... Jean-Pierre is innovative, dedicated, distinguished
THE OTHER recipient of the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) Public Life Award for Leadership Excellence, Meanwhile, Jermaine Jewel Jean-Pierre, is described as an innovative, dedicated and distinguished public-service educator, passionate community builder and an advocate of continuous learning and development.
Jean-Pierre is currently the Director of the Information and Communication Technology Unit, having joined the public service of the Commonwealth of Dominica in August 2000.
She has since chalked up an impressive record of achievements and is also well known and recognised at the regional level through her interaction with various regional and international agencies and intergovernmental bodies, such as the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) and CARICOM.
During that time, Jean-Pierre championed the revolution of the Government of Dominica telecommunication system from analog to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system, the creation of the Government Wide Area Network (GWAN) as well as assisted in the development of the CARICOM e-Government Strategy.
ONLINE INITIATIVES
Under her leadership, Dominica implemented a number of e-government initiatives to include the Online Employee Portal, Government of Dominica Online Mobile Application, and Document Management System.
MIND issued its first Public Life Award for Leadership Excellence to Scarlette Gillings, former Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), in 2013. Ambassador, Dr Carlton Davis, former Cabinet Secretary, and Dr Charles Maynard, former Government Minister, Dominica, were the 2014 recipients.
According to Director of Business Development and Communications at MIND, Marlene Campbell, MIND is committed to providing the knowledge base required for globally competent and ethical public-sector leaders to advance the fulfilment of their organisation’s mandate, in the interest of creating and sustaining national and regional growth and development and world-class exemplars of good governance in the global community.