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Regional, municipal consultations integral to achieving social cohesion by 2021

Apr 18, 2017 News

– draft strategic plan

Municipal and regional consultations are among the strategies set to be implemented towards achieving social cohesion in Guyana by 2021.
This is according to information outlined in the Draft Strategic Plan for Social Cohesion 2017-2021.
According to the document, the consultations are designed to engage with citizens in their towns, regions, and local democratic organs. Among the targeted organisations are also Amerindian villages and community groups.
The document stated that the idea is to listen to their concerns and to receive their inputs on how social cohesion can be enhanced and promoted at the local, regional, and national levels.
According to information, over thirty (30) well-structured and interactive consultations have since been held in municipalities of all ten administrative regions of Guyana.
The framework document outlined further that key concepts and the processes for preparing the Strategic Plan and preliminary set of broad outcomes, are based on the five themes developed by the September 2015 Social Cohesion Roundtable.
Among the objectives outlined are promotion of economic equity and opportunities for all; enhancement of citizen safety and security; promotion of social inclusion and tolerance; strengthening inclusive and participatory governance; and promotion of harmonious ethnic and race relations.
The meetings with municipal and regional groups are therefore geared towards collecting information on the history, and challenges to social cohesion in the various communities and villages.
The targeted numbers for most consultations was between 50-75 participants; with larger numbers of between 75-100 participants targeted for locations covering large populations such as Georgetown, Beterverwagting, Diamond, Fort Wellington, Mahaicony, and New Amsterdam.
The overall objective was not to attract excessively large numbers of participants at these consultations, but rather, to focus on a more manageable number of those in leadership positions in their respective local democratic organs, religious and cultural organizations, civic groups including women and youth groups, business and commercial interests, and high-profile community members who could be expected to reflect and represent the views and perspectives of their peers.
Former Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally had explained that the sensitization process is integral to achieving a more unified nation.
“What we are doing in the ministry now is lot of sensitization in the regions and getting people to have a buy-in on what social cohesion is. We have been doing a lot of consultations to come up with a five-year strategic plan, but in terms of taking those measures to parliament we have not done that yet.”
Ally had said that in the meantime, efforts have been geared towards elucidating to the National Assembly, the programmes and national agenda of the Ministry.
“But as time goes by we will see this unfold,” Ally had said.
Since his assumption to the office of Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton has met with representatives of various religious and social groups to ensure continuity and increased areas of collaboration as part of advancing the social cohesion.
Following the meeting, Minister Norton said that the Ministry is ready to foster a strong relationship with the groups towards going forward.
He noted that he looks forward to charting a fruitful course of action within the religious bodies, especially since it will help to change Guyana’s acidic ethno – political nature.

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