VISION 2030 & THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Ministry of Planning and DevelopmentApril 18th 2017

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In 2030:

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• The world will be more populated and more persons will be older than at any othertime in Trinidad and Tobago’s history. Also, there is a declining share of school-age (1-14) children.

• Access to sufficient quality and quantities of food and water will be a major globalchallenge due to population growth, wasteful practices, climate change and massmigration.

• Fossils fuels will peak and solar will surpass coal, oil and gas.

• More streets, homes, vessels and planes will be smart and powered by alternativesources of energy, such as solar.

• Artificial intelligence will replace some jobs.

• Due to rapid changes in technology, job titles such as Human Organ Engineer, ClimateChange Reversal Specialist and Memory Augmentation Surgeon will be in vogue.

The Challenges

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National Challenges

Culture of dependency and sense of entitlement

Low productivity

and poor work ethic

Crime and Criminality

Ageing Population

and Immigration

Weak Institutions Climate

Change and Natural

Resource Management

Dependence on the Energy

Sector

Food Security and

Sustainability

Rapid advances in technology

A Divided Society

Trinidad and Tobago’s National Vision to 2030 and Strategy

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• By 2030, Trinidad and Tobago will be able to sustain its own development and provide a high quality of life for all its citizens for generations to come.

• The National Vision identifies the outcomes for the country to 2030.

• Overall, the Draft National Development Strategy (Vision 2030): • Provides the framework within which strategies and implementation plans can

be developed.

• Presents the broad priorities and the target time periods to achieve them.

• Provides for an orderly long term development process, inclusive of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Vision 2030 Themes and OutcomesVision 2030: What do we desire to see?

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Putting People First: Nurturing

Our Greatest Asset

Healthy Citizens

First World Skills

Delivering Good Governance and

Service Excellence

A safe and secure Trinidad and

Tobago

A transparent, accountable and

citizen-centric government

Strong and independent democratic institutions

Well-managed and efficient

government operations

Improving Productivity

through Quality Infrastructure

and Transportation

World class infrastructure

and connectivity

Building Globally Competitive

Business

A globally competitive workforce

Greener Industries

Strong economic

growth

Placing the Environment at the Centre of

Social and Economic

Development

A clean and healthy

environment

UN MSDF Priority Areas & The Vision 2030 Themes

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An Inclusive, Equitable and

Prosperous Caribbean

People First: Nurturing our Greatest Asset

Good Governance and

Service Excellence

Building Globally Competitive Businesses

A Safe, Cohesive, and Just Caribbean

Good Governance and

Service Excellence

A Healthy Caribbean

People First: Nurturing our Greatest Asset

Good Governance and

Service Excellence

Placing the Environment at the Centre of

Social and Economic

Development

A Sustainable and Resilient

Caribbean

Quality Infrastructure

and Transportation

Placing the Environment at the Centre of

Social and Economic

Development

The Vision 2030 Themes & the SDGs

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QUALITY

INFRASTRUCTURE

AND

TRANSPORTATION

GOOD

GOVERNANCE

AND SERVICE

EXCELLENCE

PEOPLE FIRST:

NURTURING OUR

GREATEST ASSET

The Vision 2030 Themes & the SDGs cont’d

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PLACING THE

ENVIRONMENT

AT THE CENTRE OF

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT

BUILDING

GLOBALLY

COMPETITIVE

BUSINESSES

Key Transformation Activities

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Key transformation activities are recommended in the following three (3) areas:

• Culture: • Values, Attitudes and Behaviours (VABs) based on culturally progressive and

non-progressive factors

• Institutions: • Improving Independent Oversight• Modernising Public Sector Institutions

• Macro-economic Policy: • Fiscal and Incomes Policies

THANK YOU

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