UNDP JA LAUNCHES ANNUAL REPORT 2017
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UNDP Annual Report 2017 Highlight # 1
gives an account of Wazari Johnson, a ceramicist who made a leap in profits and production after participating in intensive training in ceramic techniques and pottery in Tanzania under the ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme
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UNDP Annual Report 2017 Highlight #2:
A joint community Police steering Committee was reactivated to improve strained relations between the police and citizens in west Kingston guided by a brand new Action Plan, under UNDP's Rejuvenating Communities Project.
Pictured: Inspector Natalie Palmer, a key participant
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Annual Report 2017 Highlight #3
: Support to Jamaica’s efforts on renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE/EE) in the health sector was further advanced under a project funded by the . Investment Grade Energy Audits were conducted at participating health facilities, which included an energy investment package that outlined Return on Investment, and estimated time for recovery of investment in energy savings based on introduction of RE/EE in the facilities.
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Annual Report Highlight #4
: A highlight of 2017 was the further operationalization and capitalization of the National Conservation Trust Fund of Jamaica (NCTFJ) – Jamaica’s first direct sustainable financing mechanism for the management of Protected Areas.The policy, regulatory and operational framework of protected areas was further strengthened with the update of the draft overarching policy for effective management of protected areas.
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Forestry department representatives, Annmarie Bromfield, Forest Manager, Otway Elliot, Forest Technician and Nastacia Brown, Project Officer
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Annual Report 2017 was launched in April under the theme, Leaving No One Behind. Results, highlights and stories of UNDP at work in partnership with Government and people are presented through the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
The Report records the growing momentum for local implementation of the global vision contained in the SDG and answers one single question: Who has been included and who has benefited from UNDP-supported actions to secure the SDG? UNDP Jamaica introduces
On The Empowerment Trail
the moving accounts of participants and beneficiaries who have witnessed and experienced impacts under reported projects.
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The #EmpoweredLives REPORT
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MENDING FENCES
Police & citizens in west Kingston
begin the process of healing relations
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Wade Brown (left) and Anette Irving, (right) Tivoli Gardens CDC President and Treasurer, chat with Inspector Natalie Palmer of the police force
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“Being a part of the Rejuvenating Communities project has been a great experience for us, especially the interaction with the police”, declared Wade Brown, President of the Tivoli Gardens Community Development Committee. “For us it was the first time we interacted with the police on such a civil basis as citizens just discussing issues, discussing their role … playing games, competing with them and just having fun. It was a great experience and we loved it. We have to say thanks to the United Nations Development Programme.” The Rejuvenating Communities project arose from recommendations of a Commission of Enquiry into the 2010 Tivoli Gardens incursion.
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Gourie, the gift granted for
present & future generations
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Forest Manager, Otway Elliot, points to the entrance of Gourie Cave
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Gourie (pictured), one of 249 Protected Areas in Jamaica, became one of 12 projects awarded sustainable livelihoods grants to ensure that those who make a living from Protected Areas protect their biodiversity. “Sustaining Jamaica’s invaluable natural assets is important for the Forestry Department but this requires financial resources. Therefore, putting protected areas in a position to co-fund recurrent and management expenditures is critical”, UNDP Programmes Specialist, Richard Kelly explains. Gourie's grant funded environmentally friendly fixes to its recreational area, preparing it to once again earn income to maintain its upkeep. The project falls under the Strengthening the Operational and Financial Sustainability of the National Protected Area System (NPAS) project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and UNDP
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One of two cabins refurbished under the NPAS project
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The #ResilientNations REPORT
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UNDP hurricane recovery grants for TCI businesses to help rebuild & sustain economy
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Government participants in a Training of Trainers Workshop (pictured here) are now prepared to pass on disaster risk reduction training to MSMEs impacted by hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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Recognizing the role played by small businesses in the TCI economy and the many small families dependent on the quick recovery of these businesses, UNDP found it prudent to put its support behind recovery assistance to MSMEs, UNDP Resident Representative Bruno Pouezat has emphasized.
The 40 micro grants will support structural repairs and replacement of inventory for MSMEs, 22 of which are owned by women. Grantees include pest control companies, farmers, fishermen, taxis, schools, restaurants, manufacturers, vacation rentals and retail establishments in TCI.
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South Caicos District Commissioner, Yvette Cox is ready to show Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises how to prepare for disaster, following a 3-day Training of Trainers Workshop in Disaster Risk Reduction and Contingency Planning in Grand Turk in May. She receives her certificate from Workshop facilitator, Jacinda Fairholm, Regional DRR Advisor in UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
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Forty business operators from Turks and Caicos Islands received hurricane recovery grants in early May as part of a wider effort to help rebuild and sustain the economy of the Islands through support to businesses most impacted by hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Under a UNDP-supported project led by the country office in Kingston, Jamaica, the 40 grants valued at a total US$ 40,000 were disbursed over the period 4-8 May 2018. UNDP has partnered with the Centre for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) in TCI to facilitate the administration of the grants specifically to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
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TOP: Mary Iona Harvey of Harvey and Sons Service Station, Middle Caicos
BOTTOM PHOTO: Anita Simons of Queen B Taxi from Grand Turk
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TOP PHOTO: Fisherman Handfield from South Caicos
BOTTOM PHOTO: James Dean of D’Light Water Purification Company, also from South Caicos
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They watched two powerful Category Five hurricanes rip through their communities and small businesses last year, interrupting important services such as water, transportation and food to the people of Turks and Caicos Islands. Several of these Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) selected for small grants under a UNDP-supported project share their stories of comeback from disaster. They talk about how the micro grants helped them get back on their feet, and in so doing helped restore critical services to the government and people of TCI.
VIDEO AND PHOTO STORIES COMING SOON
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UNDP advances disaster resilience talks with Turks And Caicos Islands officials
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TOP: Premier of Turks and Caicos Islands, Hon. Sharlene Cartwright Robinson receives a copy of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) MAPS Mission report from UNDP Resident Representative Bruno Pouezat in Providenciales on Wednesday, 21 June at the Premier's office. Also attending were from left, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, Dr Elsie Laurence Chounoune and Deputy Premier Hon. Sean Astwood. BOTTOM PHOTO: The officials are joined by UNDP Programme Analyst for Capacity Development, Ava Whyte Anderson, second right.
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Bruno Pouezat, the United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative assigned to Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, Bermuda, The Bahamas and Cayman Islands visited the Turks and Caicos Islands, 20 – 22 June to strengthen crisis and disaster resilience support to the TCI and to visit beneficiaries of the ongoing disaster recovery projects supported by UNDP. The UNDP delegation will also discuss the way forward for mobilizing technical and financial resources required to improve TCI’s resilience to natural disasters, especially by mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) into development planning. The delegation also took the opportunity to visit with some grantees at their businesses to hear their stories firsthand and to see how the grants have contributed to their recovery from the last hurricane season.
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Development Minerals industry to
receive entrepreneurial skills training
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L-R: Dr. Oral Rainford, Principal Director for Policy, Planning, Development and Evaluation in the Ministry of Transport and Mining; (centre) Bruno Pouezat, UNDP Resident Representative and Valerie Veira, CEO of JBDC holding the signed Letter of Agreement; Leighton Williams, Acting Commissioner of Mines, Leighton Williams
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One hundred and twenty (120) small and medium scale ‘Development Minerals’ operators, related professional bodies and business development service providers island-wide will benefit from enterprise and business development skills training as a result of a partnership between the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), the European Union (EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC). The Letter of Agreement was formally signed in April by UNDP Resident Representative, Bruno Pouezat on behalf of the ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme and JBDC Chief Executive Officer, Valerie Veira, in the presence of Dr Oral Rainford, Principal Director for Policy, Planning, Development and Evaluation in the Ministry of Transport and Mining and Acting Commissioner of Mines, Leighton Williams.
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PIOJ & UNDP LAUNCH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS CHAMPIONS PROGRAMME
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The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), and the UNDP kicked off the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Champions programme in June. Nominees were required to Jamaican individuals or groups, often working quietly, without national or media recognition in various areas of service, including communities, agriculture, the poor and the disenfranchised, to right wrongs and injustices, to save the terrestrial and marine environment, to educate the future generations, to innovate new goods and services , or to advocate for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Their work, service and impact must make a direct connection to one of the 17 SDGs. Although their work may cover more than one of the 17 goals, one goal should be predominant. A nominee can only be nominated in one of the 17 SDG categories." The call for nominations ended 29 June.
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Jamaica on track to completely phase out ozone depleting substance, HCFC
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With Funding from the Montreal Protocol (MPU) , UNDP supported the National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA) in scaling up of Jamaica’s action on protection of the ozone layer from ozone depleting substances in 2017. This was accomplished through actions designed to phase out the use of Hydro-chlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) in the foam manufacturing sector in Jamaica, thereby contributing to Jamaica’s compliance with the Montreal Protocol.
Jamaica is, therefore, on track to reduce demand for and completely phase out the ozone depleting substance HCFC.
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