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PERMANENT SECRETARY'S MESSAGE

Leveraging available skillsets within the Ministry and its Departments and
Agencies will minimize policy and operational gaps. This collaborative
approach is paramount in our quest to intensify social investment,

strengthen risk management and ensure the Ministry remains agile,
proactive and responsive to the reasonable demands of the citizens.

Moreover, it will promote legislative consistency and programme coherence,
as well as enhance budgetary prudence.

Improved public order, public safety and peaceful communities are macro-
critical within the Jamaican context. Relatedly, the Ministry’s current and

planned strategic actions will contribute meaningfully to making ‘Jamaica,
the place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business’.

As the Ministry actions this Strategic Business Plan, I call for greater

resilience, accountability and compliance with the requisite legislation,
regulations, guidelines and operational procedures. I also call on us to take
full ownership of our policies, programmes, operations and adherence to our

own targets. To this end, I reiterate the importance of redoubling our efforts
to better leverage technology, develop human capacity and strengthen our

risk mitigation strategy. This will bolster the Ministry’s capacity to respond
strategically to existing and emerging threats to national security. In this vein,

I remain confident that we are poised to be the model of National Security
excellence in the Caribbean region.

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Mr Courtney Williams
Permanent Secretary

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