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JASPEV was a project that created
opportunities for citizens of Jamaica at all
levels to have a say in how the policies and
programmes that affect their daily lives are
designed, implemented and evaluated. It
promoted change in the culture of public
institutions to make them more effective and
responsive to customers' needs and therefore
complemented the ongoing initiatives
directed at public sector reform being led
by the Cabinet Office. JASPEV facilitated
and supported “joined-up government” as a
strategy for problem-solving. It
promoted evidence-based policy creation,
diagnosis of issues and identification of
solutions. |
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Under the JASPEV project, two national
Progress Reports,
monitoring the achievement of Jamaica’s long
term national social policy goals against a
target date of 2015, were put together by a
Technical Working Group (TWG) of policy and
research experts, drawn from the government,
civil society, including universities, the
private sector, NGOs and CBOs. |
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This was a practical model that brought together communities,
technical experts and government officials
as equal partners to achieve improvements in
the delivery of services. This model is now
being used by the Ministry of National
Security to improve police services,
especially to youth. Among other things it
involves the use of community score cards to
assess services. |
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A prosperous & dynamic Jamaica which upholds the
fulfillment of human rights, dignity for all
persons, and builds continual social progress based
on shared values and principles of partnership.
Minds are transformed and extraordinary results are
produced in this the most caring and secure country
in the Americas, where individuals fulfill their
potential, are in control of their destiny, take
responsibility for their lives and work always for
the larger good. |
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