cooperation for development: the jamaican experience
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COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT: THE JAMAICAN EXPERIENCE. Background to OAS/Jamaica Cooperation Initiatives. The Organization of American States has been cooperating with Jamaica in several areas including Labour and Social Protection for many years - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT: THE JAMAICAN EXPERIENCE
Background to OAS/Jamaica Cooperation Initiatives
The Organization of American States has been cooperating with Jamaica in several areas including Labour and Social Protection for many years
Most of the Social Protection initiatives relate to our flagship Social Safety Net programme
The Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education, PATH, is a programme of assistance to the lowest quintile of poor families in Jamaica, which uses conditional payments to improve attainments in Health and Education Statistics to assist in breaking the inter-generational cycle of poverty
Background to OAS/Jamaica Cooperation Initiatives - PATH
PATH is a Government of Jamaica Programme with partial financing from the World Bank and the IDB
PATH is it itself a cooperation initiative
PATH was introduced in 2002 as the replacement programme for three (3) Social Assistance Programmes
OAS/Jamaica Cooperation Initiatives – Bridge Jamaica
In 2007, the OAS initiated a horizontal cooperation programme known as Puente in the Caribbean
Bridge Jamaica is our version of Chile’s Puente programme
Bridge Jamaica provides selected PATH families with targeted interventions to provide access to critical services which link them to their basic rights as citizens
The OAS serves as the focal point for cooperation and knowledge sharing for Puente in the Caribbean
OAS/Jamaica Cooperation Initiatives – Bridge Jamaica
Bridge Jamaica includes a very intensive case work component
The case work lessons learned from the Bridge Jamaica intervention formed the backbone of our recently implemented Case Management Initiative
Case Management will be an important part of our soon to be introduced Graduation Strategy for families on PATH
Recent OAS/Jamaica Cooperation – Study Tour by St. Kitts
In June 2012, the OAS facilitated a delegation from St. Kitts to visit Jamaica
Opportunity was used to learn about the PATH and Bridge Jamaica programmes
St. Kitts used the learning experience to assist in the implementation of their own Social Safety Net programme
Recent OAS/Jamaica Cooperation – Study Tour to Washington, DC
In July 2012, the OAS, the Department of Labor and the IDB hosted a delegation from Jamaica to exchange ideas on labour and social protection issues
The topics of discussions included pensions and labour market interventions especially those related to tacking the issue of youth unemployment
The visit included tours of facilities and programmes focussed on these subjects
Recent OAS/Caribbean Cooperation – Barbados Workshop
In September 2013, the OAS hosted fifteen Caribbean countries and organizations at a Social Protection Workshop in Barbados
Countries/organizations presented on their programmes and several opportunities for cooperation were proposed
Important exchange of information
OAS/Jamaican Cooperation - The Way Forward
Graduation Strategy- Case Management- Steps to Work
Cooperation activities with other countries
OAS Cooperation Memories
OAS Cooperation Memories
OAS Cooperation Memories