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The Jamaica Chapter of the Caribbean Growth Forum Holds First Accountability Workshop – Progress on the Rise!

February 25, 2014 by Juan Pedro Schmid - D. Mitchell - K. Mahy Leave a Comment


The Jamaica Chapter of the Caribbean Growth Forum held its first accountability workshop on February 20, 2014. The Caribbean Growth Forum is organized in two phases. Phase 1 – focuses on identification and prioritization of concrete actions through a quick mobilization of actors and resources. Phase 2 – focuses on implementation by the governments, with the CGF facilitating the public accountability reporting through regular accountability workshops.

The Accountability Workshop is the centerpiece of transparency as it gives all stakeholders the opportunity to follow the implementation of the action plans for the 3 areas which the CGF targets reforms. A simplified traffic light system is used which shows progress and allows for transparency and accountability. Each action is reported on using either green, yellow, or red, depending on whether the action has been completed within the targeted timeframe, is in progress, or has not met all the targets during the review period, respectively (white is only used when no action was required during the period preceding the accountability workshop). This ‘dashboard’ is a public mechanism that allows all stakeholders – public and private – to easily track progress and recognize areas that require more attention.

The CGF Jamaica Chapter provided a detailed  report on the progress for 46 actions contained in in their dashboard.

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Progress to date indicates that 5 actions were fully completed, 18 were in progress, 9 were delayed and 14 actions did not have any milestone during the reporting period and in the spirit of transparency, the event was streamed live on the radio station Power 106.

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Jamaica will hold a second Accountability Workshop in the next six months to take further stock of progress. In addition, a regional event is envisioned later in the year where countries will have an opportunity to share experiences and lessons learned in the effort to move reforms forward, through public-private dialogue.

The accountability workshop was held as part of the National Competitiveness Council Business Environment Reform Roundtable, during which the NCC Secretariat presented the key reforms for the period 2014-2016 as well as its priorities for 2014. Given the strategic goals, both initiatives are strongly aligned and complement each other. The NCC reforms are broader and contain actions that have a longer horizon, while the CGF focuses on key reforms that can be implemented in a shorter time span. Together, the two will continue to strengthen collaboration to improve the business climate in Jamaica.

Other progress workshops from the Caribbean Growth Forum expected this Quarter: The Bahamas, St. Lucia, Suriname, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 


Filed Under: Jamaica, Labour & Learning Tagged With: Accountability Workshop, Business, caribbean, Caribbean Growth Forum, Jamaica

Juan Pedro Schmid

Juan Pedro Schmid is a Lead Economist in the Caribbean Country Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Since joining the IDB, Juan Pedro has worked in different capacities, including as a country economist for Jamaica and for Barbados, and as regional macroeconomist. His work has covered a broad range of areas, including macroeconomic monitoring, preparation of country strategies, lending operations, coordination of departmental macroeconomic work, and programming and research on a broad range of topics. Before joining the IDB, he worked for three years as an Economist at the World Bank’s Economic Policy and Debt Department on debt relief operations, technical assistance missions, and advisory services across different regions, including Africa, Asia, and Oceania. He holds a M.A. from the University of Zurich and a Ph.D. from the Federal Institute of Technology, both in economics.

D. Mitchell

K. Mahy

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