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On February 25th 2016, Jamaicans chose the Jamaica Labour Party, to be the next government of Jamaica, with Andrew Holness as their leader.

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4100 Health Access	Access
Not started Notstarted 4108 Health Access	Construct hospital in Portmore	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4104 Health Access	Create a National Health Insurance Scheme called “The Wellness Plan” in 2 phases in order to provide basic health insurance for all Jamaicans. The plan will include introducing tax credit incentives on insurance premiums paid by employers and employees, and will target the elderly, poor and vulnerable persons in the first phase of the roll out. This will include persons receiving doctor's visits, in hospital visits, hospital outpatient visits, eye exams and other benefits. The NIS will target the 35 - 60 year old persons in the second phase of the roll out. This will include the following services: mammography, pap smears, colon & prostate cancer tests.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4109 Health Access	Extend health services to include more preventative, diagnostic & specialist services.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4110 Health Access	Facilities will be put in place to enable hospitals to accept health insurance payments	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4103 Health Access	Increase the number of community health workers	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4102 Health Access	Increase the number of mobile clinics	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4106 Health Access	Recruit workers from overseas to complement the local workforce.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4107 Health Access	Restore the hospital health board structure which will aid in maximizing autonomy on personnel management, financial management and decision-making.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4105 Health Access	Train more health care workers in specialist areas in short supply.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4101 Health Access	Upgrade and equip health clinics and centres in strategic locations	Start the discussion!
1800 Governance Accountability	Accountability
Achieved 1803 Governance Accountability	Financials for Prime minister Holness will be revealed with the filing of his Integrity Report for 2015	Start the discussion!
Broken 1801 Governance Accountability	Every Minister will be given a 2 1/2 year consequential job letter setting out their key performance targets drawn from the manifesto towards economic growth and job creation	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 1802 Governance Accountability	Immediately upon appointment Ministers will be given their targets of low-hanging, easily attainable changes they must make within the first 90 days of new Government	Start the discussion!
5200 Economy Agriculture	Agriculture
Not started Notstarted 5202 Economy Agriculture	Establish agricultural economic zones	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5206 Economy Agriculture	Conduct brief study on the decline of the cocao industry	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5207 Economy Agriculture	Develop a programme, including technical support, for spices and herbs including tumeric, ginger, thyme, and sorrel, and fruits such as mangoes, guava, soursop, june plum, passion fruit, and avocado	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5204 Economy Agriculture	Expand Irrigation and processing plant in Bull Savannah	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5203 Economy Agriculture	Irrigation and processing plants in Flaggerman, Meyersville, New Forest, and Black River	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5205 Economy Agriculture	Re-establish production and marketing organisations (PMOs) to better coordinate extension services support, marketing efforts, and better linkages between different geographical areas, buyers and sellers, and the local and export markets	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5201 Economy Agriculture	Upgrade fresh food markets	Start the discussion!
8300 Culture Artist Development	Artist Development
Not started Notstarted 8302 Culture Artist Development	Appoint a panel of leading Music Industry experts to discover, develop and promote young artists for global reach in the Industry	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 8301 Culture Artist Development	Develop a Creative Industries and Entertainment Fund to facilitate incubation, development, promotion and marketing of leading young artists in various areas of Creative Industres and Entertainment	Start the discussion!
6200 Infrastructure Aviation	Aviation
Not started Notstarted 6201 Infrastructure Aviation	Establish an Aerospace College at Vernamfield similar to the Caribbean Maritime Institute	Start the discussion!
1100 Governance Civil Society & the Diaspora	Civil Society & the Diaspora
Not started Notstarted 1101 Governance Civil Society & the Diaspora	Reform the process by which persons are appointed to the Senate. Explore the possibility of including in the Senate three (3) independent representatives	Start the discussion!
1200 Governance Corruption Prevention	Corruption Prevention
Achieved 1201 Governance Corruption Prevention	Create a single anti-corruption agency, revising the work already under way at Parliament, but making revisions to ensure its effectiveness.This single agency will absorb the: Corruption Prevention Commission Parliamentary Integrity Commission Office of the Contractor General	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 1204 Governance Corruption Prevention	Introduction of mandatory disclosure of Integrity Reports by the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition and Finance Minister	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 1202 Governance Corruption Prevention	Require that reports of the Auditor General, Contractor General, Public Defender, Corruption Prevention Commission and Integrity Commission be debated within 30 days of submission to Parliament.	Start the discussion!
In progress Inprogress 1203 Governance Corruption Prevention	Start the legislative process to institute impeachment proceedings in Parliament to ensure that only members of unquestioned integrity sit in Parliament. Within the first 100 days	Start the discussion!
8200 Culture Creative Industries Development	Creative Industries Development
Not started Notstarted 8201 Culture Creative Industries Development	Activate and invigorate the Culture and Creative Industries Council as an overarching mechanism for the integration and regulation of policies and programmes in this area	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 8202 Culture Creative Industries Development	Collaborate with UTECH Design and Entrepenuerial Centre and the Edna Manley College for the development of regular programmes to upgrade and enhance the design elements of our Craft Sector, with assistance from Latin American partners	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 8203 Culture Creative Industries Development	Include the Creative Industries and Entertainment sector within the National Export Strategy	Start the discussion!
7100 Security Crime	Crime
Not started Notstarted 7108 Security Crime	Allocate 2% of the road maintenance budget to build out CCTV systems within the first year in office	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7112 Security Crime	Allocate 5% of the motor vehicle budget to buy adequate supplies of fast-moving service parts and panels to ensure fast return to service when vehicles require maintenance and repairs within the first two years	Start the discussion!
Broken 7103 Security Crime	Amend the Plea-Bargaining Law to increase the incentives for criminals to testify against their accomplices within the first 100 days	Start the discussion!
In progress Inprogress 7107 Security Crime	Construct or deploy 30 small Police Posts in areas identified as crime hot spots to place the police closer to where they are most needed within the first year in office	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7106 Security Crime	Declare “no crime zones” in critical public spaces for zero tolerance to punish even the smallest infraction of the law	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7105 Security Crime	Establish a minimum of 15 joint Police/Military posts in high ground areas with regular criminal activity within the first year in office	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7110 Security Crime	Implement policy whereby a minimum percentage of the national budget is invested in improving security and crime reduction	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7114 Security Crime	Implement policy whereby every housing development of 400 units or more must have a post to accommodate community Police officers who will be dedicated to keeping citizens in these communities safe and confident	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7113 Security Crime	Introduce a new supervisory rank between Corporal & Inspector to ensure effective supervision, accountability & attention to duty in areas of community policing, proximity policing, agro- & industrial protection, investigations & crime scene management & service delivery at police stations within the first two years	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7104 Security Crime	Introduce programs that will serve to ensure that prisons serve the purpose of reforming offenders & preventing violent criminals from continuing to commit crimes	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7109 Security Crime	Offer incentive for commercial companies to invest in CCTVs linked to the police network	Start the discussion!
In progress Inprogress 7111 Security Crime	Purchase 600 used motor vehicles and 400 motor bikes for the security forces to ensure uniformed and hidden patrols can reach every part of the country within the first two years	Start the discussion!
Broken 7101 Security Crime	Take steps within the first 100 days to enact or amend laws in order to increase the use of non-custodial sentences with strict supervision conditions, including electronic monitoring for non-violent offenders	Start the discussion!
Broken 7102 Security Crime	Take steps within the first 100 days to enact or amend laws in order to introduce mandatory minimum prison sentences for violent criminals and certain dangerous categories of crime	Start the discussion!
2300 Youth Education Early Childhood	Early Childhood
Not started Notstarted 2301 Youth Education Early Childhood	Complete the Early Childhood Development Policy	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2304 Youth Education Early Childhood	Review the operations of the Early Childhood Commission with a view to improving oversight of the sector.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2302 Youth Education Early Childhood	Roll out the Age 4 assessment programme across the island, ensuring that children’s challenges are detected earlier.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2303 Youth Education Early Childhood	Strengthen the teaching of literacy and numeracy at the early childhood level to ensure readiness for Primary schools	Start the discussion!
4200 Health Education	Education
Not started Notstarted 4201 Health Education	Encourage Jamaicans through widespread public education campaign “Eating right & Living Right”	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4202 Health Education	Intensify the National Immunization Drive with an aim to achieve 95% coverage within 5 years	Start the discussion!
1300 Governance Elections	Elections
In progress Inprogress 1301 Governance Elections	Start legislative process to fix the date of General Elections to bring greater certainty to the political process. The date will be a date after the Budget and not before. Within the first 100 days	Start the discussion!
6300 Infrastructure Energy	Energy
Not started Notstarted 6305 Infrastructure Energy	Conduct a strategic review at the Petrojam Refinery to ensure that it is serving its mandate to the people of Jamaica to ensure that fuel users pay the most competitive price for all types of fuel	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6302 Infrastructure Energy	Construct hydroelectric power projects, in particular the Mahogany Vale Project	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6303 Infrastructure Energy	Enforce energy efficiency standards and codes for appliances and buildings with the goal of reducing energy consumption in new buildings by 50% by 2020 and ensuring that all new buildings use zero net energy by 2025	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6301 Infrastructure Energy	Offer tax credits and incentives to help businesses purchase solar equipment	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6304 Infrastructure Energy	Renegotiate JPS license to include provisions for net billing and power wheeling	Start the discussion!
5400 Economy Energy Independence	Energy Independence
Not started Notstarted 5401 Economy Energy Independence	Diversify the fuel mix by increasing use and development of renewable energy sources to reduce dependence on imported oil with its cyclical price volatility, which continues to threaten prospects for economic growth	Start the discussion!
6400 Infrastructure Environment	Environment
Not started Notstarted 6404 Infrastructure Environment	Implement energy efficiency programme in the Public Service with the target of reducing national demand for energy over a 5 year period.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6402 Infrastructure Environment	Implement regular re-planting projects for deforested areas in watershed zones	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6403 Infrastructure Environment	Make the Cockpit Country a no-mining zone	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6405 Infrastructure Environment	Privatize the Riverton Landfill and set the stage for the ultimate relocation of the Dump	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6401 Infrastructure Environment	Turn Riverton city into a green landfill	Start the discussion!
7600 Security Equality	Equality
Achieved 7601 Security Equality	Ratify the ILO Convention 189, Decent Work for Domestic Workers, to improve the lives and working conditions of domestic workers	Start the discussion!
5300 Economy Foreign policy	Foreign policy
Not started Notstarted 5301 Economy Foreign policy	Implement a returning residents policy	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5302 Economy Foreign policy	Implement policy that places greater emphasis in diplomatic service on trade and investment promotion and facilitation	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5304 Economy Foreign policy	Promote Jamaica as a centre of trade, commerce, finance, innovation and lifestyle in the Caribbean	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5303 Economy Foreign policy	We will propose that the Governor- General select [a Senator to represent] the views of the Diaspora	Start the discussion!
7500 Security Gender Based Violence	Gender Based Violence
Not started Notstarted 7501 Security Gender Based Violence	Enact legislation against sexual harassment	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7503 Security Gender Based Violence	Establish permanent and temporary shelters for women victims of domestic violence with appropriate accommodation for children	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7505 Security Gender Based Violence	Implement the National Strategic Action Plan to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7504 Security Gender Based Violence	Review legislation on Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and Child care and Protection	Start the discussion!
7400 Security Gender Equality	Gender Equality
Not started Notstarted 7401 Security Gender Equality	Putting resources in place to improve the livelihoods of rural women through new and existing programmes	Start the discussion!
4300 Health Governance	Governance
Not started Notstarted 4301 Health Governance	Create a committee of stakeholders that will appoint regional & hospital leadership	Start the discussion!
1400 Governance Government	Government
Not started Notstarted 1401 Governance Government	Establish in the Constitution, core ministries of government with a limit on the number of additional Ministries that can be created.	Start the discussion!
In progress Inprogress 1402 Governance Government	Start legislative process to introduce term limits on the Office of the Prime Minister within the first 100 days	Start the discussion!
5100 Economy Growth and Job Creation	Growth and Job Creation
Not started Notstarted 5109 Economy Growth and Job Creation	All unattached youth will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge, skills, and attitudes through the National Apprenticeship Programme and National Service Programme where they can earn a stipend whilst gaining a skill, certification, or work experience	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5107 Economy Growth and Job Creation	Create 50,000 jobs in heritage tourism through the development of Port Royal through Harbour View and east to Morant Point	Start the discussion!
Achieved 5101 Economy Growth and Job Creation	Create a Ministry of Economic Growth and Development	Start the discussion!
Achieved 5103 Economy Growth and Job Creation	Create a special council of investment ambassadors	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5105 Economy Growth and Job Creation	Create secondary mortgage market through NHT and Housing Agency of Jamaica	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5108 Economy Growth and Job Creation	Ensure the development of Economic Zones along the North-South Highway on the lands provided to the developer as part of the concession agreement in order to stimulate employment in the areas through which the Highway passes	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5106 Economy Growth and Job Creation	Generate 10,000 jobs in the rain water harvesting industry by Year 5 (2020)	Start the discussion!
Achieved 5102 Economy Growth and Job Creation	Restore the benefits at the Junior Stock Market to grow equity financing for start-ups and expansion of small to medium size businesses	Start the discussion!
In progress Inprogress 5104 Economy Growth and Job Creation	Set up a National Apprenticeship Programme where unattached youth can earn a stipend whilst gaining a skill, certification, or work experience	Start the discussion!
4400 Health Health Tourism	Health Tourism
Not started Notstarted 4401 Health Health Tourism	Implement an integrated industrial policy whereby we will seek to establish the legal & regulatory framework for health tourism	Start the discussion!
8100 Culture Heritage	Heritage
Not started Notstarted 8101 Culture Heritage	Establish 21st century museum of the Jamaican People	Start the discussion!
6100 Infrastructure Housing	Housing
Not started Notstarted 6102 Infrastructure Housing	Introduce 50-60 year intergenerational mortgages	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6101 Infrastructure Housing	Reduce interest rates on mortgages	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6103 Infrastructure Housing	Reform the HAJ to focus on the development of housing at all levels in the public sector, including by building on behalf of government and the NHT. The HAJ will engineer partnerships with the private sector, engaging the skills of local developers and engineers. The HAJ will be responsible for all housing construction projects in the public sector.	Start the discussion!
6500 Infrastructure ICT	ICT
2100 Youth Education ICT	ICT
Not started Notstarted 6501 Infrastructure ICT	Create a Technology Innovation Fund (TIF) to catalyse the growth of technology-based ventures to make Jamaica the Silicon Valley of the Caribbean	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2103 Youth Education ICT	Develop an Executive Dashboard to complement the Enterprise School Management System	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2101 Youth Education ICT	Develop an ICT in Education Policy to address the use of technology in administration as well as teaching and seek to give all students access to current technologies and equip all teachers with ICT skills to complement ICT in Education Policy delivery	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6502 Infrastructure ICT	Establish true universal access, making internet access to essential government and educational services free	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2102 Youth Education ICT	Implement the Central Repository for Educational Material (CREM) to ensure that all schools with connectivity will have access to quality educational material	Start the discussion!
2600 Youth Education Infrastructure	Infrastructure
Not started Notstarted 2602 Youth Education Infrastructure	Expand school facilities and infrastructure	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2601 Youth Education Infrastructure	Increase annual maintenance allocation to all schools to enable them to construct additional classrooms	Start the discussion!
7200 Security Justice System	Justice System
Not started Notstarted 7201 Security Justice System	Abolish Circuit Courts & replace them with permanent High Courts	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7205 Security Justice System	Co-locate more Magistrate Courts with larger Police Stations in sub-urban & rural districts	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7202 Security Justice System	Improve the justice system through modernisation, better maintenance, and the development of more court spaces/houses	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7203 Security Justice System	Increase the number of Judges	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 7204 Security Justice System	Increase the number of Prosecutors	Start the discussion!
6600 Infrastructure Maritime	Maritime
Not started Notstarted 6601 Infrastructure Maritime	Dredge Kingston Harbour	Start the discussion!
7300 Security Police	Police
Not started Notstarted 7301 Security Police	Create accommodation to allow members of the Police Force to invest a percentage of their wages in a pension scheme to be managed by the Private Sector	Start the discussion!
2400 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Policy and Legal Framework
Not started Notstarted 2410 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Develop and implement school inspection software to enable planning, conducting, recording and reporting on all school inspections	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2412 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Ensure a mandatory literacy component for all primary and Early Childhood teaching curricula	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2402 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Ensure that teacher training includes gender sensitive pedagogical approaches to strengthen the focus on optimizing education for our boys	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2408 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Implement a National Equivalency Policy in Certification to ensure greater acceptance of general education and technical education	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2401 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Implement the licensing of teachers to ensure that our teachers are appropriately trained and deployed in their areas of competency	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2409 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Incorporate local culture and talent in curricula and develop additional, relevant media content for use in schools	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2406 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Increase the number of functioning PTAs in schools to support the facilitation of better school/home relationships and increased parent involvement	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2403 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Increase the use of locally produced foods and juices in our schools	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2411 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Introduce/Further develop an Examination Management Information System (EMIS) to enable greater sharing of examination data	Start the discussion!
In progress Inprogress 2413 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Remove mandatory school fees at secondary schools by increasing funds per child in the national budget	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2405 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Review the operations and programmes of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) with a view to strengthening support of good parenting practices	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2404 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Streamline the provision of structured physical education in primary schools	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2407 Youth Education Policy and Legal Framework	Work closely with the new Ministry of Economic Growth & Job Creation to ensure relevance of curricula and training programmes	Start the discussion!
2900 Youth Education Protecting Vulnerable Youth	Protecting Vulnerable Youth
In progress Inprogress 2903 Youth Education Protecting Vulnerable Youth	Conduct an operational review of the CDA and OCR and ensure that systems are optimized in the interest of our children	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2905 Youth Education Protecting Vulnerable Youth	Ensure that counselling programmes are made available [to males]	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2901 Youth Education Protecting Vulnerable Youth	Revise the Adoption Policy and amend the Adoption Act to provide for a more sensitive and efficient process geared at bringing together loving permanent families.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2902 Youth Education Protecting Vulnerable Youth	Revive the Possibility Programme for street children	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2904 Youth Education Protecting Vulnerable Youth	Strengthen training programmes targeting unattached and vulnerable [boy children]	Start the discussion!
1600 Governance Public Sector	Public Sector
In progress Inprogress 1602 Governance Public Sector	Implement a National Identification card system with a lifetime identification number to simplify the process of paying taxes as well as simplify government’s processes and reduce cost due to tracking multiple identification numbers.	Start the discussion!
In progress Inprogress 1601 Governance Public Sector	Introduce automated business processes to reduce bureaucracy, strengthen record-keeping and provide greater accountability	Start the discussion!
4500 Health Quality	Quality
Not started Notstarted 4504 Health Quality	Digitize hospital records in order to safeguard patients’ medical information and allow ease of access to authorized persons.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4505 Health Quality	Divest various support services such as housekeeping, laundry services, ground & building maintenance, catering, as well as specialist services such as laboratory facilities, ultrasound, radiotherapy and the radiology unit.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4501 Health Quality	Establishing performance targets to make health facilities management more effective	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4502 Health Quality	Implement effective monitoring mechanisms for the delivery of health services and improve patient satisfaction.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4503 Health Quality	Introduce sanctions for administrators who violate reporting requirements.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 4506 Health Quality	Introduce systems to ensure transparency and accountability.	Start the discussion!
1700 Governance Referendum	Referendum
Not started Notstarted 1701 Governance Referendum	Hold a grand referendum on the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final appellate court	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 1702 Governance Referendum	Hold a grand referendum on the removal of the buggery law	Start the discussion!
2200 Youth Education SLB Reform	SLB Reform
Not started Notstarted 2201 Youth Education SLB Reform	Increase funds available for loans through refinancing	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2202 Youth Education SLB Reform	Make payments easier by lowering interest rates, extending repayment periods and calculating loans on the reducing balance	Start the discussion!
2700 Youth Education Skills and Business	Skills and Business
Not started Notstarted 2703 Youth Education Skills and Business	Committed to establishing a component of the programme to focus on the rehabilitation of young offenders, with proper support systems to assist in their reintegration into society	Start the discussion!
Achieved 2701 Youth Education Skills and Business	Create a National Service Programme	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2702 Youth Education Skills and Business	Ensure that building on the existing core, every student leaving the education system will be certified at a functional level of education and competent in a skill	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2705 Youth Education Skills and Business	Establish Youth Business Incubators to support growth in the following areas: the creative industries, agro processing, ICT and tourism	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2704 Youth Education Skills and Business	Expand the pool of funds available for lending at the Jamaica Youth Business Trust	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2706 Youth Education Skills and Business	Infuse entrepeneurial studies and financial literacy into the curriculum of primary and secondary schools to promote innovation, enterprise and responsible risk taking in our youth	Start the discussion!
2500 Youth Education Special Education	Special Education
Not started Notstarted 2502 Youth Education Special Education	Include a basic mandatory special education component in teacher development to ensure that teachers are competent in identifying special needs in children	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2501 Youth Education Special Education	Strengthen the framework for social workers and mental health care professionals to be involved in school settings with a view to providing appropriate support for schools families and communities with high levels of disciplinary challenges and anti-social behaviours.	Start the discussion!
8400 Culture Support for Cultural Communities	Support for Cultural Communities
Not started Notstarted 8403 Culture Support for Cultural Communities	Promote regular meetings in support of cultural communities to ensure continuity and transfer of information and traditions within the communities and the country at large	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 8401 Culture Support for Cultural Communities	Provide funding for cultural communities such as Maroons and Rastafari to promote and grow their festivals to international standards and promotion	Start the discussion!
Achieved 8402 Culture Support for Cultural Communities	Support the staging of commemorative celebrations in Rastafari community (50th anniversary of the arrival of Emperor Haile Selassie in April 2016)	Start the discussion!
5500 Economy Tax Reform	Tax Reform
Not started Notstarted 5503 Economy Tax Reform	List on the Jamaica Stock Exchange several state-owned enterprises such as the UDC and Factories Corporation	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5504 Economy Tax Reform	Merge NHT/NIS/NHF deductions into one Social Security deduction	Start the discussion!
Broken 5506 Economy Tax Reform	No new taxes will be imposed in order to remove taxes for those who earn under $1.5 million	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5501 Economy Tax Reform	Reduce transfer taxes, stamp duties and estate taxes	Start the discussion!
Achieved 5502 Economy Tax Reform	Remove PAYE tax for everyone who earns a basic salary of JA $1.5m or less.	Start the discussion!
Broken 5505 Economy Tax Reform	The removal of PAYE for those who earn under $1.5 million will be made effective or retroactive to April 1, 2016	Start the discussion!
5600 Economy Tourism	Tourism
Not started Notstarted 5601 Economy Tourism	Develop Port Royal through Harbour View and East to Morant Point, and brand it as Jamaica’s Sun Coast, Jamaica’s Fun Coast	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5603 Economy Tourism	Develop a strategic plan for the development of Portland as a distinct tourist area	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5604 Economy Tourism	Develop strategic plan for the development of St. Thomas as a distinct tourist area	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5602 Economy Tourism	Develop the engineering and infra-structural criteria for construction of hotels, villas, casinos, shopping, heritage sites, wetland reserves/parks etc.	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5608 Economy Tourism	Establish a new regime for in-bond merchants to enhance Jamaica’s appeal as a duty-free shopping destination	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5605 Economy Tourism	Establish sophisticated craft training center on the north coast	Start the discussion!
In progress Inprogress 5606 Economy Tourism	Establishment of a Hospitality College	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5610 Economy Tourism	Implement draft ecotourism guidelines for the development of caves, sinkholes, shafts, trails and water features in the South Coast adventure and eco-tourism process	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5607 Economy Tourism	Promote the expansion of marinas in Ocho Rios and Montego Bay which, together with the Port Antonio Marina, will be marketed to attract mega-yacht visitors and sport-fishing activities	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 5609 Economy Tourism	Provide grants and concessionary loans for the upgrading of small hotels and villas and assist them in developing programmes for advertising and marketing	Start the discussion!
6700 Infrastructure Transportation	Transportation
Not started Notstarted 6706 Infrastructure Transportation	Connect Highway 2000 to the Vernamfield Airport and Enterprise Zone	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6703 Infrastructure Transportation	Develop multimodal transport system (rail, land, sea, air)	Start the discussion!
Broken 6704 Infrastructure Transportation	Implement the plans laid out for the South Coast Highway to Morant Bay	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6701 Infrastructure Transportation	Improve road safety and keep road fatalities under 300 yearly	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 6705 Infrastructure Transportation	Reinstate the Highway 2000 phase to be built from Glenmuir in Clarendon to Williamsfield in Manchester	Start the discussion!
6800 Infrastructure Water	Water
Not started Notstarted 6801 Infrastructure Water	Train 5,000 individuals to install rain water harvesting facilities for houses within Year 1	Start the discussion!
2800 Youth Education Youth in Decision Making	Youth in Decision Making
Not started Notstarted 2801 Youth Education Youth in Decision Making	Create Youth Advisory Councils starting with the Ministries responsible for Youth and Education	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2802 Youth Education Youth in Decision Making	Create a National Youth Foundation to provide finance and technical support for the Youth Advisory Councils and entities (such as the NSSC, JUTS, JYAP, NYCJ)	Start the discussion!
Not started Notstarted 2804 Youth Education Youth in Decision Making	Ensure that all parishes have at least one Youth Information Centre and network all YICs, to offer a set of services, giving all youth access to an agreed list of services	Start the discussion!
In progress Inprogress 2803 Youth Education Youth in Decision Making	Revitalise the National Youth Parliament	Start the discussion!