UNDP in the news
KINGSTON (JIS):
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The following public advisory was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on Friday (September 25):
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is advising the public to ignore any advertisements for employment purporting to be from the United Nations Programme For International Cooperation and Development.
The next Knowledge Fair of the EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative will be a ‘Virtual Fair’ taking place on the Migration for Development website. The Virtual Fair will be held in conjunction with the Global Forum on Migration and Development Civil Society days on 2-3 November 2009 in Athens, Greece. Submissions are being sought for the Virtual Fair online showcase of Civil Society initiatives. The ‘top’ selected initiative will be invited to participate in the Civil Society days in Athens in November. The Virtual Fair will feature a Virtual Exhibition of Good Practices, a Daily Blog with updates from Athens and video interviews with some of the key participants.
The Call closes in 2 weeks: Friday, 16th October 2009. NOTE DEADLINE EXTENDED.
Jamaica’s progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been significant: An estimated 9.9 percent of its 2.7 million people lived below the poverty line in 2007, indicating a halving of the poverty rate of 19.9 percent recorded in 1997.[1] Jamaica has appeared on track to achieve MDG1, eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; has achieved Goal 2 of universal primary education; and has made significant progress in eliminating gender disparity in primary and secondary education. Life expectancy is 73.5 years, and access to health care is universal.
But Jamaica is a small island developing country at a critical development crossroads.