National Consultation on Justice Matters: St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Abstract

The Judicial and Reform Project is a five-year project, funded by the CanadianInternational Development Agency (CIDA), and designed to support improvements to theadministration of law and quality of justice within the member states of the Organisationof Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The project is intended to benefit all citizens of theOECS, with special sensitivity to the needs of women and youth.In an effort to strengthen the judicial and legal system to provide an enablingenvironment for equitable social and economic development, reform initiatives havebeen directed along three paths:To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the courts in hearing cases; To promote better management of the justice system through the developmentof a legal education system;