Technical Services Directorate

Project Management and Coordination Division is a subgroup of the Technical Services Directorate in the Ministry of Agriculture. Our mission is to increase the performance levels of projects, which will contribute to the realization of the Ministry's objectives. The main role of the Division is to coordinate, monitor and control the development and operations of all Internal and locally funded projects falling under the Agriculture Ministry and all its agencies.

Objectives

Identify areas that will yield optimum social and economic benefits through unilateral, bilateral and multilateral agricultural projects in the Ministry within the financial year.
To ensure that performance levels of projects correspond with expenditure levels and projects’ targets according to their Annual Work Plans
To detect negative trends in projects’ components and initiate corrective measures/actions to restore faculty components on the right path
To liaise with funding agencies and executing agencies to ensure timeliness, adequacy of resources and support for projects’ development and implementation.
To administer the work of the Project Management and Coordination Division

Support Functions

Monitor project implementation against expenditure
Accounting support to new and ongoing projects
Administrative support to start up new and ongoing, and bring closure to existing projects
Liaise with funding and executing agencies
Evaluate technical and professional consultancies
Implement projects that may lose staff prior to their closing date
Assist with projects’ development
Evaluate project performance
Prepare and or review Terms of Reference for consultancies
Prepare and or review strategy documents
Review and approve project contracts
Assist with Budgets/Operational plans and Operational manuals
Assist with preparation of contract documents and evaluation reports

Projects
Projects identified for the 2008-2009 financial year are listed below. The focus of the projects varies from year to year.

Veterinary Services Division
National Irrigation Commission
Public Gardens
Fisheries Division
Research and Development
Kings House
Jamaica 4H Clubs (Expansion of the School Garden Programme)
Rural Agricultural Development Authority
Facilitiesand Property Management
Plant Quarantine
Sugar Modernization Project
National Screwworm Eradication Programme
National Irrigation Commission (CDB)
National Irrigation Commission (IDB)
EU Banana Support Programme
Agricultural Support Services Project
Modern Agricultural Technology and Capacity (Marine/Environmental)
Modern Agricultural Technology and Capacity (Green House)