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CHAPTER 6: SOCIAL SECTOR PLANS FOR 2014
• NGO Fair to assist in sensitising the public to
services and programmes that are available
through the various NGO’s
• Golden Lane Day and Village Enhancement
Programme
• Village / Village Council Development
Programme
• Agro-Processing Unit of the Bethel
Empowerment and Skills Training (BEST)
Centres
• Sports Academy
• Development of a Golf Academy and
summer program with the Tobago Junior
Golfers Association
• Community “Len HanWeekend”
• Half-way home
• School for displaced Children
6.18 THE TOBAGO HOUSE OF
ASSEMBLY
The Budget of the Tobago House of Assembly
was presented on June 24, 2013 under the
theme “Responding to the People’s Mandate –
Protecting Tobago’s Heritage”.
R
ECURRENT
AND
D
EVELOPMENT
P
ROGRAMME
E
STIMATES
The THA’s estimates for recurrent expenditure
amounting to TT$2.97 billion are highlighted in
Table 6.II below:
Table 6.II:
THA Recurrent Expenditure
Estimates 2013-2014
ESTIMATES
TT$ MILLION
Personnel Expenditure
729.1
Goods and Services
949.8
Minor Equipment Purchases
71.0
Transfers and Subsidies
1,222.5
Estimates for the 2014development programme
expenditure to the respective sectors of the THA
total TT$1.91 billion and are disaggregated in
Table 6.III below:
Table 6.III:
THA Development Programme
Expenditure Estimates 2013-2014
SECTOR
TT$ MILLION
Pre-Investment
1.0
Productive Sectors
3.6
Economic Infrastructure
647.7
Social Infrastructure
1,008.8
Multi-sectoral and Other
Services
246.2
