Discussions at today’s Cabinet meeting was generally focused on the first ever community cabinet meeting to be held in Addu City on Thursday.
At today’s meeting, the Cabinet finalised four areas in which presentation will be made at the meeting. Presentations will be given on social sector, infrastructure, good governance and economic development.
Presentation on social sector will focus on education, health, social protection, youth, sports and human resource development. Presentation on infrastructure development will focus on housing, harbour and road construction, shore protection, water and sewerage, energy and preparations for the SAARC Summit.
Decentralization, addressing drug abuse and crime prevention will be main themes on the presentation on good governance, while transportation, tourism, reducing the cost of living, small and medium enterprises and commercial harbour development will be the main themes in the presentation on economic development.
On 30 November 2010, the Cabinet decided to introduce Community Cabinet meetings, with the aim of bringing government working closer to the people.
With Community Cabinet meetings, that will enable people to interact directly with the Cabinet, the government believes it will be in a better position to receive public inputs into decision- and policy-making, and understand public concerns on issues.
For the Community Cabinet meetings, Cabinet ministers will travel to islands and hold meetings open for entire island communities in which the meetings are held.
Community Cabinet meeting to be held in Addu City will begin at 1:30pm on Thursday, 12 May.