In just three days, the campaign raised $129,587 - more than 12 times the amount needed to fund the team’s travel.Īnd the bobsled story may not be Jamaica’s only good news. After Jamaica’s two-man bobsled team announced that it had qualified to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics but could not afford to travel to Sochi, Russia, thousands of people contributed to an Internet crowdfunding campaign. It has been plagued by rising levels of violence and crime, with one of the highest murder rates in the world - 1,200 murders or 44.2 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2013, a 9.4 percent increase over 2012.Ĭonsequently, it’s refreshing to hear some good news about the country. The country has the world’s highest debt burden, and its economic growth has been at a near standstill over the past several decades. It’s easy to be pessimistic about Jamaica. This news is an especially pleasant surprise, given Jamaica's and other countries' history of unsuccessful attempts to meet the goals of numerous IMF programs in the past. The country's approach to its current International Monetary Fund (IMF) stabilization/debt-reduction program is a welcome ray of hope, suggesting the long-troubled nation may at last be on track for a turn-around. In just three days, the campaign raised $129,587 - more than 12 times the amount needed to fund the team's travel.Īnd the bobsled story may not be Jamaica's only good news. After Jamaica's two-man bobsled team announced that it had qualified to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics but could not afford to travel to Sochi, Russia, thousands of people contributed to an Internet crowdfunding campaign. It has been plagued by rising levels of violence and crime, with one of the highest murder rates in the world - 1,200 murders or 44.2 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2013, a 9.4 percent increase over 2012.Ĭonsequently, it's refreshing to hear some good news about the country.
The country has the world's highest debt burden, and its economic growth has been at a near standstill over the past several decades. National commitment to UN reform processes including the provision of a common premises at UN House.It's easy to be pessimistic about Jamaica.National Health Research Agenda, the National Rollout of Standards for Adolescent Health Services and nationwide healthy lifestyles campaign is advancing Universal Access to quality health care. Kingston selected as a Fast-Track city for the acceleration of local AIDS response towards achieving the UNAIDS 90-90-90.The country continues to improve access to quality education and lifelong learning and access to equitable social protection systems.Increasing number of rural communities, schools, public sector institutions are advancing climate change adaptation and mitigation and disaster risk reduction through climate-resilient technologies and innovations. Jamaica has ratified the Paris Agreement and is able to report its climate change obligations to the UNFCCC.These are well aligned with Jamaica’s National Development Plan, ‘Vision 2030.’ Jamaica has adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with the SDGs.Jamaica continues to integrate human rights approaches across the fabric of its security and justice systems. Human rights observatory established and in use to record human rights violations.Implementation and oversight of Jamaica’s CIP is coordinated by a Joint National/United Nations Steering Committee (JNCS) established under the leadership of the Government of Jamaica and the United Nations Resident Coordinator (UN RC). The UNCT works in collaboration with the Government of Jamaica to implement the strategy, monitor impact and to ensure adequate resource allocation for programme delivery. CIPs running for one year periods are developed throughout the five-year life of the programme, starting in 2017 and ending 2021, setting out Jamaica’s year to year action on the UN MSDF. The CIP operationalizes the higher level outcomes of the regional programme into concrete, measurable and time bound outputs and activities for Jamaica. The UN System in Jamaica will implement the UN MSDF for the Caribbean guided by a Country Implementation Plan (CIP) for Jamaica. The UN Country Team (UNCT) in Jamaica carries out its brand promise of Delivering Results Together through a joint framework called the UN Multi Country Sustainable Development Framework (UN MSDF) in the Caribbean. The United Nations Multi-Country Office in Jamaica
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