technologies; appropriate teacher development, leadership at all levels of the
System; quality and equity imperatives; and financing, efficiency and
sustainability11;
(b)
Facilitating training and development to build capacity in key skills, and the
movement of skills identified as required for successful implementation of
regional integration initiatives and advancement of the CARICOM agenda (for
example, for implementation of strategies in the Strategic Plan);
(c)
Youth development initiatives to address youth entrepreneurship, employment,
multilingualism, healthy lifestyles, leadership skills, citizenship, regional identify,
and preparation for participation in governance;
2.
SOC 2 - Mainstream Inclusiveness in Public Policy - Focused on furthering
mainstreaming inclusiveness, Gender, Persons with Disabilities, Age, in the work of the
public sector in Member States.12
3.
SOC 3 – Advance Initiatives for Health and Wellness - Focused on i) working towards
the development of a regional health insurance system13 with a basic package of
services14 that includes Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), HIV/AIDS treatment
services, and basic mental health screening; and which is based on a costing of
services; ii) health education and prevention initiatives re NCDs and HIV/AIDS; iii)
regional management of pandemics; and iv) creating an enabling environment and
facilitating inter-sectoral actions for improved health and wellness across the
Community.
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14
Decision of the Heads of Government at the 25th Inter-Sessional Meeting, March 2014
“Mainstreaming” will involve a range of initatives to build the capacity of the public sector officers to conduct
requisite analyses, collect and use disaggregated information, and integrate gender/disability/aging sensitive
approaches in policy, planning, implemention, budgeting and monitoring
Under active consideration of the COHSOD. Follows on the mandate of Heads from the July 2013 Meeting to look
at financing of health care
Basic package may include – primary care services, prevention, treatment and care for NCDs, HIV, mental health
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