United Nations Development Programme Jamaica

"Creating a Culture of Dispute Resolution for Economic Growth: Weaving Arbitration and Mediation into the Fabric of Life." The Conference took place at the Knutsford Court Hotel on 1st May 2009.
From left: (At podium) CJ Zaila McCalla, Ms. Akiko Fujii, Mr. Novar McDonald, Sen. Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne, QC, Attorney General & Minister of Justice, Ms. Minna Israel, Board Chair, Mona School of Business, Mr. John Bassie Chair, CIArb. Caribbean Branch, Mrs. Jacqueline Samuels Brown, JBA President.

The deadline for submission of the Expression of Interest for the Protected Area Master Plan Consultancy has been extended to Wednesday, April 15, 2009. For more details, please visit the Jobs/Procurement section.

Right: Owen Gunning, Director, Computing, Engineering and Entrepreneurial Centre at UTECH receiving equipment from Akiko Fujii, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP

The University of Technology (UTECH) received CFC recovery machines, valued at approximately US$15,000 to enhance the University’s training programme in good practices in refrigeration and air conditioning.

Call for Proposals closes at MIDNIGHT/CET 27 March 2009

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The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), held an inception workshop on March 17, 2009 to review the implementation plan for piloting the Natural Resource Valuation in Environmental Impact Assessments project. The Environmental Impact Assessment process was introduced formally to Jamaica in 1991 under the Permits and License System administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA), now NEPA.

The “Jamaica Violence Prevention, Peace and Sustainable Development Programme” has been selected by the UN Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) as one of three programmes in the area of Conflict prevention and recovery to be highlighted in the BCPR 2008 Annual Report. The Programme will be featured as an example in “Achievements in conflict prevention and recovery.”

The deadline for Call for Proposals: EC-UN Joint Migration Initiative has been extended. Please visit the Migration for Development website for more details.

Global Financial Crisis to have severe impacts on large numbers says report from UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean.

The GEF Small Grants Programme and the UNDP/GEF Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change Project in Jamaica announce a call for project concepts.

Left: Prof. Anthony Chen being Welcomed by Minh Pham, Resident Representative, UNDP Jamaica.

Member of Nobel Prize Team Professor Anthony Chen was appointed Chairman of Global Environment Facility - Small Grants Programme, National Steering Committee.