UNDP administers Canada Funds to support immediate needs arising from COVID 19 |
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UNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica will be administering USD$100,000 from the Government of Canada's Enabling, Gender - Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental Resilience in the Caribbean (EnGenDER) Project to support immediate needs arising from the COVID 19 Pandemic. The funds will support access to food and hygiene supplies and provide income and livelihood support including psychosocial support for some of the most vulnerable including women and girls, the elderly, persons living with disabilities and individuals who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. |
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Disaster Survival Guide launched
for persons who are blind
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A Survival Guide produced in braille for persons who are blind and living with vision impairment was unveiled at a handing over ceremony on Monday (Aug 17) as part of an effort to ensure they are not left behind when disaster strikes. |
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Small scale artisans and miners receive
ACP/EU grants for COVID Response & Recovery
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Twelve small-scale artisanal and mining enterprises (ASMEs) from Jamaica are now in receipt of grants totaling 51,000€ Euros/9 Million JMD Jamaican Dollars, to support their business and emergency response to the COVID 19 pandemic, following a virtual ceremony on Monday August 17. The grants have been disbursed under the African, Caribbean and Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU) Development Minerals Programme which is implemented in Jamaica by the UNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica in partnership with the Mines and Geology Division of the Ministry of Transport and Mining. |
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Community groups get ready to apply for
up to USD 50 000 environmental grants
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Small grants of up to 50 000 USD (7.2 Million JMD) are to be awarded within weeks to Community-Based Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations under the latest call for environmental concepts issued by the GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The call was issued on 8th September, followed the next day by a public webinar for interested organizations and environmentalists on Zoom and Facebook. |
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University Students
Advance COVID-era Solutions
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UNDP's Webinar series explores digital economy, jobs of the future & networking for environmental sustainability |
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Student body presidents of three major universities and select national youth group leaders united for a 5-day Webinar series branded ‘Ready Reset Recharge’ 6 to 10 July, to advance their own solutions for overcoming the COVID 19 crisis focusing on jobs of the future; coordinated networking and advocacy in response to future pandemic/climate change shocks, and closing the digital gap. The series explored the UNDP's special Human Development Report on the impact of COVID-19, and issued a Declaration outlining their position for youth engagement and risk mitigation during the pandemic. |
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Browse our archives of Ready Reset Recharge Webinars |
DAY 1: How to Respond, Retool & Adapt NOW to meet the challenges of COVID-19: Lessons from a Jamaican company;
DAY 2: How to Re-skill & Up-skill for the post COVID global work market;
DAY 3: How to leverage your youth networks and skills to help young people thrive in Climate and Pandemic Emergencies;
DAY 4: Bridging the Divide. How to get young people connected for virtual learning;
DAY 5: Development Challenge Pitch Presentations and the Ready Reset Recharge Resolution, with announcement of the winning team
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NEW: UNDP Introduces annual Ready Set Great series to recognize youth advancing development
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UNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica introduced the annual Ready Set Great series in July 2020 - provisionally branded Ready Reset Recharge for the 2020 staging in order to facilitate discussions around the COVID 19 pandemic. The series was originally conceptualized to recognize young people doing great things to advance development in their country. A website at readysetgreatja.com has been designed and will be updated annually.
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NEW: UNDP Introduces Development
Challenge for University Students
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UNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica debuted the annual Development Challenge for university students at the finale of the Ready Reset Recharge Webinar series. Delegates competed in three teams to brainstorm and pitch innovative solutions in one of three focus areas of the series: (1) jobs, skills and capabilities; (2) networking and organizing for future pandemic and climate change shocks; and (3) improving access to the internet to support education. The next Development Challenge is scheduled for 2021.
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Mixed university group wins UNDP’s inaugural Development Challenge |
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A team of six students from the University of Technology (UTech), the University of the West Indies Mona (UWI) and Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has won the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) inaugural Development Challenge competition with their standout pitch designed to keep students digitally connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have been awarded places in UNDP’s paid internship programme at its Jamaica Office. They are: Shertonio Byfield, NCU; Christina Williams, UWI; Johnoi Elliston, UWI; Davion Brown, UTech; Navaida Green, NCU; Petrona Peart, NCU
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Winning Team
pitches Model to strengthen online learning
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Introducing 'Covinnected' |
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The winning team of UNDP's Development Challenge explained that the group’s idea branded “Covinnected” is a multi-pronged multi-sectoral and multi disciplinary standardization model designed to amplify and strengthen online and blended learning, ensuring equitable digital access throughout the education system. The team proposed that the model should be utilized by publicly funded educational institutions in Jamaica, ensuing that no student is left behind. Since winning the team has been invited to present 'Covinnected' on CVM TV Live and a regional youth symposium.
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STATEMENT
On the increase in women to representational politics in Jamaica
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UNDP remains optimistic that the increase in the number of women candidates to 34 this year, represents a positive development for Jamaica’s democracy. Harnessing and cultivating the talent and expertise of both men and women in an equitable manner will only enrich Jamaica’s development prospects. Women must not only offer themselves for political representation, they must be actively encouraged through incentivized policies and programmes to participate in the political process. - Denise E Antonio UNDP Resident Representative in response to questions pose by the Jamaica Observer
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BLOG
Climate Action gains momentum
when communities get involved
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Denise E Antonio, UNDP Resident Representative (at pipe) on a field trip to Clarendon tests water harvesting equipment donated under the Japan Caribbean Climate Change Partnership implemented by UNDP. She is on the trip with then JCCCP National Coordinator Eltha Brown |
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"UNDP has long recognized that the natural assets of the earth will sustain our livelihoods, food security and wider development ambitions for generations to come, if we treat them with respect, recognizing their value and their inherent vulnerabilities. Over a period of 20 years, UNDP has been honoured to support a range of Climate Change adaptation and mitigation measures in Jamaica implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and its Climate Change Division, and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), as well as community groups and individuals across the span of Jamaica." - Denise E Antonio, UNDP Resident Representative in an OP Ed originally published on 14 Aug in the Gleaner
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GK Foundation Partners with
UNDP for Virtual Lecture on the Sustainable Development Goals
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The GraceKennedy Foundation partnered with UNDP to present its annual public lecture, which focused attention on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The lecture took place on 30 September via Zoom, and was delivered by UNDP Deputy Resident Representative for Suriname, Dr Margaret Jones Williams, with remarks brought by UNDP Resident Representative for Jamaica, Denise E Antonio. This year’s lecture was entitled The Decade of Action Begins - The Sustainable Development Goals Leaving No One Behind.
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GK SDG Competition challenges youth to be the change |
The GraceKennedy Foundation (GKF) challenged Jamaican youth to Be The Change in a new competition which highlighted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The GKF Be The Change Challenge was staged in the weeks leading up to the Foundation’s annual public lecture on September 30. |
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UNDP Multi Country Office continues
social media 'Help Series' for online users
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UNDP's webinars are designed to provide timely and helpful information to online users on critical sustainable development issues within the portfolio of the UNDP Multi Country Offices . To date, four webinars have been staged. |
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The last webinar, conducted on September 9, was 'How To Win Environmental Grants from UNDP's GEF Small Grants Programme'. Online participants gained insight needed to ace the 1st big step in the grant award process - the concept. The webinar presented useful tips and testimonials from former grantees.
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A New Help Series Webinar is coming in November: How to make your house and land hurricane ready and resilient - Tips and Insight that will last you way beyond the end of the current hurricane season. Details will be available on all our social media accounts.
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CATCH UP WITH UNDP IN JAMAICA, BERMUDA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, THE BAHAMAS, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS |
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UNDP PHOTO STORIES ON EXPOSURES |
'Tons' of high resolution photo albums with inspiring stories, as told by beneficiaries of projects implemented and/or supported by UNDP. |
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CATCH A PODCAST ON SOUNDCLOUD |
Tune in to UNDP Multi Country Office Radio, for interesting interviews from communities and experts sounding off on the development issues we care about. Hear their honest feedback on project interventions and the impact on lives and communities. |
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BROWSE BACK ISSUES OF 'ON TARGET' E-NEWS |
We have an archive full of back issues of 'On Target' e-newsletter from UNDP Jamaica. |
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UNDP, working to end the injustice of
Poverty, Inequality & Climate Change
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Multi Country Office
serving Jamaica, Bermuda, Cayman Is., The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Is.
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