About UNICEF Jamaica
UNICEF first established an office in Jamaica in 1977. The current five year programme of cooperation (2007-2011) with the Government of Jamaica has five major programme components, four of which are Jamaica-specific and one sub-regional: Advocacy, Public Policy and Partnerships This programme aims to support the Government’s commitment to the fulfillment of child rights, poverty reduction and participation and transparency. It will help to further generate knowledge on children’s rights, promote data use and participation in planning, advocate for commensurate allocation of resources, build critical partnerships in support of children’s rights, promote children’s participation at national and community levels, and strengthen national monitoring systems on children’s rights. Children and HIV/AIDS Complementing financial support from the Global Fund and the World Bank, the Children and HIV/AIDS programme supports the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan 2007-2012, including targeted, data-driven prevention, treatment, care and support interventions with vulnerable groups of children and adolescents, and the establishment of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS monitoring system under the management of one national coordinating authority.Child Protection The Child Protection programme supports the implementation of the National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence and the National Plan of Action on Child Justice. The programme will foster an environment that protects children from violence, abuse and exploitation, promotes diversion programmes and community/family based rehabilitation and reintegration of children in conflict with the law, and provides home/family based care for children without familial care. Quality Education and Early Childhood Development This programme seeks to improve both children’s readiness for primary education and learning outcomes in selected curricular areas in primary education, such as child rights and life skills-based education. Special attention will be paid to the development of gender-sensitive, interactive and child-centred teaching and learning methodologies. The programme will also aim at improving the quality of and accessibility to health services for young children and their mothers. Sub-Regional Early Childhood Development This programme aims to improve outcomes for children in early childhood through support to effective programming in country offices and to the harmonization and coordination of sub-regional initiatives led by the CARICOM and partners. The programme is designed to advance a ten-point action plan for support to advocacy, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge generation, parenting and the development of policy, standards and regulatory frameworks in the region, developed by CARICOM’s Early Childhood Development Working Group.
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