The Justice, Security, Accountability & Transparency Project (JSAT) is valued at 12.6 million EUR and was funded by the EU under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). The JSAT was implemented jointly by two Ministries (Ministry of National Security and Ministry of Justice), the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) and Civil Society Organizations. The overall objective of the JSAT was to improve the standard of living and quality of life of Jamaican citizens by strengthening governance and oversight, with particular regard to the functioning of the security and justice systems. The purpose of the Technical Assistance (TA) was to provide project management support and build the capacity of the Ministries of National Security and Justice, and to support INDECOM to ensure the efficient implementation of the JSAT Project.
The project encompassed four components:
Component 1) Strengthening the capacity, forensic capability and oversight within the security sector thereby improving respect for the rule of law and human rights principles.

• Capacity building and training at the Single Training Academy
• Rehabilitation and equipping of classrooms and dormitories at the Single Training Academy and supply of software and training
• Supply of Equipment and training at the Forensic laboratory to facilitate the identification of drugs and other substances
• Construction of annex to the Forensic Laboratory and provision of retrieval system and software to facilitate security of exhibits and easy retrieval.
• Capacity Building and provision of equipment to the Independent Commission for Investigations (INDECOM)

Component 2) Improved networking and data-sharing capability and strengthened professional capacity of key entities to investigate and present for prosecution, cases of corruption, money laundering and organised crime.

• Technical assistance and capacity building to support the establishment of the Single Anti-Corruption Agency
• Supply of Equipment, Technology and Training to select Law Enforcement Agencies to improve capacity and encourage coherence between operations.
• Technical assistance to document protocols within law enforcement agencies
• Refurbishing and fitting of interview rooms at select law enforcement agencies

Component 3) Improved capability of the justice system to ensure timely treatment and disposal of cases

• Review and streamline the administrative processes underpinning the Case Management System (CMS) in the Justice Sector and implement CMS in select courts
• Rehabilitate and equip select courts with new technology to facilitate video evidence and electronic recording of evidence

Component 4) Civil society organisations (CSOs) empowered to fulfil their monitoring, advocacy and public education functions.

• At least 2 Calls for Proposals with grants awarded to civil society organisations

The activities under each component were implemented using a tendering / procurement procedure following the guidelines for Programme Estimates.
The implementation of all sub-activities under components 1-3 required an invitation to tender procedure. The overall number of tenders launched was forty (40). All types of procurement (Service, Supplies and Work), all types of EU procedures (Single tender, Competitive negotiated, Local and International open) were used for the various types of JSAT activities: training, forensic equipment, IT equipment, furnishing, sophisticated software, rehabilitation and construction works, social studies, communication & visibility studies, etc.