Jamaica

Official Name
Jamaica
ISO2 Code
JM
ISO3 Code
JAM
Longitude
18 15 N
Latitude
77 30 W
Geolocation
POINT (-77.3 18.15)
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Mainstreaming migration into development planning- key actors, key strategies, key actions" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.1. "Policy and Institutional Coherence - Latest Data and Research Findings" 
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.3. "Global Care Workers at the Interface of Migration and Development" 
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Chair in Thematic Meeting on "Migrant Domestic Workers at the Interface of Migration and Development: Action to Expand Good Practices" on 7-8 September 2011 in Kingston, Jamaica.
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "Supporting Migrants and Diaspora as Agents of Socioeconomic Change" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.1 "Supporting National Development through Migration Mainstreaming Processes, Extended Migration Profiles and Poverty Reduction Strategies" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.3. "Protecting Migrant Domestic Workers - Enhancing their Development Potential" 
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Operationalizing mainstreaming and coherence in migration and development policies" 
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "Framing migration for the MDGs and the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.1. "Enhancing the development impacts of labour migration and circular mobility through more systematic labour market and skills matching" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfer, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin" 
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Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" on 22 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 2.1. "Mainstreaming migration into planning at the sectoral level" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Making migration work post-2015: implementing the SDFs"
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended the Thematic Meeting on "Recognizing the contributions of women migrants to economic and social development in countries of origin and destination and addressing their specific needs, particularly concerning respect for their human rights" on 8 September 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 3.1. "Migrants in situations of crises: conflict, climate change and natural disasters" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.2. "Principles, institutions and processes for safe, orderly and regular migration" 
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Thematic Meetings
- Attended the Thematic Workshop on "Migration, Connectivity and Business" on 29 March 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Peace, Stability and Growth" on 19 July 2016 in New York, United States.
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Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Tools and Safeguards for Policy Coherence - Finding the right policy mix to balance different interests and objectives"
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "From Global Agenda to Implementation - National Action Plans for mirgation-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Fostering the development impact of returning migrants"
  • Team Member in RT 3.1. "Raising the Global Talent Pool - Harnessing the Potential of the Private Sector for Global Skills Partnerships" 
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation

Government Team Member in RT 1.2 "Migrants' engagement with public services: from basic access to co-production", RT 2.2 "Regional mobility and policy coherence to support development", and RT 3.1 "Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration"

Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
Participated in the Thematic Workshop on "Labour Migration and Skills" and "Children and Youth on the Move: Implementing Sustainable Solutions"

Diaspora 4 Climate Action (D4C): Leveraging the Potential of Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change through Diaspora Engagement in Moldova, Bangladesh, Ghana and Jamaica

Submitted by Costanza Bindi on

The D4C initiative is funded by the IOM Development Fund and capitalizes on the dynamic link between diaspora communities and their home countries to enhance responses to climate change. It strategically focuses on priority sectors in four countries: Moldova, Bangladesh, Ghana, and Jamaica. These countries are all significantly affected by the negative impacts of climate change, and the challenges they face require immediate action from a variety of stakeholders.

Making Migration Work for Sustainable Development (M4SD) – IOM-UNDP joint global programme

Submitted by Ms. Anqi ZHANG on

The M4SD Programme (2019-2023) aimed to harness the development benefits and reduce the negative effects of migration for host and home communities, migrants, and their family members. A key component of this Programme was to showcase how inclusive policies can be implemented locally and how the results contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Diaspora 4 Climate Action (D4C)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

The UK is home to some of the largest diaspora communities worldwide and to help leverage this untapped potential, IOM UK launches the Diaspora for Climate Action (D4C) project.The project will enable diaspora members to build connections with key stakeholders in Bangladesh, Jamaica, Ghana and Albania that can help them achieve more effective and coordinated climate action, and greater and longer-lasting impacts on climate-vulnerable populations.

Making Migration work for Sustainable Development

Together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UNDP is supporting eleven countries—Bangladesh, Ecuador, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, the Philippines, Serbia, Senegal and Tunisia, to continue to address the plight of migrants and their host communities by supporting national and local governments to mainstream migration into development plans.

Mr. Camille Saadé

Jamaica Diaspora Agriculture Taskforce (JDAT) Investor Circle

Submitted by Ms. Charlotte … on

Jamaica Diaspora Agriculture Taskforce (JDAT) Investor Circle provides microfinance funding for local farmers. The Circle provides an opportunity for persons and organizations within diaspora and Jamaica, to pool their resources in an effort to assist the country’s agricultural sector. The JDAT has been engaging Jamaican farmers in a number of initiatives aimed at promoting sustainable organic farming.

Climate change and Human Mobility: the case of Jamaica

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

The report - The State of the Jamaican Climate 2012 - suggests that Jamaica’s climate is changing and that the country will experience significant climatic changes that could have a negative impact on various sectors.  Data collected for the island for 1992 to 2010 show a warming trend for the country of about 0.1 degrees Celsius per decade.

Mainstreaming Migration - Jamaica

International migration has been an integral part of the historical and contemporary experience of most Jamaicans and is a feature of the country’s demographic landscape. The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has recognized that with a population of approximately 2.7 million at home and a relatively large diaspora in destination countries, international migration has the potential to contribute to economic growth while reducing poverty and improving the well-being of individuals in countries of origin, transit and destination.

Mr. Camille Saadé
National Policy on International Migration; Plan of Action in support of the rehabilitation and reintegration of forced returnees/involuntary returned migrants

Migrants, forced or voluntary contribute the vibrancy, growth and quality of life a city can offer. Jamaica’s long-term development plan, Vision 2030 Jamaica– National Development Plan recognizes that in an environment characterized by high levels of crime and violence and inequitable dispensation of justice, citizens and migrants are alienated and less productive than they might be, and are more likely to engage in destructive behaviour. This fuels a vicious cycle that militates against achievement of positive social, economic and cultural outcomes.

Ms. Kayle Giroud

Caribbean Association of Training Agencies (CANTA)

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

The Caribbean Association of Training Agencies (CANTA) was created to establish and govern a Regional Training and Certification System to harmonize national TVET systems and develop regional standards in training and establish a system for assessment, certification and recognition of skills. All certification in the region comes under the CARICOM Vocational Qualification (CVQ) framework.

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