Latest press releases
CVC takes lead of regional HIV Global Fund Grant 1 Oct
The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) successfully assumed the lead implementation role of a regional HIV Global Fund Grant from UNDP Jamaica, effective 1 October 2018.
Local tech innovations unveiled at Social Good Summit JA 2018; Special joint report coming
Universities in Jamaica are innovating robots to clean up Kingston Harbour, facial recognition technology to combat crime, earthquake risk software for hazard prevention
Four universities to unveil technology innovation for Social Good Summit 2018
Four of Jamaica’s top universities led by their presidents and principals are coming together for an unprecedented unveiling of their own technology innovations that can impact health, crime, natural…
Luis Felipe López-Calva is UNDP's new LAC Regional Director
Mr. Luis Felipe López-Calva assumed his new position as UN Development Programme (UNDP) Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean on 4 September .
Disaster Preparedness Training for MSMEs in Jamaica
The UNDP country office in Jamaica, with the support of the Sandals Foundation conducted a series of training workshops targeting owners of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) who are…
Who are SDG Champions and how do I nominate them?
We are searching for local champions of the Sustainable Development Goals. These are individuals or groups often working quietly without national or media recognition in various areas of service to…
UNDP hurricane recovery grants for TCI businesses to help rebuild & sustain economy
Forty business operators from Turks and Caicos Islands last week began to receive hurricane recovery grants as part of a wider effort to help rebuild and sustain the economy of the Islands through…
Jacob’s Ladder – No Longer Left Behind
Securing water to satisfy every sanitation, cooking and agricultural need of this expanding community of persons living with physical and mental disabilities has always been a challenge – until a…
UNDP cash for work programme helps hurricane-hit Turks and Caicos Islanders finance home repairs
On Turks and Caicos Islands, the tell-tale signs of two category five storms lingered through February 2018, especially on Grand Turk and South Caicos, but men and women working shoulder to shoulder…
THIS is the Jamaica We Want
The United Nations Development Programme Country Office has funded a special public education video on the Sustainable Development Goals produced by the Planning Institute of Jamaica under the…
