[{"bbox": [96, 151, 1132, 209], "category": "Text", "text": "food production and negatively impact the livelihoods of local communities. As such, climate-informed policies form a central part of private sector development and Jamaica's efforts to restore growth²⁸."}, {"bbox": [96, 242, 1132, 514], "category": "Text", "text": "*Digital Jamaica's* support for island-wide access to reliable and affordable broadband and connectivity infrastructure, will help mitigate many risks associated with natural disasters including pandemics. For example, expanded access to mobile and fixed line internet infrastructure will facilitate rapid response and communication during health crisis and other natural disasters, including citizen and community passed emergency messaging, distribution and access to weather and environment forecasts, along with predictions and management of crises. When taken together, the three components of *Digital Jamaica* will allow continued access to educational and other basic social services as well as business continuity during periods of disasters. This is in line with the Government of Jamaica's ICT Policy Objective \"To ensure optimal utilization of ICT including telecommunications for enhanced national security; disaster relief communication and management responses.\""}, {"bbox": [96, 549, 409, 574], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Other considerations if relevant**"}, {"bbox": [96, 575, 1132, 680], "category": "Text", "text": "The activities, outputs and outcomes resulting from *Digital Jamaica*, will support Jamaica's strategies aimed at poverty reduction and economic growth, gender equality and mainstreaming, peace, partnership and resilience, education, innovation and entrepreneurship, and strong institutions, and, therefore, contribute to various SDGs outlined in Section 2.3.1 above."}, {"bbox": [144, 695, 514, 724], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [81, 783, 1040, 1563], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Risk Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Risk Level (high/medium/low)</td><td>Mitigating Measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\">People and organisation</td><td>The implementation and maintenance is hampered by lack of staff with digital skills and competences in the GoJ</td><td>Medium</td><td>-Capacity building integrated in programme design<br/>-Close policy dialogue</td></tr><tr><td>Unvalidated delivery capacities of local partners in new activity areas.</td><td>Medium</td><td>-An inception phase of six (6) months should be factored into the planning, to allow for a validation of the capacities of partners<br/>-Close policy dialogue</td></tr><tr><td>2. Funding</td><td>Inadequate funding for implementation</td><td>Medium</td><td>-Activities to be implemented are included in Cabinet-approved Strategic Business Plans.<br/>Involvement of the Ministry of Finance and Public Services as well international partners, in policy dialogue<br/>Ministry of Finance already involved in sector governance mechanism beyond approaches</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [84, 1597, 847, 1644], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁸ https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/8a4f6312-2423-4514-ae78-a5109a7a0012/CPSD-Jamaica-Summary.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=o2kCLHE"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1679, 1141, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 20 of 42"}]