(Updated) The Prime Minister called the government's program 'appointment
with the Freedom' - next year will step up efforts to meet the needs of
Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip,
Date: 08/30/2010 Time: 23:58
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WAFA (PLO news agency) 08/30/2010 RAMALLAH -Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said
today that the government program for next year that bears the name
'Appointment with Freedom', ia a program of actions and priorities for
action in the second year of the program of the government 'to end the
occupation and the establishment of the State'.

Fayyad said at a news conference held at the state media center to launch a
government program, called the document 'date with freedom', which contains
the procedures and priorities for action in the second year in order to
complete the building of state institutions, and send the values of
integrity, transparency and separation of powers and the provision of safety
and security, including protecting national project and ensure the rule of
law and consolidating the values of freedom and justice, and equality in a
democratic system based on pluralism, separation of powers, and the peaceful
transfer of authority and respect for human rights.

Fayyad added in a statement read to reporters, 'The government is seeking in
the second year of its program to confirm the readiness of national state of
Palestine, which reaffirms its commitment to the accomplishment of the
priorities and actions required to ensure this in all sectors, it is
inspired by the accumulated experience of the Palestinian national movement
over a century, and strengthened by the sacrifices of the Palestinians,
women and men and aspirations of individual and collective freedom, dignity
and independence.'

Fayyad said that the embodiment of good governance model is a safety net for
the Government in its efforts to build bridges of trust with the citizen,
and to mobilize energies, and to harness the efforts, in the service of the
great national project. The Government affirms its full commitment to
witness the next year, the consolidation equation safety and security with
justice and equity, and to ensure the protection of public freedoms and not
compromising, and respect for individual rights and freedoms, including the
right to privacy, freedom of expression, as well as promoting citizenship,
equality and equal opportunities.
Fayyad stressed that the government undertakes to promote regulatory and
supervisory capacity, and confidence in public institutions through the
achievement of effective accountability. In the same context, the government
seeks to strengthen the judicial system the establishment of courts of
competent jurisdiction, and the development of the efficiency of workers in
the judiciary, and court officers, and prosecutors, as well as the
development of efficient law enforcement agencies to ensure that they
operate within the law and its commitment to the fundamental freedoms of
citizens enshrined in the Basic Law , and the government supports the role
of NGOs working in the field of human rights, and the control of overall
performance, and encourages the development of mechanisms and initiatives by
civil society to make complaints. It also puts the responsibility to develop
a system of sanctions, and prison services, ensuring respect for human
rights permanently, and work to transform them into centers for the
rehabilitation and reintegration of convicts into society.

The Fayyad government is seeking to fight corruption by strengthening the
role of official bodies and civil specialized in this area, and commitment
to international conventions on combating corruption, as well as improving
performance in the provision of public services. Comes in the top of our
priorities to develop a vision of a national education sector in various
stages of modernization of the educational system in Palestine, to be able
to prepare future generations, and provide the community with the
competencies of scientific and process required to meet the needs of
growing, as well as to activate the cultural life by encouraging and
supporting initiatives and individual talents, as well as to support
institutions working in the field of arts and literature, and develop the
infrastructure of cultural and artistic production. The health sector is a
special priority by the government to modernize the health care system,
health insurance, the foster empowerment of citizens to access to treatment
and better medical services.

He added that , 'Government is seeking to promote the private sector through
the completion of the relevant legislation, administrative reform, and
control systems and accounting, and provide the appropriate atmosphere of
partnership between public and private sectors, in addition to initiatives
contribute to enhancing the rapid and sustainable growth in agriculture and
tourism, and re-build the base productivity of the national economy,
contributing to increased employment opportunities and address the problem
of unemployment, and lead, through a tight monetary policy, to reduce
dependence on foreign financial assistance and access to end the need for it
'.

He pointed out that, parallel with these tasks together, the Government pay
particular attention to the status of women in Palestine, and develop
effective mechanisms to empower women and enhance their role, and ensuring
the enjoyment of full equality in all areas, and to support and strengthen
institutions and civil society on women's rights and issues. Equally
Government attaches particular importance to youth and sports sector, and
infrastructure development for this sector.

He added that the government, since highly appreciates what his fellow
citizens are getting around the strategic vision underlying the program to
end the occupation and the establishment of the State in its first year,
they invite them to roll up our sleeves and engage fully in the
implementation of this program in its second year and last, and as mature
transformation process initiated by the program in the transition state of
Palestine to the evolution of the concept of reality can not be ignored.

In this regard, the Government undertakes to continue to be entrusted with
the effort led by the Palestine Liberation Organization to consolidate the
prospects for Arab support and the mobilization of various forms of
international support, and on all official and popular levels, to support
the national effort is designed primarily to enable our people to live in
freedom and dignity in an independent state on all its land occupied since
in 1967, in the heart of Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the State of
Palestine.

The way to complete the government's program is a combination of hope and
the will and work. And Palestine deserve further work, go on the road to
independence in a spirit of optimism and hope.

He said however 'a year ago the Government announced its program of work
for Palestine for the end of the occupation and the establishment of the
State ', which translates the strategic vision designed to combine the
political struggle led by the Palestine Liberation Organization at the
regional and international levels, on the one hand, and the completion of
building the institutions of the State of Palestine and infrastructure, and
strengthening peaceful popular resistance to the occupation, on the other
hand, to achieve the goal of ending the occupation and establishing a
Palestinian state, Jerusalem as its capital, on the 1967 borders'.

Fayyad said that the focus in this document are concerted efforts and
management and work is the key to success, noting that the PNA faced a
critical financial situation at the moment, and that current expenditures do
not exceed the allocated budget, and the government in a position where it
is difficult to meet basic material needs.

He said the government with the end of the first year of the plan to end the
occupation and the establishment of the state, succeeded in the
implementation of 2000 projects in the areas of infrastructure, water and
health development and other projects.

Fayyad presented his apologies for what happened in the Protestant Hall in
Ramallah unfortunate events during the exhibition for the start of direct
negotiations.

Highlights of the next year:

The Plan outlines in its second year, which is called the 'date with the
Freedom', the mechanisms adopted by the government to continue to build
institutions in 4 dimensions.

The first axis covered intensive work to enforce the rule of law and justice
and protection of human rights by strengthening the capacity of the judicial
system by various means, including the appointment of a large number of new
judges in the judiciary, and establishing a system of sanctions that
respects human rights and the establishment of the Centre for Forensic
Medicine, and encourage civil society organizations to issue reports on the
performance of public institutions with regard to human rights.

The focus of the second axis to improve the performance of the government
sector through a series of reform steps to ensure the fight against
corruption, and adherence to international conventions to combat it, and
hold accountable those responsible within the framework of a transparent and
professional, and to enhance communication between the government and the
public through the media, and conduct opinion polls to gauge citizen
satisfaction with government performance and take advantage of improve it.

The third axis contains the improvement of public services provided to
citizens in the sectors of education, health insurance, and infrastructure,
and promotion of culture, and work to empower women and ensure its full
contribution in the process of building a Palestinian state. At the level of
education, the Government intends to allocate more than 55 million dollars
for higher education, to provide loans and scholarships to more than 1200
students, and the construction of 700 classrooms a new, 100 computer lab,
and 100 units descriptive for people with special needs, and 50 laboratories
of Sciences. In the health sector will be the rehabilitation and expansion
of 14 hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in addition to the
development of health insurance system.

The plan includes a government-centered the fourth work to enable the
private sector so as to enhance the capabilities of the national economy,
and lead to end the dependence on external financial assistance, the
government expects a decline in the current deficit of the budget for about
13% of GDP in 2011, compared with 18% in 2010 and 22% in 2009. Will also
reduce dependence on foreign aid for financing current expenditure of about
1.8 billion dollars in 2008 to 1.0 billion dollars in 2011.

The Government will improve access to agricultural export, and to achieve
further growth in the tourism sector, strengthening the capacity of the
national economy to ensure sustainable development, and by continuing effort
to build industrial zones in Jenin, Bethlehem and Jericho and the promotion
of business networking with the outside identified and examined 10 markets
strategy for promoting Palestinian products them.

The justice sector and rule of law, aims to strengthen the rule of law,
separation of powers in democratic Palestinian state that would safeguard
the rights and freedoms of its citizens, and to ensure that all institutions
and compliance with the provisions of Public Law, and maintain the
independence of the judiciary and the Department of the court system in
accordance with the principles of integrity, impartiality and efficiency.
The aim of the same sector to develop infrastructure and management, and
development of criminal justice, legislative and infrastructure development,
capacity building of specialized technical, and the protection of public and
private freedoms and guarantee human rights.

The security sector, aims to enhance the safety and security of the homeland
and citizens while ensuring the dignity, freedom, human rights, institution
building, security professional, rational, and the fight against crime and
strengthening criminal justice, and providing the population register the
efficient and effective justice, promotion of local partnerships and
regional and international levels.

It also aims to modernize and develop the legal and legislative frameworks,
and development of structural security establishment, and enhance
effectiveness and professional capacity building, and promote integration
between the security sector and justice, and providing the population
register efficiently and fairly and effectively, and developing and
strengthening local partnerships and regional and international levels, and
processing infrastructure.

For the sector of international relations, aims to base the effort on the
international scene to drum up international support for the independent
State of Palestine on the border of the fourth of June 1967, with its
capital in East Jerusalem, and ensuring the participation of Palestine, and
the actors in the family of the international community, and to activate its
constructive contribution to it, and the pursuit of national reconciliation
Palestinian in international forums, and strengthening of relationships and
communication channels between the Palestinians in the diaspora and their
counterparts living in Palestine.

It also aims to assist in the preparation for statehood, and the development
of consular services, and develop the capacity of the diplomatic corps, and
to join international organizations.

The financial sector, aims to seek to achieve sustainable economic growth by
following sound fiscal policies that ensure the reduction of dependence on
external financial assistance, and strengthening the capabilities of the
national economy, and the development of the banking sector and financial
sector to ensure that encourage private sector investment, development of
financial systems and controls.

It also aims at effective management and excellent, fair and transparent for
the public funds and international aid, and strengthening the monetary
system, and enhance the safety of the banking system, and the development of
the pension system.

The Development Sector Management, aims to complete the process of
institution-building and continued development of state institutions so that
they can contribute effectively to the achievement of ending the occupation
and the establishment of the State, an independent Palestinian democracy and
the continued development of structures and structures and capacities for
the public sector to provide better services to citizens the highest
efficiency and maximum effectiveness within the best value possible the
financial resources available.

It also aims to develop and evaluate government policies, and building the
structure of government regulatory effective and harmonized, and promotion
of culture and the principles of public service, and develop the work of
office staff, and develop the work of office management and financial
controls in accordance with international practice the best, and service
control quality and high credibility that promote financial stability and
management, and complete the preparation documents and evidence necessary
for the integration of bodies, and strengthen the democratic process, and
improve the infrastructure in the local bodies, and strengthening the
capacity of local government.

The media sector, aims to raise the transparency of government and
strengthen the means of accountability, and ensure the right of citizens to
public information, dissemination of the policy agenda adopted by the
government and reports on their performance regularly to the public, and to
promote action to establish a media sector independent, professional and
impartial, and the development of media work.

For the sector of information and statistics, aims to provide data and
statistics, comprehensive and accurate, necessary for the development of
national policies and plans, and to continuously update and harmonize with
international standards in force.

It also aims to develop national plans, and building databases on the issues
of the wall and settlements

And building of central registries, administrative, and implementation of
the various censuses, and building control system of the situation

Social, economic, environmental and good governance, and to contribute to
statistical capacity-building of government institutions.

The sector of land management aims to protect the Palestinian land and
property rights, through the development of a comprehensive record and
accurately can be found, and to facilitate the ownership transfer procedures
and to ensure that law enforcement, and to ensure that spatial planning and
organization of land-use guarantee to meet various economic and social needs
and environmental needs of citizens in the present and future .

It also aims to beatification and registration of the territory of
Palestine, and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the institution
Land Authority

Inventory and registration of state property, land, foundations, structural
schemes, and the development of the national spatial plan, the protection of
Palestinian land confiscation and settlement, and the creation of the
receipt of the vacated settlements.

In the area of economic development, and is divided into sectors first,
industry and services and strengthen the business environment, the aim of
the plan to start programs of economic and the creation of regulatory
institutions to ensure the creation of an enabling environment for private
sector prosperity and strengthen the endogenous capacity of the economy of
the State of Palestine, and to work with the private sector in building
productive capacities Palestinian (industrial and service), updating and
support the expansion of small and medium-fast.

The external trade sector and investment, it will run the government to make
preparations and preparations to ensure that an expansion of the Palestinian
export sector, and to seek the admission of Palestine to the international
organizations and the development of international trade agreements.

In the field of consumer protection, the plan consists in modernization of
the institutions of consumer protection and regulations that govern their
work, and approach procedures for the conduct of these institutions and
quality standards adopted by international standards established in this
regard.

The labor sector, the plan are intended to protect the workforce in
Palestine from exploitation and to work in unsafe conditions, and
preparation of sustainable programs aimed at combating unemployment.

The agriculture and rural development in important sectors and you want to
plan this sector, reactivate the agriculture sector as one of the key
sectors that contribute to economic growth and increasing exports and
providing employment opportunities for our people, and make determined
efforts to reduce the rate of food insecurity in Palestine and to deal with
the agriculture sector as a cornerstone for development projects
Rural areas.

The telecommunications and information technology plan aims through this
sector to support the continued expansion of the telecommunications industry
and information technology through the proper regulation of this sector and
provide protection from unfair competition from abroad, and supervise the
integration of information technology in the lives of every citizen through
the promotion of policies aimed at upgrading of the Information Society and
e-government, the Department of the postal services sector effectively and
efficiently.

In the area of infrastructure sector is the transportation and communication
infrastructure one of the main sectors and the government will over the next
year to build, operate and maintain the network facilities and transport,
modern transport and secure, integrated and linked all across Palestine to
each other, and stimulate the implementation of economic development
programs and enhance communication with its Arab neighbors.

With regard to the water sector, it will run the government in its new
assistance in working to get water rights total Palestinian Authority, the
development and diversification of water sources, and the establishment of
public water system to ensure that the Palestinian citizens safe water for
human use in accordance with international standards, in addition to
providing water for irrigation and agriculture .