Robert Morgan Leads Jamaica Delegation at LATAC-UK Infrastructure Forum in Lima

LIMA, Peru — Jamaica's Minister with responsibility for Works, the Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan, is spending the week in Peru taking part in high-level talks and technical exchanges centred on how infrastructure is delivered, rebuilt after disasters, made more resilient and reformed at the institutional level.

Minister Morgan is heading the Government of Jamaica's team at the 1st LATAC-UK Infrastructure Forum, which is running in Lima from March 23 to 26, 2026. The gathering has drawn senior officials from Latin American and Caribbean governments, together with delegates from the United Kingdom, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, to compare notes on strategy, planning, governance, financing and project execution in the infrastructure space.

Jamaica's activities over the four days have been described as carrying considerable weight and as lining up closely with the country's present priorities. The schedule features meetings with Peru's National Infrastructure Authority (ANIN) and with persons who previously led the country's reconstruction authority, in addition to technical sittings on governance, planning, resilience and what Jamaica can take away from the Peruvian experience.

“This visit is about serious engagement and practical learning,” Minister Morgan said. “Jamaica is in Peru for important discussions and exchange at a time when we are actively considering how to strengthen infrastructure delivery, improve coordination across government, and build systems that are more efficient, resilient and responsive to national needs.”

The Minister pointed out that Peru's record in bouncing back from large natural disasters, and in rebuilding with resilience built in, holds particular value for Jamaica as the island weighs ways of bolstering its own institutional approach to reconstruction and resilience.

“Our interest is not only in what Peru has done, but in how it has done it, how institutions have been structured, how technical support has been used, and how projects have been delivered with greater urgency, while ensuring value for money and a high quality product at the same time. These are matters of direct importance to Jamaica,” he said.

The Jamaican delegation's itinerary also takes in a field tour of resilient infrastructure projects, among them flood protection works, and will close with a workshop reviewing reconstruction lessons and mapping out next steps for Jamaica.

Minister Morgan said the trip underscores Jamaica's resolve to draw on respected international examples while crafting responses tailored to local realities.