Tag: Ministry of Finance and the Public Service

Philippe Pelletier, Legal Affairs Officer at the World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced that USD 1.7 Trillion in value of the market access is available annually under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). He was speaking during the second day of the Elevate Procurement Conference which is being held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre from April 23-25, 2024.

Public and private sector entities are being urged to foster an attitude of collaboration and partnership ahead of the revolutionary changes being made to the public procurement process in Jamaica. The call came during the opening ceremony of the Elevate Procurement Conference held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ), the Development Bank of Jamaica, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank Group, European Investment Bank as part of Team Europe, USAID, and the United Kingdom, are discussing a framework to establish a ‘Blue Green Facility’ –a blended financing structure–of up to USD 500 million over five years, which would include a contribution from the Government of Jamaica. Such a programmatic approach will help catalyze climate finance by introducing systematic, coherent, and scalable approaches towards adaptation and mitigation needs.

The fraud at Stocks and Securities Limited (“SSL”) is of public interest. The Financial Investigation Division has reported that the fraudulent schemes are now estimated to have
affected over 200 accounts and the extent of the fraud exceeds $3 billion in value.

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service is set to extend its 2024 National Budget Secondary School Tour to schools in St. Catherine in the second staging of the initiative. The tour was officially launched at the St. Catherine High School with participation from students from St. Jago High School on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.

Fitch Ratings Agency, today, March 5, 2024, upgraded Jamaica’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘BB-’, with the outlook remaining “Positive”.

The Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) FATF today at its February 2024 Plenary meeting in Paris, approved for their America’s Joint Group to conduct an on-site visit to Jamaica to assess the effectiveness and sustainability of the measures the country has implemented to address its strategic AML/CFT deficiencies outlined in the 13-point action plan agreed with the FATF in February 2020.

Local, regional and international experts and stakeholders from the business community as well as legislators will gather for the inaugural Elevate Procurement Conference scheduled for April 23- 25, 2024 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

THEME: UNCAC AT 20: UNITING THE WORLD AGAINST CORRUPTION.

Civil servants in leadership roles across central government are being urged to effectively engage in coaching and mentoring employees within the public service so they too can be effective leaders. The call came during the Civil Service Week Public Forum held at the AC Hotel by Marriott on Tuesday, November 21, 2023.