Please see below the News Release generated by the JIS from the Learning Hour presentation by the St Ann Inter-Agency Network for Transforming Social Services (SAINTSS) held at the Planning Institute of Jamaica on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. throughout the parish of St Ann.

The presentation examined the initiatives used by SAINTSS in spreading Vision 2030Jamaica - National Development Plan

  Some 50 senior education officers from the Ministry of Education’s Regions Three, Four, and Five participated in a Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) sensitisation workshop on Friday, October 7, where they discussed the role of the education officers in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan.

The Plan Development Unit of the PIOJ will be participating in the St. Mary Career Fair and Expo on Thursday, October 20, 2011, at the Grays Inn Sports Complex in Annotto Bay, St. Mary, beginning at 10:00 am. .

The Parish of Manchester will be havin a Parish Run as one of the activities to celebrate Community Month in November.

The Community Run will be targetting rural areas of the parish, to share the Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan.

The event is scheduled for November 28-30, 2011.

Read about the  activities of the Vision 2030 Jamaica team in the latest copy of our Newsletter under the section for Reports.

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will be partnering with the Social Development Commission's (SDC) 20/20 Cricket Competition as part of its islandwide promotion of Vision 2030 Jamaica. The competition begins on Sunday June 5, 2011 with the first match at Buff Bay, in Morant Bay, St. Thomas.

The SDC has as its objective for this competition, the advancement of the community agenda through sports and entertainment in realizing the Vision of "Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business".

The Competition continues until September 4, 2011.　

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will be collaborating with the Social Development Commission (SDC) to undertake the Harkers Hall Community Health and Opportunity Fair on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 beginning at 9:00 am at the Harkers Hall Health Centre, Harkers Hall, St. Catherine.