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Elaborated by: Alexander, Jemma C. James, Elke R. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ( SVG) lies between Saint Lucia and Grenada in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an island arc of the Caribbean Sea. It’s a small multi-island State with an approximate size of 150.3 square miles, comprised of a main land, St. Vincent, and a chain of thirty-four islands and cays known as the Grenadines GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary Democracy HEAD OF STATE: Queen Elizabeth II GOVERNOR GENERAL : Sir Frederick Ballantyne PRIME MINISTER : Hon Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves INDEPENDENCE: October 27, 1979. SUBDIVISIONS: Six parishes. POLITICAL PARTIES: Unity Labour Party (ULP) New Democratic Party(NDP) SVG Green Party (GP) The Parliamentary term of office is five years. SVG is a participating member of: Caribbean Community(CARICOM) Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) POPULATION: 118,149 (June 2008 est). Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2007 est.): $1.042 billion; per capita $9,800 Real growth rate: 6.6%. Inflation: 6.1%. Exports: $193 million (2006):. Imports: $578 million (2006): Unemployment : 21.1% Life Expectancy Men 69 years; women 74 Birth Rate 16 /1000 Infant Mortality Rate 17/1000 Adult literacy 88.1% School Drop out rate (2007) 1.39 Access to Potable Water 95% years The area of social insurance is the responsibility of National Insurance Scheme ( NIS). Benefits: sickness, invalidity, maternity, age, survivors, retirement, funeral and employment injury. The Maximum Insurable Earnings- $4333 per month or $1000 per week, total Contribution rate – 8 % (3.5% Employee’s – 4.5% Employers) The NIS expanded its service in 2007 to include voluntary contributors, selfemployed coverage and employment injury. It has also made contributions in the field of education and health, constructed two centres for the elderly and instituted a NonContributory Assistance Age Pension ( NAAP). There is a need for a National Health Insurance Programme in SVG. SVG faces serious structural limitations to its social and economic development. Critical among these are Its open economy, adverse terms of trade, vulnerability to natural disasters, rising crime rate and increasing globalization. On the other hand, there is clearly a positive trend towards economic growth, strengthening of governance and political will to address frontally the critical challenge of poverty faced by a large segment of the population. The economy of SVG is fuelled by agriculture and tourism. Development in the World Trade Organization and trade liberalization have severely reduced income from the banana industry. Although there has been a decline in the contribution of agriculture to GDP in recent years, it is still the most important productive sector in terms of its contribution to employment and the government’s fight against poverty particularly in rural areas. The Tourism sector had experienced decline in visitor arrivals in the last ten years. The government has embarked on the development and expansion of a robust security system as its multi island ports of entry to attract tourist from North America and Europe. The data presented by the 2001 Population and Housing Census indicates, an increased unemployment rate of 21.1% from 1991 with a higher rate among males . Despite the thrust of the Government towards Poverty Reduction, it is fair to say that tackling national unemployment will continue to be a long term challenge. The GOVSVG has launched specific initiatives : To generate employment opportunities for poor and vulnerable persons in Tourism, Agriculture and the Small and Micro-enterprise sector. Investment in human capital through education and training . Instituted an educational strategy aimed at providing secondary school education to all primary school leavers . Low income housing programme. Improvements in airport development, transportation, water, telecommunications and electricity services. Investments in disaster preparedness. Broad macroeconomic policies. Implementation of the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (IPRSP). The Government of SVG and, in particular, The Ministry of National Mobilisation, Social Development, Youth and Sports has commissioned this Social Sector Plan (SSP) as a strategic tool to guide its work until the year 2011. General Objective: To develop the social infrastructure of SVG. To empower the poor and the vulnerable. Name of Programme Area of Focus Persons targeted Social Welfare Vote Health Social Welfare Assistance Public Assistance Health Persons who are unable to pay for health care Orphans Health Organization Nutrition Support Programme Health National Scale Name of Programme Area of Focus Persons targeted School Feeding Programme Education Primary School Book Loan Scheme School Transportation Education Secondary School Education Children living in rural area Early Childhood Education Programme Adult Education and Illiteracy Programme Education National scale Education Adults who need educational enrichment Name of Programme Persons targeted Public Assistance: Needy children in primary and secondary school Educational assistance , Day care services, meals, transportation Co-facilitate the re-entry of teen mothers into educational institutions Provision of Low-Income Homes and No Income Homes Teenage Mothers Poor and Indigent Persons Name of Programme Persons targeted Type of Institution Services Cooperative Development Programme Community Empowerment Programme Poor Communities Public NGO’s Private Public NGO’s Private Social Safety Net Programme Household and communities Vulnerable individuals Public Name of Programme Persons targeted Type of Institution Services Home Help for the Elderly Elderly Foster Care Services 200 abused and abandoned children Public NGO’s Private Public NGO’s Private Public NGO’s Private Child Care and Protection Abandoned and neglected children v Rehabilitation and reintegration of street children Family Empowerment Families Public NGO’s Private Name of Programme Persons targeted Type of Institution/ Services Gender Development Programme Men and women Public NGO Private Programme for Persons with DisAbilities Persons with disabilities Poverty Reduction Programme Poor households Public NGO’s Private Public NGO’s Private Communities Programme for the Elderly Elderly Public NGO Private NAME OF PROGRAMME Community Outreach Activity Disaster Assistance Children Against Poverty Youth Empowerment Programme Liberty Lodge Boys Training Centre PERSONS TARGETED Persons with HIV/ AIDS Communities Victims of natural or man-made disaster Primary school children with low academic achievement. 700 Youths Boys from poor , dysfunctional and disadvantage families Estimated Total Public Expenditure (2009) : 71.600 000 Allocation of funds Social Welfare Vote $275 000 Social Welfare Assistance $600 000 Public Assistance $50 000 Nutrition Support Programme $849 774 Targeting Mechanism: • Self selection Targeting • Certain organizations Estimated Total Public Expenditure ( 2009) : $98, 185 ,960 School Feeding Programme $2,221, 853 Adult & Continuing Education Programme $2, 435, 044 Book Loan Scheme $ 1,500,000 School Transportation Targeting Mechanism: • Self selection targeting Estimate Total Public Expenditure : $17, 725,616 Administration $1,096 800 Cooperative Division $491, 699 Youth Affairs Division $464, 167 Family Affairs Division $11,732, 982 Community Development $719, 273 Home Help for the Elderly $1,026, 722 Gender Affairs Division $214, 437 Sports Division $1,258, 434 Liberty Lodge Boys Training Centre $72, 102 Targeting Mechanisms: Eligible Persons are identified via various stakeholders. Self selection targeting Community based targeting Geographical targeting Who is registered? All persons born in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. When they are registered? Within 1 yr after birth. By whom? By parents or guardians at the Registry or at Revenue Offices (applicable to births in some rural areas and the Grenadines.) Information Required: The date of the birth Where the baby was born The baby's full name The mother's and father’s full name Occupation of mother and father. Age of mother Order of birth Sex of the child Date registered For what purpose? To record the number of births in a given year and vital events of its citizens. To create a data source for the compilation of vital statistics.