Programme

Day 2: Friday, January 9, 2009

8:00–8:45 AM

Registration

Opening Plenary - Venue GLT3
8:45–9:00 AM

Welcome & Overview

Chair: Professor Neville Duncan
Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, UWI, Mona
9:00–9:45 AM

Competition, Networks and Partnerships in Local Governance: Bold Jamaican Programme, Cautionary Tales

Professor Edwin Jones
9:45–10:15 AM

The Community Leadership Model and Country Ownership in Local Development in Jamaica

Dr. Philip Osei
10:00–10:15 PM

Question & Answer
10:15–10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30–12:00 AM

Concurrent Sessions Part 2 - Venue GLT1

Panel: Managing Competition, Partnerships and Networks in Local Governance

Chair: Professor Rupert Lewis, Department of Government, UWI, Mona
  • Paper 1: Ms. Nishka Waite - Assessing the Sustainability of Municipal Councils: A Case Study of the Portmore Municipal Council in Jamaica
  • Paper 2: Mr. Victor Cummings - The Evolving Role of Community-based Organisations in Jamaica
  • Paper 3: Ms. Tameca Brown - Revisiting the Parish Development Committee: Implications for Improved Local Governance and Development

Panel: Organisational Change – Venue GLT3

Chair: Dr. Patricia Northover
SALISES
  • Paper 1: Ms. Sandra O’Meally - Exploring the Significance of Strategic Planning in the Public Sector
  • Paper 2: Ms. Wendy Quamena–Yorke - Organisational Change and Human Resource Planning An Investigation into Local Government Reform in Trinidad
  • Paper 3: Ms William Fong - Local Service Delivery and Performance
  • Paper 4: Ms. Tanzia Saunders - A Critical Evaluation of the Institutional Arrangements Governing Human Resource Management in Local Government Authorities in Jamaica: In search of a “goodness of fit” model
12:00–1:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00–2:30 PM

CONCURRENT SESSIONS PART 3 –Venue GLT3

Panel: Local Democracy and Local Development

Chair: Dr. Leith Dunn, Senior Lecturer & Head Centre for Gender & Development Studies - Mona Unit
  • Paper 1: Mrs. Linnette Vassell - The Conversation on Gender in the Local Government Reform Process: 1998-2008
  • Paper 2: Ms. Natasha Mortley & Gender and Development Dr. Mark Figueroa
  • Paper 3:Mr. Paul Ward - Participatory Development – does it work in practice?

Panel: Local Government and National Development – Venue GLT1

Chair: Dr. Michael Witter, Department of Economics, UWI, Mona
  • Paper 1: Mrs. Gloria Davis-Cooper - Poverty Reduction by 2015:The Role of Local Government Institutions in Trinidad and Tobago:The Case of Tobago
  • Paper 2: Dr. Amani Ishemo - Local Government’s Capacity and Communities Vulnerability to Hazards in Jamaica
  • Paper 3: Mr. Nyan Whittingham - Local Government as the Engine of Development: towards a theory of a Local Government Development Model (LGDM) A review of the literature
  • Paper 4: Dr K’adamawe A. K’nIfe - Good Governance and Planning – Can Foresighting and Scenario Planning Offer a More Robust Platform for Establishing Sustainable Development Strategies Jamaica?
2:30–2:45 PM Coffee Break
2:45–3:45 PM

Closing Session – Venue GLT 3

Towards a framework for systematic study of subnational issues
3:45 PM

Acknowledgements