United Nations Development Programme Jamaica

From left: Dr. Alan Hudson, Dr. Peter-John Gordon, Mr. Minh Pham, and Mr. Paul Ladd

Jamaica, like other developing countries, is challenged to make faster progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and sustainable human development and to be able to respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities that globalization presents. As partners in the process developed countries need to ensure - in-line with their commitments to build a global partnership for development - that their policies on a range of global issues, including those which go "beyond aid", are coherent and supportive of development, and allow developing countries the policy space they need to respond to the global issues that they face.

Sharene McKenzie, Civil Society Specialist, USAID-COMET Project makes a point at the Workshops of May 5-6, Kingston.

UN Agencies Supporting Dialogue on small arms and light weapons control in Jamaica

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Jamaica and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-LIREC) have entered into a strategic partnership to support Jamaica’s efforts to reduce armed violence.

CISCO Systems Inc., one of the world's leading Internet network providers, has partnered with the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to establish 11 networking academies in Jamaica at a cost of $62 million.