Millions Committed, PDFs Still Flying

Jamaica’s National Water Commission is spending J $581 million to rehabilitate treatment plants serving Kingston, Portmore and Spanish Town. But Jamaica’s SDG 6 working group admits baseline data for indicator 6.3.1 is “inconclusive,” and quarterly plant reports arrive in inconsistent formats.

The Pain Points

• Disparate data schemas across 12 facilities.

• Annual SDG updates—too late for mid-course corrections.

• Manual donor sheets compiled each quarter.

The EMPHASIS Fix

1. API-Based Data Capture – plant SCADA exports feed directly into EMPHASIS, eliminating PDFs.

2. Portfolio Ledger – every dollar links to an output and an SDG indicator.

3. One-Click VNR Exports – EMPHASIS formats progress tables to UN specs in seconds.