Meeting Type	Objective	Sponsor	Location
Meeting (16-17 July, 1997)	Improving Gender Planning Skills	UNIFEM	Trinidad
Workshop (20-25 July, 1997)	To improve Project Cycle Management – Financial Accounting	UNDP	St. Kitts
Workshop (28-29 July, 1997)	To Strengthen Information Management & Communications among OECS Countries	UNDP	Barbados
Workshop (7-17 Sept. 1997)	To improve Project Planning & Management	CFTC	Grenada
Meeting (29 -30 Sept. 1997)	To improve Regional Consultation Legislation	UNDP	Barbados
Workshop (30 Sept –Oct. 3, 1997)	To Analyze Labour Force Surveys in OECS Member States	ILO	St. Lucia
Meeting (4-7 Nov. 1997)	Report on the Status of National Statistics	BVIG	St. Lucia

 

 

STAFF PARTICULARS

Name	Post	Experience in Post	Specialization
O’Neal, Otto	Head, of Planning	15 Years	Economics, Political Economy and Public Administration
Cox, Eldred	Statistician II	7 Years	Analytical Statistics
Phillips, Raymond	Statistician II	7 Years	Analytical Statistics
Smith, Ian	Economist I	4 Years	Economics and Economics Theory
Romney, Carla	Economist I	4 Years	Economics
Samuel, Jerry	Economist I	10 Months	Economics
Smith, Janice	Senior Executive Officer	2 Years	Computer Science
King Rose	Executive Officer	1 Year	Secretarial Services, Word Processing and Spreadsheets
Jones, Verna	Ag. Executive Officer	1 Year	Accounting Procedures, Word Processing and Spreadsheets
Michael Malone	Statistical Officer	4 Years	Statistical Analysis
Scatliffe, Carlene	Clerical Officer	4 Years	High School Data Management
Matthias, Malcia	Clerical Officer	1 Month	High School Data Management
Penn, Esmie	Clerical Officer	3 Years	High School Data Management
Daniel, Kendra	Clerical Trainee	1 Year	High School Data Management
Kelly, Ramona	Clerical Trainee	1 Year	High School Data Management
Skelton, Gabrielle	Clerical Trainee	1 Year	High School Data Management
Rawlins, Loretta	Clerical Trainee	10 Months	High School Data Management
Jeffers, Kenya	Clerical Trainee	10 Months	High School Data Management
Dick, Alana	Clerical Trainee	I Year	High School Data Management
Desai, Kiritkumar	National Accounts Statistician	25 Years	National Accounts
Srivastava, Ramesh	Prices Economist	20 Years	Economic Statistics and Surveys
Walters, Franklin	Clerical Trainee	2 Years	Economic Analysis
Hodge, Reginald	Asst. Stats. Officer	8 Years	Statistics
Sergeant, Sally	Asst. Stats. Officer	6 Years	Data Management

 

 

SECTION VI: OTHER INFORMATION Computer Hardware and Software

Introduction and Executive Summary

The main function of the Development Planning Unit (DPU) is to provide information in an as-timely–as possible manner to inform policy and for public consumption. To achieve this goal, the utilization of computer hardware and software has become almost inevitable. Towards this end, the DPU employs over 20 pentium-based computers, which are incorporated into a Local Area Network (LAN). A host of different software applications are used to produce the final output. The LAN employs the Windows NT operating system. Description of the Network

The DPU’s LAN is served by an IBM Netfinity 3000 server. This server is Pentium II-based, provides 64.0MB of RAM and houses a 16.0 GB hard disk. There are 24 workstations presently connected to this server. Each workstation couples as a stand-alone PC. Also attached to the server are 2 network-ready printers – namely a HP 2500 colour printer and a HP 4000 laser printer. The LAN is used primarily as repository for databases and to share information among the different workstations. Over 2000 data entries and several dozen text files are deposited in the server daily. The LAN also allows Internet and e-mail-sharing capabilities. Network Maintenance and Support Presently, the LAN is maintained and supported by the staff members in-house and by the Information Systems Unit (ISU). 

Network Problems and Shortcomings
The main problem with the LAN is the absence of in-house dedicated personnel. On occasions problems are experienced that originates from the source, which is the ISU and cannot be rectified in-house. This results in down time in the LAN and consequent work stoppages. Much downtime is experienced with the Internet and also the e-mail capability has not been fully implemented. There is no systematized backup daily thereby requiring databases and other files to be backed-up to CD Re-cordables/Re-writables. 

Conclusion
The LAN has become an indispensable tool in the everyday functioning of the DPU. It has enhanced the output of the department significantly. There exist some minor problems but hopefully these would be non-existent in the near future.  

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Publication	Release Frequency or Date	Price
Tourism Review	Annually	$10.00
Financial Statistics	Annually	$10.00
External Trade	Annually	$10.00
Consumer Price Index	Monthly	$3.00
Consumer Price Index	Annually	$8.00
Social and Economic Review	Annually	$10.00
National Accounts Statistics	Annually	$10.00
Government Financial Statistics	Annually	$10.00
Balance of Payments	Annually	$10.00
Population, Health and Vital Statistics	Annually	$10.00
Labour Market Information System	Annually	$10.00
Employment and Earnings Statistics	Annually	$15.00
Education Statistics	Annually	$10.00
Food and Nutrition	Annually	$10.00
Statistical Abstract	Annually	$10.00
Census	Annually	$15.00
Energy in Focus	Annually	$5.00
Quarterly Bulletin	Quarterly	$3.00

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