The Social Development Commission (SDC) is seeking to reset collaboration between state and non-state actors through a renewed focus on governance and community participation, according to its executive director, Omar Frith.
Speaking to The Gleaner on the sidelines of the Greater St Catherine Governance Conference on Wednesday at the Caymanas Golf Club, Frith said the shift is being driven through the agency’s governance department.
“At this junture the SDC is seeking to reset the meaning, we have been focus through our governance department on building capacity of groups and individuals to participate at the community level,” he said.
The conference, staged in partnership with the Planning Institute of Jamaica , has so far been held in St James, Clarendon, Westmoreland and St Catherine, with a final staging scheduled for Kingston and St Andrew. (Click here for full story)