Philipsburg – On Monday an agreement was signed for the financing of the “Project Bureau Justice” between funding agency USONA represented by Director F Versteeg and Leader of Government William Marlin.
An amount of Naf 824, 353.00 has been set aside for this project, with the goal to strengthen the civil service apparatus with four senior policy advisors and one administrative assistant for the building up of the Ministry of Justice Sint Maarten in order to facilitate the transfer of tasks and responsibilities from the Justice Department of the Central Government.
Some of the activities of the senior policy advisors will include developing a policy vision for the justice institutions, improvement of the police force and immigration services on St. Maarten, developing protocols and procedures for cooperation within the judicial chains on St. Maarten and setting up a criminal analyses system.
The project will be executed over a 26th month period.