JSPD - Jamaica



JSPD

The UNDP Peace and Justice Programme 2008-2010; “Jamaica Sustainable Peace and Development Project”, directly addresses peace building and development and promotes the idea that security of the nation is a shared responsibility. Our programme, developed through consultations with a wide range of Government, international and civil society partners, has five critical outputs to address the complexity and pervasiveness of violent crime in Jamaica:

■ Enhanced design of armed violence prevention policies and programmes

■ Increased capacity of institutions to prevent armed violence and increase community safety

■ Increased effectiveness and coherence of international support to armed violence policies and programmes

■ Enhanced safety in target communities

■ Development of a United Nations joint programme on armed violence prevention

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Short Version

Jamaica Sustainable Peace and Development Project, will, among other things fund:

• Training of Ministry of National Security, JCF and JDF to improve prevention of illicit trafficking of small arms. Support to the National Firearms Licensing Authority to screen firearms license applications

• Strengthening coordination of non-Government initiatives in advocacy, service delivery and community safety

• establishment of a Community Safety and Crime Prevention Unit within the Ministry of National Security to expedite Community Safety Plans

• Strengthening of current community peace and justice centres, and evaluation of their effectiveness

• Support to the Safe Schools Programme run jointly by the Ministry of National Security, Ministry of Education and Youth, Ministry of Health and Jamaica Constabulary Force,

• Expansion of opportunities for alternative livelihoods for youth at risk of being drawn into violence

• Strengthening the Violence Prevention Alliance, a broad coalition of Government and non-Government entities, to collect and harmonize data on armed violence, train JCF officers to analyze the data and create GIS crime maps to enable targeted crime prevention interventions

• drafting of national policies on small arms control, community safety and restorative justice and strengthening of the Firearms Act

• Establishment of a National Security Strategy Coordinating Unit to coordinate the implementation of the National Security Policy

• Expansion of restorative justice programme including support to the establishment of the Restorative Justice Unit within the Ministry of Justice

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Our major achievements thus far under the Jamaica Peace and Justice Programme include:

■ First international organization in recent times to tackle small arms control in Jamaica. Training courses for law enforcement officers and civil society organizations have provided an entry point for wider small arms control activities

■ Capacity strengthening of nearly 600 community representatives on conflict prevention, gender and peace building issues. Institutional support has been provided to key civil society groups, including the Kingston and St. Andrews Action Forum (KSAAF), People’s Action for Community Transformation (PACT), the Young American Business Trust (YABT) and the Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC)

■ Capacity strengthening for more than 200 Government officials, including police and magistrates, on restorative justice

■ Development of a database that maps the different security and justice projects being supported by various international development partners, and facilitation of a series of roundtable meetings that have helped to strengthen partnerships with and between donors

■ Support to an innovative study of the social and economic costs of crime in Jamaica, by the University of the West Indies

■ Chairmanship of monthly consultations on security issues with international development partners

■ Partnerships developed with other United Nations Agencies, including UNICEF, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, to assist in different aspects of the programme

Our Initiatives to Enhance Design of Armed Violence Prevention Policies and Programmes

■ Support to the Violence Prevention Alliance, a broad coalition of Government and non-Government entities, to collect and harmonize data on armed violence from official sources such as police crime statistics or hospital surveillance systems, analyze it and make it available in user-friendly formats to policy makers, law enforcement agencies and civil society organizations. The Jamaica programme will learn from experiences of UNDP’s armed violence prevention programmes in El Salvador and Guatemala. GIS crime maps will help target crime prevention interventions, and regular reports will be issued on armed violence trends

■ Development of draft national policies on small arms control, community safety and restorative justice and strengthening of the Firearms Act

■ Support to Government-led annual crime victim survey, including the situation of women and children. Data will be gender- and age-disaggregated and will include deaths and injuries inside the household as well as in the public sphere.

■ On the basis of research findings, including analysis on security for women and children, workshops for training relevant Government and non-Government officials

■ Launch of communications campaign to disseminate and update public information through various media outlets

■ Support for University of West Indies Crime Observatory to conduct further research and inform policy, in part through a new independent body, Organized Crime Watch

Our Initiatives to Increase Capacity of Institutions to Prevent Armed Violence and Increase Community Safety

■ Establish National Security Strategy Coordinating Unit to coordinate the implementation of the National Security Policy

■ Expansion of restorative justice programme, including support to the establishment of the Restorative Justice Unit within the Ministry of Justice

■ Training of Ministry of National Security, Jamaica Constabulary Force and Jamaica Defence Force to better control the legal firearms trade and prevent illicit trafficking of small arms. Support to the National Firearms Licensing Authority to screen firearms license applications

■ Incorporation of a focus on women and girls into methodologies for transforming violence-affected communities, Community Safety Plans and the Safe Schools Programme, following a study on gender dimensions of armed violence and community security. National Technical Advisers will serve as a key means to transform Government to deliver for women

■ Support to Parliament to oversee Government initiatives

■ Establishment of a forum of non-Government and civil society organizations to strengthen coordination of non-Government initiatives in advocacy and service delivery

Our Initiatives to Increase Effectiveness and Coherence of International Support to Armed Violence Policies and Programmes

■ Strengthening capacity of Planning Institute of Jamaica to monitor donor programmes to ensure more effective coordination and delivery on commitments

■ Knowledge management through development of an online resource centre, as a central repository of knowledge on security and justice in Jamaica. Other knowledge management initiatives will include the development of common methodologies, tools and reports for national and international development partners, including an online Community of Practice and a series of “lessons learnt workshops” to share experiences. All this will be used to inform the development of evidence-based responses in Jamaica as well as used internationally with regard to the United Nations’ global Armed Violence Prevention Programme

■ Facilitation of consultations between international donor partners and National Security Strategy Coordinating Unit

Our Initiatives to Enhance Safety in Target Communities

■ Development and implementation of Community Safety Plans, including establishment of a Community Safety and Crime Prevention Unit within the Ministry of National Security to expedite such Plans

■ Establishment of more community peace and justice centres, and evaluation of their effectiveness

■ Development of an approach to control the spread of small arms

■ Support to the Safe Schools Programme run jointly by the Ministry of National Security, Ministry of Education and Youth, Ministry of Health and Jamaica Constabulary Force, targeting schools most at risk and focusing on problem solving, mediation and behaviour modification

■ Facilitation of community workshops throughout the island to share knowledge and lessons learnt

■ Development of a strategy to expand opportunities for alternative livelihoods for youth at risk of being drawn into violence. An emphasis will be on encouraging businesses to invest in communities to help generate jobs. We are exploring livelihoods such as organic farming and work in the creative arts, including filmmaking.

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Our Initiatives to Develop a United Nations Joint Programme on Armed Violence Prevention

■ Conduct joint United Nations needs assessments in target communities, including prevalence of small arms

■ Facilitate inter-Agency collaboration on armed violence prevention

■ Facilitate design of inter-Agency programme

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