A Message from Elsie,
UNDP Resident Representative, a.i.
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As we bring the curtain down on a busy and productive 2018, Team UNDP takes this opportunity to wish our partners and friends a blessed Christmas. May your New Year be filled with peace, security and abundance. UNDP in Jamaica recommits our technical and financial resources to supporting Jamaica, Bermuda, The Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands in achieving their Sustainable Development Goals, with special attention to eliminating poverty in all forms, leaving no one behind. We look forward to strengthening partnerships and reaping the shared reward of empowered lives and resilient nations in 2019 and beyond. Season’s Greetings to all. -
Dr Elsie Laurence-Chounoune, UNDP Resident Representative, a.i.
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The #ResilientNations Report
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Back from virtual extinction
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In 1990, Edwin Duffus, pig hunter, walked into Jamaica’s Hope Zoo in Kingston and handed over a rather large lizard that had long been declared extinct – since 1948. The UNDP-implemented Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) joined the exciting recovery and preservation effort in 2012, and in 2018 is now reaping stunning results with potential impact on local biodiversity
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The #EmpoweredLives REPORT
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Mining with earth & people in mind
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Climate-friendly, low-impact mining IS possible. Just ask two mining families working with & benefiting from the ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme in Jamaica.
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UNDP in Jamaica endorses
Paternity Leave
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Jamaica is being encouraged to grant Paternity Leave to working fathers of new-borns, by UNDP. We disclosed that UNDP has adopted the gender inclusive policy in the Jamaica country office and across the world with good results.
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Local tech innovations unveiled at
Social Good Summit JA 2018
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Universities in Jamaica are innovating robots to clean up Kingston Harbour, facial recognition technology to combat crime, earthquake risk software for hazard prevention and a legitimate electrical outlet for persons off the national grid, UNDP in Jamaica's Social Good Summit 2018 learned in October
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Patrons browsing the Innovation expo at Social Good Summit 2018 at Northern Caribbean University in October
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Artisans receive grants for business development; passing skills to unattached youth
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Hamilton, (workshop pictured) is happy for the grant awarded which has enabled him to acquire tools and small equipment to move his business forward and enable him to produce more efficiently and commence training sessions with youth from the community.
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Lamont made pieces for several companies using his wooden work table, he now has a new worktable and new hand tools and small equipment to help him refine his pieces. He is also planning to train both youth and adults in his community as well as adjacent communities, who will be able to succeed him in the business
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Artisans who make items of value from development minerals such as clay were awarded grants to expand and strengthen their micro business operations under the UNDP-implemented ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme in August 2018. Disbursements were received in November and December. Grantees included Egbert Hamilton, “Stone Boss” – Gypsum/Alabaster Artisan; Delroy Lamont, “Uncle”, Gypsum/Alabaster Artisan; Fabian Rainford, - Rose Town Potters Association – Ceramic/Clay artisan
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Fabian has grown up in the community of Rose Town and produces several beautiful ceramic pieces – specializing in jars, small items, masks, bowls and other tableware. He is currently training youth in the community who will assist in increasing production for upcoming Christmas orders
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Development Minerals grantees on show
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Grantee under the ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme, Wazari Johnson of Advocate Industries Ltd. participated in an exhibition of local artists in Sovereign Centre, Liguanea in October 2018. Ruth Clarke, Development Minerals Country Coordinator in Jamaica was guest speaker.
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Ruth Clarke, Country Coordinator, Development Minerals Programme in Jamaica
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Wazar's art pieces on display
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Group photo of artisans and attendees.
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UNDP & partners stage Procurement Fair
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UNDP and partners staged a Procurement Fair attended by 120 contractors, suppliers and consultants on 18 October, to share contract opportunities and critical information on procurement policies and procedures to potential vendors. Staged in in partnership with Inter-American Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank and the International Seabed Authority, the Fair also enabled establishment of databases and rosters of pre-qualified vendors for future opportunities. Participants were able to learn about the work of the partner agencies; upcoming procurement opportunities; and how to register on e-tendering platforms. Participants expressed appreciation for the Fair and said they found the session to be timely and opportune. Some participants also took the opportunity to register on the spot with the various international organizations
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This is UNDP in Jamaica campaign launched
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A two-week public information campaign has been launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) country office in Jamaica to highlight UNDP’s mission, work and results on the forefront of global efforts to end poverty.
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Learn how Jeffrey Town, a climate-vulnerable community in the hills of St Mary sustained the impacts of a UNDP-implemented GEF Small Grants Programme project 5 years later, using setback as stepping stone to a major comeback.
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