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SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 5: REVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
AND INITIATIVES FOR 2013
INITIATIVE
MEDIUM
TERM
PRIORITY
(Where
Applicable)
BENEFICIARY
CATEGORY
PROJECT
OUTPUT
ACHIEVEMENTS
OUTCOME
MINISTRY OF THE PEOPLE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
NGO UNIT
(continued)
Additionally, the Unit has begun:
•
Partnering with other social
sector Ministries and agencies to
improve synergy
•
Continuous processing and
assessment of requests from
organisations for subventions,
grants and other types of
assistance, and making
appropriate recommendations
•
Maintenance of an NGO Database.
POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMME
(PRP)
The PRP supports the Government
in formulating the National Poverty
Reduction Strategy that is more
responsive to the needs of the most
vulnerable groups of society, and serves
as a forerunner to the implementation
of a decentralised system for
the delivery of social services to
communities
Poverty
Reduction
and Human
Capital
Development
Unemployed
persons and
community
based
organisations
New Micro
Enterprises
established
within
Communities
&
Recipients of
Community-
Based Training
and Education
&
Improved
Access
to Social
Protection
The following sub-initiatives were
undertaken under this programme:
Self-reliant and
Sustainable
Communities
&
An efficient and
Effective Social
System for the Poor
and Vulnerable
•
Micro Enterprise Loan Facility
(MEL)
This facility is a community
empowerment and poverty reduction
initiative which equips CBOs to engage
in micro-credit to small entrepreneurs.
Community
Micro-
Enterprise
Owners
New Micro
Enterprises
established
within
Communities
Trained
Entrepreneurs
Loans granted to Community Micro
enterprise owners to start and or
implement improvements and
expansion to their enterprises. For the
period October 2012 to April 2013 a
total of
35 loans were disbursed at a
total of TT$ 339,790.00
Self-reliant and
Sustainable
Communities
