{"id":207030,"date":"2018-10-29T22:08:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T02:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=207030"},"modified":"2020-08-23T12:55:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T16:55:49","slug":"commentary-science-and-public-policy-in-dominica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-science-and-public-policy-in-dominica\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: Science and Public Policy in Dominica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-207033\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dave-Shillingford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"166\" \/>EDITOR&#8217;s NOTE: As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of our Independence, DNO, in collaboration with the Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences (DAAS), presents a series of interesting and relevant articles. The following article by Resource Economics and Planning Specialist and DAAS member, Dr. Davison Shillingford, was first published in\u00a0May, 2006.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recent Basil Springer article, SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY,\u00a0in the Barbados Advocate of May 1, 2006, raised an important issue. Especially\u00a0significant for Dominica were two paragraphs, reprinted here, and their implication for\u00a0some of the concerns currently facing the island.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Springer states, \u201cEffective public policy depends on good science and good\u00a0scientists, but in practice scientists, including statisticians, play only a limited role in the\u00a0formulation of public policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA casual and ad hoc approach is an inefficient and incomplete way to deal with the\u00a0range of scientific issues of national and international interest. Each nation should\u00a0implement a mechanism to deal specifically with scientific issues at the highest level.\u00a0Particulars will differ according to each nation\u2019s interests, resources and political<br \/>\norganization, but each such plan will need to address the issues raised here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The advances taking place in Dominica or those in the pipeline &#8211; the fisheries complex\u00a0at Marigot, the Carib Village, the PetroCarib deal, the stadium, the airport extension, the\u00a0increase in cruise ship visits, quality control in tourist services, high quality carnival\u00a0celebration, the planned improvements in the Portsmouth and airport roads, among others\u00a0&#8211; are significant, and government must be commended for this progress. However, the list\u00a0of issues currently facing the island remains substantial. And if we are to make the rapid\u00a0economic gains required, we need to address these issues urgently and systematically.<\/p>\n<p>The issues include &#8211; education and economic development, jobs, the functioning of the\u00a0Dominica College, the DOMLEC monopoly and energy policy, banana productivity and\u00a0agricultural policy, inter-island produce transport, global warming and the crapaud\u00a0problem, Botanic Gardens redevelopment, bigger berths for cruise ships, traffic<br \/>\ncongestion and the parking problem in Roseau, the medical implications of current\u00a0migration to Dominica, the adequacy of medical services in general, Diaspora policy,\u00a0crime and the judiciary, the Aves Island issue, the Avian flu pandemic, among others.<\/p>\n<p>There are three points to be made about this list: (i) these are mostly normal issues for\u00a0the average developing country, (ii) we can live with them almost indefinitely but the\u00a0quality of life will be low and the result will be mass migration, and (iii) we can resolve\u00a0these issues with a little effort. However, we cannot solve this multitude of issues<br \/>\npiecemeal and haphazardly. It would take 100 years. We can only do it systematically.<\/p>\n<p>These critical national issues arise and we have no national mechanism\/body with the\u00a0mandate and authority to deal with them with the urgency that they deserve, since\u00a0government is taking care of the even more urgent day to day business of running the\u00a0country. The US has the National Science Foundation, Barbados: the National Council<br \/>\nfor Science, Jamaica, Trinidad, and almost every other country, recognising the critical\u00a0nature of the issue, have such a foundation. These are not the window dressing of\u00a0independence. They are the essentials of successful nation building and national self-interest.\u00a0They are primarily concerned with issues, which, while urgent, might be put on a<br \/>\nback burner and not addressed until it is too late; and then these issues become fatal.<\/p>\n<p>Dominica urgently needs a similar council\/foundation.\u00a0The issue is not to usurp the responsibilities of government ministries, but to\u00a0complement them in the policy development arena at the highest level, while the\u00a0ministries go about the business of policy implementation. The presence of all of these\u00a0problems and issues is testimony to the urgent need for an institution tasked with finding\u00a0solutions. And the object is not to get a series of councils, one for each technical area.\u00a0We\u00a0are too small a country for that. We need one properly constituted council with the<br \/>\nmandate to mobilise the technical competences from various fields, set up in\u00a0subcommittees, whose tasks are to make Dominica work optimally, multitask its problem\u00a0solving, create a dynamic, job-generating economy, and put the island ahead of the\u00a0economic game, despite its small size.<\/p>\n<p>A Dominican friend of mine once recounted that after he had made a presentation to\u00a0his company executives with several original ideas on how his company can beat the\u00a0competition, one executive, impressed with my friend\u2019s insight and strategies, came to\u00a0his office and inquired where he was from. He said Dominica and showed the exec the<br \/>\ntiny island on a world map. My friend says, the exec in surprise blurted, \u201cYou mean you\u00a0come from a small island like that !!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The point is sound and significant ideas do not need to have their genesis in big\u00a0countries, or foreign countries for that matter. They are available right here at home or\u00a0among our people abroad. Our welfare lies in our capacity to effectively mobilize our\u00a0own people and their intellect here in Dominica (or abroad) to solve our problems,\u00a0despite our small size. The establishment of a comprehensive national council on science\u00a0and public policy will be a major step in securing that objective and Dominican economic\u00a0growth. Such an institution is urgently needed in Dominica. Its composition is fairly\u00a0straightforward and more a matter of detail.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, the Colonial Office played that policy role for us; and we have done\u00a0without an effective replacement since independence. But as the UK has disengaged and\u00a0distanced itself from us, the vacuum here is becoming more apparent, as evidenced in the\u00a0long but partial list of policy issues above and their growing urgency. We desperately<br \/>\nneed to fill that vacuum with a dynamic local organization. Without such a nationally\u00a0focused organization to sort out and resolve national issues, and provide advice for\u00a0government action, economic growth and job creation will be slow, encouraging\u00a0continued mass migration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opinions expressed in this commentary are not necessarily those of Dominica News Online or its advertisers.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDITOR&#8217;s NOTE: As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of our Independence, DNO, in collaboration with the Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences (DAAS), presents a series of interesting and relevant articles. 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