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Ministry of Social Development and Family Services Strategic Plan 2018 – 2023
The MSDFS Strategic Plan 2018-2023 serves as a roadmap for the organization’s strategic direction over the next five years with implementation of its mandate in the context of a challenging operating environment. The Plan addresses the need to inter alia: driven by sound research, continually improve social services to the population; promote social innovation particularly to resolve persistent social challenges; and ensure the Ministry and its agencies have the capacity and capability to meet both current and emerging needs.
Further, the Plan also outlines the groundwork for collaboration and partnership with the range of national and international stakeholders and the population itself, necessary to achieve the national social development agenda.
The Plan is guided by Trinidad and Tobago’s National Development Strategy 2016-2030 (Vision 2030), which advocates for attaining developed country status by the year 2030.
The Strategy proposes five overarching key result areas or themes in pursuit of the vision:
- Putting People First: Nurturing Our Greatest Asset
- Promoting Good Governance and Service Excellence
- Improving Productivity through Quality Infrastructure and Transportation
- Building Globally Competitive Businesses; and
- Placing the Environment at the Centre of Socio-economic Development
The Strategic Framework to 2023
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Vision 2030 |
“…a united, resilient, productive, innovative, and prosperous nation with a disciplined, caring, fun-loving society comprising healthy, happy and well-educated people and built on the enduring attributes of self-reliance, respect, tolerance, equity, inclusion and integrity…” |
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Vision |
A dynamic, service-driven organisation that delivers premium social services towards the achievement of sustainable human and social development. |
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Mission |
Positively transforming the lives of the people of Trinidad and Tobago through the provision of quality social services. |
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Core Values |
We value Respect, Equity, Integrity, Compassion, Responsiveness, Innovativeness, Commitment, and Inclusiveness. |
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Services |
Social Protection Services, Resilience Services, Sector Planning, Policy & Research, Social Innovation, Monitoring & Evaluation of the Social Sector, Technical Advisory Services, Capacity building for the NGO Sector, Information, Communication & Reporting, Resource mobilization, Auditing and Compliance, Quality Assurance, Public Education, Strategic Human Resource Services |
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Goals |
Promote Resilience for All |
Protect, empower and transform families |
Reduce and prevent poverty, vulnerability and inequality |
Ensure a modern, client-centred, high performance organization |
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Strategic Objectives to 2023 |
Facilitate greater capacity for resilience of the population by 10% (against agreed human development indicators)
Increase the incidence (over baseline) of progressive values, attitudes and behaviours among the population (across all age groups/developmental (categories) by 20%.
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Increase the level of support provided to targeted families by 30%
Increase inclusion of vulnerable groups by 25% to restore family cohesion and functionality |
Continually improve strategies for poverty reduction through stakeholder consultation
Foster strong, beneficial collaboration among social sector partners compliant with international standards good governance for the social sector |
Improve organisational performance by 50% by 2023 against agreed management and efficiency indicators
Improve Client Perception of the MSDFS by 50%
Establish a culture of continuous learning, innovation and operating for results |