Migration, rights & state capacity
Third-Country Transfer Safeguards Protocol
Cooperate only through a system that can lawfully receive, protect and resolve every individual case, while keeping Saint Lucia’s refusal power, emergency reserve and exit route real.
First proposed move · Before any flightPublish one authoritative status note: exact stage, reported first movement, arrival status, legal route, funding status and next update time.
- Mechanisms
- 8
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 14
- Cited sources
- 34
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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Publish the instrumentRelease the MOU, annexes, financial schedule and side letters, with only narrow lawful redactions and a list explaining each one.
- 02
Decide each person hereUse a complete certified file, private interview and named Saint Lucian legal authority. An incomplete case is deferred, not rushed through.
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Build the protection routeCreate a CAT screen, counsel, interpretation, reasons and suspensive review with urgent UNHCR technical help.
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Keep reception humaneStart with safe non-custodial accommodation, health continuity, privacy and a case manager. Detention is a lawful exception, never the programme model.
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Fund the whole caseWork out the cost of supporting each person for every month until a lawful outcome. Put the money up front and keep a protected reserve for disputes and people still here when the agreement ends.
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Protect ordinary servicesCertify spare capacity in Immigration, health, courts, legal help, Police and housing, including a hurricane margin that cannot be used for routine intake.
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Watch independentlyGive an independent monitor private access to people, files and accommodation. Publish case totals, costs, incidents, delays and corrective action.
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Make exit usableKeep a hard cap, immediate pause, no automatic renewal, lawful take-back or onward duties and a closure plan for every unresolved case.
Justice infrastructure · public finance · Castries
Halls of Justice Public Value and Readiness Account
Make the project auditable from financial close through transfer, and make lease commencement depend on a safe, accessible and operationally ready justice service rather than the appearance of a finished building.
First proposed move · Within 30 daysPublish the signed BOLT, land lease and revised-site amendment with a redaction schedule.
- Mechanisms
- 8
- Delivery phases
- 5
- Measures
- 16
- Cited sources
- 37
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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Publish the contract accountRelease the BOLT and revised-site amendment with narrow redactions, plus quarterly payments, total and present-value cost, financing, fees, maintenance, risk allocation, deductions, termination and handback terms.
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Reconstruct the value-for-money decisionPublish the procurement route, business case, public-sector comparator, affordability and fiscal-risk tests, evaluation or sole-capability justification, legal review milestone and approvals.
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Control the current designIssue one dated pack with approved sites, areas, rooms, floors, capacity, parking, accessibility, circulation, resilience criteria, consultants, approvals and completion baseline.
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Name the supply chainList every material consultant, subcontractor and supplier, contract scope and value, nationality, local labour and material share, training, safety record and payment performance.
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Build an intelligent public clientGive NIPRO and Government an independent cost, contract, commissioning, facilities, fiscal, accessibility, court-operations and ICT team with change control and public reporting.
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Commission before payingTie service commencement to independent integrated tests, operational simulations, statutory approvals, critical-defect closure, complete asset records and trained staff.
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Open the justice serviceFund the case-management, registry, family, witness, legal-aid, interpretation, custody, security, digital, records, ICT and facilities operating model before migration.
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Measure outcomes and conditionPublish quarterly case, access, user, technology, building, fiscal and local-value results; independently assure them annually and prepare the asset for EC$1 transfer.
Justice, policing & public-service capability
Police Prosecution Capacity Compact
Convert four scholarships into a trustworthy prosecution capability: complete qualification, independent legal judgment, operational support, fair public-service return and outcomes visible across the justice chain.
First proposed move · Before applications openPublish the Cabinet authority, programme owner, full qualification, admissions route, total eligible cost and funded establishment positions.
- Mechanisms
- 8
- Delivery phases
- 5
- Measures
- 12
- Cited sources
- 40
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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Fund the full routePublish and finance the recognised academic and professional qualification through LEC or equivalent, admission, supervised practice, continuing education and reasonable completion rules.
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Put legal decisions under the DPPIssue written general and case-referral instructions for evidence, public interest, disclosure, bail, pleas, discontinuance, appeals and conflicts, preserving constitutional independence.
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Separate prosecutor from investigatorUse a ring-fenced specialist posting. No graduate investigates or is operationally directed on a case they prosecute; police-misconduct and sensitive cases follow an external route.
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Build the workflow around the lawyerAdd prosecutor support officers, secure source-linked files, disclosure logs, file-quality review, mentors, court coverage and an auditable case-management system.
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Make five years fairBegin the clock at suitable placement, credit service pro rata, recover only documented unrecovered eligible cost, recognise approved public-justice transfers and provide hardship waiver and independent appeal.
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Create a real careerPublish grade, allowances, professional fees, supervised-practice milestones and progression into senior police prosecution, Crown prosecution, training or justice-policy roles.
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Measure justice, not winsTrack timeliness, complete files, disclosure, avoidable adjournments, review reversals, case age, reasons, complaints, equity and retention. Ban conviction and charge quotas.
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Scale only after design evidenceProceed with the first two awards after all compact gates pass; condition the second pair on transparent selection, full funding, placement, protocol, replacement coverage and independent readiness review.
Workplace safety, labour rights & public delivery
100-Day Safe Work Activation Plan
Make the first test of the policy operational: can the system receive a serious report, classify the risk, act proportionately, protect the worker, verify correction and publish aggregate results?
First proposed move · Cabinet decision and Day 0Approve and publish the final National OSH Policy, 100-day activation plan, provisional allocation, accountable institutions and results calendar as one decision package.
- Mechanisms
- 6
- Delivery phases
- 5
- Measures
- 8
- Cited sources
- 9
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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Publish the Day 0 baseline and ownerPublish the final policy, approval date, costed action table, lawful operational lead, Advisory Council status, authorised posts, vacancies, inspectors, equipment, registered workplaces, previous-year activity, open serious cases and the first results calendar.
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Inspect the gravest risks firstSelect priorities from severity, exposure, repetition and vulnerability. Give every inspection file a documented risk basis, worker participation, evidence record, correction clock, appeal information, follow-up date and verified closure.
- 03
Create one confidential routeJoin telephone, digital and in-person reports behind one case ID, risk classification and response clock. Protect confidentiality, separate retaliation cases and preserve an emergency route for credible imminent danger.
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Make worker voice usableIssue plain-language English and Kwéyòl guidance on incident notices, dangerous-work refusal, non-retaliation, representatives and committees. Provide free templates and short training while keeping the same safety floor for every employer.
- 05
Put prevention into public contractsAdd a Safe Public Works Schedule to new construction procurements after legal review, with a site plan, competent lead, induction, substance information, subcontractor cascade, incident reporting and audit access before mobilisation.
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Publish correction, capacity and costRelease a quarterly privacy-safe dashboard and a Day 100 account covering response, inspections, orders, follow-up, correction, appeals, missing data, staffing, equipment, spending and the next costed twelve-month programme.
Prices, productivity & household affordability
Saint Lucia Cost and Productivity Compact
Lower the local cost added to essentials and increase useful output from each acre, container-hour, kilowatt and public dollar. Protect vulnerable households during the transition without weakening the fiscal room needed to fund the reforms.
First proposed move · First 30 daysCabinet assigns Finance and Economic Planning to chair a Cost and Productivity Delivery Table with Commerce, Agriculture, Customs, SLASPA, Public Service, Energy, NURC, LUCELEC and the Procurement Administration Unit.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 4
- Measures
- 6
- Cited sources
- 12
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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Competitive food productivitySelect five high-spend perishables using import volume, agronomy, buyer demand and delivered cost. Tie irrigation, extension, crates, packhouse service and buyer contracts to saleable yield, cost per kilogram, spoilage and order-fill performance.
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Faster, cheaper freight releaseComplete a Time Release Study, use pre-arrival processing and risk-based inspection, connect digital release to container appointments and publish median and 90th-percentile hours, storage days and EC dollars from arrival to exit.
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Lower-cost energy servicesProcure renewables and storage on transparent lifetime cost, retrofit audited public buildings with savings guarantees and target feeder losses only where recoverable kWh cost less than the remedy. Track reliable cost per kWh and kWh per service unit.
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Public purchasing and waste controlBuild a spend cube for the top repeat categories, run framework competitions, compare total ownership cost, reuse serviceable inventory and publish delivery and invoice-payment performance. Count only realised, volume-and-quality-adjusted savings.
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Competition, pass-through and targeted protectionPublish landed-to-shelf evidence for relieved essentials, study concentrated markets without presuming misconduct and simplify entry where safe. Keep shock relief targeted, temporary, appropriated, capped and subject to a published renewal or expiry test.
Social assistance, public integrity & service delivery
SSDF Case-to-Payment Control System
Protect access to help while making every eligibility, approval, exception and payment decision traceable from first contact to final reconciliation.
First proposed move · 0–30 daysIssue a records-preservation direction covering applications, referrals, assessments, approvals, instruments, merchant files, clearing records, cancellations, complaints and system logs.
- Mechanisms
- 6
- Delivery phases
- 4
- Measures
- 10
- Cited sources
- 26
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
One intake recordGive every direct application, constituency referral and assisted request one case number, channel, purpose, date and status in the same system.
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Recorded assessmentApply the published programme rule with verified fields and a recorded result. Explain any score or proxy-means test clearly and allow correction.
- 03
Written authority and separated rolesKeep recommendation, assessment, approval, instrument issue and reconciliation in different authorised hands, with approval limits linked to current Board instruments.
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Controlled valueUse direct payment where safe and practical. Where cheques or vouchers remain, control batches, expiry, merchant settlement, cancellation, duplicate risk and unused value.
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Reasons, appeal and non-retaliationGive the applicant a clear notice, a correction channel and review by a different officer. Seeking review must not threaten unrelated benefits or future access.
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Public assurance without exposing peoplePublish aggregate decisions, exceptions, times, payments, reconciliation gaps, appeals and audit actions by programme and route while suppressing identifying details.
Household economics, social protection & market relief
Saint Lucia Household Resilience System
Reduce how many households, and how long they, face essential living costs above disposable resources, while improving durable income and keeping every intervention inside a public fiscal and rights framework.
First proposed move · First 30 daysCreate a joint Equity–Finance implementation team with CSO independence and NEMO, Labour, Commerce, NURC and SSDF represented.
- Mechanisms
- 6
- Delivery phases
- 4
- Measures
- 8
- Cited sources
- 16
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
Household living-cost measuresCSO publishes quarterly experimental indices for defined household archetypes, annual minimum living budgets and a pressure monitor with methods, uncertainty and revisions visible.
- 02
One dynamic registry inside SPISUse one gateway for active programmes, voluntary pre-verification and event intake, with online and offline service, audit logs, de-duplication, recovery, reasons and appeal.
- 03
Rules-based shock protectionBack-test disaster, food, utility and employment triggers; state the response, cap, duration, appropriation, renewal test and public report before activation. Pair payment triggers with basket pass-through, exclusion, appeal, privacy and fiscal-floor monitoring. Every activation expires unless lawfully renewed after evidence shows that the instrument still reaches its intended households.
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A path to stronger earned incomeOffer voluntary labour-rights checks, childcare and transport assessment, job matching and a six-month earnings taper so an extra dollar earned does not trigger a sudden benefit cliff.
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Essential-market pass-through evidenceTrack comparable high-spend items from landed cost to shelf price, publish regional medians and test whether temporary fiscal relief reaches consumers before it is renewed.
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A structural-cost handoffKeep household relief inside SPIS, but send food, freight, energy, competition and public-purchasing cost failures to the Cost and Productivity Compact. Join the two systems through household outcomes, not a duplicate registry or a false claim that support lowers unit cost.
Public integrity, government machinery & due process
Public Integrity and Government Machinery Framework
Make routine integrity duties easy to perform, hard to hide and fair to everyone, while keeping investigations, prosecutions, audits and adjudication independent.
First proposed move · First 30 daysApprove a Cabinet resolution naming the Cabinet Secretary as senior delivery owner while expressly protecting every independent mandate.
- Mechanisms
- 7
- Delivery phases
- 4
- Measures
- 7
- Cited sources
- 10
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
Executive conduct and lawful continuityUse written interests, gifts, lobbying, official-resources and records rules with confidential advice, documented recusals, proportionate consequences and constitutional continuity instruments.
- 02
Open appointments and functioning boardsPublish role and skills needs, selection route, term, vacancy, remuneration band, attendance, training and conflict-management status while the lawful appointing authority retains the decision.
- 03
Contracts visible through deliveryPublish covered procurements from plan to completion, including exception reasons, signed terms, beneficial-owner verification, payments, variations and delivery evidence.
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Audit and major-decision registersConnect each finding or major decision to an owner, due date, fiscal band, implementation milestone and review while preserving Cabinet confidentiality, privilege and protected information.
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Safe complaints and fair enforcementProvide one assisted front door, secure evidence transfer, anti-retaliation protection, jurisdiction rules, notice and answer, time standards and independent review under the applicable law.
- 06
Records and transition disciplineCapture official business, apply legal holds and retention rules, preserve audit trails and complete a signed, access-controlled portfolio inventory within 20 working days of transfer.
- 07
One current rule for each high-use servicePilot a machine-readable Public Rules Register for 25 programmes and services, maintained by existing web and records staff. It should publish the owner, authority, eligibility, steps, documents, service clock, correction and review routes, version dates and change history without creating a new institution.
Food security, population & care
Food Resilience and Population & Care Portfolio
Protect access to nutritious food through shocks and build care capacity for a changing population, using separate lawful systems and shared delivery only where it improves a defined public result.
First proposed move · First 30 daysName separate accountable officers for the food and population/care programmes and publish their mandates and conflicts registers.
- Mechanisms
- 6
- Delivery phases
- 4
- Measures
- 8
- Cited sources
- 14
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
Reconcile the national baselinesPublish the population reconciliation, annual vital and migration account, current food-insecurity and diet measures, agriculture/fisheries census results, and a national care-needs and provider census.
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Create reliable food demandUse forecast institutional menus, practical tender lots, licensed aggregation, prompt payment and transparent delivery, safety and supplier-concentration measures. Begin with a narrow, origin-verified basket, forward demand, transparent aggregation, working capital, cold chain and prompt payment. Expand only after two production cycles pass delivery, quality, price and payment gates.
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Strengthen physical food continuityStage water, protected production, cold-chain, feed, biosecurity, fisheries-handling and rotating 14-day continuity investments after utilisation, ecological and maintenance tests.
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Pilot ageing in placeStart voluntary district care teams, respite, rehabilitation, transport, assistive devices and home adaptation for about 1,800 central-case clients, with safeguarding and appeals.
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Expand childcare and the care workforceMatch licensed childcare to real work hours, test income-related support, establish care competency and pay standards, and use ethical return, retention and recruitment pathways.
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Test every permanent promiseComplete current NIC actuarial, coverage and adequacy work before adding liabilities; publish low, central and high demand, wage, migration and financing sensitivities.
Regional integration & delivery
Chairmanship Delivery Compact
Convert five existing regional commitments into signed instruments, regulator-certified pilots, public baselines and a continuity file before Saint Lucia’s chairmanship ends.
First proposed move · First 30 daysSecure Bureau and portfolio-lead agreement on the five outcome cards and establish the temporary Delivery Cell.
- Mechanisms
- 6
- Delivery phases
- 4
- Measures
- 8
- Cited sources
- 12
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
Complete Saint Lucia’s movement-readiness filePublish the legal gap table, service guarantees, registration and complaint routes, fiscal estimate and simulation results; commence only after legal, immigration and service certification.
- 02
Set ferry rules before service beginsAgree insurance, licence, tax, customs, SPS, passenger-rights, accessibility and incident rules; publish route economics and allow a pilot only after independent safety and insurance sign-off.
- 03
Run one controlled CAPSS corridorApprove a non-sensitive charter, baseline current transfer costs, select participants and test security, liquidity, sanctions, reversals, outage and consumer redress before a live transfer.
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Measure food trade by commodity and barrierApprove one regional baseline method at Caribbean Week of Agriculture, publish at least ten priority commodities and assign the first ten barrier decisions to named owners.
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Use one verified mobility-assurance packageSeparate confidential evidence from a public control matrix, record external concerns and cure tests, and report completed controls without promising another government’s visa decision.
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Name the outside decision-maker, deadline and fallback for each regional priorityEach outcome card identifies the other state, regulator or foreign gatekeeper whose response can neutralise delivery, plus an escalation date, executable coalition and fallback path.
Citizenship, mobility & public finance
Integrity, Mobility and Replacement-Revenue Compact
Protect mobility and fiscal room through consistent programme definitions, independently assured aggregates, an external-remediation matrix and a budget that can withstand a sharp fall in net receipts.
First proposed move · First 30 daysIssue the Cabinet direction and one programme data dictionary.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 8
- Cited sources
- 9
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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One programme dictionaryDefine applications, applicants, dependants, decisions, citizens, passports, gross inflows, net public receipts, allocations and outcomes once, then use the same definitions in every release.
- 02
Quarterly aggregate assurancePublish reconciled cohort and financial tables as accessible pages plus machine-readable CSV or JSON, with independent assurance while keeping applicant-level security, identity, health and asylum information restricted by law.
- 03
A public remediation matrixList each material UK, EU or partner concern, the requested or proposed action, owner, due date, evidence delivered and aggregate status.
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Visible regional supervisionPublish ECCIRA’s implementation milestones and first lawful supervisory outputs without presenting mobilisation as completed supervision.
- 05
Reserve and replacement-revenue rulesSet a published reserve floor, transfer test and authorised decision owner. Place 25%, 50% and 100% net-receipt shocks in the fiscal framework and protect permanent services from dependence on volatile above-baseline receipts. Allocate above-baseline net receipts through three published buckets - debt and liabilities, a liquid disaster reserve, and appraised productivity or resilience capital. Treat AML/CFT, security, international commitments, domestic public interest and fiscal continuity as viability floors. Recurring commitments use only a conservative rolling draw and contract automatically when external assurance or revenue triggers fire.
Road safety, transport & emergency care
Safe Roads 90: Fatal-Injury Ledger and Corridor Programme
Make deaths and serious injuries the public result, then combine reliable data, rapid engineering, lawful enforcement, safe vehicles and faster rescue where the evidence shows the greatest risk.
First proposed move · First 30 daysPublish the charter, owners, budget ceiling, definitions and de-identified 2025–26 ledger.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 6
- Cited sources
- 10
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
One fatal-injury ledgerLink police, health, coroner and CSO records using a 30-day road-death definition and a disclosed serious-injury standard.
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Three corridor treatmentsAudit the first three high-risk corridors by day and night, control urgent hazards and publish before-and-after measures.
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Lawful targeted enforcementUse verified devices, calibration, grounds and evidence rules; prohibit revenue, ticket and arrest quotas.
- 04
Inspection integrityAudit authorised inspectors and garages, close critical defects lawfully and provide written reasons and reinspection routes.
- 05
Rescue and trauma performanceMeasure emergency response, extrication and hospital handoff, then test the system in a multi-casualty exercise.
Marine safety, public inquiry & tourism
Marine Safe-Passage and Inquiry Tracker
Act immediately on passenger safety while preserving three independent lanes for no-blame learning, public accountability and lawful case decisions.
First proposed move · First 30 daysPublish the Commission instrument, terms, membership, conflicts and secretariat or explain the public-record status.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 6
- Cited sources
- 9
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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Publish the legal instrumentLocate or issue the Gazette instrument, terms, members, conflicts, timetable, hearing rules and publication standard for the public Commission.
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Confirm the safety investigationPublish the regulation 9 decision, jurisdictional trigger, investigator appointment, commencement date and relationship to any Shipping Act formal investigation.
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Reset passenger-vessel safetyAudit certificates, operating areas, crew competence, lights, radio, distress equipment, PFDs, manifests, maintenance and night-operation controls.
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Protect evidence and peopleUse separate repositories and interview teams, maintain custody logs and protect survivor, witness and protected safety-investigation information.
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Track every recommendationPublish the owner, due date, funding, evidence and independent verification for each accepted safety or Commission recommendation.
Energy & competitiveness
Energy Sovereignty & Local Ownership Compact
Judge the transition by imported fuel avoided, critical outage-hours prevented, household and business participation, domestic ownership and public-budget savings, not installed capacity alone.
First proposed move · First 100 daysPublish feeder-level reliability and hosting-capacity baselines in a form that protects security-sensitive detail.
- Mechanisms
- 4
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 6
- Cited sources
- 7
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
Start with solar and storageRun competitive, staged procurement for utility-scale and distributed solar with storage, guided by transparent system-value and land-use criteria.
- 02
Backup power for critical servicesPrioritise hospitals, health centres, water pumps, shelters, communications and emergency operations for islandable solar-storage systems and hardened feeders.
- 03
Clear rules for local participationCreate clear interconnection timelines, tiered licences, fair export compensation and a local financing window for households, cooperatives and Saint Lucian firms.
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Test geothermal cost and riskAdvance geothermal only after independent verification of the resource, an affordable power price, transparent contingent liabilities and a credible risk-allocation plan. Scale distributed energy feeder by feeder only after hosting, protection, storage and bill-distribution gates pass. Treat geothermal as a real option with geological, environmental, finance, tariff and exit gates rather than a presumed plant.
Water & climate resilience
National Water Reliability Compact
Treat safe and dependable water as an operating portfolio: observe the service, protect public health, maintain the system, reduce measured loss, manage both drought and muddy extremes, commission capital against customer outcomes and preserve future supply options until they pass evidence gates.
First proposed move · First 100 daysPublish the best-available zone baseline, with missing values marked rather than estimated.
- Mechanisms
- 8
- Delivery phases
- 4
- Measures
- 13
- Cited sources
- 21
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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One public service accountPublish a common data dictionary and regular zone accounts for system input, billed use, hours, pressure, quality, interruptions, complaints and real versus apparent losses.
- 02
Water safety and positive pressurePrepare catchment-to-customer Water Safety Plans and move measured zones toward continuous positive pressure only where source yield, storage, loss control and quality safeguards are ready.
- 03
Measured loss, pressure and repairBegin with two or three high-loss pilots combining district meters, pressure control, leak detection, meter correction, connection regularisation, fast repair and valve maintenance.
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Assets, workforce and sparesBuild one GIS asset register, criticality ranking, preventive schedule, standard parts catalogue, critical-spares store, trained operator plan and funded lifecycle budget.
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Dry and muddy season rulesPublish source-specific stages using rainfall, flow, usable storage, turbidity, forecast and operating capacity, with equitable restrictions, restoration rules and lifting criteria. Publish a quarterly account linking additional revenue to independently verified loss, outage and capital milestones; protect vulnerable users and pre-authorise a corrective plan or lawful consumer remedy when controllable commitments fail.
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Safe distributed resilienceGive critical sites tested buffers and backup power; set safe storage and harvesting rules with targeted finance; require major users to meter, repair, buffer and conserve.
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Watershed and wastewater securityRank source areas by people served and operational risk; measure sediment and turbidity; connect drinking water, onsite sanitation, sewerage, treatment, reuse and ridge-to-reef health.
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Commission before expandingMake pressure, flow, quality, 30-day and 90-day service trials and a 12-month benefit audit conditions of completion. Advance new sources only after loss, storage, energy, fiscal and environmental gates pass.
Youth, skills & work
National Youth First-Income Mission
Rebuild youth policy around ten visible opportunity ladders, each joining training to experience, income, progression and the practical supports that keep a young person on the path.
First proposed move · First 100 daysPublish the first ten opportunity ladders with employers, workers, training providers and young people.
- Mechanisms
- 4
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 4
- Cited sources
- 8
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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Ten clear career pathsPublish real entry, wage, certification and progression routes in hospitality, aviation, trades, digital services, public service, agriculture-tech, sales, creative work, care and enterprise.
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A paid 90-day work bridgeAttach paid work experience, apprenticeship, project work or client trials to funded training, with clear employer obligations and participant protections.
- 03
Transport, care, tools and licencesProvide targeted transport, care, connectivity, tool and licensing support where these are the actual reasons a qualified participant cannot earn.
- 04
Pay for proven outcomes and learningTrack time to first income, retention and progression by provider and pathway; scale strong routes, repair weak ones and stop programmes that repeatedly lead nowhere.
Tourism & domestic value
Tourism Retained-Value Account & Standard
Make the primary tourism question not only how many visitors came or what they spent, but how effectively Saint Lucia converted that activity into resident income, capable firms and resilient national assets.
First proposed move · First 100 daysCreate a joint CSO–tourism–tax–customs technical group with a published retained-value measurement mandate.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 7
- Cited sources
- 8
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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A retained-value accountPublish gross spend, import content, resident compensation, local procurement, taxes and resident-owned operating surplus by segment and spending category.
- 02
Repair the visitor surveyRestore robust in-person sampling and capture package status, booking channel, property type, spending category, payment location and resident/non-resident ownership.
- 03
A local-linkage scoreScore major tourism businesses on verified local purchasing, staff progression, local ownership, small-supplier access and water and energy performance.
- 04
Incentives for retained valueTie new concessions and development-agreement benefits to public, time-bound retained-value commitments with clawbacks or step-downs where appropriate. No new concession proceeds without a full tax-expenditure NPV, verified additionality, retained-value commitments per scarce water, energy, land and labour unit, insurance, sunset and clawback. Test the downside through an arrivals reverse stress calibrated to historical volatility, using 20 percent initially as an illustrative minimum rather than a universal forecast.
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Make local experiences easier to find and bookMake local tours, transport, food, culture and crafts easier to discover, book and pay for before and during a visit.
Safety, justice & social cohesion
National Safety Outcomes Compact
Judge public safety by harm prevented, trust earned, evidence converted into fair consequences and cases resolved without unnecessary delay, not activity counts alone.
First proposed move · First 100 daysDesignate the accountable delivery lead and publish a narrow national outcomes mandate.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 4
- Cited sources
- 10
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
One accountable national safety teamGive a small Violence Prevention & Justice Delivery Unit a Cabinet-approved outcomes mandate spanning police, justice, health, education, equity, youth, CSO and community partners, with an independence-preserving judiciary liaison.
- 02
National Safety ObservatoryJoin privacy-protected police, trauma, court, corrections, school and social-service data; repeat the victimisation survey and publish definitions, revision notes and a small annual trust pulse.
- 03
Local plans for high-harm micro-areasIn a few transparently selected high-harm micro-areas, combine focused lawful enforcement with outreach, mediation, hospital referrals, school-retention work, treatment and paid routes to income.
- 04
Track firearm evidence through the justice systemStandardise recovery, digital chain of custody, ballistics, regional tracing, customs intelligence and police–DPP case conferencing while publishing safe aggregate turnaround measures.
- 05
Permanent case-flow reformBuild on Swift Justice with early triage, disclosure protocols, procedural virtual hearings, witness support and public age-of-case, adjournment and pre-trial-time measures.
Land, housing & digital government
OneLand Saint Lucia 2028
Organise land government around one authoritative parcel identity, citizen-visible service standards and privacy-safe public spatial data, not agency silos.
First proposed move · First 100 daysName the authoritative owner and lifecycle rules for the unique parcel identifier.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 6
- Cited sources
- 5
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
One permanent parcel IDAdopt a durable identifier used by Registry, Survey and Mapping, Crown Lands, DCA, Inland Revenue, utilities and relevant company records, with explicit rules for subdivision, amalgamation and correction.
- 02
Secure land records and a public spatial layerMake e-LRIS the secure legal-workflow engine and NSDI the discoverable geospatial layer, with role-based access, audit logs and published data lineage. Prove provenance, correction time, human review, privacy minimisation and an alternative service route for unresolved interests before parcel identity is allowed to propagate into credit, valuation, utilities or enforcement.
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An address for every home and businessComplete the addressing system with community validation, emergency-service integration, postal and utility use, open address standards and protection for vulnerable residents.
- 04
Area-based tenure regularisationResolve settlements as places; combining cadastral correction, hazard screening, roads, drainage and utilities; rather than processing isolated titles without service or resilience.
- 05
More two-to-four-unit housing near jobsUse planning incentives and public land for two-to-four-unit infill, mixed-income housing, rental-to-ownership and shared equity near jobs, with resale protections where public subsidy is used.
Government delivery & public finance
National Delivery & Fiscal Results Office
Turn a limited number of national priorities into named outcomes, governed delivery plans, visible bottlenecks and public results, while making fiscal cost and maintenance explicit.
First proposed move · First 100 daysSelect the first five to ten outcomes and name one accountable official for each.
- Mechanisms
- 6
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 6
- Cited sources
- 10
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
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A short list of national prioritiesSelect no more than ten cross-government outcomes at a time, each with a ministerial sponsor, accountable official, delivery chain, baseline and dated public target.
- 02
One map of major public investmentsPublish major projects with budget, financing, procurement stage, physical progress, operational-readiness gates, maintenance owner and expected service benefit.
- 03
Weekly, monthly and quarterly reviewsRun weekly exception tracking, monthly ministerial problem-solving and quarterly public reporting, focusing leadership time on red risks and decisions due.
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Link budgets to outcomesTag programme and capital spending to the outcomes it is meant to change, distinguish outputs from outcomes and require benefit and maintenance reviews after completion.
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A public record of targets and resultsShow baseline, target, current value, confidence, owner, next decision and revision history. Keep missed targets visible and explain redesign rather than silently resetting them.
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Set national outcomes centrally and let delivery teams solve local problemsRequire a two-page recursive impact statement, common-node register and trigger dashboard while leaving operational problem-solving near the work. No new top priority enters without disclosing the procurement, engineering, legal, statistical and fiscal capacity it uses or displaces, and no new central machinery scales before a five-outcome probe proves it resolves more decisions than reporting burden it creates.
Public rights, beaches & planning
Public Coast Guarantee
Convert fragmented title, planning and local knowledge into a legally careful national access system that protects both public rights and due process.
First proposed move · First 100 daysPublish the evidence hierarchy for confirming access: statute, registered right, Crown record, planning condition, judgment, agreement and documented practice.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 4
- Cited sources
- 8
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
A verified beach-access registerFor every recognised beach, record the route, legal basis, parcel relationship, allowed mode, accessibility, parking, hours, conservation rules and unresolved questions.
- 02
Public maps and physical markersPublish confirmed routes in the national spatial-data layer and mark them consistently at the road and shore, with a scannable record and update date.
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Protect access in development approvalsMake route preservation, construction, accessibility and handover explicit conditions where development affects access; record those conditions spatially and audit before close-out.
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Fast, evidence-based response to obstructionsCreate a clear channel to report obstruction, require an initial official status response quickly and use proportionate enforcement after title and planning records are checked.
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Clear labels for confirmed and disputed accessLabel disputed, customary, permissive and confirmed access separately. Publish the evidence needed to resolve ambiguity instead of turning folklore into an unsupported national rule.
Castries, flood resilience & urban delivery
Castries Blue-Green Renewal Compact
Use the active flood-resilience investment as the spine of a single, sequenced capital-city portfolio that joins infrastructure, public space, economic life and maintenance.
First proposed move · First 100 daysPublish the first map of active and planned capital works, flood assets, utility conflicts and public disruption.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 4
- Cited sources
- 4
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
One Castries delivery teamCreate a small cross-agency team with authority to maintain the spatial programme, resolve dependencies and publish decisions, without replacing the agencies that own delivery.
- 02
A public map of projects and disruptionsShow every major work package, owner, budget, procurement stage, traffic or business impact, utility conflict, completion gate and maintenance handover.
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Streets designed for water, shade and walkingCombine drainage capacity with retention, shade, permeable surfaces, safe walking, public-space renewal and designs that sanitation teams can maintain.
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Markets, buildings and housing as resilience assetsRetrofit priority public buildings, bring safe upper floors and vacant sites into use, improve markets and enable mixed-income infill near jobs and transport.
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Fund maintenance before assets openAssign drain, trash-screen, pump, street-tree and public-space standards with route schedules, service logs and ring-fenced operating resources before new assets open.
Public safety, justice & responsible AI
RSLPF Evidence Intelligence Pilot
Build a secure, human-accountable evidence assistant that makes case material easier to organise, search, test and disclose, without delegating suspicion, guilt or coercive decisions to a model.
First proposed move · First 100 daysMap the current police-record, evidence, forensic, disclosure and court handoffs; identify the authoritative system and every uncontrolled copy.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 7
- Cited sources
- 6
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
One secure evidence systemOperate inside an approved environment connected to the police records system, with role-based access, encryption, retention rules, immutable originals and no use of public consumer AI services for identifiable case material.
- 02
Source-linked case summariesGenerate timelines, entity tables, contradiction matrices, missing-evidence lists and draft summaries only when every output can be traced to an authorised source and its confidence is visible.
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Human approval for every decisionKeep an accountable officer responsible for verification and every investigative decision. Ban automated guilt scores, arrest recommendations, witness-credibility ratings and unsupported person-risk rankings.
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Full audit access across the justice systemPreserve model versions, queries, outputs, corrections and exports so prosecutors, courts, defence counsel, auditors and authorised oversight bodies can examine material uses.
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Test results before wider useBenchmark closed files, then run a live shadow pilot in a bounded case class. Expand only if accuracy, security, timeliness, workload, fairness and user discipline meet published thresholds. Separate source accuracy, omission, contradiction, access, bias, disclosure and contestability gates. Preserve immutable logs and prohibit any automated suspicion, credibility or coercive decision.
Public health, fisheries & blue economy
Sargassum Health, Seafood & Value Sentinel
Create one seasonal operating system that converts offshore outlooks into local alerts, exposure protection, seafood evidence, safe collection and contaminant-gated commercial use.
First proposed move · First 100 daysName one seasonal incident lead and publish priority beaches, sensitive facilities, responsible agencies, escalation levels and response times.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 5
- Cited sources
- 13
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
Forecast-to-beach incident mapCombine USF and regional outlooks with local sightings, wind, currents, beach access, sensitive sites and response capacity; publish clear readiness levels without pretending to predict each landing precisely.
- 02
Coastal gas and health monitoringPlace validated hydrogen-sulfide and ammonia sensors at priority communities and work sites, link readings to weather and health events, and issue protocols for schools, clinics, residents, workers and evacuation where thresholds require it.
- 03
Species-based seafood testingSample finfish, bivalves and crustaceans by species, habitat, edible tissue and exposure zone; measure total and inorganic arsenic with laboratory quality assurance and publish results with consumption guidance only when evidence supports it.
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Fast, safer removalPre-position trained crews, protective equipment, transport, approved temporary sites and ecological collection rules so mats are managed before prolonged decomposition while sand, nests, seagrass and public access are protected.
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Safety tests for each commercial usePilot energy, materials or other uses under product-specific standards. Require batch testing, mass-balance records, residual management and independent validation before feed, fertilizer or food-linked claims are allowed.
Visitor safety, criminal law & shared public space
Visitor & Community Safety Compact
Protect equal victim worth while increasing culpability for deliberate exploitation, and judge the policy by safer shared places, usable evidence, completed cases and public trust rather than sentence length or tourist-only patrol counts.
First proposed move · First 100 daysAudit recent sentencing judgments, then ask the Attorney General, DPP and ECSC Sentencing Advisory Committee to review one consistent vulnerability test; legislate only if an application gap remains.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 5
- Cited sources
- 15
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
Clear sentencing rules for deliberate exploitationClarify temporary-presence vulnerability across offences, require notice and proof, state reasons on sentence and prohibit double counting with ECSC guidelines.
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A Departing Witness ProtocolBefore departure, preserve a recorded account and exhibits, confirm secure contact and interpretation needs, assess live-link options and assign one ODPP case liaison.
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Safety plans for small high-risk locationsUse integrated RSLPF-led teams in small evidence-selected locations with published aims and expiry dates, without automatic stop, search, exclusion or sentencing powers.
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Safer public places and victim supportImprove lighting, sightlines, wayfinding, taxi queues, night transport and emergency contact, alongside a 24-hour resident-and-visitor support channel and need-based assistance.
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Public data on resident and visitor outcomesPublish privacy-protected resident, stay-over and cruise exposure rates, response and case-flow outcomes, repeat locations, perception measures, complaints and displacement checks without allowing operators to suppress reports.
Public finance & delivery
Fiscal Operating Envelope
Make cash, maturities, volatile revenue and project readiness visible early enough to change decisions while protecting essential services.
First proposed move · First 30 daysRelease the FY2025/26 fiscal and borrowing outturn and FY2026/27 borrowing plan.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 5
- Cited sources
- 7
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
Three-year fiscal viewPublish the medium-term framework before the budget, with quarterly execution, fiscal risks and shock cases.
- 02
A live financing calendarShow obligations due and finance authorised, committed and settled over the next 6, 12 and 24 months.
- 03
CIP source, use and reserveReconcile CIU, National Economic Fund, government and sovereign-wealth flows and apply a published stabilisation rule.
- 04
Project readiness gatesSequence major commitments by finance, procurement, delivery, staffing, maintenance and service-opening status.
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Trigger bands with protectionPre-agree amber and red responses for cash, current balance, refinancing and CIP shocks while naming essential services that remain protected.
Digital government & public rights
National Digital Trust Layer
Scale digital public services through enforceable common rules, clear redress and tested recovery, not disconnected project safeguards.
First proposed move · Days 1–30Inventory critical systems, data, vendors and AI uses.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 5
- Cited sources
- 10
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
Complete privacy enforcementCommence the provisions needed for an independent Commissioner, citizen rights, investigations, appeals and penalties, with budget and service channels.
- 02
Domestic incident commandEstablish a national CIRT command function and competitively procure continuous regional monitoring, threat intelligence and forensics.
- 03
One procurement gateRequire privacy, security, accessibility, recovery, audit, portability and exit evidence before any critical system launches.
- 04
Public AI controlsRegister government AI uses and require impact tests, logs and human appeal for high-risk decisions.
- 05
Assisted access remainsKeep usable non-digital and assisted routes until evidence shows that removing them will not exclude residents.
Health access & service readiness
St Jude Commissioning and National Access Compact
Judge the hospital by safe services, completed referrals and affordable island-wide access, not physical completion alone.
First proposed move · Days 1–30Appoint the commissioning executive and independent assurance panel.
- Mechanisms
- 5
- Delivery phases
- 3
- Measures
- 5
- Cited sources
- 10
Inspect the proposed mechanisms+
- 01
Independent opening gatesPublish every unit, dependency, accountable owner and pass record; give clinical leaders authority to stop an unsafe opening.
- 02
Southern primary-care accessExtend urgent care and diagnostics first at Vieux Fort and Dennery, then Soufrière where demand, safety and staffing pass.
- 03
One referral and transport pathUse a shared referral identifier, clinical time standards and accessible medical-transport escalation.
- 04
Clear benefits and feesPublish the essential-benefits, fee and exemption schedule with a funded service agreement.
- 05
Monthly public resultsReport staffing, stocks, waits, referrals, incidents, access and budget execution for the first year.