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Safeguarding Jamaica's Critical Infrastructures

Learn about the safety and security measures in place for Jamaica's critical infrastructures, addressing threats such as terrorism, pandemics, and natural disasters. Initiatives are underway to protect financial systems, natural environments, utilities, and transportation.

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Safeguarding Jamaica's Critical Infrastructures

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  1. Protecting Things:SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE - JAMAICA Captain (N) Sydney INNIS Vice President Port Authority of Jamaica

  2. SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES

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  4. SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES JAMAICA

  5. SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA What makes us Vulnerable? • The Caribbean is an unusually complex region with its own multifaceted threat environment • Jamaica is the largest island in the English-speaking Caribbean, and the most populated with 2.89 million people. • It is an upper middle-income economy that is struggling due to low growth, high public debt, and exposure to external shocks. • Like its neighbors, Jamaica is vulnerable to natural disasters, in particular earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, and the effects of climate change.

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  8. SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA Transportation Source: National Works Agency, Jamaica 2016

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  10. SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA THREATS Acts of Terrorism Pandemics Border Security Evolving Threats to Critical Infrastructure Cyber Threats Accidents & Technological Failures Extreme Weather, Natural & Man-Made Disasters Internal Security Threats

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  13. SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA PROTECTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURES • Financial Systems – with assistance from international partners, including the IMF, the World Bank and the Toronto Centre (Global Leadership in Financial Supervision), the authorities are implementing projects to: • develop a policy on national disaster risk financing that aims to see Jamaica becoming more fiscally independent when disasters strike; • undertake group-wide supervision of financial conglomerates; • strengthen liquidity risk management in the financial sector by introducing international standards; and • develop an agenda for financial market deepening that will revolve around: • accelerating access to finance. • accelerating the creation of investible domestic assets. • creating an environment where market participants.. can access financial instruments that assist them in managing risk and • increasing transparency and price discovery in financial markets.

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  15. SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA PROTECTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURES Natural Environment • The Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) is the largest grant-maker in Jamaica and works to catalyze on-the-ground change in environmental conservation. • UNDP is supporting Jamaica in strengthening the country's policy and institutional framework for sustainable management of its natural resources, including parks and protected areas. • Work –in-Progress: • Development of user fees for protected areas • Need for an increase in the numbers of environmental cases going to court • Seeking prescriptive rights for petitioners • Need for policy on compliance and prosecution

  16. SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA Utilities and Energy PROTECTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURES • The goals of the Energy Strategic Framework is comprehensive and is expected to be durable to 2030 and beyond; yet be flexible and adaptable to meet new challenges and opportunities as they arise. • The Government’s primary objective is to diversify the national energy supply into a mix of energy sources for energy security.  • The policy of the Government of Jamaica is that there is no restriction on the sources of electricity generation and may include  solar photovoltaic, wind, hydro, biofuels/biomass and waste to energy solutions, petroleum coke, coal and natural gas.

  17. SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA Transportation • Ensuring the promulgation of adequate legislation, which will provide the legal framework for national transportation activities, in keeping with international practices. • Improvement of transport infrastructure to meet the needs of key industries. • Revitalization of the railway. • Promoting the expansion and development of the air transport infrastructure. • Development and maintenance of an efficient, effective and internationally competitive Jamaican maritime industry. • The National Transport Policy also addresses the issues facing the use of nontraditional modes of transport, e.g. pipelines, cable cars, fibre optics etc. as well as transport services for the vulnerable in the society

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  19. SAFETY and SECURITY of CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA Operational Responses: • Operational Reviews: • Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) • Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) • Counter Terrorism Response Units • Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) and National Cybersecurity Task Force • Jamaica Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project • Jamaica Eye

  20. SAFETY and SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA Challenges to Critical Infrastructure Protection • The Government is aware that facing the challenges will be difficult. • It is recognized that there are existing deficiencies in our capacity, processes and technology to properly secure our infrastructure. • It is recognized that Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) requires international cooperation, cross government approach, public private partnerships and community buy-in. SAFETY and SECURITY of CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - JAMAICA

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