in relation to GDP (2015-2018) 84 7 SOCIAL SECTOR 2020 INVESTMENT PROGRAMME Executive Summary The Social Sector Investment Programme (SSIP) examines percent of the multidimensional poor globally; and in the social landscape of Trinidad and Tobago, highlighting Europe and Central Asia at 0.3 percent, in comparison progress made towards attaining social transformation to South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa which together and development. It provides an overview of the account for 82.8 percent of the multidimensional poor. international, Caribbean and national social situations; Examination of 29 health-related SDG indicators for examines existing and new social sector initiatives and which global trends are reported, 24 have shown the investment made by the key social sector Ministries improvements in recent years. Global life expectancy and the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) towards social increased by 5.5 years to 72.0 years between 2000 and development during the 2019 fiscal year and social sector 2016, and healthy life expectancy increased by 4.8 years plans for the 2020 fiscal year. The document comprises to 63.3 years. seven chapters, which are summarised as follows: Climate change has emerged as a critical human development and security issue and is primarily Chapter One – The International Situation, provides a associated with biodiversity loss, deforestation and a comparative analysis of the socio-economic performance reduced quantity/quality of freshwater and clean air.
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