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STATES OF JERSEY
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STRATEGIC PLAN 2006 TO 2011 (P.40/2006): EIGHTH AMENDMENT
Lodged au Greffe on 2nd June 2006 by Deputy R.C. Duhamel of St. Saviour
STATES GREFFE
STRATEGIC PLAN 2006 TO 2011 (P.40/2006): EIGHTH AMENDMENT ____________
After the word "Appendix" insert the words –
", except that in the Council's Top Priorities on pages 14 to 15, in the Existing Priorities' insert the following item –
" J e rs ey into the Millennium – A Sustainable Future – update, agree and implement" ".
DEPUTY R.C. DUHAMEL OF ST. SAVIOUR
REPORT
Sustainability and Quality of Life are the two guiding principles on which any strategic plan should be based. They embody the concepts of care for the planet and concern for all life upon it. Without them any strategic plan is soulless.
In the 5 years since the turn of the century, the world has seen growing evidence of the damaging effects brought about by uncontrolled growth in western lifestyles and industrialisation. Climate change, if unchecked, looks set to bring extreme hardship and life-threatening difficulties to millions. Governments are now beginning to take such environmental threats more seriously and starting to act in a globally responsible manner.
It is therefore extremely disappointing that the Council of Ministers has failed to include a sustainability and quality of life strategy amongst their top priorities.
Jersey into the Millennium – a Sustainable Future (December 2001), the culmination of several years' work by politicians, civil servants and members of the public, met these issues head on. The report presented a coherent framework of strategies to guide the Island into new ways of working which fused economic ideals with environmental ones and showed how the Island could play its part in the wider global context whilst satisfying local needs.
The report needs updating in places but the vision is as valid today as it was then. The executive summary is appended. It is well worth reading again.
The amendment seeks to add this collection of strategies to the existing priority list of the Council of Ministers on page 14. In agreeing this amendment, the States will signal their ongoing commitment to a sustainable future for Jersey and show that the Island is prepared to play its part in the wider global context.
Finance and manpower implications
The report contains a wide range of strategies to be implemented over the lifetime of the plan. It is evident that there will be costs associated with some of the actions, but equally that there will also be savings through efficiencies to offset these costs. Individual actions will be brought forward in the States' Business Plan for full debate and approval in the usual way.
_______________________________________________________________ Re-issue Note
This amendment has been re-issued as the proposer has requested that the Executive Summary of the report "Jersey into the Millennium – a sustainable future" dated December 2001 be included as an Appendix.
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