| Object
No. |
Description |
Projected
Completion Year |
| 58 |
Develop a strategic plan
to strengthen the establishment of national parks and wetland
areas, the protection of historic shipwrecks and the conduct of
environmental assessment. |
0 |
| 63 |
Bring to this Council the
Pound and Livestock Brands Bill, which will revise the existing
Pound Ordinance with strengthened control measures, and adopt
associated policies needed for controlling loose livestock. |
1 |
| 85 |
Recruitment of a
Complaints Commissioner will begin shortly. |
1 |
| 14 |
The Development Planning
Unit will assist all Ministries in establishing priorities which
will result in a Public Sector Investment Programme for 2003 -
2007. |
1 |
| 88 |
Outline its economic
assistance package to assist persons in the hotel and other
sectors who are laid off. |
1 |
| 11 |
Introduce a bill to set
up a Financial Investigations Agency. |
1 |
| 15 |
Introduce a
National Statistics Bill to provide a sound legal framework for
the collection, processing and dissemination of national
statistics.
|
1 |
| 23 |
A Hospital Board will be
in place by mid-2004, with the appropriate legislation. |
1 |
| 32 |
Urgently assess the need
to retain the services of an external audit team to conduct a full
and complete audit of the finances of the Government and to
establish the financial position of the government and its
attendant liabilities. |
1 |
| 51 |
Honour the commitment to
distribute the four million dollars budgeted and approved for
salary adjustments. |
1 |
| 8 |
Give the Financial
Services Commission responsibility for the supervision of the
Development Bank. |
1 |
| 33 |
Move expeditiously to
manage the territory's debt burden and its attendant debt service. |
1 |
| 40 |
Introduce an
Education Bill and attendant regulations to provide for all facets
of a modern education system for the Territory beginning at Early
Childhood Education and on through Adult Continuing Education. |
1 |
| 50 |
A review of the existing
policies regarding festivals, fairs cultural and historical events
will also be undertaken, with a view to ensuring that proper
controls and management are in place well before the start of the
50th Anniversary emancipation celebrations in 2004, as well as
other such related events. |
1 |
| 30 |
Introduce the Public
Finance Management Bill in the first session of this Legislature.
This Bill will replace the Finance Act, 1977 and the Capital Fund
Act, 1980. |
1 |
| 77 |
Regulations for small
passenger ships and Caribbean cargo ships will be made and laid
before you. |
1 |
| 47 |
Introduce a comprehensive
national youth programme which includes after-school services. |
1 |
| 36 |
Bring a Bill to replace
the current 33 year-old Audit Ordinance with modern legislation,
which will support the new emphasis on value for money auditing. |
1 |
| 29 |
Legislation to bring
greater transparency to the tendering process in the award and
management of contracts, including petty contracts, will be
included in a Public Finance Management Bill and in accompanying
regulations. |
1 |
| 1 |
The establishment of a
Small Business Bureau. |
1 |
| 2 |
Consolidate and update
incentives legislation in respect to services and enterprises. |
1 |
| 9 |
Complete a strategic
development plan for the Financial Services Sector. |
2 |
| 16 |
Introduce a fair and
equitable Physical Planning Bill. |
2 |
| 21 |
Begin the complicated
process of reviewing the Mental Health Act. |
2 |
| 52 |
Consider a Bill to
regulate the payment of public officers on Statutory Boards and
Committees. |
2 |
| 17 |
Introduce a Bill to
provide for a Racing Commission and other means of regulating
operations at the Albion Race Track. |
2 |
| 53 |
Continue to improve human
resource management by devolving some appointing authority to
heads of Ministries and Departments. |
2 |
| 86 |
Introduce Consumer
Protection Legislation to promote the welfare of consumers and to
protect consumers from unsafe practices. |
2 |
| 46 |
Establish a Department of
Youth Affairs, which will bring focus to addressing the growing
needs of the youth. |
2 |
| 67 |
Revisit the draft Labour
Code in close consultation with the people, and will seek to
accelerate the processing of applications relating to immigration matters. |
2 |
| 69 |
Introduce a Bill to
reorganize the Department of Civil Aviation into a regulatory
agency, and provide for the separation of the airport management
services into a public limited company to handle the operations of
the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport in the first
instance. |
2 |
| 25 |
Continue works on the
development of a National Health Insurance Scheme. |
2 |
| 57 |
Introduce the BVI
National Parks Trust Bill, which incorporates key elements of
international conventions relevant to the protection of both bio- diversity and the cultural heritage. |
2 |
| 78 |
Consult with stakeholders
and promulgate regulations for the management of the Territory's
ferry services. |
2 |
| 42 |
Introduce a comprehensive
Health and Family Life curriculum in all schools. |
2 |
| 68 |
Introduce a Bill to
liberalize telecommunications services which will end the current
monopoly system, bring about competition in the supply of a range of telecommunications services and give the consumer a wider
choice of service providers. |
2 |
| 82 |
Consider a Bill to
replace the Evidence Act. |
2 |
| 20 |
Enact legislation
regarding the treatment of juvenile offenders. |
2 |
| 35 |
Integrity in Public Life
Bill will be enacted to give effect to section 66C of the
Constitution, which requires the declaration and registration of
economic interests by Honourable Members and designated public officials. |
2 |
| 5 |
Update the BVI Charter
Yacht Strategy and supporting legislation. |
2 |
| 44 |
Introduce a Junior High
School System |
2 |
| 72 |
Improve accessibility to
that island by the addition of a reliable and efficient ferry
service between Trellis Bay and Virgin Gorda. |
2 |
| 49 |
Engage in the development
and promotion of recreational and national sports programmes in
the Territory to foster national pride through sports. |
2 |
| 41 |
Establish a School Board
to support effective school governance and assist with school management. |
2 |
| 54 |
Update Public Service
Commission Regulations and General Orders to support the
modernization of the service are also in train and will be laid
before you. |
2 |
| 59 |
Publish regulations which
enable the National Parks Trust to create additional sources of
revenue, and to control certain activities, later this year. |
2 |
| 66 |
Establish incentives to
develop and promote sports fishing so as to further diversify the
tourism sector and increase economic and job opportunities for British Virgin Islanders. |
2 |
| 24 |
Modernization of the
health services on the sister islands which will lead to
improvements and upgrades to clinics, and the establishment of
reliable air and sea emergency medical evacuation arrangements. |
2 |
| 31 |
Introducing a Bill to
replace the Pensions Act with the view to ensure the viability of
our pension scheme. |
2 |
| 79 |
Bring before you
proposals to amend the Ports Authority Regulations, 1995. |
2 |
| 13 |
Work to make sure that
the territory's legislation in areas such as electronic
transactions, e-commerce, and intellectual property is up-to-date
and
internationally compatible. |
2 |
| 75 |
Put in place the
necessary resources and structures so that the Territory may
become a Category I Shipping Registry which will enable the
registration of larger vessels, including mega yachts. |
2 |
| 48 |
Introduce programmes to
rescue and reintegrate into society young men who have become
alienated from the community. |
2 |
| 65 |
Implement the
Fisheries Regulations, 2003 which prioritize and protect our
fishing grounds, and will encourage training for fishermen in long
line and pelagic fishing. |
3 |
| 81 |
Support the upgrading of
police services on the sister islands and the bringing of the
marine branch of the Force up to an adequate level. |
3 |
| 7 |
Introduce
legislation to improve regulation, facilitate due diligence and
improve the effectiveness of the Financial Services Commission. |
3 |
| 73 |
Put policies in place to
ensure the development of petty contractors and the equitable and
fair distribution of these contracts to small entrepreneurs, so
that a fair share of such jobs will be available to as many
eligible contractors as possible. |
3 |
| 19 |
Revised legislation
relating to health and social welfare with the view of bringing
these in line with international standards. |
3 |
| 62 |
Develop a National
Agricultural Policy, and establish an Agricultural Board. |
3 |
| 76 |
Introduce legislation on
marine and oil pollution which will complement the Merchant
Shipping Act, 2001 and thus strengthen jurisdiction over pollution of the sea from ships, intervention on the high seas in instances
involving oil pollution or dumping of wastes at sea, and the
necessary preparedness response and compensation mechanisms for dealing with such
emergencies. |
3 |
| 83 |
Proposed amendments to
the Elections Act will therefore be laid before you.
|
3 |
| 37 |
Draw up a policy on
prevention of fraud in government which, when approved, will be
laid before you. |
3 |
| 43 |
Accelerated overall
efforts to modernize the curriculum. |
3 |
| 84 |
Introduce campaign
finance legislation to introduce disclosure rules after thorough
study. |
3 |
| 27 |
Actively explore the
introduction of a national mobile pension scheme to supplement the
present Social Security age benefit, and make proposals to synchronize the age of retirement and eligibility for Social
Security. |
3 |
| 70 A |
Complete the Beef Island
Runway project expeditiously |
3 |
| 70 B |
Develop modern port facilities at
West End. |
3 |
| 56 |
Ministers will hold a
high level consultation with senior officials as a first step
towards facilitating an effective working partnership between the
political directorate and their staff. |
4 |
|
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|
| 71 |
Review, in terms of
aviation safety and economic viability, the plans for the
acquisition and improvement of the Virgin Gorda Airport. |
4 |
| 22 |
Re-launch the
delayed Peebles Hospital project and in the meantime, will proceed
with the completion of the Annex. |
4 |
| 26 |
Adopt a three-pronged
strategy focused on prevention, treatment and education to address
the HIV/AIDS threat. |
4 |
| 60 |
Develop land and
home-ownership policies which will enable first-time homeowners to
own land and build homes, and make available more land for
farming. |
4 |
| 61 |
Establish programmes to
provide expert crop advice, to assist farmers with water and to
assist both farmers and fishermen with marketing and distributing
their products locally and regionally. |
4 |
| 80 |
Support the
measures which the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force needs to take
to contain criminal activity, but will at the same time examine
police expenditure carefully and work with the Commissioner to
ensure that best value is being realized from available funds. |
4 |
| 3 |
Revisit, update and
implement the ten-year national tourism development plan. |
4 |
| 87 |
Investigate the options
for establishing an Unemployment Insurance Scheme. |
4 |
| 45 |
Establish a trade school
to meet the technical manpower needs of the Territory. |
4 |
| 55 |
Revitalize the
Public Sector Development Programme and ensure the Public Service
continues to improve its performance through a new, major, and
accelerated emphasis on training and professional capacity
building of BVIslanders which should reduce the need to engage
costly expatriate staff. |
4 |
| 64 |
Continue the livestock
marketing initiative programme to help farmers to find a regional
market for their live animals. |
4 |
| 10 |
The BVI International
Finance Center will deepen its relationship with the private
sector in the promotion of this jurisdiction. |
4 |
| 34 |
Work tirelessly to
instill a new culture of accountability in the expenditure of
public funds and to see that "value for money" becomes
the watch word in government. |
4 |
| 91 |
Continue fraternal
relations with other Overseas Territories in this region and
strive to harmonize approaches to common problems and engage in
technical cooperation. |
4 |
| 90 |
Enhance friendly
ties with our closest neighbors, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and
establish a mechanism to resolve differences. |
4 |
| 18 |
Develop a sound health
care system for the Territory. |
4 |
| 6 |
Establish the BVI as a
base for mega yachts |
4 |
| 4 |
Encourage further resort
and hotel development in the territory including the provision of
a golf course. |
4 |
| 12 |
Work to make sure that
the BVI's information technology infrastructure is world class and
price competitive. |
4 |
| 28 |
Introduce measures
to reestablish the preeminence of, and respect for, the
Legislative Council as the highest law-making body in the Virgin
Islands. |
4 |
| 39 |
Our education agenda will
therefore focus on five key components; school modernization;
curriculum reform; teacher training; institutional strengthening;
and early childhood education. |
4 |
| 92 |
Work closely with the
Government of the United Kingdom to advance the Territory's social
and economic agenda for the benefit of the people of the Virgin
Islands. Areas of emphasis will be constitutional reform and
advancement which will incorporate a Bill of Rights. |
4 |
| 38 |
Build a world-class
education system to create a trained human resource base that is
employable, easily retainable and adaptable to the rapidly
changing demands of the job market. |
4 |
| 74 |
Continue to improve road
safety, especially through the marking of roads, the installation
of signs and guard rails along road sides and appropriate intersections, and the installation of traffic lights where
required. |
4 |
| 89 |
Continue to strengthen
cooperation in functional areas and play our full part in regional
activities as a mature Caribbean Territory. |
4 |
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