National Development Plan of Jamaica
Vision 2030 Jamaica is the country’s first long-term national development plan; it aims to put Jamaica in a position to achieve developed country status by 2030. It expresses the aspiration for Jamaica to become a country where its citizens enjoy a high quality of life and world-class standards in education, health care, nutrition.
Policy
Vision 2030 introduces a new paradigm which redefines the strategic direction for Jamaica and aims to put the country on the path to sustainable prosperity. The new paradigm will move the country from dependence on tourism, minerals and agricultural commodities to development of cultural, human, knowledge and institutional capital.
The Vision is based on seven guiding principles, aimed at putting people at the centre of the country’s development:
- transformational leadership
- partnership
- transparency and accountability
- social cohesion
- equity
- sustainability
- urban and rural development.
The Vision is built on four strategic goals that are seen as mutually reinforcing. These four goals are mapped onto 15 national outcomes, which in turn are to be pursued through national strategies. The national outcomes provide the roadmap for achievement of the Vision.
The four goals are:
- Jamaicans are empowered to achieve their fullest potential
- Jamaican society is safe, cohesive and just
- Jamaica’s economy is prosperous
- Jamaica has a healthy natural environment.
Governance
The Vision will be implemented through a series of three-year medium-term socio-economic policy frameworks which are underpinned by a results-based monitoring and evaluation mechanism that establishes specific indicators and targets to measure and track performance.
