The Honourable Camille Robinson-Regis, Minister of Planning and Development, on Wednesday 12th July 2006 received the final report from the Vision 2020 Sub-Committee on Health. The three-volume document, which constitutes the report, was handed over by Professor G. Norris Melville- Chairman, Sub-Committee on Health- to the minister at her Ministry of Planning and Development office. Dr. George Laquis-Vice Chairman, Sub-Committee on Health- was also in attendance.  

The Ministry of Planning and Development this week unveiled new policies, which will radically reform the format for the identification of projects/proposals, submitted for funding under the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) 2007. 

The Ministry of Planning and Development, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, recently signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) granting the Ministry access to US$330,000 for the creation of a national socio-economic database, and the development of institutional capacity within the Ministry for more effective monitoring and evaluation of socio-economic conditions.