Y.I.C. Development Partners

http://www.iadb.org/en/countries/jamaica

40-46 Knutsford Boulevard 6th Floor
Kingston, Jamaica
Phone: 1-876-764-0815
Fax: 1-876-926-2898

The Government of Jamaica having received a loan from the (IDB) to facilitate the transition of unattached youth to adulthood and the world of work through training, on-the-job experience, information dissemination and labour intermediation services sought to involve the relevant state entities to oversee its implementation. The NCYD along with the National Youth Service (NYS) are the agencies fit with this mandate. The promotion of (YIC’s), institutional strengthening and technical assistance to support Governance and articulation between sectors are the major objectives of this partnership dubbed ‘Youth Development Programme – Phase 1.
The programme is multiphased and provides systematic and long term support, both financial and technical to the youth sector over an estimated minimum period of eight (8) years. The first phase of the programme will strengthen institutional capacity to implement, monitor and evaluate youth policies and programmes; support the ongoing transformation of the NYS; expand YIC’s ; and test new modalities for unattached youth.
To achieve these objectives, the programme will support the revision of the National Youth Policy (including the framework for monitoring its implementation), as well as the strengthening of the coordination mechanisms among relevant ministries and agencies involved in youth initiatives. To provide updated and comprehensive information about the status, needs and prospects of the youth population, the Programme is also financing the design, implementation and analysis of a National Youth Survey.

http://www.koica.go.kr/english/main.html

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Phone: 82-31-7400-222
Fax: 82-31-7400-698

Operation Phoenix embarked on another exciting phase in its YIC expansion in September as the Government of Jamaica in collaboration with the Korea International Cooperation (KOICA) signed respective contracts with a local construction company to construct a YIC in Brooks Park, Mandeville and another in Llandilo, Savanna-la-mar. When completed, they will be the first two full-construction Youth Information Centres as all others were established at spaces that were renovated and also first to be constructed based on a prototype design which is a single-story building with floor area of 280 square meters. The Floor Plan for these YIC,s allow for a Cyber Centre with 14 computers, a Resource Room, 3 offices for staff, and a multi-purpose room to accommodate 25 persons. The facilities are being constructed at total cost of US six hundred and ninety-five thousand, two hundred and two dollars and sixty four cents (US$695,202.64). Of this amount KOICA will provide grant funding of US four hundred and fifty thousand dollars (US$450,000.00). The Government of Jamaica’s portion of the contract amounts to Jamaican twenty-two million, one hundred and fifty-eight thousand, two hundred and thirty-one dollars and eighty-nine cents (J$22,158,231.89). Construction has commenced at both locations since October 12, 2009.
During 2009, KOICA also donated twenty three desktop computers to the National Secondary Student’s Council (NSSC) for use by the administrative executive in several schools across the island.

http://www.unicef.org/

60 Knutsford Boulevard 8th Floor - Pan Caribbean Building
Kingston, Jamaica
Phone: 1-876-926-7584
Fax: 1-876-929-8084

UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. They have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. Reality indeed, as the NCYD’s initial thrust toward Youth Information Centre’s (YIC’s) was realized through funding assistance from UNICEF. To date UNICEF is responsible for the establishment of (YIC’s) in: St. Mary, Portmore, Kingston, Portland, Montego Bay and more recently St. Ann with the opening of the Marcus Garvey Youth Information Centre.
Additionally UNICEF has stimulated the outreach offerings of the (YIC’s) by way of providing musical, sports and educational equipment.
The Fund also partnered with the NCYD by way of facilitating the training of over thirty officers in Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT). More recently the UNICEF partnered with the NCYD as the lead agency to launch the Jamaica Youth Advocacy & Participation Initiative (JYAPI) which is a two year project of the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) in partnership with the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD) and the Ashe Performing Arts Company with technical support from the UNICEF Jamaica.

http://www.unfpa.org

Street:: 605 Third Avenue
City:: New York
Province:: New York
Postal Code:: 10158
Country:: United States

The UNFPA is the international development agency in Jamaica that seeks “to promote the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity.” “They support countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty, that every pregnant woman is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free from HIV, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.”

Similar to other international development agencies, they are committed to work with Government and other stakeholders to advance their mission. Since April 2010 they have partnered with the National Centre for Youth Development to provide technical and financial support for the training of 140 Community Base Youth Organization Leaders (CBYO) in Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH). Twenty (20) leaders were selected from the following parishes:

St.Ann
Trelawny
St.Mary
St.James
Hanover
Westmoreland
St.Elizabeth

The main objective of the training is to develop a corp of skilled and knowledgeable Youth SRH Practitioners that will provide assistance to Youth Empowerment Officers and other stakeholders in the related field in an effort to expand the human resource and broaden reach to youth. The training is aimed at:

Building the capacity of CBYOs in the area of SRH
Equipping leaders of CBYOs with the knowledge and skills to engage their members and youth in their respective communities.
Promoting SRH among young people especially youth leaders and leadership groups.
Reducing prevalence of HIV and STI infections, unplanned pregnancies and sexual risks among youth

http://www.usaid.gov/

Street:: Ronald Reagan Building
City:: Washington DC
Province:: Maryland
Postal Code:: 20523-0016
Country:: United States

READY: ‘Realizing Empowerment Activities for Developing Youth’ This is USAID’s flagship activity designed to support Jamaican government and civil society to develop effective systems to ensure youths’ health, safety, and success in school, work, family, and community, especially for unattached youth. The project was named by the Director of the (NCYD), and will be put to the test to determine whether young people would like to change it at the start of project implementation. This program description includes comments from the International Donor Group on Education on Youth.
USAID/Jamaica plans to invest $8 million over five years (2010-14) and will pursue a Leader with Associates cooperative agreement through the EQUIP3 Project. READY is a cross-sectoral initiative funded by the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative and PEPFAR with other bilateral and/or Initiative funds to be added later as available. USAID anticipates providing direct support to the Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Culture (MYSC) which will in turn work in close coordination with the READY Project. READY is intended to address root causes of Jamaica’s high crime rates, ungoverned urban areas, and stagnant economic growth by addressing the needs of an increasing population of out-of-school, unemployed (‘unattached’) youth. These young people are not only are at-risk themselves, but also put the nation at-risk. Taking an asset- or strength-based approach, READY will focus on the development of host country capacity to build sustainable youth development systems through multi-sectoral, public/private partnership, effective use of data for decision-making, and the active, meaningful engagement of youth.

The Project consists of Component A: Systems Reform for Youth Development which builds national systems; and Component B: Neighborhood-Based Support for Youth and Families which builds comprehensive supports and opportunities for youth where they live and go to school.

The components of the Project are in keeping with the objectives of the Regional Strategy for Youth Development (RSYD) and the Caricom Youth and Adolescent Development Goals (CYADGs). READY, as outlined, seeks to take a multi-dimensional approach to youth development and will provide support for youth on two critical levels: Systems Reform for Youth Development and Neighborhood-Based Support for Youth.