The Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA) has approved the sum of Canadian $800,000 for the
extension of the Environment Action (ENACT) Programme, a joint project
of the Jamaican and Canadian Governments. ENACT was set up in 1994 to
strengthen the ability of the Jamaican Government, private sector and
other stakeholders to identify and address environmental problems in a
sustainable manner.
Minister of Land and Environment the
Honourable Dean Peart and Canadian High Commissioner Claudio Valle will,
on Wednesday February 15, 2005 sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
that will facilitate the extension of the project to March 2007. The
ENACT Programme, is managed by the National Environment and Planning
Agency (NEPA), an executive agency with responsibility for managing and
protecting the national environment. The signing will take place at the
Ministry of Land and Environment, at 16a Half-Way Tree Road, in
Kingston.
The goal of the extension phase, to be
known as the `ENACT Extension Project,' is to institutionalise
initiatives of the 1994-2004 phase of ENACT. This extension will include
continued capacity building at the individual and institutional levels
in government ministries and agencies, educational institutions and
private sector organisations and businesses, thereby moving towards the
goal of achieving sustainable development in Jamaica.
The ENACT Extension Project will focus
on the Greening of Government and the'Private Sector; Environmental
Education for Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development Planning
at the national and local levels and the modernisation of critical
systems and procedures within NEPA.
The project will be managed by the
Director of Strategic Planning in NEPA, and its activities will be
carried out by project staff and consultants. Strategic guidance and
monitoring will be provided by a Steering Committee chaired by the
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Land and Environment (MLE),
comprising representatives from Government, non-government and private
sector organisations.
