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Cooperative Agreement: Combatting Corruption
and Strengthening Integrity In Jamaica
Award Number: AID-532-A-16-00001
Final Performance Report
This report was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development, Jamaica.
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National Integrity Action
Cooperative Agreement – Combatting Corruption & Strengthening Integrity in
Jamaica (CCSIJ)
Final Performance Report – For Submission to the Development Experience
Clearinghouse
Submitted to:
Kenneth Williams, Program Management Specialist
Democracy and Governance
USAID/Jamaica
142 Old Hope Road
Kingston 6
Prepared by:
Professor Trevor Munroe C.D and Marlon G. Moore, with the support of the entire staff
National Integrity Action
PO Box 112
Kingston 7
August 2020
COVER PHOTO:
Prof. Munroe greets Deputy Director General of MOCA, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Millicent
Sproul while newly appointed Director of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) Deputy Commissioner
of Police (DCP) Selwyn Hay looks on. In the background are other NIA partners and stakeholders such as
Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck; Mr. Luca Lo Conte of the European Union; Mr. Lloyd Distant of the Private
Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) and Mr. Oral Shaw of CVSS.
DISCLAIMER:
The author’s views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States
Agency for International Development or the United States Government.
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Table of Contents
Acronyms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
1. Introduction – Basic Cooperative Agreement Information ----------------------------------------- 5
2. Expenditure & Cost Share ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
3. Project Activities ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
Media Campaigns and Investigative Journalism --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
Strengthening Investigative Journalism ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9
The Legislative Agenda & Issues of Good Governance ------------------------------------------------------------ 11
Integrity Commission Act ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11
Political Party Registration & Campaign Finance Regulation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
Issues of Good Governance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
Justice Sector Engagement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19
Specific Justice Sector Activity ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20
Youth Outreach -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33
Specific Youth Component Activities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35
Community Outreach ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49
Specific Community-focused activities ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49
Support to Victims of Corruption and Injustice (ALAC) ----------------------------------------------------------- 53
Day-to-day ALAC Activities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53
Cases of Interest --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54
Mobile ALAC--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55
Justice Fairs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55
ALAC Social Media Campaign ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56
Engagement With Transparency International ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56
Sub-Awards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59
The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61
The Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 63
Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 68
Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71
Youth Crime Watch of Jamaica (YCWJ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76
Engaging International Development Partners ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 82
4. Performance Indicators & Workplan Fulfilment ------------------------------------------------------- 84
Performance Indicators ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 84
Expected Outputs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 85
5. Achievements, Challenges & Lessons Learnt ------------------------------------------------------------ 88
Programmatic Achievements--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 88
Challenges/Lessons Learned ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 88
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6. List of DEC Submissions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 90
Appendix – List of Activities, Invitations and Speaking Engagements ------------------------------- 91
Acronyms
CAPRI – Caribbean Policy Research Institute
CCSIJ – Combatting Corruption and Strengthening Integrity in Jamaica
CFR – Campaign Finance Reform
CVSS – Council of Voluntary Social Services
DEC – Development Experience Clearinghouse
EOJ/ECJ – Electoral Office of Jamaica/Electoral Commission of Jamaica
GoJ – Government of Jamaica
IC(A) – Integrity Commission (Act)
I(A)DB – Inter-American Development Bank
IDP – International Donor/Development Partner
IMF – International Monetary Fund
JLP – Jamaica Labour Party
JSC – Joint Select Committee (of Parliament)
MOCA – Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency
NIA(L) – National Integrity Action (Limited)
OCJ – Office of the Chief Justice
ODPP – Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
PNP – People’s National Party
POCA – Proceeds of Crime Act
SDC – Social Development Commission
TI – Transparency International
USAID – United States Agency for International Development
USG – United States Government
WROC – Women’s Resource Outreach Centre
YCWJ – Youth Crime Watch of Jamaica
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1. Introduction – Basic Cooperative Agreement Information
NIA is a charitable non-governmental organisation established to combat corruption and build integrity in
Jamaica through the pursuit of various activities, programmes, and projects that contribute to national
development. The organisation was formally launched on United Nations International Anti-Corruption
Day, December 9, 2011.
NIA was born out of the need to increase the levels of popular awareness and broad-based action to
achieve more significant outcomes in the combat of high levels of corruption in Jamaica. To meet this
need, the organisation works to enhance public probity, facilitate public engagement and build public
demand for appropriate legislation to strengthen transparency and accountability in governance and the
enforcement of law against the perpetrators of corruption. NIA also works to facilitate the proper and
effective functioning of anti-corruption agencies, as well as forming stronger ties with national and
international partners in order to achieve more meaningful results towards a corruption-free Jamaica.
To facilitate this programme of action, NIA received grant funding from the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) under a Cooperative Agreement and from the United Kingdom
Department for International Development (UK DFID) under an Accountable Grant during the period from
late 2011 through to early 2016. Subsequently, NIA competed for and won a second Cooperative
Agreement Award from USAID (around which this report is centered). Since its formation, NIA also
received funding from the European Union, Global Affairs Canada (through Transparency International),
as well as a small group of Jamaica Private Sector entities.
This Cooperative Agreement (Award Number AID-532-A-16-00001) was signed on April 26, 2016, to run
from April 27, 2016 through to April 26, 2019 for the amount of US$12,000,000. The period of
performance was however extended for eleven months - by way of a no-cost extension, accompanied by
a budget realignment – resulting in an actual end date of March 26, 2020. Notably, the contract was not
fully funded. More details on expenditure and cost share are provided later in the report.
This report captures an overview of activities over the life of the project, with reference to event reports
that would have been written shortly after the execution of specific activities. As a consequence, titles
and positions accorded to persons throughout the report would have been accurate at the time of writing
the initial event report (not necessarily as at the date of submission of this report to USAID). NIA was ably
supported and facilitated in achieving its objectives over the period by the staff at the USAID Jamaica
Mission.
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2. Expenditure & Cost Share
The summary of expenditure over the life of the award is provided as per the budget headings in the
award:
Description
Budgeted Amount
Actual Expenditure
1. Personnel
1,481,989
1,599,158.52
2. Fringe Benefits
150,092
172,347.69
3. Travel
119,788
37,137.40
4. Equipment
139,970
88,871.03
5. Supplies
389,548
369,650.93
6. Contractual
4,266,165
2,973,618.93
7. Other Direct Costs
5,452,448
4,750,615.79
Total USAID Contribution
12,000,000
9,991,400.29
Cost Share (from NIA)
1,201,268
1,076,338.31
Total Project Cost
13,201,268
11,067,738.60
During the period of this award, NIA expended an amount of $US 1,076,338.31 ($J 142,528,718.54)
1
from
non-U.S. Government sources specified as Cost Share, as provided for in the award budget. There were
no Cost Share restrictions in this award. NIA’s Cost Share under this award included project costs incurred
by the TI-Canada project (mainly in the form of salary support), private sector donations, public sector
contributions in the form of shared costs for the execution of specific events, as well as in-kind
contributions from service providers, media houses, sub-awardees, and collaborating entities.
NIA’s Cost Share contributions, both cash and in-kind met all of the following USAID criteria:
(1) they are verifiable from our records;
(2) they are not included as cost share contributions for any other U.S. Government (USG) assisted
program;
(3) they are necessary and reasonable for proper and efficient accomplishment of this award's
objectives;
(4) they are allowable under the Standard Provision, “Allowable Costs”;
(5) they are not paid by the USG under another grant or agreement; and
(6) Are included in the approved budget.
In administering its cost-share component, NIA applied the following established procedures as
recommended by USAID:
(1) Equipment and supplies acquired under this project with cost share funds are reasonable and does
not exceed their fair market value.
(2) All volunteer/intern services that qualified as cost-share was an integral and necessary part of the
approved program. Rates for volunteers/interns were consistent with those paid for similar work in
the organization, and are consistent with those paid for similar work in the labor market in which NIA
competes.
The agreed-upon Cost Share percentage (10%) was specified in the award. As mentioned, the program
was granted a no-cost extension; however, the total obligated sum did not attain the full funding levels
approved under the Award. As a result, the cost share amount reported was less than 10% of the total
budgeted for at the start of the award, though it exceeds the 10% of actual disbursements from the
obligated amounts.
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At the average exchange rate (over the life of the award) applied by the auditors commissioned to undertake NIA’s final audit.
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3. Project Activities
National Integrity Action, as the implementing organization for the USAID-supported ‘Combatting
Corruption and Strengthening Integrity in Jamaica’ Project (2016-2020) registered achievements which
allowed it to meet all USAID’s monitoring and evaluation indicator targets as well as to attain exceptional
performance ratings from external partners and from the main sectors of Jamaican society. In this regard,
USAID’s end-of-project evaluation
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was complimentary of NIA’s work, as well as with the assessment of
much of the country’s leadership at the level of political parties and of key public sector entities.
Broadly speaking, NIA’s activities, can be grouped (though not discreetly) under the following headings,
and summaries of same are provided subsequently.
a) Media Campaigns and Investigative Journalism
b) The Legislative Agenda and Issues of Good Governance
c) Justice Sector Engagement
d) Youth Outreach
e) Community Outreach
f) Support to Victims of Corruption and Injustice (ALAC)
g) Sub-Awards
h) Engaging International Development Partners
Media Campaigns and Investigative Journalism
The media is one of the most effective means of communication. Used properly, it can be a critical and
constructive tool in the development of any organisation or a society as a whole. Since its inception, NIA
has sought to utilize this medium to bring its message across the entire island. One pillar of the program
is the need to build public demand for change against corruption, and for increased transparency and
accountability in governance.
NIA’s strategy of sustained use of multi-media (electronic, print, and social media) to build awareness and
capacity to act against corruption was an important component of achieving its intended objectives. The
approach included drawing attention to the problem of corruption and its impact on the lives of ordinary
Jamaicans, the need to enforce the law against the corrupt, as well as provided general information about
NIA and its work.
During the life of the program, the execution of the strategy saw the launch of the ‘Do the Right Thing’
Multimedia campaign, airing the ‘Enforce the Law’ advertisement, which was followed by the “Lock Them
Up” campaign and the production and airing of NIA’s fourth docu-film entitled, “Jamaica’s Laws and
Order”.
• The ‘Do the Right Thing’ multimedia campaign sought to consolidate NIA’s position as the leader in
building citizen’s awareness and enlisting their support to build a movement for integrity in the
country. It used both moral and instrumental examples to demonstrate the role of citizens can play in
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The evaluation report is accessible at https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00W732.pdf
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the combatting crime, demanding good governance as well as in national transformation. A three-
pronged approach was taken which included the use of the slogan on billboards, in the social media
domain and in presentations. This resulted in a time-signal partnership between NIA and Love FM to
air the commercials. The link to the video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci0nke5iED0. It is
anecdotally demonstrable that the campaign heightened the popularity of the phrase “Do the right
thing” in everyday public discourse and in so doing crossed bridged the gap between being a popular
advert to becoming a positive cultural influence.
• NIA also commenced the airing of an advertisement entitled “Enforce the Law”. The advertisement
highlighted the legislative and policy changes that have emerged due to advocacy on the part of the
NIA and others and encouraged the citizenry and other state bodies to become involved in the
adherence to the enforcement of the law. This was followed by another advert, which took the notion
to “enforce the law” to its next logical step – to “Lock Them Up”. This advert also gained significant
traction within society.
• NIA’s 4th documentary entitled, “Jamaica’s Laws and Order” was also produced aired. The
documentary examines new and relatively new legislation and policy that have been enacted in
Jamaica. It argues for the full implementation and enforcement of these new legislations as they could
go a long way in curbing corruption, improving the administration of Justice and leading to an overall
strengthening of democratic institutions in the country. The documentary can be viewed at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVfgpf7NT3I.
An important element of NIA’s ability to deliver the right message on a consistent basis has been the
quality of our Communications Agencies. For much of period we engaged EWA Marketing
Communications. Subsequently, during the period of the no-cost extension, NIA engaged Marketing Plus
Limited. This latter engagement included an overhaul of NIA’s communication strategy, with an increase
in the organization’s social media presence and responsiveness. A key component of their work has been
to track and collate the data analytics component of NIA’s online presence, and to present this information
in a manner that informs decision-making.
Diaspora Engagement
NIA’s media campaign extended beyond the island, and targeted members of the Jamaican Diaspora,
particularly in the North-Eastern USA. Through a partnership with Caribbean International Network (CIN),
NIA supported and was represented at three editions of the CIN Lecture, which is the brainchild of CEO
Stephen Hill. The annual lecture aims to attract capacity audiences to participate in a unique exchange
between Caribbean thought leaders and members of the New York Caribbean community. The lecture
series was created to present important intellectuals, is a community forum for hearing visionary
Caribbean leaders who reflect on regional affairs and provide hope and direction for the future.
Accompanying this Diaspora engagement were efforts at establishing a financial support base among
members of the Diaspora, but these were largely unsuccessful.
Partnership with the RJR/Gleaner Communication Group
NIA has also worked on an ongoing basis with the RJR/Gleaner Communications Group in a number of
ways to the end of enhancing the role of the media in combatting corruption and supporting integrity. In
addition to the occasional Op-Ed pieces, and the publication of NIA’s press releases, NIA and the Gleaner
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have collaborated on several occasions. NIA, through its Executive Director, was approached by the then
Editor-in-Chief of the Gleaner to write a series of articles commencing on May 14, 2017 and again in 2019
with a focus on issues of good governance in general, but corruption in particular. This formed part of a
broader effort by the RJR/Gleaner Communication Group to use both its electronic and print media to
combat corruption.
This was followed up at the beginning of 2020 with a 3-month joint campaign between the NIA and the
RJR/Gleaner Communications group which saw NIA being charged with framing weekly questions which
would engage the various components of the Gleaner team - including the social media as well as the
investigative capacity - to develop articles which address the issues raised. These instances of
collaboration between the Gleaner and NIA are a significant indication of NIA’s efforts to facilitate
increased and sustained dialogue on issues relating to corruption, the need for integrity-building were
bearing fruit.
Invitations & Speaking Engagements
Another element of the effort to continuously shed light on issues of good governance was the strategic
use of Speaking engagements and media appearances. A full listing of speaking engagements is provided
in the appendix to this report.
From time to time, selected members of the NIA team would be invited to participate in radio and/or
television interviews and such opportunities were always maximized in terms of communicating NIA’s
work and objectives; adding a data-driven and nuanced perspective to the discussion around topical
governance issues; while always seeking to offer practical solution to any challenges or gaps that are
highlighted. This approach would also be extended to the numerous invitations that members of the NIA
team received from a range of entities – locally and internationally.
Strengthening Investigative Journalism
Complementary to our media campaigns, were efforts to strengthen the practice of Investigative
Journalism. Component 5 under the CCSIJ project speaks to the strengthening of investigative journalism
capabilities of media practitioners through its support for activities and initiatives to enhance and
facilitate effective investigative journalism practices among media practitioners among others. NIA
strategy has been a holistic one, with efforts at developing the level of probity and truth-seeking from the
earliest stages of the journalistic career (through its collaboration with CARIMAC), but also a focus on the
senior journalist, who may have been brought up in a different dispensation and who have a mentorship
role to play with the younger journalists. The NIA has gone even further to support the work of the Press
Association of Jamaica (PAJ) broadly, but in particular the Annual National Journalism Week celebrations
as well as relevant categories at the awards ceremonies during the reporting period.
Media professionals, both practicing and prospective, play a key role in holding governments and
organisations accountable. It is argued that investigative journalism requires considerable research and
evidential support particularly in unearthing corruption practices, however, these skills are apparently in
short supply. Additionally, Investigative journalism has been found to be difficult to inculcate within the
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newsrooms throughout Jamaica because of the aura surrounding the media managers as well as the
inordinate amount of political pressure which has been brought to bear on journalists. Over the years,
there has been some improvement in the level of coverage in the local print media around integrity-
related matters; nevertheless, it is self-evident that a strengthening of the practice is needed and would
be beneficial to Jamaican society.
The process also recognizes the relatively small cohort of journalists working in the Caribbean Region, as
well as the interconnectedness of the development challenges being faced across countries. In this regard,
the development of regional networks can form part of the strategy to combat the potentially debilitating
influences of political and economic power. As such, NIA - and in particular Prof. Trevor Munroe - has
supported the formation of the Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (CIJN), which was launched
on December 5, 2019 after several years in gestation. The partnership between NIA and the Media
Institute of the Caribbean – which shares its leadership with the CIJN - has grown over the years, from one
which focused on support and mentorship, to become one which is built on partnerships geared towards
improving the cadre of investigative journalists in the region as well as at the local level.
Specific Investigative Journalism Activities
CARIMAC/NIA Weekend Seminar and Boot Camp on Investigative Journalism
NIA teamed up with CARIMAC to host a Weekend Seminar Series commencing on June 2017 at the UWI
Mona Campus, and running for 3 weekends. The seminars were targeted at senior journalists who have
been practicing in the field for 5 years or more. Each weekly seminar was attended by an average of 16
participants and were facilitated by a team of local and international personnel. At the opening ceremony,
the keynote address was delivered by the Executive Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in
Puerto Rico, Mrs. Carla Minet Santos Santiago.
The Boot Camp took place after the seminar and targeted junior journalists who have been in the field for
less than 5 years. It engaged an average of 24 participants in a three-day seminar from June 29 to July 1,
2017. The sessions included: The Investigative Journalist; Investigating and Pitching Stories; Censorship
and Withholding of Information for the Greater Good; Investigating Government; Investigating the Health
Sector and Investigating Business, among others.
Global Reporters Investigative Journalism Symposium
NIA, along with other sponsors, supported the Global Reporters for the Caribbean in hosting an
Investigative Journalism Training Symposium in September 2016 which catered to over 59 persons across
two days. The training was led by Kimberly Kindy from the Washington Post, who brought participants
through the management of the investigative journalism process as well as using available tools to help
build a story. There was a panel discussion that featured Ms. Kindy, Milton Walker and Susan Goffe, which
focused on how to manage the story and the different angles from which a story can be explored. The
second day built on the first by examining data management and collating for story building. Other
presenters at the seminar included Kalilah Reynolds, Danielle Andrade and Dennis Brooks.
Investigative Journalism Workshop in ‘the Art of the Investigative Story’
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National Integrity Action (NIA) partnered with the Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC) to host an
Investigative Journalism Workshop entitled, “The Art of the Investigative Story” on Tuesday, October 2,
2018 at the Conference Room of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce in Kingston. The participants trained,
totaling seventeen (9 males and 8 females), were mobilized by the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) with
members being represented from the major media houses i.e. RJR/Gleaner, Nationwide News Network,
CEEN, Jamaica Observer, the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at the UWI
Mona, and alumni members of the Media Institute of the Caribbean.
Regional Investigative Journalism and Financial Reporting for Development Workshop
NIA also partnered with the Media Institute of the Caribbean to train established journalists. The
partnership first collaborated with the Association of Caribbean Media Workers for a Regional
Investigative Journalism and Financial Reporting for Development Workshop in March 2017, which
trained 25 senior journalists from the region.
Data Journalism Workshop
NIA supported the Media Institute of the Caribbean in their hosting of a Data Journalism Workshop from
February 24th and 25th, 2020. There were, on average, 15 participants present over the two days and saw
representation from both major media houses as well as smaller entities. The workshop came out of a
trend in the Caribbean that has been observed by the MIC around the level of awareness of access to
different data sources, how to build stories from the troves of available data in addition to how this
information is presented in the public sphere. It is felt that the workshop went a far way in building the
capacity of regional journalist around the area of data journalism as it laid a platform for cross country
collaboration among journalists. The sessions were facilitated by local, regional and international media
practitioners.
The Legislative Agenda & Issues of Good Governance
NIA’s two main Legislative objectives for CCSIJ was to see the implementation of Campaign Finance
Regulation, which had been passed after a decade of advocacy; and to the see passage of the Integrity
Commission Act, which would merge the Office of the Contractor General, the Parliamentary Integrity
Commission, and the Corruption Prevention Commission, while adding prosecutorial powers to the new
entity. Subsequent to achieving these, other objectives came into focus.
Integrity Commission Act
After years of advocacy, and following on the heels of news of the fall in Ranking on the 2016 Corruption
Perceptions Index (CPI), the Integrity Commission Act 2016 was passed in the Lower house of Parliament
on January 31, 2017. The Observer (Parliament rushes through Anti-Corruption Bill after CPI fall
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Parliament-rushes-through-Anti-Corruption-Bill-after-CPI-fall---
----_88215) and the Gleaner (Anti-Corruption Law Gets The Nod - Holness Says Gov't Couldn't Delay
Passage Any Longer http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20170201/anti-corruption-law-gets-
nod-holness-says-govt-couldnt-delay-passage) headlines gave somewhat contrasting perspectives on
this.
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NIA’s role in facilitating the progress of the bill through the various stages is public knowledge, and has
been spoken to in previous reports. Following on the January 31, 2017 approval by the House of
Representatives of the Integrity Commission Bill, the next step in the legislative process was similar
approval by the Upper House of Parliament. The Observer newspaper reports that this was finally
achieved on July 20, 2017; Senate approves Integrity Commission Bill
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/senate-approves-integrity-commission-
bill_105509?profile=1373. However, this was not without controversy as, during revisions, the version of
the Bill which passed included a clause which would give the government powers to declare any contract
it saw fit as being confidential and thus “closed to scrutiny” – placing them outside the purview of the
Integrity Commission. NIA led the chorus of disapproving civil society voices and with the support of the
media the Government backtracked and indicated that the particular clause would be amended. RJR
news’ website provides an article on this http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/government-confirms-plans-to-
amend-controversial-clause-in-integrity-commission-bill.
In a January 2018 Gleaner interview, the Executive Director resumed the public advocacy surrounding the
naming of the Commissioners for the Integrity Commission, calling on the Government for speedy action
in this area, along with other legislative work that was needed to enhance the combat of crime and
corruption in Jamaica. The interview was published by the Gleaner on January 12 http://jamaica-
gleaner.com/article/news/20180112/nia-head-questions-delay-appointment-commissioners-integrity-
commission.
Complementary to the progress on the IC Act, NIA notes as well the long-delayed tabling of the Major
Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) Bill by the Prime Minister during his Budget
presentation in Parliament on March 21, 2017. The JIS article on the tabling http://jis.gov.jm/pm-tables-
moca-bill/ makes the link between the two pieces of legislation, and goes on to quote PM Holness as
saying, “the legislation is designed to transform the body into an elite law-enforcement investigative
agency, operating independently of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).” NIA is of the view that this will
form a critical support pillar for the Integrity Commission.
Political Party Registration & Campaign Finance Regulation
Since its inception, NIA has advocated - in support of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) - for the
passage of Campaign Finance Regulation in an effort to reduce the influence of ‘big money’ on the
electoral process. During this effort, the scope was expanded to include advocacy on Political Party
Registration (PPR), as it was felt that this was a necessary precursor to Campaign Finance Regulation (CFR).
The advocacy around PPR achieved legislative success under a previous Cooperative Agreement, however
advocacy continued for the passage of the attendant regulations. The regulations were passed in
Parliament on May 17, 2017 paving the way for the law to be brought into force on January 2, 2018.
Launch of Political Party Registration
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The Executive Director of National Integrity Action (NIA) accepted the invitation from the Electoral
Commission of Jamaica to attend the Official Launch of Political Parties Registration on Monday, January
15, 2018. The function took place at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, commencing at 10:00 a.m. and concluding
at 11:30 a.m. The event marked a milestone, for which NIA had been campaigning, in the strengthening
of the good governance framework in Jamaica and more particularly, the transition of political parties
from being private bodies into becoming public entities, thereby allowing statutory regulation.
The programme included welcome and opening remarks by Selected Commissioner, The Honourable Karl
Harrison, CD and Chairman’s remarks by The Honourable Mrs. Dorothy Pine-McLarty, OJ. In both
presentations – and especially that of Chairman Pine-McLarty – the long journey was recounted from
initial discussions in 2002 to the Political Party Registration Act in 2014 to the actual commencement of
Party Registration on January 2, 2018. In so doing, the Chairman acknowledged with gratitude the many
organizations and entities which were consulted and made submissions in the process of developing the
legislation and accompanying regulations. In this context, NIA was singled out for special mention, having
regard to the consistency of its advocacy.
(foreground, l-r) Chair of the ECJ Dorothy Pine-McLarty smiles as Prime Minister Holness and Leader of the
Opposition Dr. Peter Phillips shake hands on receipt of their provisional certificates of registration. In the
background are the political representatives on the ECJ.
The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister, and Dr. Peter Phillips, Leader of the Opposition,
both brought greetings. The Prime Minister congratulated all involved for their achievement of this “first”
for Jamaica and the Caribbean. He stressed the importance of the legal obligations for Political Parties to
be registered and for their finances to be disclosed to the Electoral Commission as a significant step in
enhancing transparency and accountability in Jamaica’s governance system. Dr. Phillips concurred and
indicated that hereafter the enforcement of the legislation was as important as its passage into law. He
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recommended that a necessary further step in strengthening Jamaica’s accountability framework would
be to give statutory force to the Code of Political Conduct. The Leader of the Opposition also reminded
those present that Jamaica had slipped in the Corruption Perception Index 2016 and that recovering lost
ground required special effort to renew people’s confidence in Jamaica’s combat of corruption at both
the national and international levels.
The Political Party Registration amendment to the Representation of the Peoples Act required the
establishment of a new office in Jamaica’s Electoral Administration, namely the Registrar of Political
Parties. The first appointee to that position, Ms. Llofraun Thompson made a brief presentation explaining
the requirements of Party Registration. Thereafter, both Prime Minister Holness and Leader of the
Opposition Phillips were presented with Provisional Certificates of Registration relating to the JLP and the
PNP respectively. Mr. Orrette Fisher, the Director of Elections, gave the vote of thanks.
Attendees at the Official Launch included other Ministers of Government, Members of Parliament,
representatives of Civil Society, the Diplomatic Corps and the National Democratic Movement. Each
invitee received a packet, which included the Legislation and Regulations governing Political Parties, and
a Guideline for the Registration of Political Parties. The media covered the event fully, with reports on the
occasion carried by the electronic and print media on January 15 and 16. One Observer headline
(http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Registration_of_political_parties_a_step_to_restore_tru
st_in_the_electoral_system,_says_Phillips?profile=1023) ran - Registration of political parties a step to
restore trust in the electoral system, says Phillips. In responding to the Opposition Leader’s assertion (at
the launch of PPR) that statutory weight be given the Political Code of Conduct, the Political Ombudsman
Donna Parchment Brown gave her support to that step. Her views were carried in a Gleaner article the
following day - Political Code of Conduct needs teeth, says ombudsman http://jamaica-
gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20180116/political-code-conduct-needs-teeth-says-ombudsman.
Campaign Finance Regulation
Similarly, the advocacy for the passage of CFR amendments to the Representation of the People Act,
culminated with passage in the Senate on January 22, 2016 under a previous Cooperative Agreement. It
is worth noting that the passage of this law, created the framework for the implementation of a National
Elections Campaign Fund – a mechanism through which individuals or entities could donate to the
electoral process, without giving directly to the political parties, among other purposes served.
These legislative amendments were also delayed in their implementation by the need to pass regulations.
A June 2017 Gleaner article by NIA Executive Director, Prof. Trevor Munroe is illustrative of the advocacy
efforts that were engaged in to support and encourage the passage of CFR Regulations - Completing The
Campaign Finance Marathon http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20170604/trevor-
munroe-completing-campaign-finance-marathon. The regulations were passed in 2017, and on December
6 of that year, in a statement to the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister indicated that the law
and the attendant regulations would be brought into effect on March 1, 2018.
Subsequent to the law being brought into effect, NIA sought to engage the ECJ around executing a national
public education campaign about the effects of the changes in the law. This however did not materialize.
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The first test of the new regulations arose with the April 2019 Portland Eastern By-Election. Former
Director of Elections Orrette Fisher, in a November 2019 Gleaner article, offered his view that there still
exists (at the very least) a loophole in the law’s reporting mechanisms - The new campaign finance
legislation and the rule of law http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20191124/orrette-fisher-
new-campaign-finance-legislation-and-rule-law. His view, and the circumstances that gave rise to them
reinforce the point made by Professor Munroe in the June 2017 article – that this advocacy will need to
be an ongoing effort.
Issues of Good Governance
Over the life of the project, several issues of good governance arose, in which NIA offered interventions.
Among these were the discovery of significant improprieties at the state-run oil refinery, Petrojam. NIA’s
interventions added to the chorus of voices calling for the Prime Minister to remove the embattled Energy
Minister from the Cabinet, which eventually yielded the result, despite reluctance and resistance. NIA
played a similar role in the aftermath of the sudden resignation of Minister of Education, Youth and
Information, which was followed by revelations from the Auditor General of significant breaches involving
the Caribbean Maritime University and other entities connected to the Ministry of Education. Two other
cases, of particular moment, are included in more detail.
Kickbacks
In August 2016, NIA issued a press release arising from the furor caused by allegations among members
of the Peoples National Party that funds, intended as ‘kickbacks’ to the party from the contracting of major
infrastructure works were not turned over to the party as intended. NIA’s press release, provided below,
helped to steer the public discourse and action on the matter and in so doing strengthened the call for
the implantation of legislation that was passed the govern political party registration and financing.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 31, 2016
In light of the credible allegations attributed to an officer of the People’s National Party, that it “is a
common practice for large Chinese Firms to pay an agents fee” to “an agent…named by the Minister of
Portfolio for the relevant sector”. National Integrity Action (NIA) reminds the public of Section 14 of the
Corruption Prevention Act, 2002, which states as follows:
“A public servant commits an act of corruption if (i) he directly or indirectly, accepts any article or money or
any benefit, being a gift, favour, promise or advantage for himself or another person for doing any act or omitting to do
any act”.
We also wish to bring to public attention the fact that the Amendments to the Representation of the
People’s Act passed by both Houses of Parliament, assented to by the Governor General but not yet in
effect - in the absence of regulations - make it an offence for a “registered political party or candidate” to
“knowingly accept contributions during a reporting period from any foreign…government or any agent
of such a government, whether directly or indirectly.”
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The Campaign Finance Regulation also requires any contributor to any candidate of a political party of
over JMD Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars, to declare their full identity and also to affirm that
they are “not an impermissible contributor.”
In light of the above, NIA calls on:
1. The Leadership of the People’s National Party to speedily conduct, conclude, and make public its
findings regarding any contributions from any foreign entity to a candidate or to the Party;
2. The Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) to initiate an
investigation as whether Section 14 of the Corruption Prevention Act has been breached;
3. The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica and/or a representative of
“large Chinese Firms” operating in Jamaica to indicate whether there is an established
practice of such firms paying an “agent’s fee” in the manner alleged;
4. Current and previous Minister of Transport and Works, in particular, Ministers Henry (2007-2011)
and Pickersgill (2001-2007), to indicate whether they were aware of or took part in the alleged
“established practice”. Minister Davies (2012-2016) has already publicly stated that he has “never
been approached by any firm, Chinese or otherwise, with respect to an agent’s fee”; and
5. The Government of Jamaica, and in particular the Minister responsible for electoral affairs, as well
as the Electoral Commission to upgrade to the highest priority, the completion and promulgation
of the relevant regulations so that an early Appointed Day may be named in relation to Political
Party Registration and Campaign Finance Reform Legislation coming into effect.
It is no accident that most mature democracies in North and South America, as well as elsewhere, ban
foreign donations to local political parties. Nor should we forget the high probability that “he who pays
the piper, calls the tune”.
In many respects, Jamaica’s Democratic Governance achieves the highest World standards, particularly in
our Electoral Administration and our Freedom of the Press. Against the background of the Trafigura
Affair and Turks and Caicos Supreme Court documents revealing substantial contributions to
both major political parties by subsequently convicted money launderer, David Smith, the
allegations referred to above, demand that all citizens who value our democracy, in both our
political parties, in the private sector, in the religious community, in service clubs, citizen’s
associations, and in student organizations, make their voices heard in support of a transparent
and credible resolution of this matter along the lines suggested by National Integrity Action.
This press release preceded (and in so doing can claim some attribution for) a number of responses and
declarations from several entities that were connected to the matter. These include:
• CHEC Speaks Out - Biggest Chinese Investor In Jamaica Distance Itself From PNP Scandal
o http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20160904/chec-speaks-out-biggest-
chinese-investor-jamaica-distance-itself-pnp
• PNP Scandal Could Threaten Political Donations
o http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20160902/pnp-scandal-could-threaten-
political-donations
• OCG Probes PNP - Contractor General Orders Party Bigwigs To Explain Kickback Allegations
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o http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20160906/ocg-probes-pnp-contractor-
general-orders-party-bigwigs-explain
• Politicians Must Be Open And Transparent, Says Chuck - Justice Minister Acknowledges Credibility
At Stake In Campaign Finance Scandal
o http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20160909/politicians-must-be-open-
and-transparent-says-chuck-justice-minister
• PSOJ set to demand timeline for campaign financing regulations
o http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/UltimatumPSOJ-set-to-demand-timeline-for-
campaign-financing-regulations-------_73201
• A Press Release issued by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica
o http://psoj.org/2016/09/07/psoj-supports-ocg-investigation-into-pnp-campaign-funds-
scandal/
Appointment of an Acting Chief Justice
Another critical development during the quarter was the appointment on February 1 – by the Prime
Minister – of Justice Bryan Sykes to act in the position of Chief Justice, upon the retirement of Justice Zaila
McCalla on January 31. This was an unprecedented occurrence and immediately attracted an outcry from
a range of stakeholders. The Gleaner’s editorial for February 2 was Confirm Justice Sykes Immediately
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20180202/editorial-confirm-justice-sykes-immediately.
On the same day, NIA issued a press release:
NIA calls on Prime Minister Holness to promptly provide the Jamaican people with a full and compelling explanation
of the reasons underlying the appointment of Justice Bryan Sykes as “acting” in the position of Chief Justice or, in the
absence of such an explanation, to immediately advise the Governor General to appoint Justice Sykes to the position
of Chief Justice.
The need for a full and compelling justification arises from:
1. The need to uphold the fundamental principle of transparency underlying Jamaica’s system of constitutional
democracy;
2. The Prime Minister’s own pledge in his inaugural address: that my role is to “ensure” that “the nation is
informed”;
3. The fact that the appointment of an acting Chief Justice in the current circumstance is unprecedented in
Jamaica and, on good authority, unprecedented in the Caribbean and in the Commonwealth, and;
4. The critical importance of explaining any action such as the current one that could appear to or, in fact risk
the “independence of the judiciary.” It is worthy of note in this regard, that Jamaica’s “Judicial Independence”
traditionally places Jamaica in the top quartile of countries globally and is celebrated internationally.
In the absence of a compelling explanation, NIA calls on the Prime Minister to advise the Governor General to
forthwith appoint Justice Sykes to the position of Chief Justice. We make this call in the light of:
1. Consensus, shared by Prime Minister Holness himself, amongst the widest sections of the legal profession
and the Jamaican people, that Justice Sykes is eminently and unquestionably qualified for appointment as
Chief of Justice.
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2. The unacceptability of the Executive setting the acting Chief Justice unspecified “actions that bring results”
for an unspecified period of time that “will determine the assumption” of Office.
3. The real danger of appearing to and/or in fact undermining the intention and spirit of Jamaica’s Constitution
to guarantee that the Judiciary is a separated power of the State from the Executive. NIA recalls that the
recently published Judicial Conduct Guidelines, developed by a distinguished committee chaired by the
President of the Court of Appeal, requires that “an appropriate distance should especially be maintained
between the Judiciary and the Executive, bearing in mind the frequency with which the Executive is a
litigant before the courts.”
4. The real danger of a Constitutional action challenging the Prime Minister’s authority to appoint a person to
act as Chief Justice in current circumstances, thereby risking prolonged litigation between two arms of the
Jamaican State.
Taking into account the extraordinary challenges currently facing Jamaica in the maintenance of law and order as well
as in raising levels of trust in critical institutions of the State, NIA urges the Prime Minister to act promptly in the
manner recommended above in resolving the Chief Justice’s appointment as a matter of urgency.
The chorus of voices calling for the full appointment of Justice Sykes continued to grow, and on February
12, the Judges of the Parish and Supreme Courts from across the island (without the knowledge or
involvement of the acting Chief Justice) called a meeting to discuss the situation. This in itself was
unprecedented and had the negative effect of disrupting the operation of courts across the island for the
day. The judges would later issue a declaration apologizing for the disruption, but moreso outlining the
crisis that the situation presented and the need to affirm separation of powers between the arms of the
state.
After public and private representations by the Executive Director, and a meeting between the Prime
Minister and the Judges under the auspices of the Governor General, the Prime Minister acceded to calls
to appoint Justice Sykes and announced that Justice Sykes would be appointed in short order. The
Executive Director penned an article for the Gleaner, which was published with the headline When Judges
Cry, 'We Need Justice!' http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20180220/trevor-munroe-
when-judges-cry-we-need-justice.
Justice Sykes was sworn in on March 1, 2018.
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Justice Sector Engagement
Fundamental to the advancement of NIA’s mandate is the strengthening of the Justice Sector. This
entails supporting the training and capacity building needs of the sector, as well as advocating for
improvements that would increase the public’s trust and confidence in the state’s ability to deliver fair
and timely justice to citizens. Towards this end, NIA supported the training needs of several entities
within the Justice Sector over the life of CCSIJ. These included the Office of the Chief Justice, the Office
of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the Justice Training Institute as well as the Jamaica
Constabulary Force. During the 2019-2020 period, NIA entered a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with the Ministry of Justice, to synergize this support with the Ministry’s Justice Reform
Programme, This mutually beneficial partnership is a shining example of public sector and civil society
working together and has produced a number of results as well as ongoing initiatives, to include the
following:
- The inclusion of NIA on joint working committee to monitor the progress of the implementation
of the Justice Reform Programme
- Facilitating a series of two-day training seminars on a parish-by-parish basis, to strengthen the
capacity of the JPs on their expanded role in the proper administration of justice through
legislation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms across the island. Under this series,
more than 600 JPs have participated.
- Supporting the implementation of the Child Diversion Act and programme; to include
sensitization and training for police officers, JPs, Judges and other agents of the justice system as
well and potential service providers and the development of the National Child Diversion
Curriculum
- Support legislative reforms such as regulations relating to the Procurement Act. This Act provides
jail time, surcharge impositions and significant fines for persons found guilty of breaching GOJ
procurement guidelines.
- Case Flow Management training seminars for Judges of Appeal and Parish Court Judges in an
effort to increase the efficiency of the service of the judiciary to the public.
- Series of training and development of Court Staff, Prosecutors, Judges, Police Officers and Justices
of the Peace within the international framework for Court Excellence and to strongly support the
strategic priority of the Chief Justice’s mantra – Jamaica’s court system becoming the best in the
Caribbean in 3 years and the amongst the best in the world in 6 years.
- Development of Communication products and sustainable tools for advocacy and training i.e.
social media, training manuals for Lay Magistrates Training of Trainers, Prosecutors, Judges.
- Support the postgraduate certification of fourteen (14) Restorative Practices Trainer of Trainers
in July 2019; which was administered by the International Institute of Restorative Practices (IIRP).
This has significantly increased the pool of resource personnel with the capacity to implement the
Restorative Justice Programme by the Ministry of Justice.
- Support the implementation of Regional Restorative Practices Training Seminar island-wide to
increase the number of volunteer facilitators with in the Restorative Justice Centres.
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Recommendations/The Way Forward
- Integrate Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms into the court system and amongst all
stakeholders of the justice system.
- Boost the implementation of more community justice programme for the citizenry including
mediation for key community actors such as neighbourhood watch groups.
- Support the process of training restorative justice practitioners across the island, many of whom
will be operating in the school system and communities to try to address some of our societal
problems at an early stage.
- Support the training and capacitation of Lay Magistrates in the new Lay Magistrates Court Rules.
- Robust support for the new Parish Court Rules to be implemented and training to follow.
- Continuous robust training and development of court staff, prosecutors, judges, police and JPs
especially with the ethos of the new Chief Justice and the Minister’s “first class justice system”
mantra.
- Communication tools for building greater awareness of justice sector reforms and sustainability
of training and development needs i.e. training manuals (online-based).
- Support the technology in the courts’ initiative to increase efficiency in the administration of the
justice system.
Specific Justice Sector Activity
Restorative Justice
- Implemented the training of trainers certification programme under the MoJ partnership agreement;
- Two (2) major Restorative Justice Training Seminars were held during November 2019 and January
2020. These were regional-based training seminars covering western and Eastern region of the island.
One (1) Facilitators’ training seminar was held on November 30 – December 1, 2020. This seminar
catered particularly to the Community Liaison Officers, who were working with the Ministry of Justice
to facilitate the increase their intervention in the vulnerable, especially violent prone, communities.
Most of the Restorative Justice Centres were placed in these communities as the practice of
Restorative Justice was being pushed stridently amongst these communities and schools of lower
socio-economic demographics.
- Restorative Practices Training Seminars and the Facilitator Training Seminar engaged and trained 293
personnel such as school administrators, JPs, Police Officers through these sessions between
November 2019 – February 2020.
- The breakdown by session and gender is as follows in the table below:
Restorative Practice Training Seminars breakdown by Gender between November 2019 – January 2020
Session
Female
Male
Total
Restorative Practice Training
Seminar for the Western Region
67
35
102
Restorative Practice Training
Seminar for the Eastern Region
93
98
191
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(including the
Facilitators/Community Liaison
Officers training seminar)
Total
160
133
293
*N= 293 participants
- Restorative Justice (RJ) Week was a showcase of RJ across a one-week period through a display of
events, interviews and community walks and culminating with an RJ Conference, where an expert on
RJ presented to a mixed audience of Custodes, Justices of the Peace, facilitators and practitioners. Its
main purpose was to increase awareness of the Restorative Justice programme, shining a light on the
programs’ achievements and successes.
- NIA, with the support of USAID, supported the Restorative Justice Conference 2020 which took place
at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston on Friday, February 7, 2020; under the theme,
“Supporting Peace and Unity in our Community”. The conference had an overwhelming attendance
of more than 250 participants from across the island; spanning a number of stakeholders’ groups such
as police, community practitioners, school administrators, teachers, social development agencies,
students and local community members. The Conference was a practical and academic gathering to
examine the principles and processes of restorative justice. It primarily sought to highlight ways in
which restorative justice can be utilized to promote peace, resolve conflicts and assist in clearing the
Court’s backlog in Jamaica.
55%
45%
Chart showing the gender breakdown for the NIA supported Restorative
Practice Training Seminar for 2019 - 2020
Female
Male
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Supporting Justices of the Peace
Justices of the Peace (JP’s) operate as key agents of change within their communities. Persons within
communities view the Justices of the Peace as aides to justice and resource personnel for conflict
resolution and mediation. The new Justice of the Peace legislation 2018 allows for greater powers and
jurisdiction for the role of the Justices of the Peace to be enhanced and more strategically aligned with
the evolving ethos of stemming corruption and crime in all its forms; both at the national and sub-national
levels. Towards this end, NIA supported the design and implementation of four (4) major initiatives for
the benefit of JP’s.
1. A series of two-day Specialized Training Seminars for Justices of the Peace with key focus on
legislative support for JPs and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms such as mediation
and conflict resolution. The collaborating entities for this initiative included the Justice Training
Institute, which is the training arm of the Ministry of Justice and the Dispute Resolution
Foundation. The topics covered included:
▪ Overview of the Justice of the Peace Act 2018
▪ Specialized Roles & Functions of Justices of the Peace
▪ Good Governance in Democratic Society
▪ Conflict Resolution
▪ Mediation
The seminars were conducted in a non-residential setting in each parish to ensure ease of access
to the JP’. Seven (7) parishes have been covered of the 14 parishes island-wide. Though a lot of
effort and planning went into completing the initiative, we were not able to due to time
constraints bought on by conflicting priorities experienced by the Ministry of Justice. A total of
465 Justices of the Peace were engaged and trained through this programme. The breakdown of
training by location and gender is as follows:
Breakdown by location and gender for the Specialized Training Seminar for JP’s
Parish
Male
Female
Total
Kingston
35
32
67
St. Andrew
23
41
64
St. Catherine
31
33
64
St. James
36
26
62
St. Ann
31
48
79
St. Thomas
16
51
67
St. Elizabeth
24
38
62
Total
172
231
465
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* N = 465 participants
*N = 465 participants
2. Specialized Training Seminar on Fraudulent Documents: Deterrence, Examination and Detection
for Justices of the Peace was held at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel on Monday, February 17 and
Monday, February 24, 2020. 38 Justices of the Peace participated from mainly from the parishes
of Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Catherine. The training seminar equipped the Justices of the Peace
to become more critical in their thinking as it relates to their role in the efficiency of justice and
exposure of corruptive practices. In addition, the seminar was aimed at raising the awareness of
Justices of Peace, in relation to fraudulent documents and to provide exposure sufficient to allow
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Kingston St.
Andrew
St.
Catherine
St. James St. Ann St.
Thomas
St.
Elizabeth
Series1
67 64 64 62 79 67 62
Number of participants
Parishes
Participants by Parishes for the Specialised Training Seminar for JP's
57%
43%
Gender breakdown for the Justices of the Peace
Specialised Training Seminar
Female Male
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them to be better able to detect and deter occurrences of fraud and to improve the quality of the
service they deliver. Facilitators of the training seminar came from the Jamaica Constabulary Force
(JCF), Registrar General’s Department (RGD, Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency (PICA),
Bank of Jamaica and Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ).
3. Trainers-of-Trainers for Lay Magistrates’ Court took place September 27-29, 2019 with 41
participants and facilitators. The aim of the training seminar was to empower the officials of the
court to be more efficient as adjudicators in an effort to sustain the objective and momentum of
reducing case backlog in the Courts.
Some JPs serve as Lay Magistrates, with the power to decide minor criminal cases in the Lay
Magistrates' Court. In recent years, the number of JPs has significantly increased and legislative
reforms have expanded their powers, as well as those of Lay Magistrates. One effect of these
measures is that Lay Magistrates now have the authority to hear more types of offences and to
impose larger fines. These measures represent an effort to improve access to justice at the
community level; to reduce the pressure on the higher courts; and, to better serve the public. This
therefore creates an increased need for adequate initial and ongoing training for JPs who serve as
Lay Magistrates. The partnering entities were the Justice Training Institute and the Justice
Undertakings for Social Transformation supported by Global Affairs Canada.
The training included a number of expert facilitators from the Office of the Director of Public
Prosecutions, National Integrity Action, Justice Training Institute, Private Bar, the Judiciary, the
Department of Justice in Canada and civil society. The target group at this training consisted of
Judges, Attorneys-at-Law, Prosecutors, and Lay Magistrates.
The training was aimed at:
a) Enhancing the skills of legal experts and peer facilitators in designing and using participatory
methods of training;
b) Developing practical learning exercises to support future training of Lay Magistrates; and
c) Sensitizing participants who currently serve as Lay Magistrate on their role and
responsibilities as adjudicators.
*N = 20 participants
Female
55%
Male
45%
Gender breakdown for participants at the
Trainer-the-Trainer Lay Magistrates' Court
Seminar
Female
Male
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4. Justices of Peace Sensitisation Sessions were held over the two-month period of November
– December 2019, in partnership with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The Sensitization Sessions
covered the parishes of Manchester on November 20, 2019 at the St. John Bosco Children’s
Home in Mandeville; St. James on December 6, 2019 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre
in Montego Bay; St. Catherine on December 11, 2019 at the National Police College in Spanish
Town; and Kingston & St. Andrew on December 13, 2019 at the AC Hotel by Marriott in New
Kingston. These sessions were aimed at facilitating all the Justice of the Peace as agents of
the state with a space to be aware and appropriately sensitised of all the reformation taking
place in the justice system. The sessions were extremely instrumental in getting the "buy-in"
of the Justices of the Peace in actualising their renewed role in administering justice;
especially with the timely implementation of the new programme that has been rolling out.
Over 1000 Justices of the Peace participated in these sessions.
Overall, these training and development initiatives for the Justices of the Peace have aided to empower
them to more efficient as administrators of justice and adjudicators in an effort to sustain the objective
and momentum of reducing case backlog in the Courts.
Child Diversion
Child Diversion is the process of implementing measures for dealing with children who are, alleged,
accused or are recognized as having infringed the penal law, without resorting to formal judicial
proceedings. It is considered to be in the interest of individuals, and to further the “public interest”, to
use some form of “alternative measures” to deal with these categories of offenders. In most cases,
diversion of children provides greater benefits, to the offender, victim and the society than would the
formal criminal process. The Child Diversion Programme is geared to reducing the number of cases that
are processed in the formal Criminal Justice System, thereby allowing scarce judicial resources to be
concentrated on the more serious offences. The National Child Diversion Policy focused on four tiers:
i. Pre-Charge - Diversion by the Police (Formal Warning and release and Police Cautioning
and referral to a Child Diversion Parish Committee);
ii. Post-Charge/Pre-trial - Diversion by the Courts (Clerk of Court, Resident
Magistrate/Judge);
iii. Post-conviction/Pre- sentencing- Diversion by the Courts (Resident Magistrate/Judge)
iv. Post-Adjudication - Diversion through an early release programme from Correctional
Institutions (Probation Officer and Child Diversion Parish Committee)
NIA supported this timely initiative commencing in 2019. As Child Diversion is a multi-sectoral programme,
implementation is carried out through collaboration with several key stakeholders. These stakeholders
were engaged through consultations, sensitization sessions and training seminars. NIA gave strong
support to ensuring this initiative was actualized and articulated through the systematic and cultural
changes needed. These were the areas of support:
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a. Sensitization Sessions were developed and implemented to ensure a multi-sectoral approach
in implementing the National Child Diversion programme. This Ministry of Justice engaged
several Ministries, Development, Agencies (MDAs), Justices of the Peace, Police Officers,
Community-based Organisations (CBOs), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Faith-
based Organisations (FBOs) to ensure the efficacy and sustainability of the Child Diversion
programme. These sessions were done island-wide through all fourteen parishes. Over 2,500
stakeholders were engaged in this process.
- Training Modules were developed and designed, through NIA’s support, for the National
Child Diversion Curriculum. These training modules were developed to ensure the capacity
building of the Parish Child Diversion Committees. The Curriculum was broken into 4
modules; namely:
1. Child Rights and Responsibilities
2. Working with Clientele Diversity and Techniques for Ensuring Safety, Security and
Psycho-social Support
3. Formulating a Child Focused Blue Print of Responsive Care that Encourages, Enables
and Includes the Child
4. Child Diversion Legislation and Protocols
Through these engagements, NIA strengthened the National Child Diversion Programme with
well-needed support for this overdue, yet robust, intervention by the state to safeguard our
nation’s children from cyclical and chronic violent behaviours and attitudes. NIA promotes justice
on the principles of transparency and equality, and understands that a system must be fair to
ensure that its citizens, especially those that are most vulnerable are protected and reassured of
opportunities to become the best versions of themselves.
Communication
Visibility is a key factor to the concept of access. Justice must be accessible to everyone. NIA proudly
sponsored a campaign to increase the communication strategy of the increase awareness of reformation
taking place in the justice sector. To that end, a social media campaign was launched through USAID
funding support. Below are the results of the efforts after a six months social media campaign:
Facebook page overview for the Ministry of Justice
Duration of Contract
Total Impressions
628,151
Total Reach
576,656
Total Number of Posts
97
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Instagram Follower Growth
Pre-Contract
Post-Contract
No. of Followers
0
631
Instagram Page Overview for Ministry of Justice
Duration of Contract
Total Impressions
233,580
Total Reach
185,455
Total Number of Posts
103
Twitter Page Overview
Duration of Contract
Total Impressions
59.9k
Number of Tweets
101
Based on the project, we noted the following points as recommendations to ensure that communication
is critical to accessibility:
a) Interactive posts can be done to make the pages less serious and more inviting
b) Create square posts, more suited to social media vs. horizontal posts.
c) Additional features of Ministry Heads and their work in the ministry (Eg. Press
Releases or Ministry Updates)
d) Push more informative content to the public.
e) Limit text heavy graphics and utilize more motion graphics
f) Utilize Instagram Live - Q&A segment twice a month with the Minister for more
engaging content
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A second initiative under communication was the video recording of certain training seminars to produce
training manuals as communication tools to ensure the sustainability of the training and development
seminars for future usage. The following were the video-manuals produced by this project:
1. The Lay Magistrates’ Court Training of Trainers entitled, “Learning through shared
experiences: A model approach to empowering Lay Magistrates as adjudicators”
2. Training for Crown Counsel on Trial, Strategy & Ethics
3. National Child Diversion Curriculum
4. Fraudulent Documents: Deterrence, Examination & Detection
These manuals were developed to ensure that materials catered to differentiated learning in an
asynchronous style. It also formed a part of the Justice Training Institute’s thrust towards online-based
delivery modalities for their course offerings. These have proven very instrumental during the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic as a number of training and development activities have had to take an online format
in compliance with different guidelines.
The National Conference on Technology in the Justice Sector was a main feature of NIA’s support for the
promotion of information communication technology for efficiency in access to justice. Jamaica is on the
path to towards the creation of a modern justice system and aims to include innovations that will
transform the way in which the justice system serves the needs of its citizens and supports the
development imperatives of the Government. However, to date in the absence of a comprehensive
strategy for the integration of technology in Jamaica’s justice system has been piecemeal and such delay
has caused increased inefficiency and as a by-product, a dangerous space for corruptive practices to
persist. The National Conference on Technology in the Justice Sector sought to inform the development
of a strategic framework for the digitalization of Jamaica’s justice system.
The Conference took place at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston on Thursday, February 27 – Saturday,
February 29, 2020, under the theme, “Towards a User-Centred Future”. The conference had an
overwhelming attendance of close to 250 participants from across the island; spanning a number of
stakeholders such as International Development Partners, judges, police officers, alternate dispute
mechanisms practitioners, court administrators and law students.
In the end, this conference provided a review of best practices in the modernization of the justice system
and allowed the stakeholders to chart a course for optimum returns that stymie corruption and
criminality. It is clear that such a plan will demonstrate the integration of technology throughout the
business and operational processes of justice institutions; which involves a number of organizational
changes including the acquisition of skills or re-skilling and readiness of the Court officers and support
staff to adopt these technologies.
Training for Justice Sector Officials
NIA supported a number of training and development initiatives for the above-mentioned key
stakeholders. For example, the aim of the training for the police officers was geared towards improving
the investigative and prosecutorial outcomes. Listed below are some of the training initiatives supported
over the period of the award, to improve the justice and national security infrastructure. This is followed
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by a report on one of the listed training seminars, which required and resulted from a broad coalition of
partnerships.
▪ For Police Officers: -
o Improving Investigative and Prosecutorial Outcomes through Forensic Evidence
o Improving Investigative and Prosecutorial Outcomes in Sexual Offences and Child
Abuse Cases
o Integrity & internal Affairs Training Seminar
o Anti-gang Training Seminar
▪ For Judges: -
o 4 Parish Court Judges’ seminars geared towards building the capacity of the most
pressured part of the court system
o Judicial Conduct and Ethics Training
o Leading Effective Caseflow Management in Your Court for Judges of the Court of
Appeal and Parish Court Judges
▪ Court staff: -
o Advocacy 101 for Clerks and Deputy Clerks of the Court
o Assistant Clerks of the Court Training Seminar
▪ Prosecutors (Crown Counsel)
o Trial, Strategy & Ethics
o Sharpening the Advocacy Toolkit
o Strengthening the Prosecutors’ Toolkit
▪ Detention Officers (from the Department of Correctional Services): -
o DNA Collection Training
Anti-Gang Police Seminar
For years, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) had to contend with numerous criminals who formed
gangs and had to seek evidence to arrest them for substantive offences committed by them - such as
murder and rape. The JCF has taken positive steps with limited resources to tackle gangs by establishing
a central unit called the National Strategic Anti-Gang Unit (NSAU) at the Counter Terrorism and Organized
Crime Investigation Branch (CTOC). Moreover, there are police officers in all nineteen geographic divisions
that are specifically assigned to investigate gangs within their divisions. Confronting gangs will however
require more than just the efforts of the JCF; there must be collaborative effort by the government, private
sector, social groups, citizens and international partners. This is a consequence of the organized networks
that exist, even transnationally, between criminals.
Towards this end, National Integrity Action (NIA) and the Ministry of Justice’s Justice Training Institute
(JTI) in collaboration with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Jamaica
Constabulary Force hosted a Police Training Seminar themed “Improving Investigative and Prosecutorial
Outcomes in Anti-Gang Cases”. This was held at the Jewel Dunn’s River Hotel over the period of September
21 - 25, 2018. The training seminar accommodated two cohorts for a total of 113 police investigators (91
males and 22 females), from the Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) and the Counter-Terrorism and
Organised Crime Investigation Branch (CTOC) of the JCF.
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The Seminar opened with a brief ceremony with the Minister of National Security, The Hon. Dr. Horace
Chang; Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson and NIA Executive Director, Professor
Trevor Munroe. The session was chaired by ACF Fitz Bailey, Head of CTOC. Professor Munroe applauded
the work of the JCF in their efforts and restated NIA’s commitment to support the work of the JCF. He
further noted that there must be a serious effort by police officers to commit to charging and locking up
the corrupt who continue to prey on the innocent as well lock up the facilitators of crime in the society
“the big fish”.
Major General Anderson congratulated the police officers for being selected for this timely and relevant
training. He reminded the officers that, “if we regulate ourselves then others won't have to regulate us,”
as there will be an increase in public trust. Law enforcement will be able to thrive in this environment. He
made the call to action that tackling crime must take a multi-agency approach as the social dimensions of
crime is a serious factor to stemming the effect of violence. Minster Chang began by expressing the same
sentiments that were shared on his behalf at the beginning of Anti-gang week just last Sunday, that is
“Gang life equals No Life”. He committed firmly that the dismantling of gangs, and the apprehension and
disempowerment of dons in our communities is a critical area of focus for the Ministry of National
Security. The Ministry has pursued legislative reform to effectively investigate, pursue and apprehend
individuals for whom there is collated evidence of gang activity. He stated that it is the position of the
government, that here must be specific provisions within the law for the apprehension of these types of
complex, organized criminality. As such, he highlighted the current review of the Proceeds of Crime Act
(POCA) and the amendments being pursued to the Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal
Organizations) Act (2013), commonly referred to as the Anti-Gang Act.
Prof Munroe delivers his remarks. Seated at the head table are (l-r) ACP Fitz Bailey, Minister Horace
Chang and Maj. Gen. Anderson.
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The presenters for the workshop were local and international experts who carefully chosen for their
expertise and ability to share knowledge in pursuit of the seminar’s objective. Among the presenters were:
• Dr. Herbert Gayle, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social
Work at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
• Mr. Craig Dewar, Forensic Evidence Advisor from the Pan-American Development Foundation
• Special Agent Jeffrey Weidenhaft from the Homeland Security Investigations, Baltimore
Transnational Organised Crime and Gang Group, USA
• Acting Inspector Alexander Rollin from the Armed Response Unit of the Bermuda Police Force
Along with personnel from the JCF, the ODPP and the Financial Investigations Division.
Dr. Herbert Gayle, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work at the
University of the West Indies provided us with an eye-opening presentation on, “The Anthropology of
Violence: Causes and Effects.” This presentation provided us with key qualitative findings and statistics on
the root causes of violence, history of violence and the enabling factors that exist in society that has
caused gang violence to grow at the alarming rate in Jamaica. Dr. Gayle gave comparative analysis with
our Caribbean counterparts (Belize and Trinidad & Tobago) as well possible recommendations to stem
violence in Jamaica.
ICE Country Attaché Dex Dixon (right) with International Presenters, Jeffrey Weidenhaft (middle) and Alexander
Rollin (left).
Acting Inspector Rollin from the Armed Response Unit of the Bermuda Police Force gave a presentation
on the Prosecuting Gang Cases: the Role of Gang Expert and their Testimony. Inspector Rollin’s
presentation focused on his experience in Bermuda, with suggested application to the Jamaican context
as a gang expert. He used his featured case (Myers v The Queen, Brangman v The Queen and Cox v the
Queen) to provide insights and lessons learnt while combatting enterprise gang organisation at the
national level with coordinated efforts from the community actors.
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The Theory of Gang Investigations was presented by Special Agent Jeffrey Weidenhaft from the Homeland
Security Investigations, Baltimore Transnational Organised Crime and Gang Group, USA. This was a key
part of the seminar as the police officers were provided with the theoretical perspectives based on an
experienced law enforcement field officer, who worked on transnational organized crimes, particularly
the MS13 group. The presentation cover gang membership criteria, proper documentation, gathering
evidence i.e. interviewing, surveillance, confidential informant, search warrants/ court orders,
intercepted communications; targeting the enterprise i.e. prosecutorial tools and best practices to deal
with enterprise gang.
At the conclusion of the seminar, the CIB acknowledged that NIA, with the kind support of USAID,
continues to create positive impact on the work of the JCF. Overall, these capacity-building seminars
continue to be a critical tool to the NIA’s building of partnership and reassures its confidence in
strengthening its efforts against organised crime and criminal networks. Media coverage of the event
included Loop News’ article, focusing on Minister Chang’s presentation
http://www.loopjamaica.com/content/dramatic-changes-needed-structure-jcf-chang.
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Youth Outreach
Under USAID’s “Combatting Corruption and Strengthening Integrity in Jamaica” project, National Integrity
Action (NIA) has continued its drive to build the awareness of the Jamaican youth whilst trying to inspire
them to be transformational leaders as well as strong advocates. To this end, the organization employed
a multi-dimensional towards engaging youth within educational institutions, youth-led or youth oriented
organizations as well as those who were participating in established programmes being offered by the
Ministry of Education, Youth and Information among others. As such, over the span of the project NIA
was able, through its engagement with youth, to also reach other segments of the population in building
public awareness, such as: parents, professionals within the education sector among others. This allowed
for NIA to achieve its broader goals whilst still prioritizing engagements amongst the youth which had the
effect of consolidating its programme through partnerships. Thus, under the period of the project there
was a noted increase in the activities which targeted youth and their support systems to increase their
knowledge and understanding of Jamaica’s governance system and structures, corruption and its impact
on their daily lives and future, how corruption manifests in behaviours, not just amongst the political
directorate but amongst individuals and how they are able to stem the occurrence of instances of
corruption as well as strengthening their own personal integrity, to always do what is right.
Where are we now?
Towards this end, NIA not only sought to implement its own programmes targeting youth, but also
partnered with and supported youth-led or youth-oriented organisations such as the National Inter-
School Brigade, the National Youth Council of Jamaica, the Governor General’s I Believe Youth
Consultative Conferences. Partnerships also included the National Youth Parliament of Jamaica and the
National Secondary Students’ Council which are implemented by the Youth, Adolescent and Policy
Division of the Ministry of Education. These mutually beneficial partnerships formed by NIA has earned
NIA recognition as a shining example of civil society support and commitment towards youth
development. It is also demonstrative of public sector and civil society working together, having produced
a number of results as well as ongoing initiatives, to include the following:
- The establishment of three (3) youth affiliates of the organisation, Integrity Action Movement, on
three tertiary campuses across the island. There are located in the University of Technology, Papine
Campus; University of the West Indies Mona Campus and Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville.
These clubs have been able to garner the respect of their constituencies, assisting students to
advocate for change in tandem with other youth leaders on the campuses whilst maintaining calls
for transparency and accountability amongst their leaders as well as the institutions’
administration.
- Facilitating a series of two-day training workshops (training of trainers) for teachers and
administrators of secondary institutions from across the island to establish Integrity Clubs in their
schools. Over sixty teachers and administrators were trained and twenty-five clubs were
established. In shift schools, a club was established to facilitate each shift participating in club
activities, for example Spanish Town High School. This was done in partnership with the Safety and
Security in Schools Division of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information.
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- Facilitate a training of a cohort of youth leaders from various youth-oriented organisations and
programmes on Governance, Justice and Economic Security, which led them to coin themselves as
“Youths for Governance, Justice and Economic Security” (YGJES). This cohort of young leaders chose
to focus on youth violence prevention, particularly, in the areas of Gender Based Violence and
Trafficking in Persons (Human Trafficking). As such, they were given further training on the
principles of Youth Violence Prevention and Anti-Human Trafficking in partnership with the Jamaica
Constabulary Force’s Anti-Human Trafficking-in-Persons Vice Squad. They have since supported
initiatives in this regard, particularly, the Custos of Manchester in staging his Anti-Human Trafficking
Symposium.
- Support, technically and financially, programmes of the Youth Adolescent and Policy Division of the
Ministry of Education such as the National Youth Parliament, the National Youth Advisory Council
as well as the National Secondary Student Council.
- Support, technically and financially, the revamping and re-invigoration of the National Youth
Council of Jamaica, which is the umbrella group for all community-based youth organisations and
clubs across the island through. They in turn facilitated trainings in partnership with the Youth
Information Centres (YICs) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information hosted and trained
the executives of community based youth organisation and clubs in the areas that they were
engaged in.
- Development of two docu-dramas, targeting at-risk youth, highlighting the journeys of Jamaica’s
National Heroes (Marcus Garvey, Norman Manley and Alexander Bustamante), which are to be
used in tertiary and primary schools by the Ministry of Education as a teaching aid for teachers. The
docu-dramas illustrate the tenuous journey of the heroes, which would classify them as youth-at-
risk to, to the national stature that they eventually attained.
- Support the call for more women to engage in leadership of organisations by supporting the
University of the West Indies’ Mary Seacole Hall’s “Elect Her” conferences under the theme
“#ILookLikeAPolitician” in commemoration of International Women’s Day as well as hosting a
“Women’s Leadership Roundtable” under the theme “#balanceforbetter” which saw notable
women leaders from various sectors engaging with young women, such as: Rev. Dr Patricia Holness,
CD, JP, Chairman of the National Religious Media Commission; Mrs .Therese Turner- Jones, General
Manager, Caribbean Department, IDB; Dr. Angela Brown-Burke, Member of Parliament; Ms. Lisa-
Maria Alexander, Chief Country Marketing Officer, JMM Group (Trinidad and Tobago); Ms.
Novelette Grant, former Acting Commissioner of Police, JCF and Mrs. Helene Davis Whyte,
President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions.
- Facilitated the training of the National and Parish Council Executives of the National Youth Council
of Jamaica from five (5) parishes (St. Catherine, Westmoreland, St. Elizabeth, St. James and
Clarendon) in Jamaica in high-risk volatile communities by the Council Members andYouth Aides
from the MoEYI and YICs.
- Partnered with the National Inter-School Brigade in hosting a Behavioural Change Summer Camp
which targeted at-risk/vulnerable youths who were on the verge of being expelled or were
suspended or were before the Courts. This also entailed follow-up sessions with the students as
well as the facilitations of two, two-day parenting workshops for the parents of the participants.
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Recommendations on the Way Forward
- Support the training (capacity building) of the National Youth Council of Jamaica, Parish Youth
Council and community-based youth organisations, while offering technical and psycho-social
support of these individuals so they are able to contend with the stressors of life.
- Lend greater support to programmes such as the National Inter-School Brigade that engage high-
risk/vulnerable youth within educational institutions, expanding the program to the parents as
many also have unresolved trauma that impede their parenting capabilities.
- Boost the implementation and support for Integrity Clubs in school as they target student
influencers who may not be in leadership positions and, generally, display deviant behavioural
traits which are replicated by those that they influence.
- Engage youth in a way which makes it more meaningful and that they can take ownership by
finding the connection between the mandate of the organisation and the issue. that they feel
strongly about.
- Increase trainings targeting youth on the principles of good governance, governance structures
and systems, roles of the various public sector entities and their mandates, advocacy strategies
as well as coping, stress and time management skills.
- Updating the Integrity Ambassadors Manual to account for the change in target groups within
schools and the use of more localised examples as well as the inclusion of other topics, such as:
human trafficking, safety and security tips. The Manual has been used as a template by other
countries within the region, namely, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos which proves
its usefulness as a valid tool in the behavioural change process for implementers.
- Continued support of the varied youth organisations so that gains made are not lost, given that
youth are more susceptible to being co-opted or will lose interest as they seek to fulfil more
immediate needs. Secondly, due to the nature of the organisations, ongoing capacity building is
necessary so that they are fully able to develop and execute projects, as many do not have the
technical capabilities to make the desired impact that they potentially could.
Specific Youth Component Activities
Primary School Engagement
• National Integrity Action (NIA), supported the Junior Debates International Primary Schools’ Debating
Competition Finals in 2017. This year marked the 29th staging of the competition, which has catered
solely to prep and primary school students across the island. The competition was successful as over
thirty (30) schools registered to participate in the debates. Through the rounds the quality of
arguments posited and composure of the students during their delivery surpassed the standard
expected for the primary level students. The finals of the competition were held on June 23, 2017 at
the Police Officers’ Club in Kingston. Approximately seventy (70) persons attended, which included
principals, teachers, parents and students from participating schools. The debates were chaired by
Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay, Head of Communications of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and
Mr. Alex Hepburn of Marlie Mount Primary School. The grand final was adjudicated by three judges
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from the Supreme Court - Justice Gloria Smith, C.D. (Retired), Justice David Fraser and Justice Evon
Brown.
• National Integrity Action (NIA) was invited to participate in the Transformational Teens Grade 6
Workshop on June 7, 2017 at the Church of God of Prophecy in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. The
workshop was first held in 2012 and since then has been staged on the first Wednesday of each June.
The theme for this year’s workshop was “Preparing for High School”. National Integrity Action
accepted the invitation to speak to students on the topic of “Building Integrity”. The workshop had
505 Grade 6 students present from schools within the Spanish Town area, such as: White Marl
Primary, Execlsior Primary, Good Hope Primary, St. Jago Primary, St. John’s Primary, McCauley
Primary, St. Catherine Primary, Glenmuir Preparatory, Horizon Park Primary and Tredegar Park
Primary.
The workshop saw presentations from St. Elizabeth Festival Queen, Dainalyn Swaby on using social
media responsibly; ASP Coleridge Minto from the JCF’s Community Safety and Security Branch who
spoke on Human Trafficking, giving the students 25 key facts that they should know about human
trafficking and how to protect themselves; while Jamaica National’s representatives spoke to the
importance of saving and how students are able to open an account. Ms. Jamie-Ann Chevannes, Youth
Outreach Officer for National Integrity Action, spoke to the students on what the organisation does,
what is corruption, what is integrity, how they can protect their integrity through their deeds as well
as what they should do in the event that they were being bullied. She urged the students to be true
to themselves and to remember what they were taught by their parents and teachers and to uphold
good behaviours, such as having a positive attitude and good manners, as these will help them as they
strive to be successful in the careers they choose.
Secondary School Engagement
• National Integrity Action (NIA) and Jamaica Association for Debating and Empowerment (JADE)
partnered for the staging of the JADE-NIA CXC Debating competition, held on April 8, 2017 at the
University of Technology Papine Campus. The competition saw eight (8) teams from high schools,
across the island, such as: St. Andrew Technical High School (STATHS), Kingston College, Wolmer’s
Boys High School, The Queen’s School for Girls, Immaculate Conception High and St. George’s College
vying for top title. Each institution had at least two teams. Approximately, sixty-eight persons were in
attendance which included: debaters, teachers, adjudicators and supporters of the teams from their
respective schools.
• On Monday, February 11, 2019 National Integrity Action (NIA) in partnership with the Ministry of
Education, Youth and Information (MoEYI) hosted a Principal’s Roundtable at the Port Antonio Suite,
Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. The primary purpose of the meeting was to sensitize the Principals of the
schools across the island on the mandate of the Integrity Clubs and encourage the principals to
support the teachers/facilitators participating in the program. Additionally, the meeting was to
entreat other schools who had not yet established a club to do so, highlighting the benefits as students
who previously displayed deviant behaviors marked a change in their attitudes. Sixty-five (65) persons
were in attendance at the Roundtable, comprising of forty-seven (47) females and eighteen (18)
males.
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• National Integrity Action (NIA) with the endorsement of the Ministry of Education, Youth and
Information (MoEYI) embarked on a campaign with the aim of establishing Integrity Clubs within
secondary schools across the island. This resulted in approximately sixty-six (66) teachers and school
administrators being trained as club facilitators and over twenty-five (25) clubs being established in
schools across the island. An official launch of the Integrity Clubs in secondary schools was held on
January 28, 2020 at the Hope Zoo in Kingston. The day saw fourteen (14) schools in attendance with
over three hundred (300) students and teachers from across the island, namely: Waterford High,
Spanish Town High, Ascot High, Guy’s Hill High, Buff Bay High, St. Mary Technical, Ferncourt High, Nain
High, Aberdeen High, Excelsior High, Lewisville High, Fair Prospect High, Petersfield High and Ocho
Rios High. The launch was chaired by the General Secretary of the Press Association of Jamaica, Mr.
Archibald Gordon. Invited guests in attendance included: Chief Education Officer (Act’g), Dr Kasan
Troupe; Head of the School Safety and Security Branch, Mr. Richard Troupe; Political Ombudsman,
Hon. Donna Parchment Brown; Programme Manager – European Delegation, Ms. Vanna Lawrence;
Executive Director- Violence Prevention Alliance, Dr Deanna Ashley; Opposition Spokesperson on
Youth, Mr Dwayne Vaz, MP; Canadian High Commission, Mr Dave Knibbs; Executive Director for
Equality for All Foundation, Mr. Jaevion Nelson and Country Representative for USAID, Mr. Jason
Fraser. The Hon. Alando Terrelonge, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and
Information brought greetings. The Minister emphasized the importance of having integrity in being
successful in life. This he noted is what propels you from the garrisons to Gordon House, as was the
story of his life. He explained that in order to advance, to become successful as an adult this value was
critical. He commended NIA for the establishment of the clubs in schools as it would assist in the
development of our youth and nation as a whole.
• The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s (MOEYI), Youth and Adolescents Policy Division
and National Integrity Action (NIA) partnered to host a series of workshops for the National Secondary
Students’ Council Student Leaders’ Workshop under the theme “Get Dem Rights”. This was deemed
to be a worthwhile partnership as both entities sought to ensure that Jamaica’s young people were
engaged and empowered to become advocates for positive change, tackling issues that not only
impacted their demography but also those pertinent to the nation as a whole. The National Secondary
Students’ Council is enshrined in Jamaica’s Education Act (1980), which mandates that every
secondary school in Jamaica has the right to have an elected representative and form a council within
their institutions. The council is expected to represent the interests of students and provides an
opportunity for students to be involved in the affairs of the school and work in partnership with the
school administration to improve the school environment. The ‘Get Dem Rights’ workshops were
geared at creating and increasing awareness amongst students and school administrators on Child
Rights & Responsibilities. The workshops engaged up to five (5) individuals including principals/senior
teachers, head prefects and students’ council from each of 175 public secondary schools across the
island. These ‘influencers’ will be tasked with the responsibility to host and disseminate information
on child rights within their schools and on their respective social media platforms. One way in which
this type of intervention was deemed necessary relates to students’ rights during a suspension or
expulsion from school.
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• National Integrity Action in partnership with the Youth, Adolescent and Policy Division of the Ministry
of Education, Youth and Information and the National Youth Council of Jamaica (NYCJ), arising from a
leadership and capacity building training held in July 2019, designed five (5) projects to be executed
in five (5) parishes – St. Catherine, Clarendon, Westmoreland, St. James and St. Elizabeth – by the
respective Parish Youth Councils in selected communities. As such, the NYCJ in fulfilment of a
Memorandum of Understanding between NIA and MoEYI developed the project proposals which
were submitted and vetted by both entities (NIA and MoEYI) for readiness for execution. Each of the
five Parish Councils with the support of NIA and MoEYI would target at-risk/vulnerable youths within
the selected communities, which are: Brighton, St. Elizabeth; Granville, St. James; Water Works,
Westmoreland; Jobs Lane, St. Catherine and Bottom Halse Hall, Clarendon, to engage them in a myriad
of activities. These include but are not limited to skills training, pairing participants with respected
adults within the community as mentors, excursions to different facilities showing them the myriad
of opportunities that are available to them among others. Some of the projects also include a
component targeting the parents of the youths selected to participate in the projects. This was
deemed necessary as the full support of the parents would be needed to truly foster the change in
the behaviour of the youths. The projects started in earnest in January 2020 after delays attributed to
administrative processes and mobilization issues encountered on the ground by the Youth Councils.
The projects were then adjusted to fit the new timeline with the view to have as much impact as
possible on the lives of participants. Additionally, the project approved to be implemented in the
parish of St. Elizabeth was cancelled due to the untimely passing of one of the Parish Youth Council’s
leaders. The other projects executed are as listed below:
o “Operation Breakthrough Youth Program” implemented in Waterworks’ District,
Westmoreland
o Building Bridges Mentorship Program implemented in Bottom Halse Hall, Clarendon
o “Buil’ A Parrie” Youth Program implemented in Granville, St. James
o St. Catherine Parish Youth Council’s Job Lane Violence Prevention Programme “Direct
Impact”
Tertiary Institution Engagement
• National Integrity Action (NIA) partnered with Integrity Action Movement (IAM), the youth club
affiliated with the organisation on the UWI, Mona Campus to host a series called “Conversation”. The
Conversation Series was envisioned as a means by which to expose students and encourage
engagement with notable personalities from varying sectors/industries, in particular, those from the
political directorate. The prevailing notion that the students are apathetic toward the governance
process or the general absence of student advocacy may be, in part, due to an insufficient knowledge
base of governance and understanding of advocacy strategies. The students, however, insisted that
they needed a space where they could engage in open and frank discussions, and pose questions,
which were not screened, on issues that impacted them directly and indirectly. The series spanned
the timeline of the project and saw individuals such as: Senator Matthew Samuda; Professor Trevor
Munroe, NIA Executive Director; the Hon. Floyd Green, Member of Parliament and Minister of State
in the MoEYI; Peter Bunting, Member of Parliament and Opposition Spokesperson on National
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Security; Richard Byles, Chief Executive Officer and President of Sagicor Life Group Jamaica; Gordon
Swaby, founder/CEO of Edufocal and Mr. Kemoy Lindsay, former Vice President of IAM and now
founder of Educate4Peace.
• National Integrity Action (NIA) partnered with the University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica
Campus’ (UWI-WJC), Institute of Gender and Development Studies, to host a one-day symposium on
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Commemoration of International Women’s Day. The event took place
at UWI-WJC’s Pavilion and commenced at 12:45 p.m. The theme of the symposium was “A Nuh So It
Fi Go: Creating a Safer World for Women and Girls” was chosen to bring about awareness to the recent
increase in incidents of violence in St. James and Hanover and to discuss the drivers and impacts of
violence from a gendered perspective. The symposium was well supported with approximately one
hundred and seventy (170) attendees, which consisted mostly of secondary school students from
surrounding areas. Some of the schools represented included: Rhodes Hall High, St. James High, Green
Pond High, Hopewell High, Montego Bay High, Montego Bay Community College, Maud McLeod High,
Maldon High, Petersfield High, G-Learning Academy and others were present.
• National Integrity Action (NIA) partnered with Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, to host their inaugural
Research Day which was held on April 17, 2018. The event took place on the college campus with the
theme: “Crime and Violence: Educate to Eradicate” and saw approximately one hundred and twenty
(120) students in attendance. The day saw Dr. Lorna Gow-Morrison, Principal of Sam Sharpe Teachers’
College, welcoming students and guests noting that they would like this to be a yearly event at the
college and to put Montego Bay squarely on the map for intellectual and social discourse. Dr.
Charmaine Johnson-Garwood, clinical psychologist, made the keynote presentation focusing on the
impact of abuse as well as crime and violence on children and the long-term effects on their
development. She noted how children exposed to abuse in the home and crime and violence in their
communities as adults can display maladaptive behaviour in adulthood. National Integrity Action’s
Executive Director, Professor Trevor Munroe, took part in a panel discussion focusing on “The impact
of Crime and Violence on Jamaicans: Educate to Eradicate”. Professor Munroe in his presentation
made the connection between corruption and crime, whilst highlighting the work of the Jamaica
Constabulary Force and MOCA in the fight against corruption. He also noted the increase in reports
to CRIME Stop and that citizens are now on the trajectory of speaking out more, however, more needs
to be done in prosecuting offenders. Professor Munroe, thereafter, presented his paper on “Reducing
Corruption, Strengthening Integrity: Some Reflections” during one of the concurrent sessions. He built
on his presentation at the panel providing students with more information on the various forms of
corruption, its negative impact on Jamaica’s development, how it foster crime and violence along with
other crimes such as scamming, which is prevalent in Western Jamaica.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, the UWI Mona Chapter of IAM as well as individual members
received awards from the administration of the University in recognition of their work. The club was
presented once again with the “Certificate for Excellence in Service”. Individual members, through
their work with the club received the following awards: “Certificate for Excellence in Leadership” –
President, Demoye Whiteley; “Certificate for Excellence in Service” – VP. Recruitment and
Membership, Sheneka Abbott and “Certificate(s) for Outstanding Performance in Service” were
presented to Romari Frith, Damone Henry, Davoreen Gaynor and Malyck Malcolm.
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Youth Crime Prevention
• I’m Glad I’m a Girl Foundation invited and National Integrity Action (NIA) accepted the invitation to
partner with them in hosting their annual Summer Camp at Mary Seacole Hall on the University of the
West Indies, Mona Campus. Since 2011, the Mary Seacole Hall’s I’m Glad I’m a Girl Foundation, through
its Summer Camp, has engaged teen girls in behavioural change interventions. The camp is designed
from Safe Space Model, utilizing empowerment and information sharing activities, that seeks to aid in
the overall development of these teenage girls, in particular coping strategies, self-esteem and positive
self-values and integrity. The camp saw thirty-seven (37) girls between the ages of 13 to 17 years of
age from various socio-economic backgrounds across Jamaica engaged in sessions over a five-day
period, from July 23 to July 27, 2017. The participants present were from a variety of secondary schools,
programmes and state care institutions.
• Yutes4Change Foundation collaborated with National Integrity Action to host a four (4) day summer
camp for underserved youths within the community of Gregory Park, Portmore, St. Catherine in
August 2017. The summer camp was aptly titled “Bridging the Gap to Positive Change” as the objective
of the camp was to assist youths within the community to improve upon areas that they were lacking
in, such as: computer literacy, conflict resolution, how to be a person of integrity and other skills
necessary for their development and to become good citizens. The camp saw thirteen (13) youths
between the ages of thirteen (13) and seventeen (17). This cohort consisted of seven (7) females and
five (5) males. Over the four (4) day period youths were engaged by individuals from various
organisations, which included: National Council on Drug Abuse, Forward Step Foundation amongst
other NGOs and personnel form the MoEYI.
• National Integrity Action’s Youth Outreach Officer, Ms. Jamie-Ann Chevannes, accepted an invitation
from the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Centre to engage with the young male wards at their annual
Career Day which was held on May 30, 2018. The day included various organisations such as: National
Youth Service, National Housing Trust, HEART Trust NTA and the Correctional Services. Ms.
Chevannes, in her presentation, advised the young persons that regardless of what brought them to
where there were now, they now had a choice in the direction their life will now take. She noted that
making the choice to create a positive change, would not be easy, but with hard work and
determination that they could achieve their goals. She added that there are persons and organisations
who were more than willing to assist them but they had to believe in themselves as well and make
the commitment to do the right thing. In closing, Ms. Chevannes stated that “talent was easily
distributed, but opportunities were not” and so, they needed to work on cultivating their own
personal talents and to utilise them in a positive manner which would be to their benefit.
• The National Interschool Brigade (NIB) Limited and National Integrity Action (NIA’s) partnered to host
a National Regimental and Behavioural Change Summer Camp 2019. The students who participated
in the camp would be considered the most severe cases as they would have been referred either by
their educational institutions or by the Courts as a final evaluation prior to making a decision on the
most appropriate way to deal with the youngsters. Thus, the aim of the programme is to reverse their
impending expulsions or to facilitate a decision by a Judge on a case which the student may have
before the Courts. At the conclusion of the camp in debriefing sessions with the Directors and Officers
of the Brigade, camp counselors, psychologist and NIA personnel it was determined that the progress
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gained by way of behavioural and attitude change would be lost if adequate follow up work was not
done with the youngsters. However, one of the recommendations from the camp based on interaction
with the participants was the need for stronger parenting. Participants bemoaned, in a majority of
cases the lack of support from one or both parents and the impact that the lack of support was having
on them psychologically and emotionally. As such, the parenting workshops were to be a continuation
of the intervention that has already begun. The first of the two parenting workshops was held at the
Mandeville Hotel in Manchester on February 25 and February 26, 2020. The workshop saw parents of
students from Holmwood Technical High School attending over the two days. On the first day there
were twenty-nine (29) parents in attendance and on the second day fifteen (15) parents were in
attendance. The second of the two parenting workshops was held at the Tree House, Hope Zoo in
Kingston on March 5 and February 6, 2020. The workshop saw parents of students from Denbigh
Primary, Foga Road High, BridgePort High, Garvey Maceo High and Kemps Hill High Schools attending
over the two days. On the first day there were ten (10) parents in attendance and on the second day
fourteen (14) parents were in attendance. The first day started late as we awaited the arrival of
parents who had confirmed their attendance, but was either late or turned out to be no shows from
Kingston and St. Catherine. Additionally, presenters who confirmed also did not show because of last
minute changes in their schedules at work.
Youth Advocacy
• National Integrity Action (NIA) hosted a Student Governance and Capacity Building Training Workshop
over the five-day period January 30 to February 3, 2017 at Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston. The
workshop was aimed at enhancing NIA’s youth members’ knowledge base of Jamaica’s governance
system, the importance of their role as change agents as well as strengthening the capacities as
advocates through communication (traditional and social media) and by resource mapping and
resource mobilisation at their disposal. The workshop also allowed incorporated a component to assist
them in coping, time and stress management as many of the students have to be balancing a myriad
of responsibilities as young adults.
• Encounter Ministries International (EMI) requested National Integrity Action’s (NIA’s) support in the
staging of a Youth Month Declaration Rally against Crime, dubbed with the theme “I Pledge” on
November 26, 2016 starting at 9:00 a.m. The initiative was conceptualised by the youth members of
the faith based organisation, due to the growing trend of crime and violence against youth, as well as
being perpetrated by their age group (14-30 years). On the day, participants met at Christar Villas
Hotel in Kingston, where they registered and received their black shirts branded with the “I Pledge”
logo. Pastor Munroe Allen stated that the rally was in recognition of the youths who had lost their lives
to senseless violence, such as Nicholas Francis of Jamaica College, who was killed for his cell phone on
the bus, and all other youths who met the same fate; it was time to take a stand and this is where it
begins.
• National Integrity Action (NIA) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MoEYI) partnered
to host a Student Governance, Leadership and Advocacy Training Workshop from October 17 to 22,
2016 at Jewels Paradise Cove Resort in Runaway Bay, St. Ann. The Student Governance, Leadership
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and Advocacy Training Workshop was aimed at strengthening the capacities of the Executive Officers
of the Jamaica Union of Tertiary Students (JUTS), which is a democratic, independent, non-profit, non-
sectarian and non-partisan student organisation comprising a confederation of local student
representative organisations in colleges and universities across Jamaica. It represents and defends the
interests of approximately 25, 000 students from 22 tertiary institutions. Additionally, members of the
youth club affiliated with NIA located on the Mona Campus on the University of the West Indies,
Integrity Action Movement for Students (IAM) which was established in 2014 also participated in the
training workshop. The training workshop allowed for students/youth to network and form alliances
across tertiary institutions, where NIA is now actively involved or seeking to become involved in our
efforts to build a social movement for integrity. Additionally, they will now be equipped with a strong
foundation, with enhanced soft and technical skills, upon which they will able to drive their
organisations forward and to convey acquired knowledge to other team members and their
constituents. This will inevitably broaden NIA’s base and assist in building a social movement with able
and motivates students.
• National Integrity Action (NIA) accepted an invitation by Talk Up Yout to partner with them on a series
of workshops and town halls across the island, themed: “Youth Empowerment Through Dialogue”. The
first in the series of workshops took place in Montego Bay at the Cornwall High School Chapel on April
21, 2017 which commenced at 10:00 a.m. The workshop sought to deepen participants understanding
of their rights and responsibilities as citizens, Jamaica’s governance structure, the role of Members of
Parliament, and advocacy by way of social media. Participants were also assisted in organising their
thoughts on issues pertinent to them and how to craft their questions for the upcoming town hall to
representatives from the government. The workshop was well supported with twenty-five participants
invited, but had twenty-seven in attendance. The participants were youths from various community
organisation within Montego Bay. The town hall saw fifty-nine (59) youths attending from the various
communities and youth organisations in the parish of St. James. The town hall was aired live on
Television Jamaica for the first hour of the event. A town hall was also held which as hosted by Emprezz
Golding, Creator and Project Director for Talk Up Yout introduced the series as a means of advocating
for workable solutions in our communities by youths, whilst demanding accountability from their
elected representations. She noted that in some instance, as was reported in the workshop, that many
of the youths were not aware of their elected representatives, increase knowledge on holding elected
officials accountable, role of Members of Parliament and the power that they have. The town hall was
co-hosted by Giovanni Dennis.
• National Integrity Action’s Youth Outreach Officer, Ms. Jamie-Ann Chevannes, was invited to be a
panellist at UWILeads’ Conference Commemorating World Social Justice Day under the theme “Social
Justice: Peace and Respect Between People” which she accepted. The conference was on held on
World Social Justice Day, February 20, 2017 on the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus at the
Main Library’s Multifunction Room. The Conference assisted in explaining what social justice truly is,
the impact of corruption on social justice, an imbalance in social justice can result in individuals
resorting to “alternative” methods for survival resulting in a high crime rate and that they have a
responsibility to take part in the process of renewal. It was estimated that approximately twenty
students would attend the conference, however, at its height the conference saw at maximum of 43
students in attendance.
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• National Integrity Action (NIA) in accordance with its mandate to “Combat Corruption and Strengthen
Integrity in Jamaica” partly by “build[ing] citizen capacity and awareness for sustained action against
corruption” particularly among the youth/students has decided to partner with Jamaica Forum for
Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-Flag) through its youth arm, Equality Youth Jamaica, to host a series
of roundtables dubbed “Legally Lit”. The series is expected to facilitate the expanding their advocacy
efforts from issues specifically related to the LGBT community to others of national interest. The first
roundtable was held on July 20, 2017 at National Integrity Action’s Office in Kingston. Professor Trevor
Munroe, Executive Director of NIA, led the session with the theme “Transforming the Law,
Transforming Jamaica”. The second installation of the series was held on August 17, 2017 which
focused on the Integrity Commission Bill being debated in Parliament. The main facilitator of the
meeting was Ms. Tressa West, NIA’s Legal Research Assistant who was supported by Ms. Lisanne
Hamilton, NIA’s Legal Officer. The Campaign Reform Act was the focus of the third session of the series
which was held on August 31, 2017 with eleven (11) participants present. NIA’s Legal Officer, Lisanne
Hamilton and Glenroy Murray of Equality Youth Jamaica co-facilitated the session. On September 14,
2017 the final session of the “Legally Lit” series took place with the focus on two (2) pieces of
legislation, Political Party Registration, that is, the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act,
2014 and the Local Governance Act, 2016. NIA’s Legal Officer, Lisanne Hamilton presented on the two
(2) Acts and also provided context to the background and importance of these laws as well as NIA’s
role and interest in having them passed.
• National Integrity Action collaborated with the Caribbean Regional Youth Council and other
stakeholders in staging the 5
th
Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit under the theme “Rerouting our
GPS: Governance, Peace and Security”. The Summit was held in Runaway Bay, St. Ann at the Jewel
Runaway Bay Resort from September 30 to October 3, 2017. The Summit celebrated Caribbean Youth
Day on September 30 and provided a unique opportunity for young leaders, youth development
practitioners, academics and policymakers to discuss and train in research, policy and programming
priorities for youth in a new, emerging and rapidly evolving global paradigm. This year’s Summit
provided a unique opportunity for engagement through (a) The Youth Leaders’ Forum and (b) The
Stakeholders’ Forum. A key component of the Summit was the use of research cluster working group.
This mechanism was put in place to ensure that all participants would be able to applied the technical
competencies learnt over the four days of training. Within each cluster, position papers were
developed as a key output of applying the skills learnt as well as addressing pertinent issues affecting
youth in development of the Caribbean region.
• On February 24, 2018 NIA hosted its first youth membership induction/training. The event saw forty-
one (41) students from MICO University, University of Technology, University of the West Indies and
Church Teachers’ College. The students were engaged for the entire day by NIA’s Executive Director,
Professor Trevor Munroe on the history and impact of student advocacy in Jamaica. Additionally, the
students were given topic areas pertinent to them to develop action plans for advocacy for the
upcoming school year and would be supported by NIA.
• National Integrity Action (NIA) hosted a training for youth from various youth-led or youth-oriented
organisations/programmes from across the island from Friday, March 22 to Sunday, March 24, 2019
with the theme “The Role of Youth in Safeguarding Jamaica’s Governance, Justice and Economic
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Security”. The was will be held at the Royalton White Sands Resorts in Trelawny. The training was held
as NIA as seeks to engage youth on the issue of justice, peace and security whilst making the linkage
with the pervasive nature of corruption within our society. Additionally, as Jamaica embarks on
achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and Jamaica’s Vision 2030 it is critical that
the nation’s youth are more aware and realise that they play a critical role in our realisation of these
goals. The two-day training saw thirty-eight (38) youth (16 females and 19 males) from
organisations/programmes such as: Integrity Action Movement, Police Youth Clubs, National Youth
Parliament of Jamaica, Youth Advisory Council, Equality Youth Jamaica, Commonwealth Youth Peace
Ambassadors Network, National Youth Council of Jamaica, G2K and the PNPYO, among others. The
participants chose to focus on Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Prevention. The facilitators
representing the various organisations, pledged to support the participants’ initiative by providing
additional training as well as some funding for the execution of the project.
Partnerships
• Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation collaborated with National Integrity Action on the development
of the Hope Zoo Interactive App and the NIA Integrity Space. The Hope Zoo Interactive App and NIA
Integrity Space was launched on September 25, 2017 at Hope Zoo at 3:00pm. The vision for the Hope
Zoo Interactive App arose from the need to engage Jamaica’s youth in innovative and consistent ways.
The App seeks to engage children and their guardians whilst at the Zoo giving pertinent information
on the animals and how to care for them and the environment. It is envisioned that by pushing
through these messages conveying positive values and attitudes, such as how to care for and treat
animals well, children will apply them whilst interacting with their peers and others around them. The
“Integrity Space” will feature an Integrity Pathway with youth friendly signage carrying messages
promoting integrity and all-around positive values and attitudes. The launch event saw partners and
supporters of the both organisations in attendance. Among these were Minister of State in the
Ministry of National Security, Pearnel Charles Jnr; Contractor General, Mr. Dirk Harrison; Director
General of MOCA, Col. Desmond Edwards and Senior Superintendent Steven McGregor, Head of the
Community, Safety and Security Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force. Representatives from the
Governor General’s and Chief Justice’s Office were present. Also in attendance, were representatives
from USAID, including Ms. Rebecca Robinson, Mission Director (Actg.) and Mr. Andrew Colburn, Office
Director.
• Jamaica’s Governor General Sir Patrick Allen extended an invitation to National Integrity Action (NIA)
to participate in the annual flagship initiative the “I Believe” National Youth Consultative Conference.
This conference took place at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston on October 5, 2017. This
conference is a continuation of the GGs ‘I Believe Initiative’ which is now in its 6th year, under the
mantra “There is nothing wrong with Jamaica that cannot be fixed by what is right with Jamaica”.
Hitherto these have been on a County basis geographically, bringing together the leaders of secondary
and tertiary level students in separate conferences, attended by 150 to 200 students and selected
community leaders from Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey. These conferences over the past two years
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has facilitated NIA’s message being disseminated among leaders of the youth and has been a conduit
for new members from the youth cohort.
• National Integrity Action (NIA) partnered with Forward Step Foundation to host its ‘Phenomenal
Woman’ Awards Ceremony on March 31, 2018 in celebration of Women’s Month. The event was held
at the Gregory Park Primary School in St. Catherine, Jamaica and commenced at 7:00pm. The evening
saw approximately thirty-five (35) women being honoured. These women were actively working in
the volatile community of Gregory Park and surrounding environs, who were making a positive impact
on youth within the community by assisting them to go to school, providing free lessons to support
them with their schooling, employing youth in their businesses from within the community to ensure
that they are not recruited by gangs and providing necessary support for parents (esp. young single
mothers and teens currently pregnant) in raising their children and continuing their education.
• National Integrity Action (NIA) in collaboration with its sub-awardee Youth Crime Watch of Jamaica
(YCWJ) and the University of Technology’s FiWi Jamaica Project on March 28, 2018 held the launch of
the “I AM Integrity” and “Big Woman Tingz” Albums. The event was held under the theme “I AM
INTEGRITY; I AM WOMAN” at the Serengeti Restaurant at the Hope Zoo in Kingston. The event saw
eighty-nine (89) persons in attendance. The “I AM Integrity” album produced by YCWJ is a major
output from the Change through Art (CTA) component of their sub-award from NIA’s Cooperative
Agreement with USAID. CTA is aimed at behaviour modification through the performing arts, utilizing
a multi-faceted approach that strives to build the awareness of participants through various
artistic/musical endeavours and by conditioning the mind to create positive lyrics among other things.
Likewise, the FiWi Jamaica project - being executed by the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech)
- produced the Girls using Ubuntu, Respect and Love for Entrepreneurial Success (GURLES) album
entitled “Big Woman Tingz”. This was conceptualised as a means by which to expand the window of
opportunity for the protection and promotion of human rights, especially among women and girls.
• National Integrity Action (NIA) supported the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) staging of the
Ananda Alert National Missing Children’s Forum held on Thursday May 25, 2017 at the Jamaica
Conference Centre, Downtown Kingston. The forum saw high schools from all over Jamaica such as
Manchester High, Morant Bay High and the Wolmers’ Boys School congregate to witness a
competition between the five (5) finalists of the Ananda Alert School competition. The finalists were
Glenmuir High, Manchester High, Jonathan Grant High, Greater Portmore High and Westwood High.
Over 500 participants were in attendance, inclusive of teachers, parents and spectators
National Integrity Action (NIA) recognizes that the youth are an important component of society and so
actively seeks to engage them, in order to raise their awareness about the impact of corruption – on the
national and on the individual levels – as well as deepen their understanding of the issues related to
corruption and steps that can be taken to reduce corruption and build integrity in Jamaica.
Against this background NIA has hosted and participated in a plethora of youth-focused activities to
include:
Governor General’s Programme for Excellence – 2015 Youth Consultative Conferences
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The Governor General’s Programme for Excellence, under whose umbrella the ‘I Believe Initiative’ falls,
has as its mission “To recognize and promote excellence and empower Jamaicans to believe in themselves
and achieve their God-given potential while contributing to nation building.” Further its 2015 theme is
“Values Through Volunteerism. Impacting Communities: One Community at a Time.” This mission and
theme intersected with NIA’s mandate in several tangible ways and was thus the basis – following on an
invitation from the Governor General himself, made when he met with the staff in April 2015 – of NIA’s
collaboration on the 2015 Youth Consultative Conferences.
Three conferences were held, one in each of the three counties in Jamaica. The first was held on October
8, 2015 in Hanover, the second in Manchester on October 22 and the third in Portland on October 29.
Each county conference included a cross-section of youth from parishes in the counties who have proven
themselves as leaders and demonstrated commitment towards nation-building. NIA’s mandate and
membership drive therefore achieved a most fitting and new target audience with this youth cohort. NIA’s
Executive Director, Professor Trevor Munroe C.D was a Guest Speaker at all three conferences and spoke
on the theme ‘Youths Righting the Wrong in Jamaica’; his presentations were well received on all three
occasions. NIA’s promotional materials, including videos, were displayed and students openly indicated
their interest in becoming members of NIA. NIA also facilitated the attendance of a selected group of
youth ambassadors to the 4
th
Members Induction Ceremony held in December 2015.
NIA is pleased that no less than the Governor General is desirous of a partnership and intends to
strengthen this as we continue to build a social movement for integrity and against corruption. The
conference series was regarded as an overall success as it provided the opportunity to engage some 500
members of Jamaica’s upcoming leadership cohort. To paraphrase the Governor General, those in his age
group were in the ‘departure lounge’ and so wanted to impart important lessons to the next generation.
National Youth Debating Competitions
National Integrity Action (NIA) in another show of its commitment to the nation’s youth also partnered
with Burger King in staging the annual island wide Secondary Schools Debating Competition and the first
ever National Prep and Primary School Debating Competition. NIA’s decision to partner with Burger King
in the staging of these competitions arose from the belief that the values and tenets of integrity should
be nurtured from the earliest possible stage of development. Additionally, the competition encourages
critical thinking, research skills and the organization of thoughts into logical arguments, showing youths
that there is a better method by which to settle disputes among themselves. NIA was also able to suggest
moots which were all geared towards getting our youngsters to think about matters of ethics and integrity
and of course of the need to combat corruption in all forms. NIA, in these instances, also provided research
material to the participants to aid in their preparation.
Bearing the results in mind, NIA is pleased to have been a part of both competitions and looks forward
to continuing to work with the youth demographic using the Burger King Debating Competition as one
platform.
Essay and Poster Competitions
- Moe/NIA Essay Competition
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Partnership with the Ministry of Education (MoE) is a natural step in the process of engaging the nation’s
youth. After initial discussions between National Integrity Action (NIA) and the Ministry of Education
(MoE) the decision was taken to stage a Youth Essay Competition targeting the sixth form population
across the island under the theme, ‘Fighting Corruption, Building Integrity in Jamaica’ in support of the
Research and Advocacy Component of the Ministry of Education’s New Civics Programme.
This was a thrust at creating greater public awareness and getting youth to engage in the discussion on
building integrity in the Jamaican society. The competition was launched on September 23, 2012,
International Peace Day, with submissions closing on December 9, UN International Anti-Corruption Day.
The competition was staged under the patronage of former Governor General, Sir Kenneth Hall, and the
adjudicators of the essays were: Martin Henry, Communicator, Gleaner columnist and NIA Board Member;
Gloria Bean, President of the History Teachers’ Association; Dorothy Noel, Publisher and Ryan Small,
President of the Jamaica Youth Council. The quality of essays and posters received were very encouraging.
NIA plans on facilitating similar competitions aimed at improving the awareness of youths on matters
relating to corruption and the building of integrity
- OCG NIA sponsored Youth Essay and Poster Competition
In 2015 NIA gave financial support to the OCG in staging its first Youth Essay and Poster Competition. The
poster competition was for students 10-13 years-old and the essay competition for 14-18 years-old.
Students of approximately 100 high schools from across the length and breadth of the country were on
hand to witness the launch of the competition.
Entries to the essay competition are asked to be between 1,000 and 1,500 words on one of the topics:
1. The impact of corruption on Jamaica’s development
2. To what extent will corruption hinder Jamaica’s ability to achieve its Vision 2030 objectives?
3. Corruption is entrenched in societal norms in Jamaica and to that extent is practically impossible
to eradicate.
4. A 1-2-3 Corruption Eradication Plan for Jamaica 2030
The eventual winners of the competition were announced and presented on International Anti-Corruption
Day, December 9, 2015.
Integrity Ambassadors
A critical element in NIA’s anti-corruption work is building integrity. NIA understands the critical role the
younger demography will have to play in building integrity and as such partnered with the Jamaica Civil
Society Coalition (JCSC) to implement the Integrity Ambassador Programme in schools. The importance
of this effort is not lost on NIA as the cultivation of the principles of integrity from the early years helps to
socialize the youth to practice these principles throughout their lifetime.
The premise of the programme lay in the fact that students were already primary message carriers to their
families and peers within and outside of the school community. As such, if the principles of integrity are
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instilled in students, it will be a critical step towards positively impacting individual and community values,
attitudes and behaviors.
An Integrity Ambassador, for the purposes of this programme, is a student leader who is trained and
equipped with the requisite skills, knowledge and attitudes and who is willing to take on a role as a
champion of integrity, civic responsibility and respect for the Law. The programme helped to increase the
capacity of the student ambassadors to demonstrate and promote the principles of integrity within their
school environment, families and communities. The Programme was implemented as a pilot in three high
schools - Holy Trinity High, St George’s High School and St Hugh’s High School. It is hoped that the project
can be expanded in other high schools across the island – with a tentative commitment already in place
in this regard from the Ministry of Education.
An important tangential occurrence has been a request from the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Education, to have dialogue with NIA on partnering to build integrity at the teacher training colleges as
well as at tertiary institutions in general.
As a result of NIA’s engagement of the nation’s youth, we have seen much potential in them and the
promise of a bright future. We believe that through consistent and constant engagement, we can once
again ignite their passion to not just be onlookers but be active participants in governance and nation
building.
In addition to these events, NIA has also formed partnerships and worked with many Youth Specific
Organizations. Here we mention a few:
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Community Outreach
In fulfilment of the organization’s mandate, NIA has supported the development of the capacity of
volunteers and supporters to the mission. Through direct engagement and partnerships with CSOs and
the wider Third Sector, community outreach has built a greater understanding of integrity and anti-
corruption in communities and partner organizations. Through our work, we were able to engage and
offer training to support their participation and ability to work in their communities. Through long term
engagement with community groups NIA was able to bring discussions of integrity and ways to fight
corruption and crime into programs that were otherwise about parenting, advocacy, environment and job
skills, respectively. Through this, we not only increased awareness and capacity regarding integrity and
corruption among participants in those programs, but also helped the volunteers expand their capacity to
include integrity and corruption issues in the engagement with different demographic groups, notably
young people.
Among the outcomes of this area of work:
- Identification and training of over 350 volunteers for the development of a volunteer (data)base
for NIA.
- Support to the Yutes4Change Foundation that has led to the training of over 30 youth as
volunteers and mentors with youth-serving organizations across Jamaica.
- Partnership with Office of Student Services’ UWI LEADS programme to guest lecture in Social
Leadership and Community Participation
- Spanish Town Ministers’ Fraternal mentorship training with over 100 men affiliated with churches
in Spanish Town and West Kingston receiving training in mentorship.
The cross-cutting themes of community outreach were governance, legal outreach, civic engagement and
participation, building the capacity of citizens for advocacy, rural and at-risk community engagement,
along with environmental stewardship and disaster preparedness. NIA’s community outreach work
demonstrated the connection between integrity, corruption and the local issues of importance to the
citizens. In conclusion, through the community outreach efforts, the capacity of citizens to engage with
and to speak their truth to power has been enhanced.
Specific Community-focused activities
Crime prevention or community engagement through sports and culture
Crime and violence are major obstacles to quality of life and to human, social and economic development
in Jamaica. Youth violence is a major concern especially for those living in low-income settings and the
peri-urban communities. This poses serious challenges as displays of violence become normalized. It also
has severe direct and indirect monetary costs for governments related to policing, healthcare, judicial
processes and corrective measures, as well as loss of earnings by incarcerated youth, loss of life among
young productive citizens and lower economic growth. Many factors may trigger youth violence, including
the lack of socio-economic opportunities that make criminal activities financially attractive. Addressing
the community, parish-levels as well as societal risk factors that trigger youth violence was at the heart of
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many primary prevention strategies discussed, planned and executed through the CCSIJ. As youth violence
tends to mostly affects males, there were specific activities designed at reducing the incidence of male
violence.
Using holistic approaches to addressing the issue of crime prevention at the community level, work was
done at the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary levels to proactively support safer communities with citizens
invested in a culture of lawfulness and integrity. Through capacity building for youth and community
leaders, direct training of youths who were in conflict with societal norms, educational institution rules
and the law, NIA supported Primaryyouth violence prevention programmes in Kingston and St Andrew,
St. Catherine and St. James. Engagement with the Flanker Peace and Justice Centre showcased a life-skills
based community engagement model where youths and adolescents who had been suspended from
schools were supported in the development of coping methodologies against crime and gang
participation. Support to the Peace Management Institute and August Town Ministers’ Fraternal was
directed at intervening in gang conflicts in August Town, Rockfort, Mountain View and Montego Bay to
reduce inter and intra community conflict and redirect participants away from gang violence.
Secondary and Tertiary violence prevention strategies used sports and culture-based strategies to
improve the capacity of communities and schools to redirect youth from being recruited into gangs.
Support to Mona Social Services, Rockfort Development Council, Southern Basketball Conference, Jamaica
Basketball Association, OurKids Academy and the Clarendon Parish Development Committee exemplified
support to communities, schools and organizations to build programmes against gang participation. The
community outreach work was directed at enhancing the understanding of the connection between
integrity, corruption and the local issues of gang participation and impunity. The approaches facilitated
support to a cadre of service organizations whose work and knowledge of how to promote positive values,
community participation, child rights and mentorship was deepened. The cross-learning opportunities
developed builds a layer of continuity and support that will impact beyond the life of the project. Examples
of this are detailed below.
- The Jamaica Youth Theatre was engaged both as a partner and to provide training support in the
use of community drama as a medium for intimate partner violence as well as anti-corruption and
integrity messaging in communities. As partners NIA supported the group’s improved capacity for
effective community engagement and in community governance research.
- Rockfort Development Council’s use of sports and arts as violence prevention mechanism was
supported by NIA’s funding to a summer camp and community fair. Along with this, NIA was able
to offer training to the youth members in peer mentoring, youth engagement strategies and arts
therapy programmes tailored for the community.
- Cambridge’s Tri-Star Police Youth Club was able to support “community buil’ back” programmes
as a way to heal after gang violence had torn the community apart. This programme utilized sports
and arts programmes including football, netball and culinary arts.
- Targeting gender-based violence was an important part of the work, especially with the
recognition that there is an inherent link between corruption, impunity and high levels of violence
against women and children. Support to I’m Glad I’m a Girl Foundation allowed them to host a
residential behaviour change and support programme during the summer for girls who have been
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affected by GBV. The Foundation reciprocated by providing expert facilitation to other violence
prevention programmes.
Partnerships/collaborations: the work to build a social movement
At its core, the work with community organizations was a part of the thrust to strengthen a network of
key actors, capacitated and enabled to support public demand for integrity in the society. The CCSIJ
project enabled NIA to build networks among organizations as a part of building the social movement for
change, especially where corruption and poor governance intersects with crime and violence and
increasing citizen apathy. The work to build partnerships laid the foundation for positive results, from the
indications of the early impact on the messaging and approach to organizations and citizens - but it may
be too early to see impact against corruption. Partnerships were built with state agencies and civil society,
with the model being to support activities that magnify results and increase the capacity of the citizenry
to demand accountability. With the entrenched nature of the development problematique and given the
period under review, there are numerous examples of increased indicator outputs, including the work
that NIA did to draw attention to corruption and integrity, on community message boards, media
appearances as well as, trainings and workshops throughout Jamaica. The methodology and approach of
mainstreaming integrity as a part of community discourse became embedded and a part of standard
practice. Political and civil leadership should allow for the work and reach to continue beyond the life of
the project.
A cadre of community leaders from across the island were trained, and training materials developed and
shared, in an effort to build the institutional capacity and memory of the community organizations.
Organizations’ ability to recruit volunteers and to train them in advocacy, communications and research,
especially as citizens’ anti-corruption advocates were improved. With the state, community governance
participation was supported, through partnerships with municipal corporations and the Social
Development Commission. A culmination of this work in Clarendon was the launch of the Parish’s Citizen’s
Charter, that reflected approaches and advocacy of civil society groups that received training from NIA.
The Parish Development Committees and the respective community development councils were also
supported in their work to engage citizens and participate in local government decision-making systems
as supported by the laws. Support to victims of corruption and miscarriages of justice continued with NIA’s
work with the Legal Aid Council, Office of the Political Ombudsman and the Ministry of Justice’s
Restorative Justice Unit. This often dove-tailed with the community engagement activities.
- Through the Jamaica Constabulary’s Community Safety and Security Branch, training and
engagement with Police Youth Clubs, neighbourhood watch programmes increased, with support
for targeted training in advocacy, community journalism, social audit and effective community
engagement strategies. Activities were designed to support the thrust for building a culture of
lawfulness in partnership with the police.
- To support on-going activities with partners and to magnify capacity for sub-grantees, NIA
Community Outreach supported WROC, YCWJ and CVSS activities in different communities. For
WROC we offered trainers and experts to support their summer programmes in Arnett Gardens
and surrounding areas. CVSS’ trained integrity advocates received further training and support in
implementing community meetings and trainings.
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- YCWJ’s reach and capacity allowed for partnership around youth in community activities,
especially on violence prevention and sports and culture-based advocacy. The targeted support
to basketball-centred youth violence work expanded by NIA after emerging from partnerships
initiated by YCWJ.
- Faith-based institutions received support through targeted events, trainings and programmes
that showcased how engagement on integrity and anti-corruption was a part of fulfilling their
mission for a safe community. In partnership with the Spanish Town Revival and Lighthouse
Ministries, there were a series of community engagements that targeted violence in communities.
The series dubbed the ‘10,000 Men and their Families March’, was hosted in Spanish Town, West
Kingston, August Town and Montego Bay over the life of CCSIJ. Emerging from this mentorship
and community governance trainings were done with different denominations.
Outreach & Advocacy
Building the public capacity to advocate on issues of integrity was a key feature of area of focus the
Community Outreach team. Core to this was to get citizens to understand that key challenges being faced
by citizens in their community: community safety and security, environmental safety, effective
governance, availability of health care, social protection, adequate garbage collection and potable water
distribution for the citizens are all affected by corruption and the integrity in the administration of the
country. Work was done to improve this knowledge and to support local community research and the
communication of research findings to a wider audience. Activities and events were facilitated for citizens
to speak directly with their representatives. These events, including town hall meetings, corner reasonings
and community fairs supported the premise that the citizens are best positioned to advocate on their own
behalf for the solutions that are needed. Through partnerships with Parish Development Committees,
especially Clarendon, advocacy plans and strategies were developed to raise both the awareness and the
capacity of citizens and community governance institutions. Town hall meetings on different issues of
local and national resonance have been held in every parish across Jamaica, raising local voices to national
and local leaders on a variety of issues. The push for amendments to the Representation of the People
Act, the promulgation of Regulations for the Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Taskforce,
among others were supported by advocacy by citizens to their legislators at these meetings.
Arising from this area of work, over 120 persons, citizens of communities defined by PIOJ as most at risk
through the Community Renewal Programme, were trained in social auditing and/or community
journalism to share information emerging from their community across different media. Participants from
the programme have gone on to develop their skills, becoming working journalists, and in one particular
case has even been awarded for feature stories by the Press Association of Jamaica.
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Support to Victims of Corruption and Injustice (ALAC)
NIA has been actively supporting Jamaican citizens’ capacity to deal with corruption victimization through
its Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC). Indigenizing a model inherited from Transparency
International (TI), NIA seeks to offer recourse to victim and witnesses of corruption through the ALAC.
This is as part of a multi-dimensional approach being taken by NIA towards the combat of corruption and
strengthening of integrity in Jamaica and a recognition of the integral role which citizens must play in this
regard.
ALAC, through its in-house Attorneys-at-Law, provides free, confidential legal advice and assistance to
witnesses and victims of corruption and in general, to persons who have suffered some form of injustice.
The majority of complaints would be received by telephone, including to a dedicated toll-free line that
was established for this purpose. Others would approach NIA in writing, whether letters or emails, while
others still would visit the office. In recognition of the difficulty faced by some persons to access our
services, NIA’s ALAC also developed a “Mobile ALAC” through which, NIA takes free legal advice services
to various communities across Jamaica.
Much of the corruption-related issues which Jamaicans face, arise from bureaucracy and favoritism in
government institutions and in access to basic services as well as other difficulties often faced by citizens
(including the lack of awareness) in accessing information and the local institutions tasked with the
responsibility to address various matters. Further, legal advice is generally not very affordable for the
average citizen and the Legal Aid system in Jamaica is limited as it traditionally does not provide much
assistance in civil matters, which is the aspect most-frequently required by individuals to enforce rights
against another. This lack of and or difficulty with access to institutions, information and legal advice is
often exacerbated in the case of the elderly and persons with disabilities and literacy challenges - and
worsened for such persons who reside in rural areas outside of Kingston and Saint Andrew, where most
services and institutions are located, including NIA. As such, there are often physical and financial
challenges experienced with accessing many public institutions and their services.
NIA, through its ALAC, provides legal advice and assistance to citizens in such a way as to equip them with
the information and support necessary to provide solutions to their corruption-related issues while
simultaneously educating them as to what they can do, steps they can take and the entities and other
resources which exist and have responsibility for addressing their grievances. NIA’s ALAC consisted of two
to four in-house Attorneys-at-Law who provide legal advice and assistance to persons on a daily basis.
While ALAC does not provide legal representation to persons, it utilizes the tool of strategic litigation in
certain instances so as to bring about some systematic change.
Day-to-day ALAC Activities
▪ Communication with/follow up of complainants, receiving corruption reports by telephone,
email and walk-ins and providing legal advice and assistance.
▪ Drafting of various communications as well as liaising with various organizations to have
complaints resolved.
▪ Updating and maintenance of complaint records, complainant files, ALAC matrix.
▪ Research related to complaints through review of cases, legislation and other documents.
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▪ Participated and Attended TI-organized discussions and meetings (virtually and physically).
▪ Follow and keep abreast of any hot topics and/or legislative changes or review especially in light
of economic, political, social changes or disturbances (e.g.) Data Protection Act.
Cases of Interest
CAMEISHA GARDENER
The former district constable was suspended without pay in 2002 and dismissed 14 years later, but she
was adamant that the leadership of Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) had acted unfairly and without
adequate grounds after she was on suspension following an incident.
Frustrated, tired, and unable to find anyone to help, Gardener took her case to NIA in 2015, based on a
recommendation from a colleague. Having listened to her story, NIA sought to assist her as in our view
her case had merit and had a realistic prospect of success. Executive director of NIA, Professor Trevor
Munroe, then wrote to the Commissioner of Police, who responded by letter to say that the matter was
"being given attention". But after a year with no action on the part of the JCF, NIA decided to seek justice
through the courts. Through ALAC, NIA retained lawyers and in 2016 brought a lawsuit against the
Commissioner of Police and the Attorney General.
With the matter before the court, the Office of the Attorney General admitted that Gardener was wrongly
treated and should be compensated for the 16 years off the job. She was ruled entitled to all the
emoluments and perquisites attached to her post from the date of her suspension.
DUNROBIN PARK
Dunrobin Park is a community with a recreational space and play area for their children, which was also
used by the Citizen’s Association for their meetings. It was subsequently observed that the patrons of
Macau Gaming Lounge (Macau Enterprise Limited) began to use the park for purposes of parking. The
residents were informed by the Kingston & St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (the local government
authority) in a letter dated 22
nd
February, 2016 that a lease had been granted to Macau Enterprise Limited
for use of the park as additional parking. The property is owned by the local government authority based
on the title however, in essence it is to be held in trust for the benefit of the citizens of Dunrobin Park.
NIA became aware of the situation on March 15, 2016 when an email was received detailing the situation.
Since then NIA has utilized numerous methods to have the matter resolved including writing letters and
having meetings with the citizens of Dunrobin Park, the Town Clerk and the Attorney for the local
government authority, all to no avail. On Friday, September 30, 2016 legal documents were served at the
premises of Mrs. Paulette Corrie, the President of the Dunrobin Park Citizen’s Association &
Neighbourhood Watch. The local government authority is seeking direction as it relates to its authority
to lease the property/park to Macau Enterprise Limited. The matter has been plagued with setbacks as
there has been some difficulty in judges recusing themselves from the trial on two separate occasions.
Most recently, the new trial judge recused herself and mediation is currently being considered to bring
the matter to an end.
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FRANKLIN FORBES
Mr. Forbes approached NIA on September 28, 2018 to report a matter concerning land. He said there
were two (2) persons who had occupied portions of his land. He said that in 2009, the defendants came
on the land and built their house on the land and he wants the court to take them off the land. He indicated
that he had been to court in 2013 and again in February 2018, but without resolution. One of the persons
who built a structure even applied for Adverse Possession.
ALAC secured proper legal representation for him after realizing that the gentleman was significantly older
and not fully aware of what was taking place in his own matter. It went before the courts and it was
ordered by a judge that a surveyor’s report should be done by an independent surveyor. NIA covered his
half of the costs for the surveyor’s report and the matter came up in court but had to be adjourned on
several occasions. The survey was done in the matter and all parties were awaiting receipt of the
surveyor’s report which is to be presented to the court at the next hearing on July 9, 2020.
Mobile ALAC
Mobile ALAC is an initiative of NIA’s ALAC which seeks to take its free legal advice services into various
communities across Jamaica. In doing so, the ALAC team has been able to provide the citizens of various
communities and parishes with the opportunity to ventilate their legal issues and concerns and to
receive legal advice and direction as to how they may be addressed.
The decision to bring Mobile ALAC to the various parishes at this time was not merely fortuitous and in
fact has been made upon consideration of the number of complaints which have come from residents in
specific parishes at particular times. These complaints span a wide range of issues including labour and
employment, road and infrastructure, planning, zoning and nuisance.
To ensure efficiency and to build and encourage accountability among public institutions and thereby
reduce corruption, ALAC in the provision of legal advice and assistance, often refers matters to any
public regulatory or oversight authority which may exist to address any matter which has been received.
As such, ALAC partners and collaborates with a number of public institutions and authorities and relied
on some of these partnerships to execute the Mobile ALAC events. The Kingston Legal Aid Clinic,
Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Office of the Public Defender (OPD), Land Administration and
Management Programme (LAMP) and National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Office of the Public Defender
(OPD), All Island Banana Growers’ Association, the Community Safety and Security Branch of the Jamaica
Constabulary Force, the Municipal Corporation (of hosting parish), Office of the Children’s Advocate
(OCA) and the National Water Commission (NWC) are among the organisations that have participated in
providing services and assistance to citizens.
Justice Fairs
National Integrity Action (NIA) was invited by the Legal Aid Council (LAC) to participate in its series of
Justice Fairs for 2017 to 2019. The Justice Fair is part of the Community Services component of the
Citizen Security and Justice Programme III (CSJP III) under which the LAC is mandated to convene Justice
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Fairs in the CSJP parishes. Throughout the LAC Justice Fair, NIA’s ALAC was afforded the opportunity to
provide well-needed Mobile ALAC services to citizens.
Below is a list of all the Legal Aid Council Justice Fairs attended by ALAC:
DATE
VENUE
December 8, 2017
Old Police Station, May Pen, Clarendon
March 21, 2018
Tacky High School (Football field), Gayle, St. Mary
June 21, 2018
Independence Park, Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland
March 29, 2019
Transport Centre, Half-Way-Tree, St. Andrew
May 31, 2019
Owen Palmer Oval (Homestead Community Centre), Spanish
Town, Saint Catherine
November 28, 2019
Claude Stewart Park, Port Maria St. Mary
ALAC Social Media Campaign
During the year 2019 a total of One Hundred and Sixty-Four (164) persons received advice and assistance
from ALAC. Each complaint is assessed and placed in a category specific to their situation. It was found
that a majority of the complaints relate to the Labor/Employment category. Complaints which focused on
Labor/Employment matters were found to be mostly in relation to former employees being unfairly
dismissed. A Town Hall meeting was conceived upon a recognition for greater advocacy and public
awareness around the issue, as a potential avenue to reaching members of the wider society and
enlightening them as to the avenues to resolve such complaints. The aim of this campaign was to inform
persons about their rights to fair dismissal and the necessary steps to be taken if they are unfairly
dismissed. The town hall meeting was planned for March 12, 2020 to be accompanied by a Social Media
Campaign to be executed between March 9 and 20. However, COVID-19 and its effects caused this Town
Hall to be postponed as social distancing and other anti-COVID-19 protocols were implemented.
Nevertheless, the social media campaign was executed to good effect. This was the main setback incurred
by ALAC over the life of the project, along with the inability of a consultant to deliver on a planned Citizen’s
Anti-Corruption Manual.
Engagement With Transparency International
1) Berlin, Germany:
a) Transparency International’s (TI’s)- Speak Up Global Event on December 12 – 16, 2016
Transparency International’s (TI’s) Secretariat (TI-S) hosted in Berlin, from December 12 to 16,
2016, a meeting of its Chapters’ Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs). The meeting was
titled as a “Speak Up Global Event” with the theme being “Together Against Corruption: TI Case
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Work of the Future.” National Integrity Action (NIA) was represented at the meeting by Legal
Adviser, Lenworth Burke and Legal Officer, Lisanne Hamilton who were among the over seventy
(70) participants present from approximately sixty (60) countries.
The Speak Up Global Event sought to focus on impact. The plenary sessions were chaired by TI-S’
Global ALAC Coordinator, Paul Zoubkov who from the outset, explained that while TI and its
chapters do excellent work through ALAC, the aim was to now find ways to leverage this work so
as to drastically scale and deepen the impact. The format of the sessions also highlighted the
expository background of ALACs and its workings, specifically its ALAC Database for its analysis
and collection of complaints, best practices and strategies to utilize to affect systemic change and
greater impact as well as key areas of collaboration/partnership among different ALACs. There
were further examinations of investigative methodologies, strategic litigation via electronic
means, the use of varying social media campaign(s) and partnership with Civil Society
Organizations to effectively produce impact.
The event was widely met with appreciation. NIA was one of the four (4) chapters who were asked
to participate in short one-minute clips speaking about ALAC which TI-S would go on to use for its
social media campaign. The video has been added to TI’s YouTube channel as a means of
informing about and promoting ALAC work and encouraging the victims and witnesses of
corruption to speak out
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b) 2019 Annual Members Meeting (AMM) of Transparency International (TI), on November 15 –
17, 2019
Transparency International (TI) hosted its 2019 Annual Members Meeting (AMM) in Berlin,
Germany from November 15 – 17, 2019. The AMM represents TI’s highest decision-making forum,
where representatives of the chapters globally, as well as Individual Members, are able to vote
on matters that arise and thereby steer the direction of the organisation. Three NIA members
participated - Marlon G. Moore, Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator – who was also NIA’s
Official Chapter Representative; Gavin Myers, Community Outreach Coordinator and Latoya
Thomas, Legal Officer. Marlon was also required to vote by proxy on behalf of NIA’s Executive
Director, Prof. Trevor Munroe, who is an Individual Member of TI, but regrettably could not
attend. The team’s participation was supported by both the USAID Cooperative Agreement, as
well as TI’s IMPACT Programme, funded by Global Affairs Canada. The theme of the 2019 AMM
was “One Movement. One Goal. Zero Corruption.”
The format of this event included an our MEC attending an informal meeting of Executive
Directors (ED’s) of Chapters to discuss several items of importance to chapters, which had not
necessarily caught the attention of the Secretariat – such as the need to develop a mechanism to
tap into the experience and knowledge of the ED’s on a broad scale, to support the work of the
movement. The event’s consisted of plenary sessions that facilitated discussions on Dirty Money
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and Political Integrity, with speakers from different Chapters, Integrity Matters - Integrity,
Wellbeing and Safeguarding and regional breakout sessions with the aid of translators (as many
sessions were in conducted in a Foreign language). Gavin Myers was a panelist in one of these
sessions that specifically dealt with “Engaging Youth in the Anti-Corruption Fight”. There were
various sessions that considered crucial themes such as civil society engagement, gender issues
among other areas of concern. Each plenary and some of the breakout sessions were attended by
one or more of the NIA representatives.
The AMM proceeded with debate(s) on proposed resolutions, actual voting by delegates on a
range of matters, from the adoption of the 2018 AMM minutes to the approval of the 2018 Annual
Report as well as on the governance changes and the resolutions that had been put forward.
Among the changes voted on were the selection of three new TI Board Members, as well as the
dissolution of the Advisory Council. Changes were also made to the mechanism of naming
“Individual Members” of the Movement – existing Individual Members, instead be invited to join
the “International Council” which would have term limits for all, except those founding individual
members who signed the Charter that established the movement. The event officially concluded
with the TI Amalia Awards, where members of the movement were celebrated for their work in
various categories.
2) Guatemala:
NIA accepted the invitation and participated in training seminar/meeting for its Advocacy and Legal
Advice Centres (ALACs) hosted by Transparency International’s (TI’s) Secretariat (TI-S) in Antigua,
Guatemala, from May 14 – 15, 2018). This event also commemorated the 10
th
Anniversary of the
formation of ALAC in Guatemala. The meeting was titled “Encuentro International de sociedad civil
para la lucha contra la corrupcion”, which loosely translates to, “International Meeting of Civil Society
in the fight against Corruption”. National Integrity Action (NIA) was represented at the meeting by
Legal Research Assistant, Tressa West who was among approximately sixteen (16) other participants
present from approximately seven (7) countries.
The meeting/ training seminar was chaired by Alejandro Urizar, TI and Edie Cux, Director of ALAC in
Guatemala with a focus on how to readily address the corruption cases being received by ALACs. Its
format facilitated interactive sessions for the participants to give brief overview of their existing
ALACs’ activities and performance in their fight against corruption. It also elaborated on certain
findings (i.e.) ALAC has produced a high volume of cases of complaints that are not strictly corruption
but of a varying legal nature. Further, the meeting/training seminar also sought to focus on strategic
litigation in corruption related cases via round-table discussions and recommended that ALAC should
shift their focus to high impact cases to manage the inflow of complaints.
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Sub-Awards
The sub-award component of NIA’s programme achieved its objective of broadening the anti-corruption
base as well as building the capacity of the selected entities to contribute to strengthening Jamaica’s
integrity needs in their various spheres. NIA has been working to achieve its mission through the persistent
promotion of transparency, accountability and integrity at all levels of society in an effort to build
awareness and also to encourage each and every citizen to play their respective part in holding themselves
and others to very high standards of integrity, transparency and accountability. The diversity of the sectors
within which the sub-awardees operate meant that NIA’s message and mission “to combat corruption and
build integrity in Jamaica through the persistent promotion of transparency, accountability in the conduct
of government, businesses and the wider society” was trumpeted throughout all levels of the Jamaican
society.
Sub-awards fell under the fourth objective of NIA’s programme to “develop and support networks of key
anti-corruption stakeholders” aimed at broadening the base of support and developing collaborative
relationships among persons and organizations dealing with emerging issues relevant to the anti-
corruption agenda. The sub-awardees represented a plethora of spheres influence:
1. The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) is a research think tank dedicated to the provision
of impartial, evidence-based knowledge to inform economic and social policy decision-making in
Jamaica and the wider Caribbean;
2. The Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) is a non-profit umbrella organization with a network
of over one hundred and fifteen (115) community-based organisations (CBO), non-governmental
organisation (NGO) and private voluntary organisations (PVO);
3. The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) is a governmental agency focused
on tackling corruption in the public sector and bringing high-value criminal targets to justice;
4. The Women’s Resource Outreach Centre (WROC) is a NGO with a goal of advancing the
empowerment of women, families and their communities, and;
5. Youth Crime Watch of Jamaica (YCWJ) is a youth-led NGO which seeks to develop youth-led and
targeted strategies to combat issues of crime prevention, healthy lifestyle, positive life choices,
self-esteem development, civic responsibility, employment and alternative livelihood, violence
reduction and crime prevention within schools and communities.
The work of NIA’s sub-awardees included (but was not limited to) training community leaders and key
actors, students, community and youth-club members as integrity ambassadors and advocates against
corruption, research around corruption and integrity, utilizing sports and the arts to influence positive
behavior, supporting social enterprises among many other initiatives too numerous to count. The
beneficiaries targeted by the various project activities of the sub-awardees were critical to broadening
the base of anti-corruption activists by amassing boots on the ground, in communities, youth-clubs,
schools and various civil society organisations to become champions against corruption and advocate for
integrity in Jamaica. Sub-awardees contributed significantly to advancing NIA’s goal as they helped get
anti-corruption and integrity messages out to persons in schools, communities and organizations, built
the capacity of persons engaged to contribute to strengthening Jamaica’s integrity and created a cadre of
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anti-corruption and integrity ambassadors, champions and other advocates. Through so doing each sub-
awardee played a critical role in galvanizing the core of a social movement for integrity within their various
spheres of influence and contributed to advancing NIA’s vision of a Jamaica where government,
businesses, civil society and the people:
1. manifest integrity in their conduct;
2. are held accountable, and;
3. apply proper sanctions for corrupt activities.
Outside of financial support provided to sub-awardees throughout their projects, their capacity to
contribute to strengthening Jamaica's integrity needs in their various spheres was also enhanced - as work
products which resulted from project activities will be at the disposal of sub-awardees going forward.
These work products included training of trainer manuals (CVSS) and training manuals (WROC and YCWJ)
used to train integrity advocates, manuals used to train staff (MOCA) and in the case of CaPRI research
reports, an online policy tracker and the Citizens Feedback & Monitoring Program (CFMP). The tracker will
provide an easy-to-understand and accessible means for stakeholders and the general public to visualise,
understand and evaluate policies and policy decisions on given issues. It will provide an objective, tangible
and transparent basis upon which the public can hold policy-makers accountable in real-time. CaPRI also
signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Office of the Cabinet to implement a pilot of the
CFMP which is to be integrated into the public sector customer service plan for Jamaica. Training of
trainers (particularly CVSS, MOCA and WROC) was also used as a critical capacity-building tool to ensure
the sustainability of training activities undertaken by the project as individuals trained as trainers will be
equipped to train others in relevant areas.
CHALLENGES
Major challenges experienced were as follows:
1. Having no full-time support person to back-stop the Grants Manager (GM) in the case of unforeseen
events. Human resource to get portfolio work done was mainly reliant on one-person, the Grants
Manager who had to provide significant hand-holding to the sub-awardees. When the GM
unexpectedly fell ill and was on extended sick-leave, other team members the void and were able to
get USAID approval for the first three (3) sub-awards
2. When it was determined that full-time assistance was needed for the portfolio, permission had to
be requested from USAID and the process of approval took longer than was anticipated.
3. The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) declined the sub-award after approval had been granted by
USAID, citing strenuous reporting requirements as a deterrent, this after much time and effort had
been expended to the process of getting USAID approval. This led to time and effort being invested
to put together a request for applications (RFA) to fill the environmental component void. An
environment component never materialized.
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4. States of emergencies (SOE’s) and Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO’s) which were called in several
parishes between 2018 and 2020 significantly impacted project activities of some sub-awardees over
the period. Numerous events had to be rescheduled to work around the ZOSOs as best as could be
done by the sub-awardees, while others were postponed indefinitely or cancelled.
Specific Sub-Award Activities
The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI)
‘Action for Strengthening Good Governance and Accountability in Jamaica’
The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) is an economics focused think tank dedicated to the
provision of impartial, evidence-based knowledge to inform economic and social policy decision-making
in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. CaPRI works to promote informed dialogue on socio-economic
development, intended to achieve a vision for a Caribbean in which decision-making in public policy and
the private sector is based on relevant information grounded in verifiable evidence. The purpose of the
sub-award was to support CaPRI in its efforts to enhance governance, transparency and accountability
through quality evidence-based research and analysis aimed at guiding policy-making and implementation
and to inform Jamaica’s citizens on key matters of public policy.
With the emergence of economic growth as a national priority, providing oversight to ensure probity in
Jamaica’s revenue collection and public expenditure is high on the national agenda. NIA’s proposal was
made due to CaPRI’s tested experience in policy research for national development which puts it in the
unique position to advance NIA’s agenda to “enhance the society’s capacity to strengthen transparency
and accountability
4
”. USAID granted approval to issue a sub-award to CaPRI on February 14
th
, 2017 for a
duration of twenty-five (25) months starting February 2017 and ending March 2019.
Targeted beneficiaries of the project included public policy-makers and the general public, while indirect
beneficiaries were investors (domestic and foreign), who would have an interest in doing business in
Jamaica. Project activities culminated in the preparation of research reports in four key policy areas:
1. Integrity Innovations – The research titled ‘Anti-Corruption Innovations: Strengthening
Jamaica’s Integrity’ sought to identify innovations which could help Jamaica tackle its corruption
problem. The research reviewed innovations used to strengthen integrity in countries around the
world and made recommendations regarding innovations to strengthen Jamaica’s integrity given
its contextual realities;
2. Tax Compliance – A tax study titled ‘In Search of the Most Efficient Tax for Jamaica’ sought to
assess the relative efficiency of the three main tax types (income, property, value-added) in
generating revenue in the Jamaican context. The research aimed to guide tax policy-makers in
4
National Integrity Action Limited (NIAL), Technical Application to USAID SOL-RFA-532-16-000001, Programme Title:
Combatting Corruption and Strengthening Integrity in Jamaica, 2016, page 14.
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determining whether the current tax structure should shift away from taxing income to taxing
consumer spending;
3. Open Data Readiness and Supporting Policies – The research titled ‘Transparency, Growth and
Transformation: Unleashing the Power of Open Government Data’ evaluated the development
of Jamaica’s current open data programme and identified those shortcomings to be remedied, as
well as opportunities where value could be added, and;
4. Environmental Regulatory Framework - Titled ‘Beyond PET Bottles and Plastic Bags: Fixing
Jamaica’s Environmental Regulatory Framework’ the research examined key aspects of
Jamaica’s current governance framework for environmental management over the years, with
the aim of identifying weaknesses and proposing recommendations for their resolution.
In addition to these items of research, public forums were staged to disseminate information on each
policy topic, launch research reports, present findings and provide a platform for the public to engage
with policy-makers, decision-makers and subject matter experts (SMEs). All launches featured panellists
tasked with deliberating on research findings and fielding queries from the audience comprised of diverse
stakeholders. The launches generated significant turnouts and provided a platform for valuable discussion
around each policy area. Approximately 800 persons physically attended the four launches, with others
participating via social media including YouTube, Twitter and via CaPRI’s website. The events were
covered by The Jamaica Gleaner, Nationwide 90FM and CVM TV with footage shared with Television
Jamaica (TVJ).
Key-stakeholders in attendance at each forum included public-sector actors, diplomats, professionals,
business executives, civil society actors, tertiary students, international donor partners and 'grassroots'
individuals from Kingston’s inner-city communities. NIA was represented at all launches – by its Executive
Director, Professor Trevor Munroe, Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Patrece Charles or Chairman of NIA's
Board of Directors, Mr. Dennis Chung. Some of the key government officials in attendance at the forums
included:
• Major Desmond Edwards, Director General of the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption
Agency (MOCA);
• Mr. Andrew Evelyn, Information Technology Manager of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC);
• Mrs. Pamella Folkes, Deputy Financial Secretary in the Taxation Division of the Ministry of Finance
and the Public Service (MOFP);
• Mr. Hank Williams, Deputy Commissioner General, Strategic Services, Tax Administration Jamaica
(TAJ), and;
• Hon. Daryl Vaz, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation
with responsibility for the Land, Environment, Climate Change and Investment portfolios.
As a result of the integrity innovations research, stakeholder consultations were held to garner crucial
input on the integrity innovation of the Pakistan-inspired Citizen Feedback Monitoring Program (CFMP)
which CaPRI aimed to see implemented in Jamaica. The objectives of stakeholder consultations were to
present outcomes of the 'Anti-Corruption Innovations’ research to relevant stakeholders, gather feedback
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from key stakeholders on the proposed innovation, obtain expert input to identify requirements for
implementation in the Jamaican context, and obtain policy-maker and public agency buy-in to the process.
The CFMP seeks to obtain real-time information on service delivery at public agencies utilizing quick,
continuous surveying and is a feedback gathering mechanism that proactively reaches out to citizens to
collect information on their experience with public agencies. To this end, a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) was signed between CaPRI and the Office of the Cabinet to implement a pilot
Citizens Feedback & Monitoring Program (CFMP) platform to be integrated into public-sector customer
service plan for Jamaica.
CaPRI also developed an online policy tracker which will enable the public to track the extent to which
CaPRI’s policy recommendations from various pieces of research have been taken on-board or have
formed a part of the policy process. The tracker will provide an easy-to-understand and accessible means
for stakeholders and the general public to visualize, understand and evaluate policies and policy decisions
on given issues. It will provide an objective, tangible and transparent basis upon which the public can hold
policy-makers accountable in real-time. The tracker is live on CaPRI’s website and from time-to-time, the
results of the online policy tracker will also be disseminated via traditional media to enable further reach
and understanding by the general public of the policy process and its impact.
The Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS)
‘Improving the Overall Quality of Education and Training Building Capacity and Strengthening
Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to be More Responsive to Anti-Corruption Efforts and
Activities at the Community, Local and National Levels’
The Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) was founded in 1940 as a coordinating body for non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in social development. CVSS is the oldest and largest
umbrella NGO in Jamaica with a network of over one hundred and fifteen (115) community-based
organisations (CBOs), NGOs and private voluntary organisations (PVOs). The purpose of CVSS is to bring
together voluntary social services organisations for consultation, mutual information sharing, planning
and action. Its primary focus is capacity building of both its members and other NGOs. In developing its
technical application to USAID, NIA surveyed the NGO and civil society landscape and identified CVSS as
an organization who, through its vast network, could further NIA’s programmatic aim of broadening its
anti-corruption activities, as well as strengthen its efforts of building integrity island-wide.
USAID granted approval to issue a sub-award to CVSS on October 28
th
, 2016, for a duration of thirty (30)
months from October 2016 through to March 2019. With the no-cost extension of NIA's cooperative
agreement, CVSS was approved for an extended phase of its project to December 2019. The objectives of
the first phase of the project were to:
• Strengthen CBOs, NGOs and PVOs to produce high-quality volunteers to participate in the national
anti-corruption efforts and activities;
• Mobilize, educate and train young people in the various communities in leadership, management
and social skills;
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• Deliver a series of ‘Training of Trainer’ (TOT) programs for various CBOs, NGOs and PVOs, and;
• Establish centers of excellence (COE) for focused applied research on anti-corruption strategies and
policies
The trainings engaged community and youth leaders from selected civil society and community-based,
non-governmental organisations to build capacity, mentor, advocate for and sensitize representatives in
anti-corruption advocacy, strategies and practices at the community levels. The training aimed to
enhance the skills and competencies of youth and other community actors. Under the TOT component
individuals trained as trainers, Integrity Champions (ICs), are expected to train other organizations and
community members to improve outcomes, build capacity and equip constituents with the necessary skills
and competences to assist in arresting the anti-corruption efforts and strengthening integrity at the
community, local and national levels. Over the first phase of CVSS’s project, a training of trainers’ manual
was developed and six hundred and nine (609) key actors and two hundred and fifty-five (255) community
leaders trained. Training modules for this phase included:
Module 1: Designing a Training Session
Module 2: Understanding Corruption and Integrity
Module 3: Values, Ethics and Leadership
Module 4: Accountability and Advocacy
Module 5: Community Mobilization, Peoples and Assets
Module 6: Life Skills and Entrepreneurship
Under the project five (5) centres of excellence were established in Kingston, St. James, St. Ann, St.
Catherine and Clarendon, which will serve as training facilities for those trained to train others and
advocate against corruption and for integrity in their communities.
Table 1: CVSS/NIA Integrity Champions Workshop Series – Cohort 1
#
DATE OF TRAINING
PARISHES
TRAINING
LOCATION
KEY
ACTORS
GENDER
(F/M)
COMMUNITY
LEADERS
GENDER
(F/M)
TOTAL
1
February 21
st
& 22
nd
,
2017
Clarendon
43
38/5
22
9/13
65
St. Catherine
0
0
29
14/15
29
2
April 7
th
& 8
th
, 2017
Kingston
33
19/14
0
0
33
St. Catherine
32
23/9
2
2/0
34
3
May 12
th
& 13
th
,
2017
St. Ann
34
21/13
0
0
34
Clarendon
21
13/8
0
0
21
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#
DATE OF TRAINING
PARISHES
TRAINING
LOCATION
KEY
ACTORS
GENDER
(F/M)
COMMUNITY
LEADERS
GENDER
(F/M)
TOTAL
4
June 8
th
& 15
th
, 2017
Clarendon
0
0
21
14/7
21
June 8
th
& 16
th
, 2017
Kingston
0
0
25
20/5
25
5
July 7
th
& 8
th
, 2017
St. James
42
29/13
0
0
42
St. James
0
0
35
26/9
35
6
July 21
st
& 22
nd
,
2017
St. Catherine
36
24/12
0
0
36
7
July 27
th
& 28
th
, 2017
St. James
33
29/4
0
0
33
St. James
0
0
26
21/5
26
TOTAL
274
196/78
160
106/54
434
Table 2: CVSS/NIA Integrity Champions Workshop Series – Cohort 2
#
DATE OF TRAINING
PARISHES
TRAINING
LOCATION
KEY
ACTORS
GENDER
(F/M)
COMMUNITY
LEADERS
GENDER
(F/M)
TOTAL
8
Sept 29
th
& 30
th
,
2017
St. Ann
0
0
35
20/15
35
9
October 13
th
& 20
th
,
2017
Kingston
37
22/15
0
0
37
10
October 14
th
& 21
st
,
2017
St. Ann
26
19/7
0
0
26
11
October 26
th
& 27
th
,
2017
Kingston
0
0
24
16/8
24
12
February 9
th
-10
th
,
2018
Clarendon
22
8/14
0
0
22
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#
DATE OF TRAINING
PARISHES
TRAINING
LOCATION
KEY
ACTORS
GENDER
(F/M)
COMMUNITY
LEADERS
GENDER
(F/M)
TOTAL
13
March 9th & 10
th
,
2018
St. Catherine
26
10/16
0
0
26
14
April 7
th
& 14
th
, 2018
St. Ann
27
19/8
0
0
27
14
May 11
th
& 12
th
,
2018
St. James
0
0
36
28/8
36
15
June 8
th
& 9
th
, 2018
Kingston
36
21/15
0
0
36
16
July 7
th
& 14
th
, 2018
St. Ann
19
15/4
0
0
19
17
July 13
th
& 14
th
, 2018
St. James
30
15/15
0
0
30
18
July 27
th
& 28
th
, 2018
St. Catherine
46
30/16
0
0
46
19
September 14
th
&
15
th
, 2018
St. Catherine
20
13/7
0
0
20
20
September 16
th
&
October 6
th
, 2018
St. Ann
46
34/12
0
0
46
TOTAL
335
186/129
95
64/31
430
Over five hundred (500) persons of the eight hundred and sixty-four (864) individuals trained as Integrity
Champions under the first phase of the project attended two (2) certification ceremonies held in
December 2018 and December 2019. Both ceremonies served to certify Integrity Champions who were
presented with their certificates and officially commissioned into action after being led by Professor
Trevor Munroe in a choral recital of NIA’s integrity pledge:
o I will not pay bribes;
o I will not seek bribes;
o I will work with others to campaign against corruption;
o I will speak out against corruption and report on abuse, and;
o I will only support candidates for public office who say no to corruption and demonstrate
transparency, integrity and accountability.
Up to August 2018, Integrity Champions trained under the first phase of the project implemented their
community mobilization strategies, undertaking training exercises for members of their CBOs, NGOs and
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PVOs. Based on information submitted by trained ICs, close to seven hundred (700) persons were
impacted by their efforts in approximately thirty (30) sessions in nine (9) parishes. These interventions
were facilitated by both individual and collaborative efforts from the Integrity Champions.
The extended phase (facilitated by the no-cost extension) focused on identifying, mobilizing and re-
engaging two hundred (200) of the most productive, motivated and enthusiastic Integrity Champions
across selected communities. Those targeted had completed and were engaged in continuous planning
of community-based training intervention programs subsequent to their training under the initial phase
of the project. They received additional training to enhance their skills and competencies to enable them
to engage in the delivery of justice outcomes within their communities and community-based
organisations. A series of eight (8) workshops in restorative practice, crime prevention, risk and protective
factors were held over the second phase of the project. In total, two hundred and one (201) Integrity
Champions were trained, one hundred and forty-five (145) females and fifty-six (56) males with
participants from the parishes of Clarendon, Kingston, Hanover, St. Ann, St. Catherine, St. Elizabeth, St.
James, St. Mary, St. Thomas and Westmoreland. The objectives of this second phase of the project were
to:
• Strengthen CBOs, NGOs and PVOs to produce high-quality volunteers to participate in national
restorative justice efforts and activities;
• Deliver a series of restorative practice workshops for various selected Integrity Champions, and;
• Establish a network of restorative practitioners across the island through encouraged comradery
among trained Integrity Champions.
Table 3: CVSS/NIA Restorative Practice Workshop Series
WORKSHOP
TRAINING DATES
PARISHES/TRAINING LOCATIONS
FEMALE
MALE
TOTAL
1
September 20
th
& 21
st
, 2019
Clarendon
14
5
19
2
September 27
th
& 28
th
, 2019
Kingston
12
8
20
3
October 11
th
& 12
th
, 2019
St. Catherine
23
8
31
4
October 25
th
& 26
th
, 2019
St. Catherine
14
7
21
5
November 8
th
& 9
th
, 2019
St. James
17
10
27
6
November 16
th
& 23
rd
, 2019
St. Ann
24
6
30
7
November 27
th
& 28
th
, 2019
Westmoreland
16
1
17
8
December 12
th
& 13
th
, 2019
Clarendon
25
11
36
TOTAL
145
56
201
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Instructors under the second phase of the project received training in several Trainer of Trainers in
Restorative Practices and Training of Facilitators in Restorative Justice workshops put on by the
Restorative Justice Unit of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in partnership with NIA. The principal training
resource used to instruct Integrity Champions for this phase of the project was a ten (10) module
Restorative Justice User Manual with the following modules:
Module 1: An Introduction to Restorative Justice
Module 2: What is Restorative Justice?
Module 3: How Does the Process of Restorative Justice Work?
Module 4: Why Does Restorative Justice Work?
Module 5: Who is Involved in the Restorative Justice Sessions?
Module 6: What are the Expected Outcomes of the Process?
Module 7: How to Use Restorative Justice as an Integrity Champion
Module 8: What is the Role of the Integrity Champion?
Module 9: Integrity Champion Facilitation Focus
Module 10: Goals of the Integrity Champion
Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA)
‘MOCA Development Project’
The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) was created through the amalgamation
of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Task Force (MOCA TF)
and the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in August 2014. The merger represented the government's
commitment to target the main players and facilitators in major organised criminal activities and to fight
the scourge of corruption in Jamaica. The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) Act
to establish MOCA as an independent entity of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) was passed in
January 2018 and Senate approval given in June 2018.
National Integrity Action (NIA) as part of its mandate to build integrity, strengthen governance and combat
corruption granted a sub-award to the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) with
the approval of USAID. The purpose of the sub-award was to support the improvement of MOCA’s overall
efficiency and effectiveness both internally and externally, increase the level of competency of both law
enforcement and non-law enforcement officers and assist in the fulfilment of its mission to disrupt and
dismantle major organized criminal networks and corrupt activities. The duration of the award was
thirteen months running from February 2018 to March 2019.
The sub-award provided funding to build capacity within MOCA and support its public awareness
campaign. Speaking at the press conference (held February 8
th
, 2018) at which the agreement was signed,
MOCA's Director General, Colonel Desmond Edwards highlighted of the agency’s lack of resources and
noted that the signing represented a significant step in the right direction. He noted that the agreement
was timely, given the impending passage of the MOCA bill and indicated that the contribution would “help
the organization to step off in a big way and on the right foot”. He affirmed MOCA’s integrity since its
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establishment and gave assurance of the agency's continued commitment to its mission to dismantle
major organized criminal networks and to fight against corruption.
MOCA in its efforts to accomplish its strategic priorities, sought support to operate more effectively and
contribute to national security. The activities and objectives of this project were designed to:
1. Raise the profile of MOCA within the Jamaican landscape through the use of public education
campaigns and increased public awareness;
2. Build the capacity of new and existing personnel to increase the overall efficiency and
effectiveness of the agency;
3. Strengthen the administrative ability of MOCA to support investigations and operations and to
document institutional memory, and;
4. Purchase equipment and specialist resources for project execution and training to improve
internal capability.
The capacity building component started with a Training Needs Analysis (TNA) which was conducted in
August 2018. The TNA was developed following consultations with the Director General (DG), Deputy
Director General (DDG) and each individual Unit Director. The objective was to determine the needs of
staff members within the individual units and departments of MOCA, which led to an overall assessment
of the agency training needs and in turn led to the confirmation of priority areas for the design and
delivery of workshops and courses. All courses and workshops were in alignment with MOCA’s strategic
objectives, as well as the objectives of the NIA programme, Combating Corruption and Strengthening
Integrity in Jamaica’. Some of the major objectives of the capacity building component were to:
1. Identify and procure bespoke training programmes designed to meet the unique and priority
needs of the agency;
2. Provide a series of cross-functional opportunities leading to better team cohesion and
understanding of roles.
3. Offer limited training places where applicable and practical, to strategic partners who support
MOCA in the carrying out of its mandate such as the Financial Investigations Division (FID) and
select departments of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF);
4. Provide the opportunity for more members of staff to be trained than would otherwise be able
to participate due to limited places on other training providers’ courses;
5. Expose more members of staff to local, regional and international best practices and leading
subject matter experts (SMEs) in a confidential, tailor-made learning environment;
6. Provide staff members with a better understanding of the new independent agency’s standards
and expectations;
7. Build on the conducted training needs analysis and take a targeted approach to individual unit
needs that are aligned to the agency’s strategic priorities;
8. Create a training manual with a compendium of training materials that can provide a source of
reference for staff members;
9. Increase the sustainability of new knowledge gained through the creation and use of in-house
specially trained trainers, who will be able to conduct seminars when needed;
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10. Assist staff members to have a better understanding of standards and expectations in regards to
job performance through the creation and revision of policies and standard operating procedures
(SOPs);
11. Increase accountability by using the new or revised policies and SOPs as a tool for accountability
purposes to be used by managers, supervisors and team leads, and;
12. Support a mini-resource centre/library.
Capacity-building activities resulted in the training and development of existing MOCA staff members and
a few select individuals from MOCA’s partner agencies and Government of Jamaica (GOJ) ministries,
departments and agencies (MDAs). In recognition of the quintessential role played by strategic
partnerships in its efforts to fulfil its mandate, MOCA included representatives from agencies it has been
collaborating with in the fight against corruption in several of its trainings. Representatives attended
various workshops from the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime
(CTOC), Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB), National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ), Passport
Immigration and Citizens Agency (PICA), the Jamaica Customs Agency(JCA), the National Intelligence
Bureau (NIB) as well as the Revenue Protection and Financial Investigation Divisions (RPD and FID) of the
Ministry of Finance and the Public Service (MOFPS), Ministry of National Security (MNS) and the Caribbean
Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre (REDTRAC).
In its commitment to the professional development of its staff through continuous training and exposure
to best practices, MOCA completed a series of twenty-three (23) workshops under the project. Training
courses were undertaken in the following areas:
• Communications: Writing for all Media, Managing Social Media, Public Speaking and Presentation
Skills, Interacting with the Media
• Major Investigations
• Financial Investigations Techniques
• Revenue Fraud, Corruption and Money-Laundering
• Anti-corruption Strategies
• Leadership and Management Development
• Ethics and Integrity
• Use of Force and Human Rights
• Video Recording Interview Techniques
• Administrative Management and Accountability
• Operations Management
• Conspiracy and Joint Enterprise
• Cyber Threat Awareness and Sensitization for Investigators
• Crime Investigations
• Procurement for the Public Sector
• Train the Trainer
• Intelligence Gathering and Analysis
• General Investigative Techniques
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A total of one hundred and fifty-four (154) persons were trained, ninety-four (94) males and sixty (60)
females. Of the total number of persons trained, one hundred and thirty-six (136) were members of staff
from MOCA and eighteen (18) persons were from MDAs that MOCA works closely within the execution of
its mandate. This involvement is expected to reap positive results, not just in the new knowledge gained
but also in better working relationships and networking opportunities gained across the agencies. This
professional development and training in specialized subject matter areas (SMEs) are expected to increase
the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the agency and strengthen the administrative ability of MOCA
to support investigations and operations and to document institutional memory. The number of MOCA
staff members who participated in the training during this project represented more than ninety per cent
(90%) of its staff complement, with a gender breakdown as follows:
• 84 male members of staff from MOCA
• 52 female members of staff from MOCA
• 10 males from partner agencies and ministries
• 8 females from partner agencies and ministries
MOCA also undertook public awareness and outreach activities under a publicity campaign geared
towards building awareness around MOCA, its mandate and its legal framework. Through the publicity
campaign and subsequent public outreach activities, various communities across Jamaica benefitted from
a better understanding of major crime and anti-corruption activities. This public awareness/outreach
campaign was carried out in the mass media, through outdoor advertising and in communities across
Jamaica to build awareness of and elicit public support for the work that MOCA has done and continues
to do in fighting corruption.
Mass media activities included a sixty (60) second television commercial and a thirty (30) second ‘catchy’
radio jingle produced to drive the electronic media campaign. MOCA staff was heavily involved in the
creative processes by providing talent for all the commercials broadcasted on television, radio and on
social media. Public outreach events were undertaken to drive the MOCA message into communities and
build on the links already established through MOCA’s existing public outreach programme. These
included the mounting of MOCA booths at expos, career talks in educational institutions, summer camps,
JCF training initiatives and community events. MOCA created and nurtured relationships with community
organisations and activities were carried out to strengthen the strategic partnerships already established
with the Jamaica 4H Club movement.
Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC)
“Strengthening the Culture of Integrity in Jamaica (SCIJ): Enhancing the capacity, role and contribution
of women and communities to support the building of a social movement against corruption and for
integrity and gender justice “
Women’s Research and Outreach Centre (WROC), is a non-profit organization established on International
Women’s Day, March 8
th
, 1983. Its goal is advancing the empowerment of women, families and their
communities. WROC has a legacy of activism and advocacy for the interests of women, especially for
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women and their families from urban inner-city and rural areas. The main purpose and mission of WROC
are to provide for women, their families and communities within a human rights and gender-responsive
approach.
NIA developed and advertised a request for applications (RFA) for a gender component titled ‘Promoting
Women’s Empowerment, Strengthening Gender Integration and Good Governance’. The RFA requested
appropriately qualified women’s organisations to submit applications for a sub-award under NIA’s
Combatting Corruption and Strengthening Integrity in Jamaica program - which had as a central objective
strengthening the organizational, technical and resource capabilities of partners to extend the base of
public demand for greater integrity and for the combatting of corruption. A critical element in achieving
this objective is the empowerment of women, working within a human rights and gender equality
framework to advance a culture of integrity which eschews gender-based violations.
Toward this end, NIA invited women’s organizations to submit applications:
• To raise awareness, especially amongst women at the community level, of their rights and
responsibilities as citizens, their knowledge as to how to seek redress against violations, and
pathways to strengthen national efforts to promote gender equality and female empowerment;
• To develop and implement robust communication measures to raise the effective voice of
communities, including women, to give support to the broader national effort to enhance
transparency, accountability and good governance;
• To establish and strengthen partnerships in at least three (3) communities to develop, implement,
monitor and evaluate community-agreed priorities to build a culture of lawfulness, as well as
integrity among children, adult youth, women and men. This effort would include education and
skills training, entrepreneurship and employment creation and leadership development to
address violence of all types, particularly gender-based, and;
• To research and advocate with communities of interest, the reduction of gender disparities in
access to and control of economic, socio-cultural, and political resources, and opportunities.
WROC was selected and USAID granted approval to issue a sub-award on February 23
rd
, 2017. The sub-
award agreement between WROC and NIA was signed on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, to commemorate
International Women's Day and to mark WROC's thirty-fourth (34
th
) anniversary. The project focused on
enhancing sustainable human development through deepening Jamaica’s democratic and accountability
processes through the elimination of corrupt practices, the promotion of gender equality and the
empowerment of women and girls. The duration of the award was twenty-five months, from March 2017
to March 2019 and the sub-award financed the following project activities:
• Strengthening the organizational, technical and resource capabilities of WROC and community-
based organisation (CBO) partners to advance a culture of integrity;
• Increasing the capabilities of women and girls to determine their life outcomes through the
development of programmes which advance their social, economic, sexual and reproductive
health and rights;
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• Strengthening the involvement of men and boys in examining and addressing their gendered role
in corruption and gender-based violence in the family, community and at national levels, and;
• Enhancing the capacity of national anti-corruption institutions and citizens to advance the
movement for integrity in national life, through robust and far-reaching public education and
advocacy, informed by research from a gender and overall human rights perspective.
The project aimed to facilitate an improvement in the state of Jamaica’s integrity culture, with a focus on
personal integrity building at the community level. WROC utilized a multi-prong approach which included:
• Training in literacy, advocacy and life-skills;
• Community mobilization and self-empowerment assistance;
• Social Development Research;
• Psycho-social support for community members;
• Public advocacy, targeted communication and public relations, and;
• Sustainable development for WROC and Community Based Organisations.
Targeted beneficiaries were mainly women and girls in Trench Town, Fletcher’s Land and sections of St.
Thomas. As a secondary target group, men and boys were often allowed to access the opportunities under
the project, because they have an influence in the environments in which these women must exist. Only
in specific instances were men not allowed to participate. The targeted communities could largely be
described as marginalized, characterized by over-crowding, high illiteracy or semi-literacy,
unemployment, violence and makeshift homes enclosed by rusting, graffiti-riddled zinc and cement
fences. The goal of the project was to give community women the skills they need to organize themselves
and participate in the leadership process at both the local and national levels. The project aimed to do
this by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and opportunities that would enable them to
participate in a meaningful way, advocating in a real way on issues affecting women and their families.
Some of the activities under the project were as follows:
Skills Building Programme - Education and Life Skills Training
The objective of the skills-building programme was to help change the employment status of at-risk youth,
by equipping them with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to obtain and retain
employment while promoting a culture of integrity. A total sixty-eight (68) student (exceeding the target
of 50) from the communities of Lyndhurst/Greenwich Town, Maxfield Park and Kencot attended classes
in Mathematics, English and Social Studies for twenty-four (24) hours weekly over two six month periods.
Sessions on personal development were included in the curriculum and students had access to computers
and were encouraged to sit Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations and to apply to the
Human Employment and Resource Training Trust/National Training Agency (HEART NTA). Students also
had access to a trained psychologist, one hour of yoga per week and motivational talks on integrity,
workplace rules and norms, personal grooming and values and attitudes.
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Employability Training Programme at Charlie Smith High School
The objectives of the employability training programme were threefold, to improve employability skills
among youth, to assist students with in-demand, marketable skills in searching and sitting interviews for
employment, as well as to reduce anti-social behaviours among unattached youth. This in an effort to
combat the hostilities the students of Charlie Smith High School have had to encounter in their environs
and underscoring the need for continuous intervention programmes to foster improvement in the overall
attitude of the students. Weekly workshops were held on the school campus with fifth-form students
under the age of 18 getting ready to leave school and included instruction in resume and cover letter
writing, interviewing skills, dressing for the work environment and workplace etiquette, entrepreneurship
in the 21
st
century, integrity in the workplace and conflict management.
The sessions provided students opportunities for practical applications of skills (resume and cover letter
writing) and practical insights such as the importance of doing volunteer work within their communities
not only for self-development but as experience that can be included on their resumes. Guests speakers
were brought in to rap with the students and gave valuable insights into potential career paths,
expectations employers have of employees, how to represent themselves well in the workplace while
explaining key attributes such as flexibility, critical thinking and collaboration as essential tools in the
workplace. Through the programme, students were able to see the value of staying in school and using
education as a means to advance in all aspects of their lives. Twenty (20) students (7 females, 13 males)
completed and graduated from the programme.
Leadership and Advocacy Training Programme for Women’s Empowerment (WE) Group
One objective of the SCIJ project was "increasing the capabilities of women and girls to determine their
life outcomes through the development of programmes, which advance their social, economic, sexual
and reproductive health and rights". To this end, a leadership and advocacy training programme was
designed to train women from the Lyndhurst-Greenwich/Trench Town region of Kingston and rural
communities in St. Thomas as community leaders and mobilisers. These women represented some of
the most vulnerable of Jamaica’s population and ranged in ages between 19 and 65 years.
A series of workshops were conducted on topics which included leadership, gender, sexual and
reproductive health (SRH), gender-based violence (GBV), human rights (HR), intimate partner violence,
communication, conflict resolution, event planning, integrity and corruption and money management.
The workshops were facilitated by a slate of gender and development advocates, specialists and activists
and featured guest lecturers. The Women’s Empowerment (WE) group members were tasked with
developing and promoting at least one action in each community to raise awareness and stimulate
response to corrupt practices and violations at the municipal level and to mobilize and sensitize women
across their communities. The WE group met weekly with the main aim of facilitating improvement in
the state of Jamaica’s integrity culture by building the capacity of community members to exercise
personal integrity, as well as advocate for its use at the community and national levels. A total of thirty-
nine (39) women were trained.
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Female Sex Workers (FSW) Sensitization Workshops in Rural Hanover
WROC hosted sensitization workshops for the vulnerable population of female sex workers (FSW) in the
rural districts of Hopewell and Orange Bay, Hanover. The workshops were attended by forty-one (41)
women and focused on sensitizing the women in the areas of human rights, sexual and reproductive
health (SRH), gender-based violence (GBV) and empowerment. The workshops were aimed at supporting
the participants to define who they were and what their motivations were, identifying their choices for
personal development and translating these into opportunities for change. Additionally, it was also
expected that the workshop would help participants to identify positive and negative effects on their
lives and provide useful tips on how to manage these. Participants engaged in individual and group
activities centered around topics including empowerment, leadership, choice, self-awareness and self-
appreciation. Participants were challenged to stand in their greatness, were exposed to the concept of
hurting versus healing words and were encouraged to see empowerment as a good thing despite the
barriers that are present in their lives.
Sensitization Session on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights in the Context of HIV Report
A sensitization session on Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and Rights in the Context of HIV was
organised by WROC's Women's Empowerment Group (WE) who were trained under the Women's
Leadership and Advocacy Training Programme. The event formed part of the 16 Days of Activism Against
Gender-Based Violence in Jamaica. A total of fifty-five (55) persons attended (34 women and 21 men).
Several agencies were engaged to partner on the initiative including Jamaica Community of Positive
Women (JCPW), National Family Planning Board (NFPB), and Partnership for the Reduction of Maternal
and Child Mortality (PROMAC). The NFPB presented WROC with 6,000 condoms, 240,000 oral
contraceptive pills and a number of intrauterine devices (IDUs). A programme was organized to manage
the distribution and monitoring of the donations by the WE Group who managed the distribution of the
condoms, the distribution of the IUDs and the contraceptive pills were to be overseen by medical
professionals. Facilitators presented on various topics related to SRH and HIV and discussions were had
on the current state of affairs regarding reproductive health in Jamaica, gender-based violence (GBV)
and human rights.
Time Use Data to Aid in Development of Baseline Indicators for Community Scorecards
WROC partnered with Brenda Wyss, a professor of economics at Wheaton College (Massachusetts) to
conduct research on time use with women from Trench Town. Three (3) workshops were held in Arnett
Gardens with the objectives of raising awareness about gendered roles and tasks, as well as gather data.
Fourteen (14) participants each completed a 24-hour diary with each activity they did during an entire
day. After completing their own time diaries, each participant recruited members of her household or
community to complete additional time diaries. A total of twenty-seven (27) women were recruited to
help determine the baseline for the indicators for the development of a community scorecard for
monitoring state and municipal programmes in their community. One of the main goals of the workshop
was to raise awareness of gendered roles.
Workshop on Reporting on Sex Crimes with Media Personnel
WROC held a workshop with media personnel on reporting on sex crimes in partnership with CVM TV
who endorsed the training of their staff to improve the quality of their production in respect of reporting
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on gender-based issues fairly and equitably. WROC also partnered with the Women's Media Watch who
provided the facilitators to conduct the workshop. For the workshop, emphasis was placed on how to
report on gender-based violence (GBV) and transactional sex. The workshop was planned in an attempt
to influence the way media reports on sex crimes and in turn influence how the Jamaican society
perceives and responds to women who have been exposed to sexual violence. It aimed to increase the
awareness of men and women in the media on the culture of gender-based violence and transactional
sex. In this respect, the sensitization session targeted news personnel and was attended by fourteen (14)
members of staff (9 females, 5 males). Topics focused on the participation of women in the media,
spotting gender-sensitive issues in news stories and how to report on sex crimes in an ethical and gender-
sensitive way.
Other WROC Activities
WROC also hosted a slew of other activities including information fairs, sexual and reproductive health
sessions, community dominoes and football tournaments, youth banquets, International Women’s Day
events and conferences and gender-based violence sensitization sessions among others.
Youth Crime Watch of Jamaica (YCWJ)
‘Community Buil’ Back with Yute’ (CBBY)
Youth Crime Watch of Jamaica (YCWJ) is a registered non-governmental organization which develops
youth-led targeted initiatives to address issues of community sustainability. YCWJ is one of the pre-
eminent research and community development NGOs in Jamaica and is committed to violence prevention
and social enterprise development among vulnerable populations, especially those at risk of involvement
in criminal and anti-social behaviour. Using a cross-cutting and developmental approach, the organization
facilitates initiatives to address issues of healthy lifestyles, positive life choices, self-esteem development,
civic responsibility, employment and alternative livelihoods, crime prevention and violence reduction in
schools and communities.
USAID approval for a sub-award to YCWJ was granted on October 11
th
, 2016 for an initial duration of thirty
months from October 2016 to March 2019. The organisation was one of two which applied for and was
granted an extension under NIA’s no-cost extension of its Cooperative Agreement with USAID. The
extension saw the project going on for an additional ten (10) months ending in January 2020. The project
focused on young people working together with adult leaders and law enforcement on activities geared
towards building citizenry and addressing issues of good governance in communities. The project included
activities around youth inclusion through sports, education, entrepreneurship, arts and culture aimed at
building their capacity to become agents of change, with the ability to influence and impact the lives of
the people they engage with, all in support of a broader goal of making Jamaica a more peaceful and
participatory democracy.
Youth participants engaged under four (4) components ranged in ages from 8 to 35 years old and were
spread across the length and breadth of Jamaica. These youths originated from some of the most
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vulnerable communities in Kingston, St. James, Trelawny, St. Catherine, Clarendon and St. Thomas. Under
its project YCWJ initially had four (4) components each aimed at creating an enabling environment in
which youth can actively participate and lead in the growth and development of their communities, using
their creativity and ingenuity to advocate for and influence social, economic and political change to build
safe, secure and prosperous communities. The discrete components were School Intervention
Programme (SIP), Sports for Life (SFL), Change through Arts (CTA) and Integrity Pays (IP). YCWJ activities
spanned a diverse spectrum and project objectives included:
• Enhancing community cohesion: bringing citizens and groups together to strengthen integrity
and accountability systems, uphold the rule of law and promote human rights;
• Behavior modification: transforming communities through capacity building and the creation of
positive and meaningful avenues for engagement and interaction;
• Empowering communities: using strong ethical business models to create social value, and;
• Youth development: supporting youth academic pursuits and skills training inside and outside of
the school environment.
School Intervention Programme (SIP)
The School Intervention Programme utilized a three-pronged approach to support new and existing
leadership and behavioural modification activities in school. The first prong involved academic support
and training. The project provided academic support to students preparing for particular external and
internal examinations. In addition, ICT students were trained in cyberspace advocacy activity. The second
prong of SIP engaged the parents in developmental workshops geared towards supporting their children
generally, but more specifically to support their children's involvement in the project. The third prong
involved mentorship and extra-curricular activities. The project provided opportunities for students to
engage wider than their respective school environment, hence giving them first-hand experience into
topical issues as well as allowing them to create networks for further and future engagements.
Programmes like the National Secondary School Council (NSSC), Parent Teachers Association (PTA) and
the JCF’s Safe Schools Programme were engaged under this component.
Achievements under SIP (First Phase)
Approximately four hundred and seventy-three (473) students were engaged, with three hundred and
sixty-four (364) students being engaged in or receiving academic support and an additional one hundred
and nine (109) participating in the cyberspace advocacy training activities. The project also met its target
of designing and implementing nine (9) parenting workshops over the course of the project.
Of note is the participation of students from the Ascot High School in the YCWJ Tech Camp held in the
summer of 2017. This initiative saw a fusion of components as members of the Ascot Integrity Club
partnered with their student-athletes to deliver their 'Champs with a Message' Campaign at the
ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships 2018, which sought to have youth athletes
and patrons buy-in to the message of integrity during the competition, as well as in their daily actions.
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The Literacy Intervention Programme at the Spot Valley High School engaged forty-five (45) students, with
the participation of the parents and staff. Due to the inordinate delays which were experienced in the
implementation of the critical technical approach to the literacy programme, there was a shift of focus
towards supporting existing school literacy initiatives as well as the use of the High Achievers Programme
(HAP) to engage students at Clan Carthy and Camperdown High Schools.
Achievements under SIP (Second Phase)
The focus for the second phase of the project was on providing academic and behavioural modification
support through weekly extra classes and extracurricular programmes for students from schools in
marginalized communities. It also focused on providing wider community-based support through targeted
secondary violence prevention activities. This was accomplished primarily through the Spot Valley High
School Literacy Programme, Nanny Bee Competition, Flanker Resource Centre School Suspension
Programme and High Achievers Programme (HAP). Support was also provided to the Esher-Martin and
I’m Glad I’m A Girl summer camps.
A total of two hundred and thirty-one (231) youth between the ages of 6-24 were directly engaged under
the extended activities with females representing more than half (157) of the total number. While this is
not new or particularly startling, the School Suspension Programme (SSP) stood out in this regard. Of the
ninety (90) students referred to the SSP, sixty-nine (69) were females. The programme was designed to
re-socialize students on resolving conflict and managing anger through behavior modification
engagements and individual counselling sessions. The programme was two-pronged: off-site suspension
at the Flanker Resource Centre (FRC) and in-school preventative sessions (Rap Sessions) that target the
schools which are the most frequent attendees to the SSP at the FRC.
Sports for Life (SFL)
Sports for Life aimed to promote community cohesion and transformation through sports. This activity
engaged community organizations and sporting groups through football and netball competitions and
related training and behavioural modification sessions. While the activity sought to engage youth in
sporting and related recreational activities, it was also focused on strengthening the capacity of
community leaders to manage these youth-related sporting activities. As such, community leaders were
targeted to pursue and develop specific technical and leadership skill training or capacity building
opportunities that advanced the management and reputation of sporting competitions and groups in the
community. Local parish sports governing bodies and the Social Development Commission (SDC) were
important partners under this component.
Achievements under SFL (First Phase)
The Sports for Life component engaged five (5) community groups in activities in addition to establishing
or supporting nine (9) community sporting activities. Due to ongoing violence in the communities, there
was a shift in focus to supporting sporting associations and other community-based organisations who
shared a similar mandate of promoting integrity in sports as well as the inculcation of the requisite life
skills through the use of sports. The project supported sporting organisations including the Jamaica
Basketball Association (JABA) and their various outreach activities, including Youth Basketball League in
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the Kingston Metropolitan Area, through their work in communities such as Tivoli Gardens, Majesty
Gardens and Tawes Meadows.
Partnerships were brokered with other schools (such as Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High
School), CBOs and youth organisations (Christian Gardens Football Club, OT Maryland Football Club,
Newton Square Police Youth Club) and agencies of the government including the Department of
Correctional Services (DCS) and the Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB) of the JCF to promote
the message of integrity in sports. An anti-doping seminar was also hosted for members of the
participating communities including Nannyville Gardens, Jacques Road, Seaview Gardens and Christian
Gardens. The aim of the workshop was to take the message of integrity in sports beyond the typical
stakeholders who would be engaged in the dialogue, such as elite and student-athletes in schools, to the
level of the community.
Achievements under SFL (Second Phase)
Under this phase of the project extensive support was given to the Jamaica Basketball Association (JABA)
Youth Basketball and Behavior Modification Programme (BMP). This took the form of support for sporting
competitions and targeted programmes to respond to the myriad of social issues confronting participants
and communities. The significant majority of initiatives targeted the community of Majesty Gardens,
through partnerships with a diverse group of stakeholders working in the community. Additionally, YCWJ
supported the University of Technology (UTECH) Department of Community Service and Development
Girls Empowerment Summer Camp. This camp targeted high school netball players (girls) from the volatile
Papine, August Town, Gordon Town, Tavern, Kintyre, Standpipe and Highlight View communities, in a one-
week sports and behavioural modification programme. A total of two hundred and forty-five (245) youth
between the ages of 8-18 participated in the various initiatives. Two female basketballers who were
beneficiaries under the project were selected to represent Jamaica in the Government of Jamaica/China
Sports Exchange programme from 1 July 2019, to 1 September 2019.
The YCWJ also continued to leverage other stakeholders to work closely with JABA to develop a suite of
primary violence prevention strategies that address the problem of indiscipline among youth through
consistent and frequent engagement while exposing youth to tools for conflict resolution, leadership,
communication, respect and integrity. These stakeholders include the National Housing Trust (NHT),
Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Jamaica Public Service (JPS), G.C.
Foster College and the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ).
Change through Arts (CTA)
The Change through Arts element of the project aimed at behaviour modification through the performing
arts. CTA utilized a multi-faceted approach that strove to build the awareness of participants through
various artistic endeavours and by conditioning the mind to create positive lyrics among other things. The
objective was to entertain in a cultural way, to promote education and leadership as well as empower and
enlighten other youths. This component engaged persons who are involved in music at the community
level and sought to encourage them to produce positive clean music fit for the airwaves. Through this
component, participants were engaged in various training sessions to improve their craft and learn
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entrepreneurial skills that allowed them to manage a successful performing career and also received
support to strengthen and expand their recording studios.
Achievements under CTA (First Phase)
Three community groups were engaged and their capacities enhanced and twelve (12) musical products
developed. A collaboration with the University of Technology’s (UTECH) FiWi Jamaica Project launched
the “I AM Integrity Album” and “Big Woman Tingz” albums to commemorate International Women’s
Month 2018 is one of the standout achievements under the project. The integrity album was produced as
a major output from the CTA interventions. The album was composed by beneficiaries Jah Ova Evil, Life
Yard and Forward Step Foundation and highlighted the work of these organisations in impacting the lives
of youth through the creative arts. A follow-on phase of this initiative was a series of school and
community tours, dubbed ‘Integrity Tours’, to promote the album, the artistes and the message. The tour
served the purpose of exposing the audience to a branch of the popular cultural dancehall space, wherein
clean and potent lyrics can be balanced with favorability and hype.
Achievements under CTA (Second Phase)
This phase of the project focused on behavioural modification activities of Forward Step Foundation and
Life Yard that targeted at-risk youth. YCWJ also partnered with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),
Catalyst Entertainment ‘Stop the Crime and Violence’ Campaign, and the Social Development Commission
(SDC) to execute community violence prevention activities using the creative and performing arts. A total
of two hundred and thirty-three (233) community members were directly impacted by these initiatives,
some of which targeted the wider ecosystem of community crime and violence to address the root causes
of youth violence. Stop the Crime and Violence Road Show, Social Development Commission (SDC)
Cultural Village for Community Enterprise in Kingston, and the Jewelry/Craft Making Programme for
women in Gregory Park stand out in this regard. Partner organisations integrated their activities through
the project using music, written and spoken words, and visual art (murals) as behavioural modification
tools.
Integrity Pays (IP)
The Integrity Pays component focused on enhancing community livelihood opportunities through a
mission-driven enterprise strategy. IP utilized a social entrepreneurial development model to promote
and encourage good business practice and civic consciousness, including extensive training, business
development and resource support that deepened management best-practices as well as institutional
legitimacy. It also included incubator support to ensure social value creation and economic viability.
Achievements under IP (First Phase)
Three (3) community-based organisations had social enterprises established or received support as an
existing entity. Additionally, these groups were beneficiaries of a series of training and workshops which
covered business planning, modelling, strategic management, governance, compliance and incubator
support. During this process, the groups were also afforded the opportunity to pitch their ideas to
potential funders, such as USAID-FHI 360, JN Foundation, Social Enterprise Boost Initiative (SEBI) and the
Social Development Commission (SDC). Significant achievements included the Rockspring Farms receiving
its National Contracts Commission (NCC) certificate, which permits them to provide their services to the
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general public service and the Flanker Resource Centre (FRC) being trained by the Scientific Research
Council (SRC) in juice making as well as meeting the Bureau of Standards (BOS) quality requirements for
their operations.
As part of its activities under its extension, YCWJ added the Youth Inspired Safe Space (YISS) initiative
which engaged police youth clubs (PYCs) in community-based research, community mapping, project
planning and design and implementation of projects geared towards understanding and reducing the
burden on the justice system. YCWJ supported the process of mobilizing key partners and stakeholders,
developed and implemented activities with youth groups to help build their capacity in information
gathering to understand and address deeper community issues.
YISS Achievements
YISS targeted six (6) police youth clubs across three parishes (Kingston, St. Catherine, St. James), to
implement activities for more sustainable and impactful results in community crime and violence
prevention. YISS’s methodology sought to get community members active in creating solutions to
community issues.
A total of five hundred and forty-seven (547) youth between the ages of 6-35 were directly engaged in
the YISS initiatives. Of the number, forty-four (44) members from the Barrett Town, Montego Bay and
Cambridge, Bog Walk, Gordon Pen and Newton Square Police Youth Clubs (PYC) were trained in basic
research methodologies to conduct research. Over four months between May and August 2019, the YCWJ
facilitated and supervised the training, data collection, analysis and presentation of findings of the survey
undertaken by the PYCs. The survey captured the views of five hundred and forty-three (543) youth from
Cambridge, Barrett Town and Montego Bay in St. James, Bog Walk and Gordon Pen in St. Catherine and
Dunkirk in Kingston. The findings highlighted some of the major safety and security concerns of youth
within these communities and their responses to community police partners and solutions to creating
safe spaces.
The major finding coming out of the YISS research was the centrality of police-citizen partnership for
community violence prevention. As such, community members identified sports and community
engagements as the top two community-policing priorities. As a result, the CBBY project partnered with
respective PYCs, community groups, state agencies and other stakeholders to implement a series of
sporting and community engagements to bring police and communities together to forge meaningful
partnerships for violence prevention outcomes. Four major community safety and security activities in
partnership with the police were supported under the YISS initiative in this regard: Gordon Pen Corner
League, Barrett Town Social and Netball Competition, Mount Salem Domino, Netball and Spelling Bee
Competitions and Bog Walk Police Youth Club Youth Development Programme.
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Engaging International Development Partners
Maintaining dialogue with the International Development Partners was an important and strategic feature
of NIA’s work. It provided a channel for apprising the various partners of the progress, as well as the gaps
that remain, in the quest to strengthen Jamaica’s institutions. The dialogues also served as a key way to
emphasize the important role that they (IDPs) played in ensuring that successive administrations are held
to their promises in passing key legislation geared towards tackling corruption and general integrity
building; curtailing other forms of criminality in the country and ensuring that value-for-money in the eyes
of their taxpayers was obtained in their support of the Jamaican Government and Jamaican organisations.
These dialogues took a variety of forms, inclusive of roundtables, hosted by NIA, which sought to keep
IDPs abreast of pertinent issues as well as to get a sense of their own issues and how they can be
collectively remedied. Secondly, there are regional discussions, with other like-minded organisations
geared towards collaboration and knowledge sharing. Thirdly, there are invitations to add to regional or
international conversations. Finally, there is an additional dimension where the organisation received
capacity building support from one of its partners.
International Development Partners Roundtable
In furtherance of its overall mission of combatting corruption and building integrity, National Integrity
Action staged its fourth (overall, and first under CCSIJ) NIA-IDP dialogue with Jamaica’s International
Development Partners (IDPs) on national initiatives - governmental and non-governmental - intended to
strengthen Jamaica’s democratic governance. The dialogue was held at the Blue Mahoe Suite of the
Courtleigh Hotel in Kingston on the morning of September 26, 2016.
The presentation by Prof. Munroe was done within the context of many important recent developments
relating to Jamaica’s standing on the Corruption Perception Index 2017, the findings of the Latin America
Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) 2017, the legislative and institutional developments concerning the
Integrity Commission, the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency, the citizen security
environment, the controversy surrounding Petrojam, etc. While these matters, in which NIA has been
playing an integral role, are obviously of primary concern to Jamaican citizens and the Jamaican
organisations, NIA invited the IDPs to this open dialogue where the legitimate concerns and interests the
international partners could be addressed in a discourse of mutual interest.
NIA would organize/host a number of similar meetings over the course of the award. Out of these sessions
emerged an important and still-continuing relationship with the Inter-American Development Bank’s
representatives in Jamaica.
OAS Summit of the Americas
In addition to hosting sessions for IDPs, NIA has also been called upon to share its experiences and views
on topical issues at the behest of other IDPs. On this occasion in September 2018, it was the OAS Summit
of the Americas which sought to better understand the strengths and shortcomings of Jamaica’s laws,
regulations, codes and policies relating to the prevention and fight against corruption. While
acknowledging the important strides that have been made in the Legislative and Regulatory Framework,
there remained some gaps which required civil society, public sector and private sector group input.
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EU and the Americas Conference
NIA was invited by the European Union Ambassador to the United States, David O’Sullivan, to attend the
Flagship Conference of the EU and the Americas from November 15-16, 2018. The conference, which is
the first of its kind between the EU and the Americas, brought together high-level political, economic and
civil society stakeholders from both sides of the Atlantic namely Europe, United States, Latin America and
the Caribbean.
World Bank Forum on “Good Governance and the Law”
NIA accepted the invitation from Ms. Joanna Watkins, Senior Public Sector Specialist from the World Bank
in Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in a Forum on Good Governance and the Law:
Implications for Growth and Development in Jamaica on February 19, 2019. The event was sponsored by
the World Bank in collaboration with the Norman Manley Law School.
Transparency International
Transparency International (TI) is an important international partner for NIA. Not only is NIA the Jamaica
Chapter of TI, but through them we are part of a global network of anti-corruption actors. This network
facilitates significant knowledge-sharing and the development of best practices. In one such instance of
knowledge-sharing, the staff of the NIA were the recipient of a two-day Digital Media Training focused on
social media sensitization in March 2017. The training, which was facilitated by TI’s social media specialist,
Mr. Javier Villaraco and Ms. Mariana Sosa Cordero, sought to improve the staff’s utilization of various
tools to enhance the content creation process. It was felt that this would positively impact on the
organization’s ability to develop content to reach their target audience; as well as make messages clearer
and more appealing.
Other support from TI includes participation in the publication of the Annual Corruption Perceptions Index
(CPI), as well as inclusion in regional research/surveys such as the Global Corruption Barometer – both of
which are important sources of data to be used in demonstrating the level and impact of corruption in
Jamaica, and providing comparison with other countries in the region and the world. It was also through
TI, that NIA was able to access some programmatic funding made available by Global Affairs Canada for
the IMPACT programme.
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4. Performance Indicators & Workplan Fulfilment
While this report uses a slightly different structure, NIA’s program was organized around six activity areas:
1. Build citizen awareness and capacity for sustained action against corruption
2. Promote justice sector anti-corruption programmes
3. Support public capacity to deal with corruption victimization
4. Develop and support networks of key anti-corruption stakeholders
5. Strengthen investigative journalism capabilities of media practitioners
6. Promote effective enforcement of anti-corruption legislation
NIA’s program utilized four Performance, which sought to capture outcomes and outputs of NIA’s work
which respond directly to USAID standard Performance Indicators. There was also a listing of expected
outcomes which corresponded closely with the workplan fulfilment, that was tracked.
Performance Indicators
Indicator #1 - Number of government officials receiving USG-supported anti-corruption training.
This standard indicator is defined as the cumulative number of government employees, in particular:
prosecutors from the Director of Public Prosecutions’ office, clerks of courts from the resident
magistrate’s court, Resident Magistrates and High Court Judges that receive anti-corruption training or
sensitization through NIA. This indicator is primarily related to activity area 2 - Promote justice sector anti-
corruption programmes.
Indicator #2 - Number of public forums resulting from USG assistance in which national legislators and
members of the public interact.
This standard indicator seeks to capture the number of events (community meetings, forums, etc.) -
staged entirely or with the assistance of NIA - where Members of Parliament (who constitute the
nation’s legislative body) interact with members of the public. This indicator is related to activity areas 1,
4 and 6, namely: Build citizen awareness and capacity for sustained action against corruption; Develop
and support networks of key anti-corruption stakeholders; Promote effective enforcement of anti-
corruption legislation.
Indicator #3 - Number of vulnerable people benefitting from USG supported social services.
This standard indicator captures the number of vulnerable people (victims and witnesses of corruption
or injustice) receiving legal advice, guidance or other assistance from NIA. This corresponds to activity
area 3 - Support public capacity to deal with corruption victimization.
Indicator #4 - Number of people affiliated with non-governmental organizations receiving USG-
supported anti-corruption training
This standard indicator captures the number of persons (who are members, volunteers or otherwise
affiliated with one or more non-governmental/civil society organisations) receiving any of a wide range
of anti-corruption training through workshops, seminars, etc. held with USG assistance. This indicator is
primarily related to activity areas 1 - Build citizen awareness and capacity for sustained action against
corruption.
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Results
Indicator
Initial
Life of
Project
Target
Targets
Updated
after No-
Cost
Extension
Progress
(As at
Sept 30,
2016)
Progress
5
(As at
Sept 30,
2017)
Progress
(As at
Sept 30,
2018)
Progress
(As at
Sept 30,
2019)
Progress
(As at
March
31,
2020)
Life of
Project
Achievement
#1
1200
1400
78
389
597
474
228
1766
#2
30
33
5
23
9
4
2
43
#3
300
470
85
158
234
207
42
726
#4
6
280
380
n/m
158
63
600
0
821
In all cases, targets were exceeded. This arose from a combination of higher-than-anticipated responses
to NIA’s activities (e.g. ALAC services being utilized) or higher-than-anticipated opportunities for
engagement taking place (e.g. Training seminars or invitations to speaking engagements).
Expected Outputs
#
Expected Outputs
Progress
Build citizen awareness and capacity for sustained action against corruption
1
1A Design and implement a sustained
campaign utilizing multi-media and
grassroots engagement to show linkages
between corruption and the development
challenges facing the country. Media
campaigns should engage youth as
appropriate, for example utilizing venues
such as popular cultural, sporting and
recreational spaces.
NIA’s media campaign recovered some ground
lost to delays at the inception of the programme.
In Jamaica the mantra “out of sight is out of
mind” applies in many cases; making it critical to
retain a media presence at all times. NIA
strategically accepted speaking engagements
that have allowed the organisation to maintain its
presence in the national media, along with the
advertising campaigns, complemented by a social
media presence and therefore deliver intended
advocacy messages to the various publics.
2
1B Establish and/or support integrity
movements to engage students in
schools, tertiary institutions and
communities, including support for a
Civics curriculum in the education system.
Support was provided to the Integrity Action
Movement on the UWI Mona campus, Church
Teachers College in Mandeville, and the UTECH
campus in Kingston.
Implementation of the Integrity ambassadors
programme in secondary schools was broadened
with endorsement from the Ministry.
Promote justice sector anti-corruption programmes
5
This figure does not include the Year 1 totals, this holds for subsequent columns.
6
This indicator was introduced at the start of FY 2017.
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#
Expected Outputs
Progress
3
2A Provide technical assistance to selected
jurisprudence institutions and actors in
contemporary anti-corruption practices
through a trainer-of-trainers
methodology and advocate for a greater
focus on anti-corruption within the
Jamaican legal education architecture.
The goal will be to shift responsibility for
technical training back to the host-country
(exact institution to assume training to be
identified during initial project phase).
Several training-of-trainers sessions were
conducted over the life of the project.
Unfortunately, the plan to outfit a state entity
with some of the equipment needed to continue
to undertake these sessions, was not fully
realized.
4
2B Conduct tool-kit building seminars for
officials in criminal justice system around
new and under-utilized legislation.
These were undertaken as planned, with the Life
of Project target being exceeded.
Support public capacity to deal with corruption victimization
5
3A Pursue up to 12 cases over the period of
the award.
NIA, through legal firm Nunes, Scholefield,
DeLeon pursued five (5) cases arising from
requests/complaints by individuals or groups of
individuals. Unfortunately, the slow pace of the
Jamaican legal system militated against these
matters being completed in a timely manner, to
facilitate their use as teaching tools in our
broader public education efforts.
6
3B Refer at least 24 cases to relevant
authorities over the period of the award.
NIA’s ALAC has referred twenty-three (31) cases
to relevant state bodies over the life of the
project.
7
3C Develop a Manual/Handbook to guide
citizens in the identifying and responding
to incidents of corruption
Procurement for the consultant to undertake the
development of the manual was delayed until the
final year of the project and was not completed
by the selected consultant within the timeframe
required.
Develop and support networks of key anti-corruption stakeholders
8
4A Create a forum of anti-corruption
champions to build momentum and
action against corruption and provide
quarterly briefing and updates on the
progress of the anticorruption agenda.
Having engaged a range of stakeholders, NIA
formed a loose alliance with the Jamaica
Umbrella Groups of Churches, the Private Sector
Organisation of Jamaica, the Jamaica Chamber of
Commerce as well as the Jamaica Manufacturers
and Exporters Association to advance a unified
perspective on several matters of national
importance. These efforts were tacitly supported
by the media.
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#
Expected Outputs
Progress
9
4B Provide support to key public sector
agencies and departments, as well as
private sector, academic, clerical, youth
and civil society actors to combat
corruption and strengthen integrity
systems within government and society.
NIA engaged youth groups, churches, service
clubs, government agencies and community
groups as well as private sector bodies to
advance this objective.
10
4C Establish a sub-award mechanism which
will make at a minimum of five awards
during the life of project to support anti-
corruption activities and expand the
cadre of anti-corruption actors in
Jamaica.
Approval was granted for five sub-awards, not
including one which was approved by was
subsequently declined by the potential awardee.
The sub-awardees all undertook extensive work
(as detailed elsewhere in this report) to advance
the objective.
Strengthen investigative journalism capabilities of media practitioners
11
5A Support activities and initiatives to
enhance and facilitate effective
investigative journalism practices among
media practitioners.
NIA has collaborated with varied stakeholders to
stage several Investigative Journalism Training
Seminars, including a regional seminar, a
community journalism seminar and
collaborations with CARIMAC to facilitate greater
practice of investigative journalism.
Over the life of the project, we also supported
activities initiated by the Press Association of
Jamaica
Promote effective enforcement of anti-corruption legislation
12
6A Continue to advocate for the passing of
the Campaign Finance Regulation and
Integrity Commission Act.
Campaign finance regulation was passed, as was
the Integrity Commission Act. NIA subsequently
engaged in advocacy around their effective
implementation.
13
6B Partner with the Electoral Commission of
Jamaica to support the effective
implementation and enforcement of
Political Party Registration.
Despite maintaining a positive engagement with
the ECJ over the life of the award, including being
invited to participate in numerous Election
Centres, there was limited appetite for
undertaking the public education drive around
the new electoral legislation.
14
6C Continue monitoring the legislative
landscape and making interventions to
enhance Jamaica’s governance
arrangements.
NIA also advocated for the passage of the MOCA
Act, which has been approved by both houses of
Parliament and is awaiting full implementation.
This is delayed by the slow development of
regulations to support the act.
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5. Achievements, Challenges & Lessons Learnt
Programmatic Achievements
Several major outcomes have been achieved over the life of the program. Among them are:
• NIA has contributed to significant growth in the public’s awareness of (and demand for action against)
corruption in Jamaica.
• NIA contributed significantly to the passage of legislation, in particular the Integrity Commission Act
– which added prosecutorial power to Jamaica’s main anti-corruption agency. NIA was also
instrumental in the implementation of legislation to introduce campaign-financing regulations and, as
such, provide a new tool to reduce the impact of private/illicit money in our politics. NIA’s Advocacy
also contributed to the passage of the law to establish the Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption
Agency as an independent body. This was sustained beyond the passage of the law, to include pressing
for the passage of the regulations to give effect to the law. NIA also played an important role in the
passage of regulations to give effect to the Political Party Registration and Campaign Finance Reform
amendments to the Representation of the People Act (ROPA).
• NIA’s work with youth leaders and groups, first in the areas of leadership development and civic
responsibility, and latterly in relation to Youth Violence Prevention has been monumental and
impactful. Groups such as the Integrity Ambassadors, National Youth Parliamentarians, National
Youth Council, National Secondary Schools Council and members of the Integrity Action Movement
(IAM) have all benefitted in these engagements, and we anticipate that through them we will begin
to see a shift in the political and leadership culture in Jamaica in a few years.
• NIA was for an important period of time, the Justice Sector’s de facto training and sensitization
partner. This resulted in important efforts around increasing outcomes from the anti-gang legislation,
the Proceeds of Crime Act as well as the effective use of forensics in investigations, in particular the
DNA Evidence Act. Latterly, NIA has also supported the Ministry of Justice’s push for greater adoption
of Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms, such as Restorative Justice, Child Diversion and Plea
Bargaining. All told, in excess of 1700 Government/Justice Sector officials participated in NIA
hosted/supported capacity-building seminars.
• The combined effect of activities under the project contributed significantly to the most effective
challenge to the impunity of public officials and well-connected private citizens in over a decade.
Challenges/Lessons Learned
The collusion between otherwise competing elites (in the public and private sectors), identified as one of
the specific features of Jamaica’s Corruption Syndrome (USAID, 2008) presented an obstacle to the
expeditious passage of strong anti-corruption legislation, the prompt holding of public officials to account,
and to the speedy prosecution of well-connected, powerful individuals. One result, in part, of this obstacle
was the absence of alacrity by agents of the state in tabling legislation and the tendency to water-down
provisions in law and to delay the implementation of recently passed laws. NIA was able to mitigate the
impact of this obstacle by differentiating between the proponents for transparency and those more
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corrupt amongst the elites, and, on this basis, forge alliances with the former to weaken the negative
influence of the latter.
Related to this is the important lesson that while it is critical to pass strong legislation, it is also important
to have capable, driven personnel to lead and to staff these organisations. Establishing and resourcing
state entities to have oversight, investigative and prosecutorial roles is an important first step, however
without proper enforcement of the law - the pace and strength of which would be determined by the
organizations’ leadership - the very establishment of an entity that is seen by the public as ineffective will
worsen levels of apathy observed among citizens towards state agencies. In summary, institutions matter,
but leadership matters too.
Thirdly, limited interest in - and engagement with - public affairs amongst the main body of the citizenry
constitutes an impediment to greater assertiveness in the combat of corruption. This relatively low level
of engagement, documented in numerous studies (LAPOP 2014 & 2017), arises among large segments of
the population from several factors. These include a preoccupation with personal survival driven by
increasing difficulty making ends meet; partisan political attachments militating against unified, issue-
based citizen responses to public matters; fear of victimization by the authorities for speaking out; and a
feeling that standing up to corruption is unlikely to produce positive outcomes. NIA sought, with some
success to combat widespread citizen apathy - the cumulative outcome of this obstacle – by
demonstrating that a reduction in corruption would improve the everyday conditions of the poor,
regardless of affiliation and by utilizing current examples to illustrate the effectiveness of non-partisan
activism in producing positive outcomes.
Other challenges to successful program implementation arose from developments which were completely
exogenous to NIA and its work. These included the governments response to high levels of crime, which
took the form of extensive and extended states of public emergency as well as Zones of Special Operations
(ZOSO’s). These had the effect of curtailing some of the community-level activity that would have been
otherwise undertaken by NIA’s team and/or sub-awardees. Similarly, the emergence of the COVID-19
virus in late 2019, which would impact Jamaica and NIA in early 2020 and prove to be a constricting force
nationally, as well as organizationally. NIA sought to navigate these challenges as best as circumstances
allowed.
A main lesson learned and reconfirmed is that overcoming corruption in Jamaica and the related obstacles
referred to above is a long-term endeavor. Hence, there remains the need to secure substantial long-term
funding to sustain activities and partnerships to strengthen integrity and more effectively combat
corruption.
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6. List of DEC Submissions
List of NIA ‘Publications’
Research Publications (in partnership with sub-awardee CaPRI)
• Anti-corruption Innovations Strengthening Jamaica's Integrity
• Beyond PET Bottles and Plastic Bags FIxing Jamaica's Environmental Regulatory Framework
• In Search of the Most Efficient Tax for Jamaica
• Transparency, Growth & Transformation -- Unleashing the Power of Open Government Data
Manuals
• Supported the MOEYI’s publication of the National Youth Policy ‘Reader-Friendly’ Version
• Supported the MOJ’s publication of the Arbitration and Mediation Rules
• Supported a reprint of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s Police-Citizen Code of Conduct
Educational Documentaries
• Jamaica’s Laws & Order (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVfgpf7NT3I)
• The Life of National Hero Marcus Garvey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq9_uMzKTxw)
• The Life of National Heroes Alexander Bustamante & Norman Manley
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• Advocacy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR13ToL7zlU)
• MOCA (in partnership with sub-awardee MOCA)
• Enforce the Law (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEhxJ_kLjsA)
• Lock Dem Up! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8KJvmwNo1s)
• Do the Right Thing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci0nke5iED0)
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Appendix – List of Activities, Invitations and Speaking Engagements
Nature of Occasion
Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Town Hall meeting – “Raising
Males to Become Extraordinary
Gentlemen”
Mikhale Edwards –
Director of
Communications and
Public Relations
April 27,
2016
Mandela Park,
HWT
Danny Roberts –
Board Member and
OO
Participate in World Bank’s
Regional Conference - “Cuentas
Claras: Governance for Growth
with Equity in Latin America and
the Caribbean”.
Cuentas Claras
Secretariat
April 28 -
29
Montevideo,
Uruguay
Executive Director
(Declined)
IDB Brand Launch featuring Adrian
Wooldridge from The Economist
Magazine – Reinventing the State
Therese Turner-Jones
– IDB Country
Representative
May 2
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel
NIA Team
Jurist Workshop
Zaila McCalla - Chief
Justice
May 12
Canadian High
Commission
ED, CSC and
Accountant
Presentation to Leslie Robinson
Hall on Ethical Leadership
Franz George –
Resident Advisor
May 16
OSSD Conference
Room, UWI
Administrator
USAID Post-Award Conference
Ms. Denise Herbol –
Mission Director
May 17
US Embassy
Executive Director,
DDFA and EPPC
Meeting on Good Governance,
Rule of Law and Democracy
Donna Parchment -
Brown
May 17
MSBM, UWI Mona
RC
Panelist – Institute of Internal
Auditors, Thought Leadership
Conference 2016
Tamara Baugh –
Brissett - President
May 18
Spanish Court
Hotel, Kingston
Executive Director
Live broadcast of the Champion’s
League Final between real Madrid
and Atletico de Madrid
Charge d’Affaires
May 20
Spanish Embassy
Residence
Executive Director
(Declined)
Guest Speaker at Kiwanis Club of
South St. Andrew
Keodie Palmer –
President Elect
May 25
University College
of the Caribbean
Executive Director
(postponed)
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Nature of Occasion
Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
TI Latin America and the
Caribbean Regional Meeting
Alejandro Salas -
May 27-28
Miami, FL
Executive Director,
LRA and CSC
18 Degrees 3
rd
Season Launch and
Panel Discussion
Zahra Burton
May 30
Wray and Nephew
Corporate Head
Quarters, New
Kingston
Executive Director
USAID’s 2016 Development and
Outreach Training
Kimberly Weller -
Development
Outreach &
Communications
Specialist
June 1
US Embassy
OO-C and
Administrator
JIFS/JBA Annual Anti-Fraud
Seminar
Darlene Jones –
Executive Director
June 2
Terra Nova Hotel
Accountant, OO-C
and Social Media
Intern
Induction and Training of New
Members
NIA
June 10 –
12
Hilton Rose Hall -
Montego Bay
NIA Team
Meeting with Private Sector CEOs
NIA/ Grace Kennedy
June 13
Grace Kennedy
HQ
Board Room
NIA/ Grace
Kennedy
Speaker at the Committee of the
Inter American Network on
Government Procurement
Caribbean Conference
Leslie Elizabeth
Harper – Fiscal and
Municipal Specialist
(IDB)
June 13-14
Barbados
Executive Director
(Declined)
Presentation to UWI Guild Retreat
“Integrity in Leadership; Restoring
Trust “
Mikiela Gonzales –
Guild President (elect)
June 14
UWI Mona
Campus
Executive Director
Panelist at M.o.E. Safety and
Ethics Conference – “ Strategies
for Enhancing an Ethical Core
Value System”
Dr. Grace McLean –
Chief Education
Officer
June 14
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel,
Kingston
Deputy Executive
Director
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Nature of Occasion
Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Presentation on Social Auditing at
USAID/COMET II Partnering to
Build Safer Communities
Ian McKnight – Chief
of Party, COMET II
June 14
Montego Bay Civic
Centre, St. James
Outreach Officer
Farewell Reception of USAID’s
Mission Director
Knetia Landells -
Wiggan
June 20
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
Executive Director
Southern Conference Basketball
Dennis Martin -
President
June 21
Majesty Gardens
COO
Southern Conference Basketball
Dennis Martin -
President
June 23
Different
Communities
COO
Junior Debate International
Clifton Campbell –
Founder/Organiser
June 24
Police Officer’s
Club
Executive Director
Southern Basketball Conference
Dennis Martin –
President
June 25
Tony Spaulding
Sports Complex,
Kingston
COO
Dunrobin Park Citizen Association
Monica Burford – Vice
President
June 26
Dunrobin Park
ED, LO, CSC and
DED
Southern Basketball Conference
Dennis Martin -
President
June 26
Varying matches
in different
communities
COO
Southern Basketball Conference
Dennis Martin -
President
June 28
Arnett Gardens
COO
Roundtable Discussion with Public
Sector/Private Sector and IDPs on
“Curbing Tax Evasion”
NIA
June 30
Negril Suite,
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel
NIA Team
Southern Basketball Conference
Dennis Martin -
President
June 30
Tony Spaulding
Sports Complex,
Kingston
COO
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Nature of Occasion
Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
NIA Staff Retreat
NIA Executive Director
July 1
Hibiscus Room,
Eden Gardens,
Kingston
NIA Team
Participant in TI Summer School
on Integrity
TI-S
July 2- 11
Vilinius, Lithuania
Franz George –
IAM President
Guest Speaker at Prospect College
Graduation
Ms. Gregory Wint –
Principal
July 2
Prospect College,
St. Ann
Executive Director
Corporate Social Picnic, a Kingston
17 Community Fair
Donat Robinson –
Director, Projects &
Strategy, East
Kingston Society
July 2
Harbour View
Primary School,
Kingston
Outreach Officer -
Community
Launch of the SDC National
Community Netball Competition
2016
Dr. Dwayne Vernon –
Executive Director
July 2
Jamalco Sports
Complex,
Clarendon
Community
Outreach Officer
SDC National T/20 Community
Cricket Competition 2016
SDC/NIA
July 3
Comfort
Community
Centre,
Manchester
Community
Outreach Officer
Panel Discussant at Leadership
and Advocacy Course:
“Governance & Community
Development: The Role of the
Community Leader
Dr. Deborah Duperly –
Pinks – Course
Developer
July 4
Sybil Francis
Seminar Room,
Social Welfare
Training Centre,
UWI Mona
Campus
Deputy Executive
Director, Events
Coordinator
UWI Mona Town Hall Meeting: A
Conversation with Baroness
Patricia Scotland, Secretary
General of the Commonwealth
Ms. Minna Israel,
Special Advisor to the
VC on Resource
Development, UWI
Regional HQ
July 8
UWI’s Regional
Headquarters,
Mona
EC, EA & M&EC
10000 Men and Their Families
March
Bishop Rowan
Edwards - Chairman
July 10
May Pen,
Clarendon
Deputy Executive
Director
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NIA
Representative(s)
Comet II Community Journalism
Workshop
USAID
July 12
Gordon Town
COO, NIA Members
Southern Conference Basketball
Sponsorship Launch and Quarter-
Finals
Ms. Dennis Martin –
President
July 14
Tony Spaulding
Sports Complex,
Arnett Gardens
ED, DED, COO, EC
& EA
SDC National Community Netball
Competition 2016
SDC/NIA
July 16
Central Village
Community
Centre, Spanish
Town, St.
Catherine
COO, EC & EA
SDC National T/20 Community
Cricket Competition 2016
SDC/NIA
July 17
Camden Oval,
Race Course-
Clarendon
COO & EC
National Conference on Citizen
Security
Ms. Renée Steele,
Policy Manager,
Ministry of National
Security
July 21
The Montego Bay
Convention
Centre
COO & Events
Coordinator
Southern Conference Basketball
Sponsorship Semi-Finals
Dennis Martin –
President
July 21
Tony Spaulding
Sports Complex,
Arnett Gardens
COO, EC, EA
High Court Judge Training Seminar
NIA Team
July 22-24
Jewel Paradise
Cove, Runaway
Bay
ED, DED, EC, M&E,
Accountant
St. Catherine Sports Extravaganza
and Community Business
Exposition
Dr. Dwayne Vernon –
SDC Executive
Director
July 23
GC Foster College
Outreach Officer –
Community & NIA
Members
Southern Conference Basketball –
Semi-Final Game #3
Ms. Dennis Martin –
President
July 26
Tony Spaulding
Sports Complex,
Arnett Gardens
COO, EA, EC, & NIA
Members
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Respect Jamaica and UN Women’s
HeForShe Jamaica Campaign
Launch
The Most Hon.
Andrew Holness, PM
July 27
North Lawns,
Jamaica House
ED
National Secondary Students
Council (NSSC) Executive Capacity
Building Training (EBD)
Programme
Mr. Davey Haughton
& Ms. Ruth Lawrence,
YEOs, Ministry of
Education, Youth and
Information
July 28
Eltham Training
Centre, St. Ann
YOO & Events
Coordinator
Southern Conference Basketball
Finals Game #1
Dennis Martin -
President
July 28
National Arena
COO & EC
National Commercial Bank Co-
operative Credit Union G-SAT
Awards Function
Ms. Joan Garfield,
GM, NCB Co-op
July 29
Knutsford Court
Hotel
DED
Final of the SDC National
Community Netball Competition
2016 & Quarter-Finals of SDC T20
Cricket
SDC/NIA
July 30
Treasure Beach
Multi – Purpose
Complex, St.
Elizabeth
COO, DED, EC &
NIA Members
SDC National T/20 Community
Cricket Competition 2016
SDC/NIA
July 31
Eden Park, Jacks
River – St. Mary
COO, EC & NIA
Members
National Emancipation &
Independence Thanksgiving
Church Service
The Hon. Olivia
Grange, Minister of
Culture, Gender,
Entertainment &
Sport
July 31
Pentecostal
Gospel Temple,
111 Windward
Road
DED
Southern Conference Basketball –
Final Games #3
Mr. Dennis Martin -
President
August 5
Pembroke Hall
COO
Keynote Speaker at the
Presentation Ceremony of the
Best Free Community Competition
Bishop Rowan
Edwards, Chairman,
Spanish Town
Development Area
Committee
August 4
Arian’s
Restaurant,
Twickenham Park,
Spanish Town
ED, EC, COO & EA
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
A Tribute to Rae Town Old Hits
Ms. Suzette Wood,
Liaison, Spanish
Embassy
August 4
Embassy of Spain,
1b Norbrook
Road
ED
Keynote Speaker at Church
Service to Celebrate the
Independence of Jamaica and
other countries
Mr. Neville Lake -
CACG
August 7 &
8
Port St. Lucie, FL
Deputy Executive
Director
Church Service launching the
Inaugural Global Giving Week,
UWI
Miss Minna Israel,
Special Advisor to the
VC on Resource
Development, UWI
Regional HQ
August 7
UWI Regional
Headquarters,
Mona
ED
(Declined)
Endorsement Address to the
Launch of The One World Ska and
Rocksteady Music Festival
Mr. Julian ‘Jingles’
Reynolds, Chairman,
Sounds & Pressure
Foundation
August 9
Windward Suite,
Knutsford Court
Hotel
EA, EC, COO
Southern Conference Basketball –
Final Games #3
Mr. Dennis Martin -
President
August 9
Pembroke Hall
COO, EC
SDC Lawrence Tavern Health and
Empowerment Back to School
Fair
Mrs. Sherine Walker-
Francis Director of
Governance, SDC
August 11
Lawrence Tavern
Town Square, St.
Andrew
DED, COO, & NIA
Members
Independent Commission of
Investigators (INDECOM), Annual
Commissioner’s Forum
Mr. Terrence
Williams,
Commissioner,
INDECOM
August 16
Main Conference
Room, Ministry of
Justice, 61
Constant Spring
Road
ED
Floral Tribute Commemorating the
129
th
Anniversary of the birth of
the Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey
The Hon. Olivia
Grange, Min. of
Culture, Gender,
Entertainment &
Sport
August 17
National Heroes
Park, Kingston
EC, M&E
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Presenter of the Marcus Garvey
Award for Governance 2016
Mr. Steven Golding,
UNIA-ACL President
Kingston Division #1
August 17
Somali Court, 38
Lady Musgrave
Road
ED, DED, EC, LRA,
M&EC, COO
Ministry of National
Security/Unite for Change Spanish
Town Stakeholder Meeting
Dianne McIntosh,
Permanent Secretary,
MNS
August 17
SDC Conference
Centre, SDC
Complex, Port
Henderson Road
COO
UWI Orientation - New Regional
and International Students Day 1
Office of Student
Services and
Development, UWI &
NIA
August 22
UWI, Mona
YOO, EC, Social
Media Intern & NIA
members
UTECH Orientation airing of NIA
Documentary
NIA
August 22
UTECH, Papine
YOO, DED, EA &
Social Media Intern
UWI Orientation - New Regional
and International Students Day 2
Office of Student
Services and
Development, UWI &
NIA
August 23
UWI, Mona
YOO, Social Media
Intern
UWI Orientation Parent and
Family Day
NIA
August 24
UWI, Mona
DED & YOO
Opening Address to the Press
Launch of the Global Leadership
Summit
Rev. Dave Falconer/
Mr. Brian Brown,
Marketing &
Sponsorship Manager,
GLS
August 25
ATL Montego Bay
EC, CSC
Edna Manley Orientation Week –
NIA Booth
Mr. Horace Prince –
Director of Student
Services
August 25
Edna Manley
Campus
YOO, Social Media
Intern & NIA
Members
UWI Tent City Day
NIA
August 25
UWI, Mona
DED, YOO, Social
Media Intern & NIA
Members
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Southern Conference/NIA
Basketball League Awards
Ceremony
Mr. Calvin Martin
August 25
Hospitality Room,
The National
Stadium
COO, EA
Farewell and Welcome Cocktail
Reception
Ambassador Luis
Moreno, United
States Embassy,
Kingston
August 25
5 Cookham Dene,
Jack’s Hill Road,
Kingston
ED
Training Seminar for Crown
Counsel from the Office of the
Director of Public Prosecutions
NIA
August 26-
28
Melia Braco Hotel,
Trelawny
ED, EC, EA M&E
Coordinator
St. James Stakeholder Meeting
NIA
August 26
St. James Youth
Information
Centre
ED, DED, CSC, EC,
EA
Steering Committee Planning
Meeting
NIA/FIWI Jamaica
August 26
UTECH, Montego
Bay Campus
ED, DED, EA, CSC
Jamaica Chamber International
Advocacy Training Seminar
Mr. Dwayne Gutzmer,
President JCI
August 27
UWI, Western
Jamaica Campus
ED, EA, CSC
Andrews Memorial Church Good
Samaritan 5K Run/Walk
Mr. Keith Nugent,
Administrator GSI 5K
August 28
Kingston
NIA Team
(rescinded)
UCC Orientation
Mrs. Hewitt, Head,
Student Affairs
August 28
Kingston
LO, LRA & NIA
Members
SDC National T/20 Community
Cricket Competition 2016 – Finals
SDC/NIA
August 28
Noranda Bauxite
Company,
Discovery Bay –
St. Ann
DED, COO, EC & EA
UWI Western Jamaica Campus
Orientation
NIA
August 28-
30
UWI, Western
Jamaica Campus
DED, YOO & NIA
Members
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Social Audit Training
NIA
August 29
–
September
2
Jewels Runaway
Bay, St. Ann
COO, EC & NIA
Members
Sensitization Session on Justice
Services
Carol Palmer,
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Justice
September
1
3
rd
Floor, Large
Conference Room,
61 Constant
Spring Road, MoJ
ED
Launch of Capri Dialogue Between
Democracies Report on US-
Jamaica Bilateral Relationship
CAPRI
September
7
UWI Vice
Chancellery
ED, M&EC, EC
An Address to the 34
th
International Symposium on
Economic Crime
Professor Barry Rider
OBE – Symposium
Director and Co-
Chairman
September
7-10
Jesus College,
Cambridge, UK
Executive Director
(Declined)
First Global Reporters
Investigative Journalism Training
Symposium
Kith-Ann Excell,
Global Reporters for
the Caribbean
September
9-10
Spanish Court
CSC, EC
Bushy Park CDC Advocacy
Workshop
Mrs. Andrea Nelson,
SDC Community
Development Officer
September
10
SDC Conference
Room, Spanish
Town
ED, COO & Fae
Ellington
The Electoral Commission of
Jamaica Democracy Forum
Miss Daynia Harper,
Public Education
Officer, EOJ
September
21
The Jamaica
Pegasus Hotel,
New Kingston
ED, CSC
International Day of Peace Road
March
Peace Management
Initiative, Min. of
National Security, and
NIA
September
21
Sam Sharpe
Square
EC, COO & Events
Intern
Book Launch – “Money and
Politics: Towards a Legal
Framework” Leon HoSang
Leon HoSang
September
22
Talk of the Town
Suite, Jamaica
Pegasus
EC
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Guest Speaker Financial Services
Commission Award Luncheon
Ms. Janice Holness,
Executive Director,
FSC
September
23
The Jamaica
Pegasus
ED
International Development
Partners (IDP) Dialogue
NIA/USAID
September
26
Blue Mahoe
Room, The
Courtleigh Hotel
NIA Team
Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit
Caribbean Regional
Youth Council & NIA
September
27-30
The Radisson
Hotel, Belize City,
Belize
LO & NIA Member
Launch of UWI Guild
Entrepreneurship Competition
Jerahmeel James –
UWI Guild VP,
Properties and Special
Initiatives
September
28
Undercroft, UWI
Mona
YOO
Panel Member, Public Education
Forum on the Access to
Information Act
Prudence Barnes,
Public Education
Manager, Access to
Information Unit,
OPM
September
29
CARIMAC, Annex
Room 2, UWI,
Mona
ED, YOO & IAM
Members
Council of Community Colleges,
Jamaica (CCCJ) Student’s
Governance Leadership Workshop
Mr. Davey Haughton,
Youth Empowerment
Officer, Min. of EYI
September
30
Ocho Rios, St. Ann
YOO & EC
(Declined)
End of FY2016/Start of FY2017
NIA Sponsored NCU Invitational
Debates
Ms. Noreen Daley –
Convener, Northern
Caribbean University
October 7
NCU Campus,
Manchester
DED, YOO &
Outreach Intern
Booth at Institute of Financial
Services Anti-Money
Laundering/Counter-Financing of
Terrorism Conference
Mrs. Darlene Jones,
ED, JIFS
October 10
Jamaica Pegasus
EC
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Guest Speaker, BCCI
Anti-Corruption Campaign
Business Mixer
Kim Aikman, CEO,
Belize Chamber of
Commerce & Industry
Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry
October 12
Belize
ED (Declined)
Guest Speaker, National
Secondary Students’ Council
Inauguration
Mr. Everton Rattray,
President, NSSC
October 12
Institute of
Jamaica, Public
Lecture Room
ED, YOO, EC &
Social Media Intern
NIA Booth at NIA Sponsored
National Parenting Support
Commission Partner Central
Village Health/Information Fair &
Community Forum
Mikhaile Edwards,
Director of
Communication &
Public Relations, NPSC
October 13
Central Village
Community
Centre
DED & CSC
NIA Sponsored Governor
General’s Youth County
Consultative Conferences
Mr. Effiom Whyte,
Office of the
Governor General
October 13
SDA West Jamaica
Conference
Centre,
Montego Bay, St.
James
ED, & EA
NIA Sponsored Hampton Green
(Jobs Lane/Irish Pen) Health and
Social Services Fair
Mr. Denzil Green,
Community
Development Officer,
SDC
October 13
Brunswick Avenue
COO, NIA Team
members
Reception, National Day of Spain
Carman Ruiz-
Tapiador, Chargée
d’Affaires
October 13
White Clouds, 1b
Norbrook Road
ED (Declined)
NIA Sponsored Old Harbour
Cassava, Seafood & Cultural Fest
under the theme: “Stimulating
Economic Growth &
Development”
Old Harbour
Development
Committee
October 14
Port Esquivel, Old
Harbour
COO, EA & NIA
Members
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
NIA and MOEYI Youth
Governance, Advocacy and
Capacity Building Training
NIA/MoYEI
October
17-22
Jewels Paradise
Cove
YOO, DED & ED
Meeting with the Jamaica
Diaspora Security Council
NIA
October 19
2 Holborn Road
ED, DED, CSO & EA
Symposium on Political Leadership
and Launch of the Michael Manley
Biography
Dr. Lloyd Waller, UWI
Department of
Government
October 19
UWI Regional
Headquarters
ED, EC
NIA Sponsored Harkers Hall
Farmers Expo
SDC/Harpers Hall
Farmers Group
October 20
RADA Office,
Harkers Hall
COO, & NIA
Members
NIA Sponsored Governor
General’s Youth Consultative
Conferences
Mr. Effiom Whyte,
Office of the
Governor General
October 20
Cardiff Hotel &
Spa, Runaway
Bay, St. Ann
ED, DED & EA
NIA Sponsored Governor
General’s Youth County
Consultative Conferences
Mr. Effiom Whyte,
Office of the
Governor General
October 27
The Terra Nova All
Suite Hotel,
Waterloo Road,
St. Andrew
ED & EA
IAM-NIA Conversation Series –
Senator Matthew Samuda
NIA/IAM
October 27
UWI, MONA
YOO & YO Intern
GOJ/UWI/UN – Official Launch of
the Regional Conference on the
Sustainable Development Goals in
the Caribbean and the 2016
Caribbean Human Development
Report
GOJ/UWI/UN
October 27
UWI Regional
Headquarters,
Mona
ED (as guest)
NIA partnering to host Burger King
Prep and Primary Schools’
Debating Competition – Training
Sessions
Burger King/NIA
October 28
Caenwood Centre,
Arnold Road,
Kingston
DED & YO Intern
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
NIA Sponsored, Global Leadership
Summit
Rev. Dave Falconer &
Brian Brown,
Marketing &
Sponsorship Director
– Jamaica Link
Ministries
October 28
- 29
Montego Bay
Conference
Centre
CSC & NIA
Members
NIA Sponsored Integrity
Champions Conference
NIA/COMET-II
October
29-30
Jewels Paradise
Cove, Run-Away-
Bay, St. Ann
DED, COO & EC
JADE-NIA College Cup
JADE-NIA
October 29
Church Teachers’
College,
Mandeville,
Manchester
YOO & YO Intern
Meeting with Mrs. Deon Jackson-
Miller and the Press Association of
Jamaica
NIA
November
2
2 Holborn Road
ED
NIA sponsored International
Association of Prosecutors
Conference
Ms. Paula Llewellyn,
Director of Public
Prosecutions
November
2- 4
Montego Bay
Conference
Centre
ED, EC, LRA1, LRA2,
M&EC
Panelist for Police Youth Club
Youth Forum
Sergeant Nikisha
Wright, Island
Coordinator,
Community Safety
and Security Branch
November
3
Clarendon’s
National Youth
Service
Conference Room
DED
Lauriston and Thompson Pen 13
th
Annual Stew Festival
Shian Christie, Audio
Visual Officer, 4H
Clubs
November
5
Brooklyn Park,
Thompson Pen, St.
Catherine
COO, NIA Members
Attendees at Civic Affairs
Committee of the JCC Sameer
Younis Foundation 35
th
Grand
Charity Ball
Mr. Sameer Younis,
Chairman, JCC Sameer
Younis Foundation
November
5
Grand Jamaica
Suite Jamaica
Pegasus
EA, COO
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Min of Education
National Parenting Support
Commission – Church Service to
Mark start of Parent Month
Mikhale Edwards,
Director,
Communication &
Public Relations
November
6
Emanuel apostolic
Church, 12 Slipe
Road, Kingston 5
EA
Speaker at the Faculty of Medical
Science’s 25
th
Annual research
Conference under the theme “One
Health, One Caribbean”
Dr. Paul Brown,
Senior Lecturer and
Chairman of the
Organizing Committee
November
6-11
Faculty of Medical
Sciences, UWI,
Mona
YOO
(Declined)
NIA partnering to host Burger King
Prep and Primary Schools’
Debating Competition – Round
One
Burger King/NIA
November
7-9
St. Andrews High
School for Girls,
Audio Visual
Room
YOO & YO Intern
Panelist at the Forum for Youth
Rights in the Education System
Dervin Osbourne –
Programme Officer,
JYAN
November
9
Knutsford Court
Hotel, Kingston
LO &YOO
IAM-NIA Conversation Series –
Prof. Trevor Munroe, Executive
Director NIA
NIA - IAM
November
10
UWI, Mona
YOO, YO Intern and
Social Media Intern
Observer at the Youth Parliament
2016/2017 Launch
Heather Cooke – Clerk
of the House
November
14
Gordon House,
Kingston
YOO and IAM
Members
IAM-NIA Conversation series –
Richard Byles, CEO Sagicor
NIA/IAM
November
17
UWI Mona
YOO & YO Intern
Presentation at CIN Lecture Series
Mr. Stephen Hill –
CEO, Caribbean
International Network
November
17
Schomburg Centre
for Research in
Black Culture -
New York
Executive Director,
M&EC
Commemoration of International
Men’s Day
Patrick Prendergast –
Acting Campus
Director
November
17
UWI, WJC
EC
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Fourth Special Meeting of CELAC
on Preventing & Combatting
Corruption
Guatemala Office of
the Vice President
November
18-19
Guatemala City,
Guatemala
Executive Director
(Declined due to
Clash)
NIA partnering to host Burger King
Prep and Primary Schools’
Debating Competition – Round
Two
Burger King/NIA
November
18 & 21
St. Andrew’s High
School for Girls
YOO & YO Intern
Grace Allen Young Memorial
Lecture
Caribbean Institute of
Pharmacy Policy
Practice & Research,
UTECH
November
20
UTECH, Papine
Campus
Deputy Executive
Director
Launch of the OCG’s Youth
Programme – “The Fight Against
Corruption Begins with You”
Mr. Dirk Harrison –
Contractor General
November
21
Mona High
School, Kingston
DED
CTC Community Forum on Local
Government with the Manchester
Chamber of Commerce and
Manchester Parish Development
Committee
Mr. Dudley McLean –
Coach and
Coordinator, CTC
Debate and Integrity
Club
November
22
Church Teachers’
College,
Mandeville,
Manchester
YOO, YO Intern
Guest Speaker, National Customer
Service Week & Conference
Mr. Richard Rowe,
Deputy President, Ja
Customer Service
Association
November
22
Jamaica Pegasus
ED (Declined)
Main Speaker, Police Training
College/UWI Open Campus
Conference on Gang Violence
Supt. Michael Morris,
Head, Police Training
College
November
22 & 23
Mona Visitors
Lodge, UWI
ED
FiWi Jamaica Montego Bay Town
Hall
Prof. Rosalea
Hamilton, FiWi
Jamaica
November
23
Montego Bay
Conference
Centre
DED, EC, Interns &
Members
Key Note Speaker to Campion
College’s “Accountability, Our
Responsibility” Conference
Mr. Patrick Patterson,
Bursar, Campion
College
November
24
Hilton Rose Hall
Hotel
Executive Director
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Parish Judges Training Seminar
NIA/OCJ
November
25-27
Jewels Paradise
Cove
DED, EC, M&EC
1
st
Annual One World Ska &
Rocksteady Music Festival
Mr. Julian “Jingles”
Reynolds, Chairman,
Sounds and Pressure
Limited
November
26
Ranny Williams
Entertainment
Centre, Kingston
NIA Team
Encounter Ministries International
Youth Month Declaration Rally
Against Crime
Pastor Munroe Allen –
Encounter Ministries
International
November
26
Hope Rd, Kingston
YOO, IAM
Members
Annual Membership Meeting
Transparency
International
November
27 –
December
1
Panama City,
Panama
DED,CSC, COO
Guest Judge at Burger King Prep
and Primary Schools’ Debating
Competition – Semi finals
Burger King/NIA
December
1
St. Andrew’s High
School for Girls
Auditorium
YOO & YO Intern
International Anti-Corruption
Conference
Transparency
International
December
1-5
Panama City,
Panama
DED, CSC, COO
Speaker at Harbour View Optimist
Club
Miss Angella Scott
December
6
Harbour View
CSC
NIA partnering to host Burger King
Prep and Primary Schools’
Debating Competition – Grand
Finals
Burger King/NIA
December
9
TVJ Studios
YOO & IAM
Members
Attendees at US Embassy Anti-
Corruption Roundtable Discussion
Dr. Lloyd Waller, Dept
of Government UWI
December
9
Spanish Court
Hotel
NIA Team
Attendee, International Anti-
Corruption Day Celebrations
Dirk Harrison,
Contractor General
December
9
Jamaica
Conference
Centre
YO Intern & Social
Media Intern
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
NIA 5
th
Anniversary Church Service
NIA
December
11
Webster
Memorial United
church
NIA Team
Members, Board
Members, Guests
Speak Up Global ALAC Meeting
“Together Against Corruption: TI
Case Work of the Future
Paul Zoubkov – TI-S
Global Coordinator –
Advocacy and Legal
Advice Centres (ALAC)
December
12-18
Berlin, Germany
LO, LA
Keynote Speaker, Installation
Ceremony Commissioning Justices
of the Peace
The Hon. Steadman
Fuller, CD, JP, Custos
of Kingston
December
13
Leslie Rideout
Hall, 80 King
Street, Kingston
ED
Participant, First Information
Session with CSO and Social Actors
for the VIII Summit of the
Americas Process
Ms. Kerry-Ann
Parchment
Organization of
American States
Office of the General
Secretariat of the OAS
in Jamaica
December
14
PAHO, Gibraltar
Hall Road, UWI,
Mona
CSC
Informant, United Nations Multi
County Sustainable Development
Framework (UNMSDF)
Dr. Wayne Henry, DG
PIOJ and Bruno
Pouezat, UN Resident
coordinator
December
15
PIOJ Board Room
ED
Social Service Event –NIA/JSIF &
Kingston Southern Police
NIA/JSIF
December
17
Caribbean Palms
Community
Centre, Spanish
Town Road
COO & NIA Interns
JADE-NIA Debating Academy
JADE-NIA
December
19 -22
UTECH, Papine
Campus
YOO and YO Intern
Familiarization Meeting of various
NIA Youth Members
NIA
December
22
NIA Office
YOO, Interns &
Youth Members
NIA partnering with SunCity Radio
to host Portmore Music Festival
NIA/SunCity Radio
December
26, 2016
UDC Car Park,
Portmore, St.
Catherine
COO
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
YCWJ -- Sports for Life
Amy Jacques Youth
Club
January 10,
2017
Jacques Road
Community
Centre
EC, FAM, GM, COO
YCWJ -- Sports For Life
Kingston Central
Police Youth Club
January 11
Kingston Technical
High School
FAM, GM, COO, EC
YCWJ -- Integrity Pays
Rockspring Farm
January 12
Rockspring Farm
FAM, EC, COO
YCWJ -- Change Through Arts/IP
Life Yard
January 13
Rae Town
EC, Hezekiah
Keynote Speaker at a Community
Forum by the Highholborn Street
Church of God – “ Break the
Silence” – A Conversation to help
protect our Children from being
Trafficked”
Joseph Gordon J.P.,
M.A. – Pastor
January 15
55a Highholborn
Street, Kingston,
CSO
(Postponed)
YCWJ -- School Intervention
Programme
Clan Carty High School
January 16
Clan Carty School
Campus
EC
YCWJ -- Change Through Arts
Forward Step
Foundation
January 17
Forward Step
Foundation Venue
FAM
YCWJ -- Sports For Life
Seaview Gardens FC
January 18
Seaview Gardens
Football Field
EC
YCWJ -- Integrity Pays
Flanker Resource
Centre
January 19
Flanker Resource
Centre
YOO & FAM
YCWJ -- School Intervention
Programmes
Spot Valley High
School
January 19
Spot Valley High
School
YOO & FAM
NIA/ ODPP Prosecutors’ Training
Seminar, Melia Braco
NIA / ODPP/ JTI
January
20-22
Melia Braco,
Trelawny
LRA1, MEC, EC
Social Audit Survey Pilot
NIA/Rollington Town
Community
January 28
Rollington Town
Community
COO and NIA
Members
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Date
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NIA
Representative(s)
Youth Governance and Advocacy
Training Workshop
NIA
January 29
– February
3
Four Seasons
Hotel, Kingston
ED, DED, YOO &
YO Intern
Meeting/discussion with Vice
Principal of Ascot High School,
Portmore – establishment of
Integrity Ambassadors and
Integrity Centre
NIA/Youth Crime
Watch
January 30
Ascot High School,
Portmore
DED
Launch of Police Youth Club
Debate Competition –Mentoring
Our Youth Towards A Positive
Future
JCF Kingston Eastern
Division
January 31
JCF Headquarters
Kingston Eastern
division
ED – Guest Speaker
Launch of Justices of the Peace
Training Seminar
NIA/Ministry of
Justice
February 2
Kenneth Rattray
Conference Room
Jamaica
Conference
Centre
ED, EC, DED
Meeting/discussion with Principal
of Camperdown High School, –
establishment of Integrity
Ambassadors and Integrity Centre
NIA/YCWJ
February 6
Camperdown High
School
DED
CAFFE Appreciation Function for
Rural Secondary Student Election
Volunteers
Mrs. Grace Baston,
CAFFE Board Member
February
10
Glenmuir High
School, Clarendon
DED
Social audit Data Collection
NIA/Kintyre
February
11
Kintyre, St.
Andrew
COO and NIA
Members
Round Table on Payola
NIA/JARIA
February
14
Marriott
Courtyard,
Frangipani Room
CSC, ED, EC, DED,
LO
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Rockfort Social Services Fair &
Town Hall Meeting
NIA, RDC, COMET II,
SDC
February
15
Community
Resource Centre,
Warieka Rd,
Rockfort, Kingston
ED, COO, EC, ALAC
Team
Intensive Art Gallery Sensitization
Workshop
NIA/JAYECAN
February
15-17
Excelsior
Community
College,
Pembroke Hall
High, St. Mary
High School
IAM /YOO
UWI Homecoming Celebrations
UWI Marketing
February
16
UWI Mona
Campus
YO Intern
JCF Consultation arising from the
Tivoli Commission Report
Acting Commissioner,
Novelette Grant, JCF
February
17
Knutsford Court
Hotel
LRA 1 & 2,
Board Member
KnIfe
Council of Legal Education’s
Annual Margaret Forte Inter-
School Trial Advocacy Competition
NMLS - Mr. Norman
Davis
February
17
Norman Manley
Law School, UWI
Mona Campus
YOO, YO Intern,
NYS Intern, Legal
Advisor
Burger King National Secondary
Debating Competition - Round
Three
Burger King/NIA
February
20
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
YOO and YO Intern
Conference Commemorating
World Social Justice Day – “Social
Justice: Peace and Respect
Between People”
Nadeen Spence –
SSDM, Mary Seacole
Hall
February
20
Multi-Function
Room, UWI Mona
Library
YOO (Panelist)
Wreath Laying Ceremony in
Honour of National Hero
Alexander Bustamante
Hon. Minister Olivia
Grange
February
21
Heroes Circle,
Kingston
(Declined)
CVSS -- Training of Trainers
Sub-Awardee CVSS
February
21
Denbigh,
Clarendon
DED
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Justices of the Peace Training
Seminar, St. James
NIA/Ministry of
Justice
February
22
The SDA West
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Mount
Salem, Montego
Bay
ED
Presenter at the National Head
Students Inaugural Conference &
Training Programme
NHS-TPJ, Mr. Tafar-I
Williams – Vice
President
February
23
UWI Regional
Headquarters
YOO
JaRIA Award Ceremony
JaRIA
February
26
Courtleigh
Auditorium, St.
Lucia Avenue,
Kingston
ED, DED
Kintyre Social Services Fair & Town
Hall Meeting
NIA, Kintyre Citizens
Association, COMET II,
SDC
March 2
Kintyre
Community
Centre, St.
Andrew
COO, EC, DED
Guest Speaker at Launch of
Optimist International District
Conference
Dave Wilson, Optimist
District Governor
March 3
Knutsford Court
Hotel
ED, CSC
“Elect Her” Training Workshop
NIA/Mary Seacole Hall
March 4
UWI, Mona
Campus
YOO & YO Intern
Kintyre Community Sports Day
NIA, Kintyre Citizens
Association, UTECH,
COMET II, SDC
March 5
Kintyre
Community
Centre, St.
Andrew
COO, Driver, EC,
Members
Award Signing ceremony for
WROC and International Women’s
Day Event
NIA/WROC
March 8
WROC Offices,
Beechwood
Avenue, Kingston
ED, DED, FAM, EC
Town Hall Commemorating
International Women’s Day
Carla Moore, Lecturer
March 8
UWI-WJC
YOO, YO Intern,
MEC
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
UWI Mona Debating & Public
Speaking Society Public Forum
McKoy
Jackson/Dameian
Haye, Debating
Society
March 9
Faculty of Law,
Mona Campus
DED
Justices of the Peace Training, St.
Ann
NIA/Ministry of
Justice
March 10
Sandals Beach
Resort, Ocho Rios,
St. Ann
ED, EC
10,000 Men and Families March --
Spanish Town
Bishop Rowan
Edwards, Spanish
Town Revival
Secretariat
March 12
Spanish Town, St.
Catherine
ED, EC
National Public Education Day
Court Management
Services
March 15
Supreme Court
Building, King
Street, Kingston
ED, ALAC Team, EC,
Events Intern
Regional Investigative Journalism
Workshop
NIA/Caribbean Media
Association
March 17-
19
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
ED, CSC,MEC, EC
Burger King National Secondary
Schools Debating Competition –
Quarter Finals
Burger King/NIA
March 21
TVJ Studios
YOO
NPSC Parent Mentors Workshop
NPSC/NIA
March 21
Morant Bay
Primary School,
St. Thomas
DED
Finals of Police Youth Club Debate
Competition
JCF Kingston Eastern
Division
March 23
Rockfort
Community
Development
Centre, Wareika
Road, Kingston
COO, DED
Opening Session Address at
“Happiness a Tool for National
Development” Seminar
Donovan Thomas,
Choose Life
International
March 23
Jamaica
Conference
Centre
ED (Declined)
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Church Teachers' College Debate
& Integrity Club - English &
Spanish Debate Invitational
Dudley McLean –
Competition
Coordinator
March 25
Church Teachers’
College
YOO
NIA Membership Capacity-
Building Training
NIA
March 25-
26
Knutsford Court
Hotel
COO, DED, ED
Digital Immersion Social Media
Training
NIA/TI-Secretariat
March 30-
31
NIA Offices
NIA Team
members
10,000 Men and Families March –
West Kingston
Bishop Rowan
Edwards, Spanish
Town Revival
Secretariat
April 2
West Kingston
DED, EC
Burger King National Secondary
Schools Debating Competition –
Semi-Finals
Burger King/NIA
April 3
TVJ Studios
YOO, YO Intern
Address to Special Meeting of the
Lions Clubs
Mrs. Jeane Munroe,
Lions Club of Kingston
April 3
Shirley’s Retreat
Hotel, Kingston
ED
Justices of the Peace Training,
Mandeville
NIA/Ministry of
Justice
April 4
Northern
Caribbean
University,
Manchester
ED, EC
JADE – NIA CSEC Debates
JADE/NIA
April 8
UTECH, Papine
Campus
YOO
NIA Members’ Communication
and Advocacy Workshop
NIA
April 8
Altamont Court
Hotel
ED (Intro Session);
Board member Fae
Ellington (main
trainer), EUC
Invitation to attend Jamaica
Growth Strategy Presentation by
EPOC
Dorothea Less, IDB
April 12
IDB Conference
Room, Knutsford
Blvd, Kingston
EC (representing
ED)
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Burger King National Secondary
Schools Debating Competition –
Finals
Burger King/NIA
April 13
TVJ Studios
YOO, DED
JADE-NIA National Collegiate
Debating Championship 2017
JADE/NIA
April 16-17
UWI, Mona
Campus
YOO
Talk Up Youth – Youth Governance
Training Workshop & Town Hall
Emprezz Golding, Talk
Up Youth
April 21-22
Montego Bay Civic
Centre
Board Member
Rosalie Hamilton
(Representing the
ED), YOO, YOI
Commonwealth Caribbean
Association of Integrity
Commissions and Anti-Corruption
Bodies
Dirk Harrison,
Contractor General
April 24-25
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel
ED, DED
Reimagining The Jamaican Justice
System
Dr. Canute Thompson,
Centre For Leadership
& Governance
April 25
UWI Regional
Headquarters
No NIA
Representative
MICO University College Research
Day
Hon. Professor Edwin
Jones
April 26
Enos Nuttall
Lecture Theatre,
MICO University
College
DED (Representing
ED), EUC
Community Journalism Training
NIA/COMET-II
April 28-30
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
CSC, MEC, EUC,
DED, LRA1
Panel Discussant – “Media
Education for Justice,
Development and Social Change”
for UTECH Media Exhibition
Nova Gordon-Bell,
UTECH School of
Humanities
May 3
Lecture Theatre
48, UTECH, Papine
Campus
ED, DED
Uniformed Groups Rally
ASP Coleridge Minto,
Ministry of Education
May 3
Jamaica College
Campus, Kingston
DED, YOO
Justices of the Peace Training
Seminar, Portland
NIA/Ministry of
Justice
May 4
Pt. Antonio
Anglican Church
Hall, Portland
DED, EC
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Junior Debate International
Primary Schools Debate
Competition (Semi-Finals)
Clifton Campbell, JDI
May 4
Police Officers
Club
YOO
Jamaica Employers’ Federation
Convention 2017
Brenda Cuthbert,
CEO, Jamaica
Employers Federation
May 4-6
Montego Bay
Convention
Centre, St. James
Events Intern, EUC
Parish Judges Training Seminar on
POCA
NIA/OCJ
May 5-7
Jewel Runaway
Bay, St. Ann
ED, EC, MEC
Consultation Meeting on the
National Identification
Registration Authority (NIRA) Bill
Gillian Campbell, NIDS
Project, Office of the
Prime Minister
May 12
Jamaica House
Banquet Hall
CSC
Optimist International Caribbean
District, Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Debate
Dave Wilson,
Governor, Caribbean
District
May 13
ICAJ
Headquarters,
Ruthven Road,
Kingston
YOO, CSC
Keynote Address at ICJ Awards
Banquet
Bishop Michael Smith,
Independent
Churches of Jamaica
May 13
Knutsford Court
Hotel
ED
Presentation at Inter-American
Regional Committee of
International Organization of
Securities Commissions (IARC-
IOSCO) Meeting
Janice Holness,
Executive Director of
the Financial Services
Commission
May 14
Iberostar Hotel,
Montego Bay
ED
IDP Round Table Meeting
NIA
May 15
Legacy Suite,
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel
ED, CSC, EC, DED
Courts’ Public Education Day
Court Management
Services
May 18
Clarendon Parish
Court, May Pen
Postponed
Police Investigators Anti-Gang
Training
NIA/JTI/JCF
May 18-23
Grand Palladium,
Hanover
ED, EC, MEC
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Host/Person Making
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Student Conversation with Bruce
Golding, Ronald Thwaites and
Damien King on Tertiary Education
Funding
NIA, UWI-IAM
May 19
NIA Offices,
Kingston
ED, YOO
Justices of the Peace Membership
Orientation
NIA
May 20
Altamont Court
Hotel
ED, DED, Events
Intern
Rex Nettleford Hall Committee
Retreat – “Transparency,
Accountability and Governance: A
Call to Action"
Sherice Hayle-Hall
Chairman (Elect), Rex
Nettleford Hall
May 20
Rex Nettleford
Hall, UWI Mona
YOO
Methodist Church Jamaica District
Conference
Marjorie Hyatt,
Assistant District
Administrator
May 21
National Indoor
Sports Centre
EUC, Events Intern
Ananda Alert Missing Children’s
Forum on International Missing
Children’s Day
Warren Thompson,
Acting Registrar, OCR
May 25
Jamaica
Conference
Centre
DED, YOO,
Members
COMET II CBP Youth Engagement
and Anti-Corruption Training
Ian McKnight –
COMET II, Chief of
Party
May 25-26
Police Officers
Club, Kingston
YOO
High Court Judges’ Seminar
NIA/OCJ
May 26-28
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
ED, EC
JADE Debating Awards
JADE-NIA
May 28
UTECH Papine
Campus
YOO
Launch of CAPRI’s Integrity
Innovations Report
Sub-grantee – CAPRI
May 29
Spanish Court
Hotel
(Worthington
Building)
ED (Panellist), GM
POCA Sensitisation Seminar for
the Private Bar
NIA/BHC/Jamaica Bar
Association
May 29
Mona Visitors
Lodge
DED, EC, MEC
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Main address on the Issue of
Corruption in the Public Sphere
Trevor Reid -
President, Ewarton JBI
Alumina Community
Council Benevolent
Society
May 30
Ewarton, St.
Catherine
ED, DED, CSC
Sherwood Content CDC Social Fair
Mrs. Shawni Wilson-
Cunningham,
Sherwood Content
CDC
May 30
Sherwood
Content, Trelawny
EC, GM
Invitation to attend the Opening
Ceremony of the Caribbean Use of
Force in Law Enforcement
Conference
Commissioner
Terrence Williams,
INDECOM
May 31
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
CSC
Launch of OCG/DFID Youth Survey
Dirk Harrison,
Contractor General
June 6
Office of the
Contractor
General, PIOJ
Building, New
Kingston
ED, DED, YOO
Anti-Doping (in Sports) Seminar –
Sports for Life Component
Sub-Grantee – YCWJ
June 7
Sir Howard Cooke
Centre,
Nannyville,
Kingston
DED, GM
Presentation on “Building
Integrity” to Transformational
Teens – Grade 6 Workshop
Sharon Bogle,
Founder,
Transformational
Teens
June 7
Church of God of
Prophecy, Spanish
Town
YOO, YOI
IDB Civil Society Annual Caribbean
Meeting
IDB
June 8
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
ED, CSC
Training of Community Leaders
Sub-Grantee – CVSS
June 8
National
Volunteer Center,
Kingston
GM
Clerk of Courts POCA Training
Seminar
NIA/OCJ
June 9-11
Jewel Runaway
Bay, St. Ann
ED, EC, M&EC
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Attendance and Presentation at
UWI Faculty Law Conference
Dr. Shazeeda Ali,
Deputy Dean, UWI
Faculty of Law
June 9-11
Melia Braco Hotel,
Trelawny
ED, LA, LRA1
Community Town hall Meeting -
Disaster Management and
Preparedness
NIA/NAPDEC
June 14
Salem United
Church Chapelton,
Clarendon
ED, EC, EUC
Justices of the Peace Training
Seminar – St. Elizabeth
NIA/Ministry of
Justice
June 15
Beadles Hall,
Santa Cruz, St.
Elizabeth
DED, EC
Multi-Lateral Crime & Security
Summit
US Embassy
June 15
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, New
Kingston
ED Moderator for
Panel #1
NIA/CARIMAC Weekend
Investigative Journalism School
NIA/CARIMAC
June 17
CARIMAC – UWI
Mona Campus
ED (Opening
Remarks), CSC
Integrity Ambassadors Graduation
Ceremony
Sub-Grantee – YCWJ
June 19
UWI Regional HQ
DED, YOO
Junior Debate International
Primary Schools Debate
Competition (Finals)
Clifton Campbell, JDI
June 23
Police Officers’
Club, Kingston
YOO
Keynote Address to Petersfield
Sports & Community Club
Nardia Wilson,
Petersfield Sports &
Community Club
June 24
Petersfield
Community
Centre,
Westmoreland
ED
NIA/CARIMAC Weekend
Investigative Journalism School
NIA/CARIMAC
June 24
CARIMAC – UWI
Mona Campus
CSC
NIA/CARIMAC Weekend
Investigative Journalism School
NIA/CARIMAC
June 25
CARIMAC – UWI
Mona Campus
CSC
Launch of Skills Training
Component of Sub-Award
Sub-Grantee –WROC
June 28
WROC Office,
Beechwood Ave,
Kingston
DED, EC
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
NIA/CARIMAC - Investigative
Journalism Boot Camp
NIA/CARIMAC
June 29 –
July 1
CARIMAC – UWI
Mona Campus
CSC
Invitation to Regional
Coordination Meeting for the UN
Multi-Country Sustainable
Development Framework
Bruno Pouezat, Chair,
Regional Steering
Committee, UN MSDF
June 30
UWI, Mona,
Faculty of Law
Declined
Membership Orientation
NIA
July 1
NIA Offices,
Holborn Rd.
Kingston
ED, DED, EC
Community Townhall Meeting –
Disaster Management and
Preparedness
NIA/NAPDEC
July 3
St. Gabriel’s
Anglican Church,
May Pen
DED, EC, EUC
Guest Speaker, May Pen High
School (Preparatory Department)
Graduation
Mrs. L. Royal-Wright,
Head of Prep
Department
July 6
Bryants Crescent,
May Pen,
Clarendon
DED
SDC Hanover Annual Community
Development Conference
Mashario Bisasor, SDC
Parish Manager
July 6
National Youth
Service Office,
Hanover
ED (Declined)
Guest Speaker at Jamaica Cricket
Umpires’ Association “President’s
Dinner”
Daniel Warren-Kidd,
Honorary Secretary
July 7
Rex Nettleford
Hall, UWI Mona
ED (Declined)
Membership Orientation
NIA
July 8
NIA Offices,
Holborn Rd.
Kingston
NIA Team
Integrity Ambassadors Summer
Camp
Sub-Grantee – YCWJ
July 10 - 14
UWI Mona
Campus
DED, YOO, GM
Panelist at Open Bible Churches’
Annual Women’s Convention
Winsome Wilkins,
President of the Open
Bible Church’s
Women’s Ministry
July 15
Twickenham Park
Convention
Centre, St.
Catherine
DED
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Presentation - “Christians and the
fight against corruption in our
society” at St. Ann Anglican
Churches’ Annual Deanery Day
Rev. Garfield
Campbell, Planning
Committee Chair
July 16
St. Hilda’s High
School
Auditorium,
Brown’s Town, St.
Ann
EC (for ED)
VMBS Luncheon Presentation
Courtney Campbell,
President of VMBS
July 17
Knutsford Blvd,
Kingston
ED
Community Townhall Meeting
NIA/NAPDEC
July 19
Pt. Maria Civic
Centre, St. Mary
DED, EUC, EC
OAS – Launch of the VIII Summit
Theme “Democratic Governance
Against Corruption”
Jeanelle van
GlaanenWeygel, OAS
Resident
Representative
July 20
UWI, Mona Open
Campus
YOO
Legally Lit Series – “Transforming
the Law, Transforming Jamaica”
NIA/Equality Youth
July 20
NIA Office,
Holborn Rd.
ED (presenting),
DED, YOO, LO
Training of Key Actors
Sub-Grantee – CVSS
July 21
Bog Walk High
School, St.
Catherine
DED
Presentation at I’m Glad I’m a Girl
Summer Camp
Nadeen Spence, I’m
Glad I’m a Girl
Foundation
July 26
Mary Seacole Hall,
UWI Mona
DED (presenting),
YOO
Integrity Pays
Sub-Grantee – YCWJ
July 28
Mona School of
Business &
Management,
UWI Mona
DED
Closing Ceremony - Training of Key
Actors and Community Leaders
Sub-Grantee – CVSS
July 28
International
University of the
Caribbean,
Montego Bay
ED, EC
Yutes 4 Change Youth Workshop
on “Integrity, Governance and
Youth”
Ricardo Burke,
Yutes4Change
Foundation
August 8-
11
Yutes4Change
Office, Gregory
Park, St. Catherine
YOO, YOI
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Date
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NIA
Representative(s)
UN Sustainable Goals Sensitization
Session
Andre Richards,
Senior Demographer,
PIOJ
August 14
NIA Office,
Kingston
NIA Team
Public Consultation: Security
Strengthening Project
Dianne McIntosh,
Permanent Secretary,
MNS
August 14
MNS Offices,
North Tower, 2
Oxford Road,
Kingston 5
CSC
ICT Summer Camp
Sub-Grantee – YCWJ
August 14-
18
UWI Mona
Campus
COO (Aug 16)
Breakfast/Panel Discussion
“Combatting Crime in Jamaica”
CaPRI
August 16
Spanish Court
Hotel
ED
Invitation to Floral Tribute
commemorating the 130
th
Anniversary of the Birth of
National Hero Marcus Garvey
Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’
Grange, Minister of
Culture
August 17
National Heroes
Park, Kingston
M&EC
COMET-II CRC Opening in Kintyre
Ian McKnight, COP,
COMET-II
August 17
Kintyre CRC, St.
Andrew
CSC, EC, EUC
UWILEADS Student Leadership
Panel Discussion
Nadeen Spence,
Students Services
Manager
August 17
Rex Nettleford
Hall, UWI Mona
ED, YOI, YOO
Legally Lit Series – “Integrity
Commission Act”
NIA/Equality Youth
August 17
NIA Office,
Holborn Rd.
ED, LRA, LO, YOO
Participation in the Clarendon
Summer Upliftment Programme
(for Youth)
Hon. Pearnel Charles
Jnr, State Minister,
MNS
August 18
Summerfield
Community
Centre,
Chapelton,
Clarendon
YOO, YOI
Member Orientation Session
NIA
August 19
NIA Office,
Holborn Rd.
ED, COO, AA, EUC
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Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Member Orientation Session
NIA
August 20
NIA Office,
Holborn Rd.
ED, COO, AA
(Postponed due to
Weather)
ICT Summer Camp (West)
Sub-Grantee – YCWJ
August 21-
25
UWI Western
Campus, St. James
M&EC (Aug 23)
Presentation on Corruption to
JCF/COMET-II “Community Based
Policing/Youth Engagement and
Anti-Corruption Training”
ASP Sheldon Esson,
JCF-CSSB
August 22
SDC Parish Office,
Pt. Henderson
Road, Spanish
Town
COO
Governor General’s Programme
for Excellence 2017 Summer of
Service Awards Presentation
Ceremony
Mjr. Effiom Whyte,
Governor General’s
Office
August 22
Kings House,
Kingston 6
Accountant
Orientation Presentation for IAM
at Church Teacher’s College (CTC)
Allison Atkinson,
Student Dev. Officer,
CTC
August 22
Church Teachers
College,
Manchester
YOO, IAM-
President
NIA Town Hall on Community
Safety
NIA/August Town
Sports and
Community
Development
Foundation
August 22
August Town
Multi-Purpose
Centre, Kingston
EUC, COO
Legally Lit Series – “Campaign
Finance Reform”
NIA/Equality Youth
August 24
NIA Office,
Holborn Rd.
DED, LO, YOI
(Postponed)
COMET-II CRC Opening in Belle
Plain
Ian McKnight, COP,
COMET-II
August 24
Belle Plain,
Clarendon
COO (Postponed)
Presentation “Leading with
Integrity, the Road to Success”
Derrick Rose,
Chancellor Hall
Freshman Orientation
Organiser
August 24
Chancellor Hall,
UWI Mona
ED
SDC T20 Cricket Finals
SDC
August 27
Port Rhoades in
Discovery Bay, St.
Ann
COO & Members
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
COMET-II CRC Opening in Bogue
Ian McKnight, COP,
COMET-II
August 31
Bogue, St. James
COO
Legally Lit Series – “Campaign
Finance Reform”
NIA/Equality Youth
August 31
NIA Office,
Holborn Rd.
LO, YOI
Participation in Strengthening
Accountability through Fiscal
Transparency Practices Workshop
Hernan Larrain –
President of the
ParlAmericas Open
Parliament Network
Sept 6-7
Port of Spain,
Trinidad & Tobago
Board Member
Rosalea Hamilton
(Representing ED)
Launch of WROC Strategic Plan
Sub Awardee -- WROC
Sept 8
Church of the
Latter Day Saints,
Rousseau Rd. Kgn
DED (Postponed)
Guest Speaker to the 45
th
Anniversary Dinner of the Kiwanis
Club of Ocho Rios
Keith Rowe, Ochi Rios
Kiwanis Club
Sept 8
Runaway Bay, At.
Ann
ED (Postponed)
Report Launch & Consultation –
Anti-Corruption Innovations
Sub-Grantee – CAPRI
Sept 13
Spanish Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
ED
Legally Lit Series – “Political Party
Registration & the Local
Governance Act”
NIA/Equality Youth
Sept 14
NIA Office,
Holborn Rd.
LO, EC, LRA
Petrojam “Integrity Month”
Presentation
Yolande Ramharrack,
Petrojam
Sept 15
Petrojam, Marcus
Garvey Drive,
Kingston
DED, EC
Presentation at Launch of Male
Mentorship Programme
Bishop Edwards,
Spanish Town Revival
Sept 18
SDC Parish Office,
Spanish Town
ED, COO
Graduation Ceremony and
Presentations of Community
Investigative Journalism Pieces
Global Reporters, NIA,
USAID-COMET 2
Sept 24
Pollyanna
Restaurant,
Stanton Terrace,
Kingston
CSC, EC, LA
Launch of “Integrity Space” at the
Hope Zoo
NIA/Hope Zoo
Foundation
Sept 25
Hope Zoo,
Kingston
NIA Team
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
OAS Review of IACAC (MESICIC) at
the Attorney General - 9AM
Attorney General’s
Office
Sept 26
Attorney
General’s Office,
NCB Towers,
Oxford Rd.
ED
Strengthening National Systems
for Implementation of UNCAC in
Belize Study Tour Consultation
Meeting
Belize Attorney
General’s Office &
UNDP Jamaica
Sept 26
NIA Office,
Holborn Road
ED, CSC, M&EC
Petrojam “Integrity Month”
Presentation
Yolande Ramharrack,
Petrojam
Sept 27
Petrojam,
Freeport,
Montego Bay
CSC, COO
Address to Trinidad & Tobago
Transparency Institute Annual
General Meeting
Dion Abdool,
President TTTI
Sept 28
Port of Spain,
Trinidad & Tobago
DED (Representing
ED)
Presentation on Corruption and its
Impact on the Jamaican Society
Pansy Hamilton,
Webster Memorial
United Church
Sept 28
Webster
Memorial,
Kingston
ED, COO, EUC, EA
Town Hall on Local Governance,
Environment & Planning
NIA / Trelawny Parish
Development
Committee
Sept 28
Falmouth
Townhall,
Trelawny
COO (Postponed)
Training of Community Leaders
Sub-Grantee – CVSS
Sept 29 &
30
Ocho Rios Baptist
Church, St. Ann &
North Gate
Centre, St. Ann
M&EC
Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit
NIA/Caribbean
Regional Youth
Council/MoE
Sept 30 –
Oct 4
Jewel Runaway
Bay, St. Ann
ED, YOO, EC
End of FY17/Start of FY18
Optimists International Launch of
“Year in Service to Children”
Calvin A. Hunter,
Governor-Designate,
Optimist International
Caribbean District
October 1,
2017
St. Matthew’s
Anglican Church,
Allman Town,
Kingston
COO, CSC, EA
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Governor General’s Youth
Consultative Conference
Office of the
Governor General &
NIA
October 5,
2017
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
NIA Team
Presentation on “Social
Enterprises and Business Ethics” at
a Social Enterprise Knowledge
Forum
Machel Stewart, Civil
Society Specialist,
USAID-COMET
October 5,
2017
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
ED (Declined due to
Clash)
Communication Strategies and
Public Speaking Training (for
Members)
NIA
October 7,
2017
NIA Offices,
Kingston
EUPC, YOO, Board
Member Fae
Ellington
National Heritage Week Interfaith
Service
The Hon. Olivia Babsy
Grange, Minister of
Culture, Gender,
Entertainment &
Sport
October 8,
2017
UWI Chapel,
Mona
CSC, LRA
Invitation to Reception
Commemorating the National Day
of Spain
Angela Bodden-
Watson, Political
Section, Spanish
Embassy
October
11, 2017
Norbrook Road,
Kingston
EC
TI 2017 Annual Members Meeting
& Regional Meetings
Transparency
International
Secretariat
October
13-15
Abion Spreebogen
Hotel, Berlin,
Germany
ED, FAM, CSC
JUTS/IAM Operational Planning &
Capacity Building Training Seminar
NIA/MoEYI
October
19-23
Iberostar Hotel,
St. James
YOO, FAM, EC
Launch of the Judicial Education
Institute of Jamaica
Chief Justice Hon.
Zaila McCalla
October 20
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
LA and Accountant
(representing ED)
Civil Training for Deputy Clerks of
Court
NIA/CMS/JTI
October
20-22
Jewel Runaway
Bay, St. Ann
DED, EUPC, MEC
Data Quality Assessment
NIA-USAID
October 25
NIA Office,
Kingston
ED, M&EC
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Participation in Courts “Public
Education Day”
Court Management
Services
October 25
Manchester Parish
Court, Mandeville
LO, LRAs, EUPC, EC
Participation in Opening of the
Belle Plain Community Resource
Centre
Ian McKnight – Chief
of Party, USAID-
COMET II
October 26
Belle Plain,
Clarendon
COO
New Members Orientation
Session
NIA
October 28
NIA Office,
Kingston
NIA Team
YCWJ Annual General Meeting
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
October 28
Mona School of
Business (SR16),
UWI Mona
YOO or EUPC
Participation in the Electoral
Office’s Election Centre
Dorothy Pine-McLarty
– ECJ Chair
October 30
ECJ Offices, Red
Hills Road,
Kingston
CSC
Invitation to Participate in Summit
of the Americas Experts Planning
Meeting
Samuel Rotta – TI
Peru
October
30-31
Centro Cultural
Inca Garcilaso,
Lima, Peru
ED (Declined)
Official Launch of Parent Month
National Parenting
Support Commission
November
1
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
Accountant
USAID Partners Meeting
Allan Bernard/AOR
November
1
US Embassy,
Kingston
ED, CSC
Invitation to be a Panelist on a
discussion around “Tax
Compliance In Jamaica” as part of
Tax Administration Week
Ainsley Powell -
Commissioner
General, TAJ
November
1
Pt. Antonio Suite,
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
ED, Accountant
International Civil Society Centre -
Global Perspectives Conference
Alejandro Urizar,
Transparency
International
Secretariat
November
1-3
NH Hotel, Mexico
City, Mexico
DED, MEC
Participation in the Official
Opening of the Four Paths
Community Resource Centre
Ian McKnight – Chief
of Party, USAID-
COMET II
November
2
Four Paths,
Clarendon
COO (Postponed)
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Official Launch of the Student
Motivational and Empowerment
Programme
Steadman Fuller,
Custos of Kingston
November
2
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
ED, YOO (Declined)
Social Audit Training
NIA
November
4-7
Altamont Court
Hotel, Kingston
COO, EUPC
Town Hall Meeting -- Youth for
Integrity Combatting Corruption
NIA
November
7
UWI Western
Jamaica Campus
EUPC, EC
Presentation & Participation in
World Youth Conference 2017
Allison Brown-
McKenzie, Dept. of
Youth Services, Belize
November
7-8
Belize City, Belize
YOO
St. Catherine Justices of the Peace
Training Workshop
NIA/Ministry of
Justice
November
8
Portmore Seventh
Day Adventist
Church, St.
Catherine
ED, EC
Invitation to National Bakery 65
th
Anniversary Dinner
Butch Hendrickson,
National Bakery
November
11
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel Ballroom,
Kingston
ED
Certification Ceremony for CVSS-
Trained Community Leaders & Key
Actors
NIA & CVSS
November
12
Karram Speid
Auditorium, Merl
Grove High
School, Constant
Spring Rd.
ED (presenting) &
NIA Team
Second CaPRI Roundtable on
Citizen Security
Chene Redwood,
CaPRI
November
14
Spanish Court
Hotel,
Worthington
Building
COO (representing
ED)
Planning Meeting for NIA
Engagement with Jamaican
Diaspora and UWI Alumni
Association
Dr. Gerald Whyte-
Davis, NY-UWI Alumni
Association
November
14
Roosevelt Hotel,
New York, USA
ED, MEC
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Participation in the 13
th
Annual
CIN Lecture
Mr. Stephen Hill –
CEO, Caribbean
International Network
November
15
Schomburg Centre
for Research in
Black Culture -
New York
ED, MEC
Meeting with Prospective NIA
members & supporters
NIA
November
16
Roosevelt Hotel,
New York, USA
ED, MEC
Participation in the Official
Opening of the Four Paths
Community Resource Centre
Ian McKnight – Chief
of Party, USAID-
COMET II
November
16
Four Paths,
Clarendon
COO
Town Hall Meeting -- Youth for
Integrity Combatting Corruption
NIA
November
16
UTECH, Papine
Campus
DED, YOO, EUPC,
Keynote Presentation to the
Launch of Jamaica Civil Service
Week
Jamaica Civil Service
Association &
Rudyard Spencer,
Minister of State
November
17
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
ED (Declined)
Speaker at the 37
th
Annual Human
Resource Management
Association of Jamaica Conference
Dona Stewart Sykes –
Chair HRMAJ
Conference
November
17
Knustford Court
Hotel, Kingston
DED
Police Investigators Training
Seminar
NIA/JTI
November
17-19
Iberostar Hotel,
St. James
EC, COO
Moderating Panel Discussion at
the Jamaica Bar Association
Annual Conference
Maxine Moore-
Thomas, Jamaica Bar
Association
November
18
Half Moon Hotel,
Montego Bay
Board Member,
Jacqueline
Samuels-Brown
(representing ED)
JCF 2
nd
Regional Policing and
Security Conference
SSP Yvonne Martin-
Daley, National Police
College of Jamaica
November
21
Mona Visitors’
Lodge
COO
Participation in Focus Group on
the Institutional Framework for
Fighting Corruption in Jamaica
Pamela Munroe-Ellis,
Auditor General
November
22
Auditor General’s
Offices, Knutsford
Blvd, New
Kingston
CSC
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Guest Speaker for Student
Motivational and Empowerment
Programme
G. George Watson –
CEO, Kingston and St.
Andrew Development
and Homecoming
Foundation
November
23
Charlie Smith High
School, Kingston
DED
Public Forum on “Integrity and
Governance”
Courtney Hudson –
Hopewell
Development Area
Committee
November
23
Hopewell
Christian
Deliverance,
Hanover
COO (Postponed)
NIA Mobile ALAC
NIA
November
24
St. Mary Parish
Church Hall, Pt.
Maria
NIA Team
Guest Speaker at Dr. Hugh
Lambert (Jamaica Bauxite
Institute) Annual Scholarship
Dinner
Oswald Ayre - Friends
of Wag Water
November
25
Tapioca Retreat,
Devon Pen, St.
Mary
ED (Declined)
Investiture Ceremony for National
Youth Parliamentarians
Min. Floyd Green,
MoEYI
November
27
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
YOO
Attendance at International Day
for the Elimination of Violence
Against Women Lecture Series
Ms. Levene Griffiths –
Head of Department,
UWI Open Campus,
Eastern Region
November
28
UWI Open
Campus, Camp
Rd. Kingston
DED
Joint presentation (with the
Contractor General) on the Role of
Citizens in Combatting Corruption
and Building Integrity
Justice & Peace
Commissioner, Sts.
Peter & Paul Church
November
29
Sts. Peter & Paul
Church Hall,
Liguanea,
Kingston
ED (Postponed)
Invitation to Panel on Cyber
Threats to Governance –
Protecting Democracy and the
Electoral Process
Hopeton Dunn,
CARIMAC
November
29
UWI Regional
Headquarters
ED (Declined)
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NIA
Representative(s)
Participation in Opening of the
Linstead Community Resource
Centre
Ian McKnight – Chief
of Party, USAID-
COMET II
November
30
Linstead, St.
Catherine
COO
Attendance at CAPRI Policy
Discussion on “Women and the
Care Economy”
CAPRI
November
30
Spanish Court
Hotel
(Worthington
Building), New
Kingston
DED
Invitation to Address 4-H Clubs
Annual General Meeting
Jamaica 4-H Clubs
December
1
Denbigh 4-H
Training Centre,
May Pen,
Clarendon
ED (Declined)
ODPP Training Seminar
NIA/JTI/ODPP
December
1-3
Melia Braco Hotel,
Trelawny
DED, MEC, EC, LRAs
Presentation to National
Neighbourhood Watch
Conference
Joseph Smith –
Chairman, National
Neighbourhood
Watch
December
2
Stony Hill HEART
Academy, St.
Andrew
ED (Declined)
Awards Ceremony for National
Journalism Week
Dionne Jackson Miller
– President, Press
Association of Jamaica
December
2
Courtleigh
Auditorium, New
Kingston
YOO
Invitation to PIOJ’s Dialogue for
Development Lecture
Gwyneth Davidson,
Communication
Specialist, PIOJ
December
5
UWI Regional
Headquarters
ED
Presentation to CSSB “Youth
Engagement Training”
USAID COMET II/JCF-
CSSB
December
5-6
Wexford Hotel, St.
James
COO
Participation in Jamaica Customs
Agency Commemoration of
International Anti-Corruption Day
Velma Ricketts-
Walker –
Commissioner of
Customs
December
6
Customs Head
Office, Myers
Wharf, Newport
East, Kingston
ED
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to CAPRI Policy
Discussion “Choking on Plastics”
CAPRI
December
6
Knutsford Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
LO, LRA
CSJP “Justice Fair” in May Pen
Hugh Faulknor,
Kingston Legal Aid
Council
December
8
Old Police Station,
May Pen,
Clarendon
ALAC Team
Invitation to participate in an
Orientation Workshop for the
Development of a Policy for
Service Excellence in the Public
Sector
Shernett Roberts,
Cabinet Office
December
8
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
DED
OCG - Social Intervention
Programme, in commemoration of
International Anti-Corruption Day
Dirk Harrison,
Contractor General
December
8
Metcalfe & South
Camp Juvenile
Centres, Kingston
ED (Declined)
NIA Members & Partners
“Integrity Gathering” to mark
NIA’s 6
th
Anniversary &
International Anti-Corruption Day
NIA, Sub-Awardees &
Partners
December
9
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
NIA Team
Invitation to Attend UN
International Human Rights Day
Panel Discussion “No one left
behind: Stand up for Human
Rights in Jamaica”
Birgit Gerstenberg –
Human Rights
Advisor, UN Jamaica
December
11
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
LRA
Presentation to DIA Lab Jamaica
Pitch Tank
Dwayne Gutzmer –
CEO, Institute of Law
& Americas
December
12
Knutsford Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
YOO
Keynote Presentation to the Belize
National Anti-Corruption
Symposium
Senator Osmany Salas
- Belize Network of
NGO’s
December
12
Belize City, Belize
ED (Declined)
Invitation to TTEITI Capacity
Building Workshop – Promoting
Best Practice in Natural Resources
Management in the Caribbean
Trinidad & Tobago
Extractive Industries
Transparency
Initiative (TTEITI)
December
14
Knutsford Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
COO
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NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to DPP Annual Staff
Function
Paula Llewellyn, DPP
December
16
Police Officer’s
Club, Hope Rd.
ED
NIA Annual Anniversary Church
Service
NIA
December
17, 2017
Swallowfield
Chapel, Kingston
NIA Team
Invitation to JDF Reception
General Rocky
Meade, CDS, JDF
January 13,
2018
Up Park Camp,
Kingston
ED
Invitation to the Official Launch of
Political Parties Registration
Dorothy Pine-
McLarty, Chair,
Electoral Commission
of Jamaica
January 15
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
ED
Invitation to Sun City Radio’s High
School Disc Jock Competition
Sun City Radio
January 15
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
YOO (Declined)
Invitation to the Launch of The
International Law Society
Nancy Anderson,
Associate Tutor,
NMLS
January 15
Norman Manley
Law School, UWI,
Mona
ED
Participation in Roundtable
Consultation on the Political Code
of Conduct
Mrs. Donna
Parchment Brown,
Political Ombusdman
January 16
OPO Offices, Duke
St. Kingston
ED
Invitation to the 38
th
National
Leadership Prayer Breakfast
The National
Leadership Prayer
Breakfast Committee
January 18
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
ED
Presentation to UWI Leads Peer
Leader Retreat on Integrity
Inspired Leadership
Nadeen Spence,
Student Services and
Development
Manager, UWI Mona
January 19,
Mary Seacole Hall,
UWI
COO
Invitation to the Launch of
(several) Court Manuals
Chief Justice, Zaila
McCalla
January 19
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
ED
Police Investigators Training
Seminar on Registry Operations
NIA/JTI
January
20-21
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
EUPC, MEC
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NIA
Representative(s)
Attendance at Partnership Council
for Jamaica Meeting
Prime Minister
Andrew Holness
January 24
Office of the
Prime Minister,
Kingston
ED
Police Investigators’ Training
Seminar on DNA Act & Regulations
NIA/JCF/JTI
January
27-28
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
EUPC, MEC, EC
Job Readiness with Integrity
Community Workshop
NIA/Yutes4Change
Foundation
January 29
- Feb 1
Yutes4Change
Offices, Gregory
Park, St. Catherine
YOO (Postponed)
Participation in Old Harbour JCF /
Youth integration engagement
USAID-COMET II
January 31
Old Harbour CRC,
St. Catherine
COO
Youth Anti-Corruption Townhall
NIA
February 1
Mico University,
Kingston
EUPC, EC, COO
NIA-IAM Conversation Series (with
Minister Floyd Green)
IAM, NIA
February 1
C5 Lecture
Theatre, UWI
Mona Campus
YOO
Job Readiness with Integrity
Community Workshop
NIA/Yutes4Change
Foundation
Feb 6 - 9
Yutes4Change
Offices, Gregory
Park, St. Catherine
DED, YOO
Signing Ceremony for MOCA Sub-
Award
NIA/MOCA
February 8
NIA Offices,
Kingston
NIA Team
Presentation on the
Administration of Justice in
Jamaica for UWI Research Days
2018
Dr. Shazeeda Ali,
Deputy Dean, Mona
Law Faculty
February 8
Law Faculty
Conference Room,
UWI, Mona
ED (Presenting),
EUPC
Public Forum on “Integrity and
Governance”
Courtney Hudson –
Hopewell
Development Area
Committee
February 8
Hopewell
Christian
Deliverance,
Hanover
COO, EC, Social
Media Intern
Training of Key actors and
Community Leaders
Sub-Awardee -- CVSS
February 9
- 10
Denbigh 4H
Centre, Clarendon
No NIA
Representative
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Representative(s)
Integrity Club Facilitator Training
NIA
February
10-11
NIA Office, 2
Holborn Road
ED, YOO, IC
Consultant
Guest Speaker at Cub-Scouts
Investiture
Latoya Bennett,
Principal, Foundation
Prep. School
February
16
Foundation Prep,
May Pen
Clarendon
DED
NIA Membership Orientation
NIA
February
17
NIA Office, 2
Holborn Road
ED, COO, AA, EC,
EUPC
Handover of Equipment to Flanker
Resource Centre under “Integrity
Pays” component
Sub-Awardee -- YCWJ
February
19
Flanker Resource
Centre, St. James
YOO, M&EC
Spot Valley Integrity Mural Official
Handing Over Ceremony
Sub-Awardee -- YCWJ
February
19
Spot Valley High
School, St. James
YOO, M&EC
Invitation to Luncheon in Honour
of 25 years of Publication by Rev.
Peter Espeut
Gleaner Columnist,
Rev. Peter Espeut
February
21
Gleaner Offices,
North Street,
Kingston
ED (Declined due to
clash)
Press Launch of Transparency
International’s Corruption
Perception Index 2017
NIA
February
21
NIA Office, 2
Holborn Road,
Kingston 10
NIA Team
NIA Youth Membership
Induction/Orientation
NIA
February
24
Mary Seacole Hall,
SCR, UWI Mona
ED, YOO, EC, EUPC
Floral Tribute in honour of the Rt.
Excellent Sir Alexander
Bustamante
Minister Olivia Grange
February
24
National Heroes
Park, Kingston
LA
Launch of Marcus Garvey Video
MoEYI/NIA
February
28
Palace Cineplex,
Liguanea
ED, YOO, EC
Launch of the Race Course
Community Resource Centre
USAID-COMET II
February
28
Race Course,
Clarendon
COO
Presentation on Integrity at
Ardenne High School PTA Meeting
Nadine Molloy,
Principal, Ardenne
High
March 1
Ardenne High
School, Ardenne
Road, Kingston
DED
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NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to attend Annual
Memorial Lecture in honour of
Rose Leon
Jamaica Women’s
Political Caucus
March 5
PCJ Auditorium,
Kingston 10
FAM, YOO
Breakfast Meeting with Civil
Society Groups
Gary Allen,
RJR/Gleaner
March 7
The Gleaner
Offices, North
Street, Kingston
ED
Participation in TI Impact Co-
Creation Workshop for Safety
Focal Points (SFP)
Luciana Torchiaro, TI
Secretariat
March 7-9
Maputo,
Mozambique
M&EC
Gleaner Forum on Governance
and the Economy (in review of the
second anniversary of the current
administration)
Jerome Reynolds,
Assistant News Editor,
Jamaica Gleaner
March 8
The Gleaner
Offices, North
Street, Kingston
ED
Training of Key actors and
Community Leaders
Sub-Awardee -- CVSS
March 9 &
10
Rosehall 4H Club
Centre, St.
Catherine
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to Facilitate Session at
Students and Young Professionals
Conference
Rev. Stevenson
Samuels, New
Testament Church of
God
March 10
Escarpment Road
New Testament
Church of God,
Kingston 7
ED (Declined)
Participation in 10,000 Men and
Families March
Spanish Town
Minister’s Revival
March 11
Spanish Town, St.
Catherine
DED, EC
ELECT HER Training Series and
Conference
NIA/Mary Seacole Hall
March 11
Neville Hall
Lecture Theatre,
UWI Mona
Campus
DED, YOO
Invitation to attend the Launch of
“Jamaica Eye” the National CCTV
System
Gillian Haughton,
Ministry of National
Security
March 14
National Indoor
Sports Complex,
Kingston
LA
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Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Anti-Corruption Town Hall
Meeting
NIA/Clarendon PDC
March 14
St. Gabriel’s
Anglican Church,
May Pen,
Clarendon
ED, EUPC, EC
Invitation to Book Launch “The
Long Road to Progress for
Jamaica”
Jermel Shim (Author)
/ Norma Brown-Bell
March 15
The Undercroft,
UWI, Mona
ED (Declined)
Anti-Corruption Training Seminar
for Court Administrators
NIA/CMS/JTI
March 16 -
18
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
ED, EUPC, COO
Guest Speaker at Transparency
Institute Guyana’s Annual
Fundraising Dinner
Dr. Troy Thomas,
University of Guyana
March 17
Georgetown,
Guyana
ED (Declined due to
clash)
Invitation to bring Greetings at
Kiwanis Builders Club Church
Service
Sharon Williams, Lt.
Governor, Division 23
East
March 18
Holy Trinity
Cathedral,
Kingston
DED
Courts of Jamaica, Public
Education Day Symposium
Court Management
Services
March 20
St. Catherine
Parish Court,
Spanish Town, St.
Catherine
EC (Postponed due
to State of
Emergency)
Legal Aid Council, Justice Fair
Legal Aid Council
March 21
Tacky High
School, Gayle,
(Football Field) St.
Mary
LRAs, LO, COO
#SheShouldRun Workshop
NIA/Mary Seacole
Hall, UWI Institute of
Gender and
Development Studies
March 22
UWI Western
Jamaica Campus,
St. James
YOO (Postponed)
Second DNA Training Seminar for
JCF Investigators
NIA/JTI
March 24-
25
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
DED, EUPC, EC
Launch of LAPOP Survey 2017
Report
USAID
March 27
Blue Mountain
Suite, Knutsford
Court Hotel
ED & NIA Team
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Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Launch of the I Am Integrity
Album
Sub-Awardee -- YCWJ
March 28
NIA Integrity
Space, Hope Zoo
DED, YOO, EC
Invitation to serve on Judging
Panel for Mona Law Debate on
Judicial Appointments
Tracy Robinson,
Lecturer, Faculty of
Law
March 29
Faculty of Law,
UWI Mona
ED (Declined)
Forward Step Foundation
“Phenomenal Women” Award
Ceremony
Latoya Fry – Executive
Director, Forward
Step Foundation
March 31
Gregory Park
Primary,
Portmore, St.
Catherine
YOO
Invitation to Partner with St. Mary
Agri-Expo
Dr. Hugh Lambert,
Chairman, St. Mary
Agri-Expo
April 2
Gray’s Inn Sports
Complex, St. Mary
(Declined)
Invitation to the Opening
Ceremony for the Chapelton
Family Court
Justice Minister,
Delroy Chuck
April 5
Chapelton Family
Court, Clarendon
LA
Presentation on Community
Service to Annual District
Leadership and Educational
Conference
Moya Palmer, Key
Club Jamaica District
Governor
April 7
Moneague
College, St. Ann
DED
Invitation to Speak at Canadian-
Diaspora Townhall
Dr. Rupert Francis,
Jamaica Diaspora
Crime Task Force
April 7
Jamaican-
Canadian
Association, North
York, Toronto,
Canada
ED (Declined)
Invitation to attend Reception for
Lasco/JCF Police Officer of the
Year Area Finalists
Commissioner
Anthony Anderson
April 10
Police Officers
Club, Kingston
ED
Closing Ceremony of the “Kingston
145 Years” Celebration
Mayor Delroy
Williams
April 11
South Parade,
Downtown
Kingston
ED (Declined)
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to Participate in Mico
Teachers’ College Research Day
Sandra Alveranga –
Chair, MICO Research
Day Committee
April 12
Mico College,
Kingston
Event Cancelled
Invitation to attend the “Big
‘Ooman Chat about Big Woman
Tingz“ Power Breakfast Meeting
Prof. Rosalea
Hamilton, FiWi
Jamaica
April 12
TIC Conference
Room, UTECH,
Papine
YOO
Invitation to Address the Official
Opening of the Brixton Hill
Community Resource Centre
Ian McKnight, COMET
II
April 12
Brixton Hill,
Clarendon
ED, COO, EA, FAM
Invitation to attend and
participate in the Mary Seacole
Hall Annual Awards Ceremony
Nadeen Spence,
SSDM Mary Seacole
Hall
April 15
Mona Visitors’
Lodge, UWI
Campus
YOO (Declined)
Invitation to present at Sam
Sharpe Teachers’ College Research
Day
Ms. Jenice McKenzie-
Ricketts, Sam Sharpe
Teachers’ College
April 17
Sam Sharpe
Teachers’ College,
Montego Bay, St.
James
ED, YOO, GFO
Invitation to attend and
Participate in a special movie
screening of the journalism film
“The Post”
Lisa Wint, Global
Reporters for the
Caribbean
April 17
UCC Lecture
Theatre,
Worthington Ave,
New Kingston
ED (Declined due to
clash)
Closing Ceremony of the Mini
Basketball League
Sub-Awardee - YCWJ
April 21
Majesty Gardens,
Kingston
COO
Invitation to attend HWT Court
Backlog Reduction Project
Stakeholders’ Workshop
Justice Vinette
Graham-Allen, Puisne
Judge
April 21-22
Courtleigh Hotel,
Kingston
ED, LA
Presentation to Potential Integrity
Club members on “Student
Empowerment Through Clubs and
Societies”
Thaneisha Kelly – NIA
Member, Newell High
School
April 24
Newell High
School, St.
Elizabeth
YOO
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NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to Participate in the All-
Island Banana Growers’
Association 40
th
Annual General
Meeting
Donald Elvey, General
Manager, AIBGA
April 24
St. Mary Parish
Church Hall, Pt.
Maria
DED (representing ED)
Employability Training for Charlie
Smith High Students
Sub-Awardee – WROC
April 25
Charlie Smith
High, Trench
Town
No NIA Representative
Support and Attendance at the
19
th
SALISES Annual Conference –
“Sustainable Futures for the
Caribbean”
Prof. Aldrie Henry-Lee
Director, SALISES
April 25-27
Holiday Inn
Resort, Montego
Bay
EC (Representing ED)
Launch of the Flanker Resource
Centre Social Enterprise
Sub-Awardee - YCWJ
April 26
Flanker, St. James
COO, FAM
Mona Law Series Discussion: on
the Constitutionality of the
National Identification System
Dr. Shazeeda Ali,
Deputy Dean, Faculty
of Law
April 26
Law Lecture
Theatre #2,
Faculty of Law,
UWI Mona
LA
Members Orientation Session
NIA
April 28
NIA Office,
Kingston
NIA Team
Integrity Clubs Facilitators’
Training #2
NIA
April 28-29
Iberostar Hotel,
Montego Bay
YOO, Driver
Invitation to Attend Duhaney Park
Homeowners Meeting
Carolyn Evans JP,
President
April 29
Edith Dalton
James High
School, Duhaney
Park
DED
Domino Tournament in
Partnership with the SDC
Sub-Awardee – WROC
April 29
Arnett Gardens
Interactive
Community
Centre, Kingston
No NIA Representative
Media Institute of the Caribbean –
Opening of Inaugural Fellowship
Programme
Kiran Maharaj – Chair,
Media Institute of the
Caribbean
May 1
Knutsford Court
Hotel
ED
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Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to be Panellist at
Association of Caribbean Police
Commissioners (ACCP) 33
rd
AGM
and Conference
Marcia Manning,
Secretariat Manager,
ACCP
May 2
Montego Bay
Convention
Centre, St. James
ED
Participation in TI IMPACT SFP
Training
TI-Secretariat
May 2-4
Berlin, Germany
M&EC
Skills for Integrity Training
Programme
Sub-Awardee – WROC
May 3
WROC Offices,
Beechwood Ave,
Kingston
DED
Meeting of IAM-UTECH Student
Group
NIA/IAM
May 3
UTECH, Papine
Campus
ED, YOO
Hearing in/re Dunrobin Park
Matter
NIA-ALAC
May 4
Supreme Court,
King Street
ALAC Team
Invitation to Participate in the
Western Union I-P.L.E.D.G.E.
Program Launch 2018
Jovaney Ashman,
Assistant Coordinator,
I-P.L.E.D.G.E.
May 4
Hope Zoo,
Kingston
DED, YOO
In Chambers Hearing in/re District
Constable Matter
NIA-ALAC
May 8
Supreme Court,
King Street
ALAC Team
Teacher’s Day Initiative
KTHS PTA Secretariat-
Mrs. Jessica Knight-
Dair
May 9
Kingston Technical
High School
LRA – LT; YOO; EC
Invitation to Attend Reception in
Celebration of Europe Day
EU Ambassador to
Jamaica Malgorzata
Wasilewska
May 9
Ambassador’s
Residence, 10
Kinsale Avenue
ED
Skills for Integrity Training
Programme
Sub-Awardee – WROC
May 10
WROC Offices,
Beechwood Ave,
Kingston
Event Cancelled
Invitation to attend Presentation
on “Economic Independence for
Jamaica”
Dr. Nigel Clarke,
Minister of Finance
May 10
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
ED
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Ruling on Application in Re-
Dunrobin Park Matter
NIA - ALAC
May 11
Supreme Court,
King Street
LRA - LT
Participation in Irie School Book
Tour & Creative Contest
Andre Blackwood –
President, KSA Parish
Youth Council
May 14
Ananda Marga
Kinder-Prep
School, 12 Crieffe
Road, Kingston
COO, LRA-LT
ALAC Training Workshop on
Strategic Litigation
TI-Secretariat
May 14 -15
Antigua,
Guatemala
LRA - TW
Skills for Integrity Training
Programme
Sub-Awardee – WROC
May 17
WROC Offices,
Beechwood Ave,
Kingston
DED
Invitation to Participate in N-PTA
Region 6 Child Month Symposium
Ms. Sophia Malcolm-
Williams, National
PTA Regional Vice-
Chair of Training
May 17
Waterford High
School, Portmore
DED
Participation in the Electoral
Office’s Election Centre for the
Homestead Division by-election
Dorothy Pine-McLarty
– ECJ Chair
May 18
ECJ Offices, Red
Hills Road,
Kingston
LA
Integrity Club Facilitators Training
#3
NIA
May 19-20
Altamont Court
Hotel
EC
Endorsement of the Little Genius
Show 2018 (Theme – Peace &
Integrity: Gateways to Prosperity)
Tishauna Mullings,
NexxStepp Education
Services
May 20
Lysson’s Pavilion,
St. Thomas
Social Media Intern
Invitation to National Workers’
Week and Labour Day
Thanksgiving Church Service
Hon. Olivia Grange,
CD, MP – Minister of
Culture, Gender,
Entertainment and
Sport
May 20
Portmore Holiness
Christian Church,
Hellshire Main
Road
Accountant
Invitation to Address Wolmer’s
Boys’ School Cohort
Mrs. Gordon – Grade
7 Supervisor,
Wolmer’s Boys’ High
May 21
Wolmers Boys’
School, Heroes
Circle, Kingston
DED, SMI
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NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to attend a Lecture by
former Prime Minister P.J
Patterson on the Trade Union
Movement
Danny Roberts, Trade
Union Education
Institute
May 22
UWI Regional
Headquarters
ED
Invitation to the Justice Minister’s
Post-Sectoral Speech Reception
The Hon. Delroy
Chuck, Minister of
Justice
May 22
Ministry of
Justice, Constant
Spring Rd.
FAM, M&EC, COO
Invitation to FID’s 15
th
Anniversary
Cocktail Party
Robin Sykes – Chief
Technical Director,
FID
May 22
Mona Visitors’
Lodge, UWI
FAM, M&EC
Participation in Opening of the
Chapelton Community Resource
Centre (CRC)
Ian McKnight - Chief
of Party, USAID
COMET II
May 24
Chapelton,
Clarendon
GFO & MOCA
Representative
Presentation on “Youth being
advocates for the positive change
the fight against corruption and
injustice” to the African Liberation
and Empowerment Conference
Jean-Paul Dixon -
African Liberation and
Empowerment
Committee
May 26
Mona Visitors’
Lodge, Kingston 7
COO, SMI
2018 “Nanny B” Spelling Bee
Competition for Primary School
Children
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
May 26
Sir Howard Cooke
Centre, Nannyville
GFO
Invitation to participate in
Metcalfe Street’s Career Day
Shirlene Rochester -
Welfare Case
Manager, Metcalfe
Street Secure Juvenile
Centre
May 30
Metcalfe Street
Juvenile Remand
Centre, Kingston
YOO
Invitation to be Keynote Speaker
at Retirement function for
Teachers
Michael Calvert,
Principal, Belfield
Primary School
May 30
Casa Maria Hotel,
Pt. Maria
ED, COO
Invitation to National Basketball
League Finals
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
June 2
National Arena,
Kingston
GFO
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NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to Address the 4
th
Annual Conference of the
Commonwealth Caribbean
Association of Integrity
Commissions and Anti-Corruption
Bodies
Eugene Otuonye,
Director, TCI Integrity
Commission
June 4-5
Beaches Resort,
Turks and Caicos
Island
ED
Invitation to Participate in a
Parental Workshop
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
June 7
Clan Carthy High
School
DED, GFO
Invitation to National Basketball
League Finals
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
June 7
National Arena,
Kingston
GFO
Invitation to Special National 2030
Agenda Oversight Committee
Meeting
Latoya Hanson – SDG
Secretariat, PIOJ
June 7
PIOJ Board Room,
Oxford Road,
Kingston
ED (Declined)
Invitation to participate in a town-
hall themed “Youth Contributing
to National Building through
Politics and Dialogue”
Shaquille Ramsay,
Clarendon Political
Youth Movement
June 8
St. Gabriel’s
Anglican Church,
May Pen,
Clarendon
YOO (Declined)
Training of Key actors and
Community Leaders
Sub-Awardee -- CVSS
June 8-9
National
Volunteer Centre,
Camp Road,
Kingston
GFO
Participation in sporting event to
mark 34 Years of Community
Service
Kenneth Wilson,
August Town
PeaceBuilders
June 10
UWI Bowl, Mona,
Kingston
COO (Declined)
Communications (Training)
Workshop for Staff
Sub-Awardee --
MOCA
June 11-16
(Postponed
)
MOCA Offices,
Kingston
GFO
Invitation to participate in JCDC
National Performing Arts
Excellence Awards
Michelle Lutas
Naraysingh –
Marketing Officer,
JCDC
June 13
Little Theatre,
Tom Redcam
Drive
SMI, GFO
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NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to deliver the Keynote
address & participate in the
MonaLaw 4
th
Annual Symposium
on Law, Governance and Society
Dr. Shazeeda Ali,
Deputy Dean, UWI
Mona Faculty of Law
June 16-17
The Worthington,
Spanish Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
ED, LRA-LT
Guest Speaker at Father’s Day
Church Service
Rev. Whitson Williams
– St. Matthew’s
Church
June 17
St. Matthew’s
Church, Allman
Town, Kingston 4
ED (Declined)
Invitation to Present to Monthly
Meeting of the Kiwanis Club on
“The role of the NIA in lobbying
for the strengthening and creation
of anti-corruption mechanisms”
Lipton Matthews,
Kiwanis Club of North
St. Andrew
June 21
Police Officers’
Club, Hope Road
ED (Postponed)
Justice Programme Sector
Coordination Committee Meeting
Althea McBean –
Director, Justice
Reform
Implementation Unit,
MoJ
June 21
3
rd
Floor
Conference Room,
MoJ Offices,
Kingston
EC
Legal Aid Council Justice Fair
Hugh Faulkner -
Executive Director,
Legal Aid Council
June 21
Independence
Park, Savanna-la-
mar,
Westmoreland
ALAC Team, GFO
Presentation on the Role of NIA in
Combatting Corruption and
Building Integrity
Sts. Peter & Paul
Church Men’s
Fellowship
June 23
Sts. Peter & Paul
Church, Liguanea
ED
New Members Orientation
Session
NIA
June 24
NIA Office, New
Kingston
ED, COO
Invitation to Cocktail Reception in
Commemoration of the 242
nd
Anniversary of America’s
Independence
USE Charge D’Affairs
Eric Khant
June 27
Grand Ballroom,
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
FAM (Declined due to
exigency)
Caribbean Regional Meeting of TI
Chapters and Contacts
Transparency
International
Secretariat & NIA
June 27-28
Jewel Runaway
Bay, St. Ann
ED, DED, EC, YOO,
M&EC
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NIA
Representative(s)
Launch and Dissemination of the
Voluntary National Review Report
Delecia Wisdom -
Social Policy and
Research Division,
Planning Institute of
Jamaica
June 28
Don Mills Training
Room, PIOJ
Offices
COO
Next General PTA Meeting / AGM
of the Kingston Technical High
School PTA
Juli-Ann Marquis -
PTA President
Kingston Technical
High School PTA
June 28
Carter Hall, Holy
Cross 77 Half Way
Tree Road
LRA-LT
Invitation to be Guest Speaker at
Manchester Lay Magistrates
Association 25
th
AGM
Stanley Skeene –
President Manchester
Lay Magistrates
June 28
Golf View Hotel,
Mandeville
Declined due to Clash
Guest Speaker for Foundation
Prep Annual Graduation
Ceremony
Ms. L. Williams –
Principal, Foundation
Preparatory School
July 1
Wembley Centre
of Excellence,
Hayes, Clarendon
DED
FranklinCovey Executive Training
for Judicial Officials
NIA/CMS/JEI
July 2-6
Norman Manley
Law School,
Gibraltar Road
Building, UWI
Mona Campus
ED (Opening
Remarks), M&EC
Trial in Dunrobin Park Matter
NIA-ALAC
July 4 – 5,
2018
Supreme Court,
King Street
ALAC Team
Invitation to attend the Official
Opening of the Lilliput Community
Resource Centre
Ian McKnight – Chief
of Party, USAID
COMETT II
July 6
Lilliput, St. James
COO
Integrity Tour (Musical Event)
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
July 7
Flanker Resource
Centre, St. James
COO
Invitation to Canada Day 2018
Celebration
Her Excellency Laurie
Peters, Canadian High
Commissioner
July 9
14 Seymour
Avenue, Kingston
6
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to participate in a
consultation on the IDB Invest’s
proposed Access to Information
Policy
IDB Invest
July 9
Knutsford Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
Declined
Cyber Techniques Training Course
for JCF Investigators
NIA/DHS/JCF
July 9-13
JCF Training
College,
Twickenham Park,
St. Catherine
ED (Opening
Remarks), GFO, COO,
Summer Non-Residential ICT
Camp
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
July 9-31
(Mondays
to
Thursdays)
University of the
West Indies,
Mona
GFO (on particular
days)
FranklinCovey Mid-Level
Management Training for Judicial
Officials
NIA/CMS/JEI
July 10-13
Norman Manley
Law School,
Gibraltar Road
Building, UWI
Mona Campus
DED (Opening
Remarks), M&EC
Clarendon PDC Advocacy Training
NIA & Clarendon PDC
July 12
Wembley Centre
of Excellence,
Hayes, Clarendon
COO, GFO
JCF Investigators’ Training Seminar
on Forensic Evidence
NIA/JTI/JCF
July 13-15
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
EC, M&EC
Invitation to Bastille Day
Reception
H.E. Mr. Jean-Michel
Despax, Ambassador
of France to Jamaica
July 14
French Embassy,
13 Hillcrest
Avenue
LA
Integrity Tour (Musical Event)
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
July 15
Jah Over Evil,
Vineyard Town,
Kingston
GFO
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to Present to Monthly
Meeting of the Kiwanis Club on
“The role of the NIA in lobbying
for the strengthening and creation
of anti-corruption mechanisms”
Lipton Matthews,
Kiwanis Club of North
St. Andrew
July 19
Police Officers’
Club, Hope Road
ED
Integrity Talk focusing on Gender
Based Violence
Sub-Awardee – WROC
July 19
47 Beechwood
Ave, Kingston 5
GFO
Training of Key Actors
Sub-Awardee – CVSS
July 20-21
International
University of the
Caribbean
Campus, St. James
No NIA Representative
Integrity Tour (Musical Event)
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
July 20
Nannyville Turf,
Nannyville
Gardens, Kingston
GFO
Street Corner meeting with SDC
and Trench n CDC
Sub-Awardee – WROC
July 21
Trench Town,
Kingston
No NIA Representative
Invitation to Participate in Jamaica
Deaf Youth Advocacy Event
Andre Witter –
President, Deaf Sports
Jamaica
July 21
(Postponed
)
Sports
Development
Foundation,
Kingston 10
YOO
Invitation to deliver Keynote
presentation to JBA/JIFS Annual
Anti-Fraud Seminar on “How fraud
impacts major crimes and the
ultimate effects on the economy”
Darlene Jones –
Executive Director,
Jamaica Institute of
Financial Services
July 24
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
ED (Declined)
Participation in St. Ann Police
Summer Camp
Sub-Awardee – MOCA
July 25
National Police
College,
Twickenham Park,
St. Catherine
GFO
Jamaica Basketball Association
Summer Camp
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
July 25
GC Foster College,
St. Catherine
No NIA
Representative
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to Speak at UWI
Conference themed – Governance
for Tomorrow: Innovation, Politics,
Policy and Sustainable
Development
Dr. Lloyd Waller,
Head, UWI Dept. of
Government
July 25
Montego Bay
Conference
Centre, St. James
ED
Invitation to Participate in the
NATFATIP Human Trafficking
International Conference 2018
Mrs. Sandra Graham –
Chair, Prevention Sub-
Committee, National
Taskforce Against
Trafficking in Persons
July 25-26
Melia Braco Hotel,
Trelawny
Declined
Invitation to participate in
Manchester Youth Community
Tour “Equipping Youth for a Better
Tomorrow”
Charlene McLaughlin
– Youth
Empowerment
Officer, Manchester
July 27
Battersea/Clarkes
Town Community
Centre,
Mandeville
Declined
Training of Key Actors
Sub-Awardee – CVSS
July 27-28
Rosehall 4-H
Centre, Linstead,
St. Catherine
No NIA
Representative
JCF Investigators’ Training Seminar
on Forensics
NIA/JTI/JCF
July 27-29
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
EC, FAM
Invitation to Participate in JCI-
Jamaica’s Mid-Year Meeting
Dwayne Gayle –
President, Junior
Chamber
International
July 28
Hibiscus Lodge,
Ocho Rios, St. Ann
Declined
Invitation to Participate in Jamaica
Deaf Youth Advocacy Event
Andre Witter –
President, Deaf Sports
Jamaica
July 28
Sports
Development
Foundation,
Kingston 10
DED, YOO
Guest Speaker for the Mico 143
rd
Batch Reunion
Heather Wallen-Bryan
– Chair Mico 143
rd
Batch Reunion
Committee
July 28
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
ED
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Roundtable Meeting with
International Development/Donor
Partners
NIA
July 30
The Negril Suite,
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
ED, DED, EC, YOO
Invitation to be Guest Speaker at
Annual Emancipation Vigil
Rev. Karl Henlin,
Gregory Park Baptist
Church
July 31
Gregory Park
Baptist Church, St.
Catherine
ED (Declined)
Integrity Talk focusing on the
Workplace and the Community
Sub-Awardee – WROC
July 31
47 Beechwood
Avenue, Kingston
5
GFO
Youth Summer Camp
Sub-Awardee – WROC
August 7-
31
Mexico
Community
Centre, Trench
Town
GFO (On select
days)
Closing Ceremony for YCWJ-JABA
Majesty Gardens Young Athletes
Behaviourial Programme
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
August 10
SR16, MSBM, UWI
Mona
GFO
JCF Investigators’ Training Seminar
NIA/JTI/JCF
August 10-
12
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
EC, M&EC
YCWJ-JABA Basketball Clinic
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
August 11
UWI Sports
Complex, Mona
No NIA Representative
“The Winner Within” Summer
Camp
Sub-Awardee – YCWJ
August 13-
23
Edith Dalton
James High
School, Kingston
GFO (On Select Days)
JCDC Creative Writing Competition
Awards Ceremony
JCDC/NIA
August 14
Knustford Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
COO
Career Talk at the Lauriston and
Thompson Pen Community 4-H
Club Annual Summer Camp
Sub-Awardee --
MOCA
August 15
Maggotty High
School, Maggotty
St. Elizabeth
GFO
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to the Opening
Ceremony of the Caribbean
Organisation of Supreme Audit
Institutions (CAROSAI) 30
th
Anniversary Conference
Pamela Monroe-Ellis,
Auditor General
August 15
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, New
Kingston
FAM, Accountant
(Representing ED)
Launch of the WROC Strategic
Plan
Sub-Awardee – WROC
August 16
Church of Latter
Day Saints, 19
Rousseau Road,
Kingston
COO
West Kingston Schoolboy Football
Derby & Awards Ceremony
H&W Foundation
August 17
Tivoli Gardens
High School,
Kingston
COO
Summer six-a-side football
tournament
Sub-Awardee – WROC
August 17-
18
Anthony
Spaulding Sports
Complex, Trench
Town, Kingston
(Postponed)
JCF Investigators’ Training Seminar
NIA/JTI/JCF
August 17-
19
Jewel Dunn’s
River, St. Ann
EC, M&EC
Graduation Ceremony for Trainees
in the Skill Building Programme
Sub-Awardee – WROC
August 22
Alhambra Inn,
Kingston
GFO
Cambridge Tri-Star Police Youth
Club Fair and Health Fair
Sub-Awardee – MOCA
August 23
Cambridge CRC,
St. James
Postponed
Grange Hill Stakeholder's
Breakfast
Errol Stewart –
Principal of Grange
Hill High School
August 23
Gordon Hall,
Grange Hill,
Westmoreland
ED (Declined)
Invitation to Partner for UTECH’s
Community Service Conference
and Fair
Paulton Gordon –
Director, Community
Service and
Development, UTECH
August 23
UTECH Campus,
Papine, Kingston
Declined
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Guest Speaker at St. Christopher’s
Nursing Academy Graduation
Dr. Lola Cunningham -
Director, St.
Christopher’s Nursing
Academy
August 23
Wexford Court
Hotel, Montego
Bay
ED, COO
Proactive Prosecutors Course
“Backlog Reduction” Advocacy
Training
NIA/JTI/PADF
August 24-
26
Jewel Dunn’s
River, St. Ann
M&EC, LRA-LT
Summer six-a-side football
tournament
Sub-Awardee – WROC
August 24-
25
Anthony
Spaulding Sports
Complex, Trench
Town, Kingston
GFO
Invitation to Partner in staging of
“Clarendon Athletics
Championship and Health Fair
Gareth Warren –
Divisional President,
Clarendon Police
Youth Club Council
August 25
Lionel Town
Community
Centre, Clarendon
YOO (Declined)
Governance Training for IAM
Executive
NIA/Integrity Action
Movement
August 28-
30
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
ED, YOO
Invitation to Cocktail Reception to
welcome new USAID Country
Representative
Eric Khant - Charge
D`Affaires, US
Embassy
September
5
5 Cookham Dene,
Kingston 6
ED (Declined due to
Clash)
JCF Investigators’ Training Seminar
NIA/JTI/JCF
September
7-9
Jewel Runaway
Bay, St. Ann
EC, M&EC
Training of Key Actors
Sub-Awardee CVSS
Sept 14-15
4-H Training
Centre, Linstead,
St. Catherine
GFO
Youth Parliament Training
MoEYI & NIA
September
15
(Postponed
)
Faculty of Law,
UWI
ED, YOO
Participation in Ascot High
Integrity Club Meeting
NIA
September
17
Ascot High School,
Portmore, St.
Catherine
YOO & IC Consultant
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Participation in Newell High
Integrity Club Meeting
NIA
September
18
Newell High
School, St.
Elizabeth
IC Consultant
Gender and Corruption and
Human Rights Training for
Community Boards
Sub-Awardee WROC
September
19
Church of Latter
Day Saints,
Rousseau Road
GFO
Meeting with the Governor
General
Ingrid McLennon Kelly
– Executive Assistant
to the Governor
General
September
20
Kings House,
Kingston 6
ED
Invitation to attend forum on
“Jamaica’s Democracy – Parties,
Participation and Principles”
Hon. Mrs. Donna
Parchment Brown –
Political Ombudsman
September
21
Executive Lecture
Theatre, Sir Alister
McIntyre Building,
UWI, Mona
DED, GFO
Participation in St. James High
Integrity Club Meeting
NIA
September
21
St. James High
School, St. James
YOO
JCF Investigators’ Training Seminar
NIA/JTI/JCF
September
21-25
Jewel Dunn’s
River, St. Ann
ED, EC, M&EC
Invitation to Address Men’s
Morning Prayer Breakfast
Apostle Dwayne
Fuller, Greater August
Town Ministers’
Fraternal
September
22
August Town, St.
Andrew
ED (Postponed)
Bog Walk Youth Community
Journalism Workshop
USAID-COMET II
September
22
Knollis Multi-
Purpose Centre, St
Catherine
COO (Postponed)
Launch of Aberdeen High School
Integrity Club
NIA
September
24
Aberdeen High
School, Elim, St.
Elizabeth
YOO
Engagement with Seaward PJH
Integrity Club
NIA
September
24
Seaward PJH,
Kingston 11
DED, YOO & IAM
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to Participate and
Facilitate OAS Civil Society Summit
Jeanelle van
GlaanenWeygel -
Resident
Representative, OAS
September
25
PAHO Offices,
UWI Mona
ED
Invitation to IDB Civil Society
Meeting on the Caribbean Climate
Smart Accelerator
Dorothea Less, IDB
September
26
IDB Offices,
Kingston
GFO (Representing ED)
CMS’ National Public Education
Day
Court Management
Services
September
27
Clarendon Parish
Court, Sevens
Road, May Pen
ALAC Team, COO
Post-Voluntary National Review
and Human Development Indices
Information and Dissemination
Session and an invitation to
participate in a Panel Discussion
on SDGs in Action
Rachel Lee – SDG
Secretariat, PIOJ
September
27
Pavilion Room,
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
DED
Participation in Nain High Integrity
Club Meeting
NIA
September
27
Nain High School,
St. Elizabeth
YOO
Address to the Meeting of the St.
Elizabeth Lay Magistrates
Association
Dr. Lynden Rose, St.
Elizabeth Lay
Magistrates
Association
September
27
Beadle Hall,
Beadle Heights,
Santa Cruz, St.
Elizabeth
ED
Keynote Presentation to Trinidad
& Tobago Annual Conference
Dion Abdool, Chair
TTTI
September
28
(Postponed
)
Trinidad and
Tobago
ED
PR Campaign Content Workshop
Sub-Awardee MOCA
September
29
Police Officers’
Club, Hope Road,
Kingston
FAM
Invitation to participate and
Support August Town 10,000 Men
Apostle Dwayne
Fuller, Greater August
Town Ministers’
Fraternal
September
30
August Town, St.
Andrew
COO
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
End of FY18/Start of FY19
Policy Research Report Launch
The Current State of Open Data in
Jamaica
Sub-Awardee CaPRI
October 1
The Venetian
Suite, Terra Nova
Hotel, Kingston
ED, EC
Investigative Journalism
Workshop
NIA & Kiran Maharaj –
President, Media
Institute of the
Caribbean
October 2
Jamaica Chamber
of Commerce
Conference Room,
Kingston
ED, EC
Integrity Club Sensitisation Session
with Teachers & Staff
NIA
October 2
St. George’s
College, North
Street, Kingston
YOO, IC Consultant
Invitation to Participate in St.
Joseph’s Teachers’ College
Research Day 2018
Ms. Jacqueline Porter
– Research Officer, St.
Joseph’s Teachers’
College
October 3
St. Joseph’s
Teachers’ College,
16 Old Hope Road,
Kingston 5
DED
Attend and Observe Integrity Club
Meeting
NIA
October 4
Dinthill Technical
High School,
Linstead, St.
Catherine
YOO, IC Consultant
National Youth Parliament
Training on Governance and the
Parliament
NIA/MoEYI
October 6
Faculty of Law
Lecture Room
(1A), UWI Mona
ED, YOO
Information Fair
Sub-Awardee WROC
October 6
Pringle Home for
Girls, Carron Hall,
St. Mary
No NIA
Representative
Bog Walk Youth Community
Journalism Workshop
USAID-COMET II
October 6
Knollis Multi-
Purpose Centre, St
Catherine
COO
Justice of the Peace Training
Hon. Delroy Chuck,
Minister of Justice
October 6
Montego Bay
Convention
Centre
DED, EC
(Postponed)
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Meeting to Solicit NIA’s input on
improving Tax Administration
Jamaica’s Performance Outcomes
Ainsley Powell –
Commissioner
General, TAJ
October 8
NIA Offices,
Kingston
ED, DED, FAM,
Accountant
Keynote Speaker Invitation to UWI
WJC Media Appreciation Seminar
Patrick Prendergast –
UWI WJC Campus
Director
October 9
UWI Western
Jamaica Campus,
St. James
ED (Declined)
Training on General Investigative
Techniques (Pt. 1)
Sub-Awardee MOCA
October 9-
11
REDTRAC (Online
Platform)
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to attend the 7
th
Caribbean Microfinance Forum
Cletus Joseph –
Chairman of the
Board, Caribbean
Microfinance Alliance
October 10
– 12
Hyatt Ziva Hotel,
St. James
ED (Declined)
Townhall Meeting - Enhancing
Integrity for Development
St. Michael’s
Seminary, PSOJ, UGC
October 11
St. Michael’s
Church, Mona
ED, EC (Postponed)
Invitation to partner in Jamaica 4-
H Clubs Training Workshop
themed “Good Leadership, Strong
Citizenship”
Halova Stubbs-Jones –
Liaison Officer,
Jamaica 4-H Clubs
Secretariat
October
12-13
Denbigh
Showgrounds,
Clarendon
COO
Invitation to Partnership in
Commemoration of International
Day of the Girl Child under the
theme “With Her: A Skilled
GirlForce”
Vanessa Williams –
President, Rotaract
Club of New Kingston
October 13
Not Provided
Declined
Osbourne Store Youth Community
Journalism Workshop
USAID-COMET II
October 13
Osbourne Store,
Clarendon
COO
National Youth Parliament,
Capacity Building Training
NIA/MoEYI
October 13
– 17
Golf View Hotel,
Mandeville
YOO (On Select
Days)
Invitation to attend the National
Heritage Week Thanksgiving
Service
The Hon. Olivia
Grange – Minister of
Culture, Gender,
Entertainment and
Sport
October 14
Fellowship
Apostolic Church,
16 Camp Road,
Kingston 4
Declined
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NIA
Representative(s)
Cultural Integrity Community Day
in Trench Town
Sub-Awardee WROC
October 15
(Postponed
)
1
st
Street, Arnett
Gardens, Kingston
GFO
NCU Invitational Debates
Noreen Daley –
Associate Professor &
Debate Convener
October 15
NCU, Manchester
Campus
YOO
Volunteer Literacy Training
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
October 17
Spot Valley High
School, St. James
No NIA
Representative
Participation in Launch of Trench
Town Community Resource Centre
Ian McKnight – Chief
of Party, USAID
COMET II
October 18
Trench Town
Community
Resource Centre,
Alvin Ashley
Building, West
Road, Trench
Town
DED
Communication for Development
Session for Sub-Awardees
NIA
October 18
NIA Offices,
Kingston
GM, GFO
Participation in the 18
th
IACC and
TI Annual Members Meeting
TI-Secretariat
October
19-24
Copenhagen,
Denmark
YOO
Participation in Caribbean
Diaspora Anti-Corruption
Conference
Gerald White-Davis –
ICCP & Medgar Evers
College
October 20
(Postponed
)
Medgar Evers
College, CUNY,
Brooklyn, New
YorK
Fmr. Chairman
Prof. Anthony
Harriott
Participation in the 14
th
Annual
CIN Lecture
Mr. Stephen Hill –
CEO, Caribbean
International Network
October 24
Schomburg Centre
for Research,
Harlem, New York
DED, MEC
Invitation to attend and
participate in JCA Anti-Corruption
Panel Discussion
Mrs. Velma Ricketts-
Walker –
Commissioner,
Jamaica Customs
Agency (JCA)
October 24
JCA Head Office,
Myers Wharf,
New Port East
ED (Declined)
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Governor General’s IBI Initiative,
Youth Consultative Conference
Office of the
Governor General &
NIA
October 25
Montego Bay
Convention
Centre, St. James
EC, GFO
Public Speaking and Presentation
Skills Training
Sub-Awardee MOCA
October
25-26
Police Officers’
Club, St. Andrew
GFO
Invitation to present on: The
Importance of the individual in
Preserving the Integrity of the
Organisation and its principles
Daemion McLean –
Board Chairman,
Jamaica Society for
the Blind
October 26
Jamaica Society
for the Blind
Offices, 111 Old
Hope Road,
Kingston 6
ED, EC
Invitation to participate in and
support Love in Our Hearts, Peace
in the City Parade
Rev. Robert McIntosh,
Maranatha Ministries
International
October 27
Kingston
Waterfront
EC, GFO
Invitation to Participate and
Support the SUOA Annual
Correctional Officers’ Conference
Supt. Leslie Campbell,
President, Senior
Uniformed Officers
Association (SUOA)
October 29
-November
2
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
Declined
Implementation of Employability
Training
Sub-Awardee WROC
October 31
Charlie Smith High
School, Kingston
DED
Participation in Launch of Gordon
Town Community Resource Centre
Ian McKnight – Chief
of Party, USAID
COMET II
November
1
(Postponed
)
Gordon Town
Community
Resource Centre
COO
Training: Interacting with the
Media
Sub-Awardee MOCA
November
1-2
Police Officers’
Club, Hope Road,
St. Andrew
GFO
Invitation to Participate in the
Caribbean Regional Compliance
Association’s 2018 Conference
Erita Griffiths – CRCA
Organisational
Committee
November
1-2
Hilton Hotel,
Bridgetown,
Barbados
ED
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to Participate in
Caribbean Diaspora Anti-
Corruption Conference
Gerald White-Davis –
ICCP & Medgar Evers
College
November
2
Medgar Evers
College, CUNY,
Brooklyn, New
York
No NIA
representative, but
NIA material was
sent
Training Seminar for Crown
Counsel of the ODPP
NIA, JTI, ODPP
November
2-4
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
MEC, LRA-TW
Participation in Justices of the
Peace Training Seminar
Hon. Delroy Chuck,
Minister of Justice
November
3
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
DED, GFO
Empowerment Workshop for Girls
Sub-Awardee WROC
November
3
Webster
Memorial United
Church, Kingston
GFO
Video Interviewing Skills
Workshop
Sub-Awardee MOCA
November
5-6
MOCA Offices,
NCB South Tower,
Oxford Road,
Kingston
No NIA
Representative
Anti-Corruption Strategies
Sub-Awardee MOCA
November
5-9
Financial
Investigations
Division (FID) 1
Shalimar Ave,
Kingston 3
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to participate in the
Official launch of the Clarendon
Municipal Corporation's Citizens'
Charter
Wayne Brown –
Clarendon Municipal
Corporation
November
6
Clarendon
Municipal
Corporation, 3
Sevens Road, May
Pen
Chevelle Campbell,
NIA Clarendon
Chapter
Representative
Two-Day Governance Workshop
for UGC Leadership
NIA & The Umbrella
Groups of Churches
November
6-7
Jewel Dunn’s
River, St. Ann
ED, COO
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Representative(s)
Women's Empowerment and
Sensitization Workshop with
Female Sex Workers
Sub-Awardee WROC
November
8-9
Audra's Bar &
Restaurant -
Orange Bay
(Thursday) and
Hopewell
Methodist Church
(Friday)
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to Present at Youth
Symposium
Shemar Jones –
Operations Manager,
Divine Beacon of
Change Foundation
November
10
New United Bible
Church of God,
Cedar Valley,
Sligoville, St.
Catherine
Declined
Invitation to the Sitting of the
National Youth Parliament
Kara A. Knight -
Programme
Development
Specialist, Jamaica
Youth Ambassadors
Programme Manager,
MoEYI
November
12
Gordon House,
Duke St. Kingston
YOO
Invitation to Participate in Ethics in
Business, How Fair Play Yields
Better Results Conference
Elder Walter F.
Gonzales – President
Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints,
Dom. Rep.
November
12-13
Embassy Suites
Santo Domingo
Hotel, Dominican
Republic
DED
Internal Affairs Training for Law
Enforcement Agencies
NIA/HSI/ICE
November
12-16
National Police
Training College,
St. Catherine
ED, DED, EC, COO
“Out of Your Pocket and Out Of
Your Pay: In Search of the most
Efficient Tax for Jamaica”
Policy Research Report Launch
Sub-Awardee CaPRI
November
13
Spanish Court
Hotel, Valencia T
Suite
Board Chair Dennis
Chung, GFO
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Participation in Launch of Gordon
Town Community Resource Centre
Ian McKnight – Chief
of Party, USAID
COMET II
November
15
Gordon Town
Community
Resource Centre
COO
Invitation to attend and
participate in "EU and the
Americas" conference, including
panel discussion on “Promoting
Democratic and Transparent
Elections”.
Neil Simon - Team
Leader, EU Policy &
Outreach Partnership
in the USA
November
15-16
Greenberg Traurig
(Law Offices), 333
S.E. 2nd Avenue,
Miami, Florida
ED
Invitation to attend Visions of
2030: A National Youth Month
Event
Benjamin Fraser –
President, Called to
Lead Jamaica
Foundation
November
16
Faculty of Law
Lecture Room #2,
UWI Mona
Campus
IAM Members
Launch of Junior Basketball
Competition
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
November
17
Majesty Gardens,
Kingston
DED
DNA Evidence Act Training for
Correctional Officers and
INDECOM Staff
NIA/PADF/JTI
November
17-18
Courtyard Marriot
Hotel, New
Kingston
DED, EC
PAJ Public Forum for Journalism
Week 2018
NIA and the Press
Association of Jamaica
(PAJ)
November
19
Pegasus Hotel,
Kingston
COO
Burger King Prep & Primary School
Debates
NIA/Burger King
November
20
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
YOO
Invitation to Participate in COMET-
II Project Close-Out Ceremony
Ian McKnight – Chief
of Party, USAID
COMET II
November
20
Four Paths
Community
Resource Centre,
Clarendon
COO
Invitation to Attend Book Launch -
Reflections on Leadership &
Governance in Jamaica by Dr.
Canute Thompson
Allison Montgomery -
School of Education,
UWI Mona
November
21
Eon Nigel Harris
Council Room,
UWI Regional
Headquarters,
Mona
Open to Staff and
Members
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Participation in the National
Awards Ceremony for Journalism
Week 2018
Press Association of
Jamaica (PAJ)
November
24
Courtleigh
Auditorium, New
Kingston
Dr. Terri-Ann
Gilbert-Roberts,
NIA Board Member
Women’s Silent March
Jamaica Network for
Women Living with
HIV (JNW+)
November
24
Emancipation
Park, New
Kingston
Sub-Awardee
WROC
Invitation to the Prime Minister’s
Youth Awards and Reception
Hon. Floyd Green,
Minister of State,
MoEYI
November
24
Jamaica House,
Kingston
YOO
Launch of the Caribbean Judicial
Integrity Network
NIA/JEI/UNODC/CMS
November
25
UWI Regional
Headquarter,
Mona
ED, EC
Cyber Forensics Sensitisation
Sub-Awardee MOCA
November
26
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, NCB
South Tower,
Kingston 5
Postponed
Judicial Integrity Training
NIA/JEI/UNODC/CMS
November
26 & 27
Knutsford Court
Hotel, Kingston
EC
Invitation to attend PSOJ
President’s Forum, with discussion
on “Citizen Security: The Most
Critical Pillar of Effective Crime
Management”
Howard Mitchel, PSOJ
President
November
27
Montego Suite,
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
ED
Address to students of St.
George’s College, under the
Student Motivation and
Empowerment Programme for
High Schools
G. George Watson,
CEO - Kingston and St.
Andrew Development
& Homecoming
Foundation Ltd
November
27
(Postponed
)
St. George’s
College, North
Street, Kingston
ED
Sensitisation Session on Gender
Based Violence (GBV)
Sub-Awardee WROC
November
27
Church of Latter
Day Saints of Jesus
Christ, 19
Rousseau Rd,
Kingston
No NIA
Representative
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Policy Research Report Launch –
Fixing Jamaica’s Environmental
Regulatory Framework
Sub-Awardee CaPRI
November
28
Terra Nova
(Venetian Suite),
17 Waterloo Rd,
Kingston
DED, GFO
Invitation to attend the Long
Service Award Ceremony of the
Jamaica Constabulary Force
Major. Gen. Antony
Anderson,
Commissioner of
Police
November
29
Police Officers’
Club, Hope Road,
Kingston
ED
Burger King Prep & Primary School
Debates
NIA/Burger King
November
29
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
YOO
Town Hall Meeting
Commemorating Youth Month
NIA/Equality
Youth/SALISES
November
29
UWI Regional
Headquarters,
Mona
ED, YOO, EC, GFO
Orientation and Training for New
NIA Members
NIA
December
1
(Postponed
)
NIA Offices,
Kingston
ED, COO, YOO
Youth Basketball Competition
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
December
1
Majesty Gardens
No NIA
Representative
DNA Evidence Act Training for
Correctional Officers and
INDECOM Staff
NIA/PADF/JTI
December
1-2
Courtyard Marriot
Hotel, New
Kingston
DED, EC
Invitation to participate in three-
day retreat focusing on Youth
Crime and Violence prevention in
the parish of Clarendon
Patrice Smith-Sterling
– FHI 360
December
3-5
Jewel Paradise
Cove, St. Ann
COO
Burger King Prep & Primary School
Debates
NIA/Burger King
December
5
TVJ Studios,
Lyndhurst Road
YOO (Postponed)
Invitation to Speak at Graduation
of Female Leadership and
Advocacy Participants
Sub-Awardee WROC
December
5
Knutsford Court
Hotel, Kingston
DED, GFO
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to Present to EU-JSAT
Project Steering Committee
Meeting
Ricard Bardia Divins –
EU Delegation
December
6
Ministry of
Justice, Constant
Spring Road
ED, EC
Keynote Presentation to Trinidad
& Tobago Annual Conference
Dion Abdool, Chair
TTTI
December
6
Hilton Trinidad,
Port of Spain,
Trinidad and
Tobago
ED (Declined)
Invitation to Deliver Keynote
Presentation at the JCA’s
International Anti-Corruption Day
Celebration
Mrs. Velma Ricketts-
Walker –
Commissioner,
Jamaica Customs
Agency (JCA)
December
7
JCA Head Office,
Myers Wharf,
New Port East
ED, EC, MOCA
Youth Basketball Competition
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
December
8
Majesty Gardens
GFO
International Anti-Corruption Day
Commemoration & Integrity
Champions Certification
Ceremony
NIA & Sub-Awardee –
CVSS
December
9
Glenmuir High
School
Auditorium, May
Pen, Clarendon
NIA Team
Invitation to participate in panel
discussion at the launch of the
publication Nurturing Institutions
for a Resilient Caribbean
Therese Turner-Jones
- General Manager,
Caribbean Country
Department &
Country
Representative
Jamaica, IDB
December
10
Inter-American
Development
Bank Offices, 6
Montrose Road,
Kingston 6
ED
Mobile ALAC
NIA/ALAC
December
10
Santa Cruz, St.
Elizabeth
ALAC Team
Invitation to the PSOJ’s Public
Bodies Corporate Governance
Award
Howard Mitchell –
PSOJ President
December
12
The Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
ED (Declined due to
clash)
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to IDB ACORN
Productivity Forum
Therese Turner-Jones
- General Manager,
Caribbean Country
Department &
Country
Representative
Jamaica, IDB
December
12
Inter-American
Development
Bank Offices, 6
Montrose Road,
Kingston 6
ED (Declined)
Use of Force & Human Rights
Sub-Awardee MOCA
December
13
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, NCB
South Tower,
Kingston 5
No NIA
Representative
Youth Basketball Competition
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
December
15
Majesty Gardens
No NIA
Representative
Usefulness of Digital Evidence for
Investigators
Sub-Awardee MOCA
December
18
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, NCB
South Tower,
Kingston 5
No NIA
Representative
Yutes4Change Youth Arm
Anniversary & Awards Ceremony
Ricardo Burke,
Yutes4Change
December
18, 2018
Walkers Ave,
Gregory Park, St.
Catherine
YOO, COO
Invitation to attend the Annual
Samuel Carter Lecture
Donald J. Reece –
Chairman of the
Samuel Carter
Foundation
January 10,
2019
Campion College
Courtyard,
Kingston 10
ED
Launch of findings of Gender and
Corruption Research (to be done
via JIS Think Tank)
Sub-Awardee WROC
January 14
(Postponed
)
JIS Offices, Half
Way Tree Road
GFO
Training on Managing Social
Media
Sub-Awardee MOCA
January 15
(Postponed
)
MOCA Offices
No NIA
Representative
Planning Meeting to Discuss NIA-
MOJ Areas of Collaboration
Hon. Delroy Chuck –
Minister of Justice
January 15
MOJ Offices,
Kingston
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to attend the
39th Annual National Leadership
Prayer Breakfast
The National
Leadership Prayer
Breakfast Committee
January 17
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, New
Kingston
ED
Invitation to a meeting of
stakeholders to review the
Implementation of the LIMA
Commitment:
Democratic Governance Against
Corruption
Amb. Alison Stone
Roofe - National
Coordinator, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade
(MFAFT)
January 18
MFAFT Offices,
Dominica Drive,
New Kingston
ED
Training on Use of Force, Human
Rights & Ops Mgmt.
Sub-Awardee MOCA
January 23
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, 8th
Floor NCB South
Tower, Kingston 5
No NIA
Representative
Workshop on Leadership and
Advocacy (Cohort 2)
Sub-Awardee WROC
January 23
Church of Latter
Day Saints of Jesus
Christ, 19
Rousseau Rd,
Kingston 12
GFO
Finals of the Burger King Prep. and
Primary Schools Debating
Competition
NIA/Burger King
January 24
TVJ Studios,
Lyndhurst Road,
Kingston
YOO
Invitation to address the Alumni of
the Centre for Hemispheric
Defence Studies (CHDS) on “The
Fight Against Corruption In
Society”
Major (Ret'd) George
Benson - President,
Jamaica Chapter,
CHDS Alumni
Association
January 24
Jamaica Officers’
Club, Up Park
Camp, Kingston
ED
Invitation to attend the Opening
Reception of the 2
nd
Biennial
“Beyond Homophobia”
Conference
Beyond Homophobia
Conference
Organizing Committee
January 24
Bert Rose Studio
Theatre at the
Edna Manley
College, Kingston
YOO
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to make presentation
on Ethics and Integrity for Public
Officers (Orientation Training
Seminar)
Nicole Fletcher Brown
- Director, Human
Resource
Development
(Acting), Ministry of
Transport & Mining
January 25
Ministry of
Transport and
Mining, Main
Conference Room,
138H Maxfield
Avenue, Kingston
10
DED, EC
Dinner for Majesty Gardens Mini-
Basketball League Winners
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
January 25
Courtleigh Hotel,
Knutsford Blvd,
Kingston
COO
Training Workshop with
Community Boards on Human
Rights
Sub-Awardee WROC
January 26
Church of Latter
Day Saints of Jesus
Christ, 19
Rousseau Rd,
Kingston 12
No NIA
Representative
Press Conference to Launch CPI
2018
NIA
January 29
NIA Offices,
Kingston
NIA Team
Training on Intelligence Gathering
& Analysis
Sub-Awardee MOCA
February
4-15
MOCA Offices,
NCB South Tower,
Kingston 5
No NIA
Representative
Community Journalism Training
NIA
February 7
Garvey Maceo
High School, Milk
River, Clarendon
COO
Invitation to deliver keynote
address at DLIS 6th Research
Forum under the theme: “Legal
and Ethical Issues in Information
Security: Integrity in the
Information Environment”
Dr. Paulette Stewart –
HOD, Department of
Library and
Information Studies
(DLIS), UWI Mona
February 7
Multi-Functional
Room, UWI Mona
Main Library
ED (Declined, with
Prof. Anthony
Clayton
Substituting)
7
th
Training Seminar for Parish
Court Judges
NIA/CMS/JEI
February
8-10
Royalton Hotel,
Trelawny
EC, M&EC
Orientation Session for New NIA
Members
NIA
February 9
NIA Offices, New
Kingston
DED, COO
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Date
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NIA
Representative(s)
Handing Over of Equipment to
Newton Square Police Youth Club
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
February
10
8 North Avenue,
Newton Square,
Kingston 16
GFO
Meeting with School Principals re
Integrity Clubs being established
NIA & MoEYI
February
11
Pegasus Hotel,
Kingston
ED, YOO, EC
Community Sensitization on
Sexual and Reproductive Health
and Corruption
Sub-Awardee WROC
February
14
Young Men's
Christian
Association
(YMCA) 21 Hope
Rd, Kingston
GFO
Press Conference re NIA/MoJ
Partnership
NIA & MoJ
February
15
Ministry of
Justice, Constant
Spring Road
ED, EC
Commonwealth Youth Peace
Ambassadors Network & Integrity
Action Movement – School Tour
IAM & CYPAN
February
15
Clarendon
College,
Chapelton
IAM Team
Invitation to address the JUTS
Advocacy Youth Conference 2019
Dimitri McGregor –
President, Jamaica
Union of Tertiary
Students
February
15
UTECH, Papine
Campus
ED (Declined), COO
Orientation Session for 2019
Youth Parliament
NIA & MoEYI
February
16
UTECH, Papine
Campus
YOO, EC
International Women’s Day Youth
Banquet
Sub-Awardee WROC
February
16
Webster United
Memorial Church,
HWT Road
GFO
Managing Social Media Workshop
Sub-Awardee MOCA
February
18
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, NCB
South Tower,
Kingston 5
No NIA
Representative
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Formal Invitation to the Jamaica
Social Stock Exchange (JSSE) Bell
Ringing Ceremony & Official
Launch of the JSSE Online
Platform
Renee Clark – JSSE
February
18
Jamaica Stock
Exchange, 40
Harbour Street,
Kingston
LA
Commonwealth Youth Peace
Ambassadors Network & Integrity
Action Movement – School Tour
IAM & CYPAN
February
19
Greater Portmore
High School, St.
Catherine
IAM Team
Invitation to serve as a panelist at
a forum on Good Governance &
the Rule of Law: Implications for
Growth and Development in
Jamaica
Galina Sotirova,
World Bank, Country
Manager
February
19
Norman Manley
Law School
Lecture Theatre,
UWI Mona
ED, EC
Launch of findings of Gender and
Corruption Research (to be done
via JIS Think Tank)
Sub-Awardee WROC
February
20
(Postpone
d)
JIS Offices, Half
Way Tree Road
No NIA
Representative
Training on Writing for Media
Sub-Awardee MOCA
February
21-22
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, NCB
South Tower,
Kingston 5
No NIA
Representative
Justices of the Peace Sensitisation
Session
NIA & Ministry of
Justice
February
21
Buff Bay Justice
Centre, Portland
ED, EC
Leadership Training for
Yutes4Change Foundation’s Youth
Arm
NIA & Yutes4Change
Foundation
February
22-23
Altamont Court
Hotel, Kingston
YOO, EC
Cyber Awareness Workshop for
Investigators
Sub-Awardee MOCA
February
23
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, NCB
South Tower,
Kingston 5
GFO
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NIA
Representative(s)
Orientation Session for New NIA
Members
NIA
February
23
(Postponed
)
NIA Offices, New
Kingston
ED, COO
Invitation to moderate Students
Safety & Security Conference
Eltha Samuels - Youth
Empowerment Officer
– St. James, MoEYI
February
26
Montego Bay
Cultural Centre,
Sam Sharpe
Square, Montego
Bay St. James.
Declined
Ethics & Integrity Workshop
Sub-Awardee MOCA
February
27
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, NCB
South Tower,
Kingston 5
No NIA
Representative
Workshops on Leadership and
Advocacy (Cohort 2) -
Communication
Sub-Awardee WROC
February
27
Church of Latter
Day Saints of Jesus
Christ, 19
Rousseau Rd,
Kingston
GFO
National Youth Parliament of
Jamaica Induction/Investiture
Ceremony
NIA & MoEYI
February
28
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
YOO, EC
Implementation of Employability
Training
Sub-Awardee WROC
March 1
Charlie Smith High
School, Kingston
DED, GFO
Workshop on Revenue, Fraud,
Corruption and Money-Laundering
Sub-Awardee MOCA
March 2
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, NCB
South Tower,
Kingston 5
No NIA
Representative
Workshop on Procurement for the
Public Sector
Sub-Awardee MOCA
March 4
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, NCB
South Tower,
Kingston 5
No NIA
Representative
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Guest Lecture on to Graduate
Students - Corruption in Jamaica:
experience, costs, and policies
targeting reduction
Prof. Claremont
Kirton, UWI, Mona
March 4
Mona School of
Business &
Management,
UWI, Mona
ED
Ethics & Integrity Workshop
Sub-Awardee MOCA
March 5
MOCA Offices, 2
Oxford Road, NCB
South Tower,
Kingston 5
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to meeting on
governance issues with the IMF
Team during the Stand-By
Arrangement Review
Constant Longkeng
Ngouana, IMF
Resident
Representative in
Jamaica
March 5
NIA Offices
ED & Team
Invitation to present - “Beyond
the Hustle: Building Character,
Integrity and Social Responsibility”
Antoinette Smith -
Assistant Registrar,
UTECH Western
Campus
March 7
(Postponed
)
UTECH, 17 Dome
St. Montego Bay,
St. James
YOO
IAM Conversation Series (Ft. PSOJ
President, Howard Mitchell)
IAM – UTECH
March 7
UTECH, Papine
Campus
YOO, Youth
Outreach Intern
Town Hall Meeting under the
theme “Stand with Courage, Fight
Injustice, Develop Integrity.”
NIA & Clarendon
Chapter
March 7
Kellitts, Clarendon
COO
Roundtable themed “Women in
Political Leadership in Jamaica”
NIA
March 8
Courtyard
Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
ED, DED, YOO
10,000 Men and Family March
Lighthouse Assemble
& the Spanish Town
Ministers’ Fraternal
March 10
Spanish Town
Square, St.
Catherine
ED, COO
WROC Gender and Corruption
Conference
Sub-Awardee WROC
March 11
Mona Visitors’
Lodge, UWI
DED, GFO
CMS Public Education Day
Court Management
Services
March 12
Westmoreland
Parish Court
ALAC (Declined)
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NIA
Representative(s)
Town Hall Meeting
NIA & Manchester
Parish Development
Committee
March 14
Alligator Pond,
Manchester
DED, COO
Launch of findings of Gender and
Corruption Research to be done
via JIS Think Tank
Sub-Awardee WROC
March 14
(Postponed
)
Jamaica
Information
Service (JIS), 58a
Half Way Tree
Road, Kingston
No NIA
Representative
IAM Conversation Series
IAM – Church
Teachers’ College
March 14
Church Teachers’
College,
Manchester
ED, Youth Outreach
Intern
Closing Luncheon for the
Employability Programme
Sub-Awardee WROC
March 15
Alhambra Inn, 1
Tucker Ave,
Kingston
GFO
Women's Leadership and
advocacy Training Graduation
Sub-Awardee WROC
March 15
Hotel Four
Seasons, Ruthven
Road, Kingston
COO
Post Project Live Show
YCWJ, Forward Step
Foundation & NIA
March 16
Forward Step
Foundation,
Gregory Park,
Portmore, St.
Catherine
GFO
Invitation to partner on Peace &
Conflict Resolution Competition
Chantal Harriott –
New Kingston
Rotaract Club
March 16
St. Matthew’s
Church, Allman
Town, Kingston
COO (Postponed)
Invitation to co-moderate a
regional workshop for CSOs and
Think-tanks
Constant Longkeng
Ngouana, IMF
Resident
Representative in
Jamaica
March 21
Jamaica Pegasus
ED
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NIA
Representative(s)
NIA Youth Members Training “The
Role Youth in Safeguarding
Jamaica’s Governance, Justice and
Economic Security”
NIA
March 22-
24
Royalton Hotel,
Falmouth
ED, YOO, DED, EC
Closing Luncheon for the
Employability Programme
Sub-Awardee WROC
March 25
Alhambra Inn,
Kingston
DED
Training Seminars for Kingston
and St. Andrew Justices of the
Peace
NIA and MoJ (JTI)
March 26-
29
Courtyard
Marriott, New
Kingston
ED, DED, EC
Invitation to Participate in Rio
Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre
Boys’ Day
Shirlene Rochester,
Rio Cobre Juvenile
Correctional Centre
March 28
Rio Cobre Juvenile
Correctional
Centre, St.
Catherine
COO (Declined)
Invitation to the PSOJ President’s
Forum, being held under the
theme Election Campaign
Financing – Responsibilities and
Implications for Contributors”.
Howard Mitchell –
PSOJ President
March 28
Spanish Court
Hotel
(Worthington
Suite)
ED
Press Conference to Announce
NIA/CAFFEE Collaboration on
observing East Portland By-
Election
NIA/CAFFE
March 28
NIA Offices, New
Kingston
NIA Team
Legal Aid Council Justice Fair
Hugh Faulkner -
Executive Director,
Legal Aid Council
March 29
Half Way Tree
Transport Centre,
ALAC Team, GFO
Training Seminar for Clerks of
Courts (& Deputies)
NIA/CMS/JTI/ODPP
April 5-7
Iberostar Hotel,
St. James
ED, MEC, LRAs
Meeting with European Union
Delegation
EU/NIA
April 8
8 Olivier Road,
Kingston 8
NIA Team
Invitation to present at a
“FOCUSED” Empowerment Forum
Rodain Richardson,
Jamaica Youth
Motivators
April 12
Mona Visitors’
Lodge, UWI
Campus
Youth Outreach
Intern
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Date
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NIA
Representative(s)
Training Seminar for Clerks of
Courts (& Deputies)
NIA/CMS/JTI/ODPP
April 12-14
Melia Braco,
Trelawny
EC, Legal Advisor
Clarendon Police Youth Club
Association AGM
Gareth Warren,
Clarendon Police
Youth Clubs
April 14
May Pen Police
Station, Clarendon
COO, Representing
ED
Appreciation Event for CAFFE
Youth Observers
Dr. Lloyd Barnett –
CAFFE
April 16
Titchfield High
School, Portland
ED, COO
Justices of the Peace Training for
St. Catherine
NIA/JTI/MoJ
April 16-17
Courtyard
Marriott, New
Kingston
ED, EC
Grand Finals of the Burger King
National Secondary Schools'
Debating Competition
Ricardo Brooks,
Burger King
April 29
TVJ Studios,
Kingston
YOO
Invitation to World Bank Jamaica
55 Years Partnership Reception
Staciann Cunningham
- World Bank Group,
Kingston
April 30
Talk of the Town,
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
ED
Stakeholders Forum and Media
Morning
Sub-awardee YCWJ
May 2
Multifunctional
Room, University
of the West Indies
Main Library,
Mona Campus
GFO
Training seminar for Crown
Counsel from the ODPP
NIA/JTI/ODPP
May 3-5
Melia Braco,
Trelawny
ED, EC, M&EC,
LRAs
Invitation to be Keynote Speaker
at the JADE Awards Banquet
Germaine Barrett -
President & CEO,
Jamaican Association
for Debating and
Empowerment (JADE)
May 5
Shared Facilities,
University of
Technology
DED, Representing
ED
Invitation to participate in Open
Government Partnership (OGP)
Workshop
Matthew
McNaughton –
Principal, Slashroots
Foundation
May 9
Alhambra Inn,
Kingston
ED, M&EC
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to attend Europe Day
Reception
Ambassador
Malgorzata
Wasilewska – Head of
the EU Delegation
May 9
EU Residence,
Kingston 8
ED
Reading Competition Finals
Sub-awardee YCWJ
May 16
Spot Valley High
School, St. James
No NIA
Representative
Invitation from High
Commissioner His Excellency Asif
Ahmad to a Dinner in honour of
Hugo Shorter
Paula McFayden,
British High
Commission
May 16
British High
Commission,
Kingston
ED
Invitation to Breakfast Roundtable
on National Survey on Attitudes
and Perceptions of Jamaicans
towards LGBT Persons
Jaevion Nelson -
Executive Director –
JFLAG
May 17
Courtleigh Hotel,
Kingston
YOO (Declined)
Training Seminar for Assistant
Clerks of Courts (Cohort 1)
NIA/JTI/ODPP/CMS
May 17-19
Iberostar Hotel,
St. James
ED, EC
TI Americas (AME) Regional
Meeting
TI-Secretariat
May 19-21
Panama City,
Panama
M&EC
(Representing ED)
Justices of the Peace Training for
St. James
NIA/JTI/MoJ
May 20-21
Hilton Rosehall,
St. James
ED, EC
Training of Integrity Club
Facilitators
NIA
May 22-24
Jewel Runaway
Bay, St. Ann
DED, YOO, YOO
Intern
Nanny Bee Parental Workshop
Sub-awardee YCWJ
May 25
Sir Howard Cooke
Character
Development
Centre in
Nannyville
Gardens
DED, GFO
Invitation to attend the Opening
Ceremony of the Canadian
Association of Police Polygraphists
(CAPP) Region 7 Conference
Col. Desmond
Edwards – Director
General, MOCA
May 27
Talk of the Town,
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
COO (Representing
ED)
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Observer role in Media Institute of
Caribbean, Investigative
Journalism Planning Workshop
Kiran Maharaj –
Media Institute of the
Caribbean
May 27-28
Liguanea Club,
New Kingston
ED, CSC
Presentation at the International
Safeguarding Children Conference
(ISCC)
Joan Knight –
Conference Liaison
May 28
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
YOO (Representing
ED)
Dialogue & Women’s Political
Participation Project
Political Ombudsman
Mrs. Donna
Parchment Brown
May 29
Office of the
Political
Ombudsman,
Kingston
DED
Invitation to Cocktail Party of the
CAPP Conference
Col. Desmond
Edwards – Director
General, MOCA
May 30
Gardens of the
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
COO (Representing
ED)
Legal Aid Council Justice Fair
Hugh Faulkner -
Executive Director,
Legal Aid Council
May 31
Homestead
Community
Centre, Spanish
Town, St.
Catherine
ALAC Team, GFO
Crime Prevention/Reduction and
Human Trafficking Traffic Training
NIA
June 1
Courtyard
Marriott, Kingston
ED, YOO, YOO
Intern
Presentation to the Fifth
Conference of the Commonwealth
Caribbean Association of Integrity
Commissions and Anti-Corruption
Bodies (CCAICAB)
Deborah Bodden –
Manager,
Commissions
Secretariat,
Commission for
Standards in Public
Life
June 2-5
Grand Cayman
Marriott Beach
Resort, Cayman
Islands
ED
Invitation to present on the Role
and Responsibilities of Middle
Managers in Schools’ Governance
Jennifer Williams –
Principal, The Queens
School
June 5
Medallion Hall
Hotel, Kingston
ED (Declined due to
clash)
Equipment Handover to Above
Rocks Police Youth Club
Sub-awardee YCWJ
June 5
Above Rocks
Police Station, St.
Catherine
No NIA
Representative
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Training Seminar for Assistant
Clerks of Courts (Cohort 2)
NIA/JTI/ODPP/CMS
June 7-9
Iberostar Hotel,
St. James
EC
St. Ann JP Training Seminar
NIA/JTI
June 10-11
Jewel Runaway
Bay Hotel, St. Ann
EC
Child Diversion High-Level
Stakeholders’ Breakfast
NIA/MoJ
June 14
Courtyard
Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
Dr. Terri-Ann
Gilbert Roberts
(representing the
ED), GFO
Invitation to Kingston Eastern
Police Division PYC Men’s
Conference
DSP Scott, Kingston
Eastern
June 15
(Cancelled)
16 Lower Elletson
Road, Kingston 16
COO
Nanny Bee Spelling Competition
Sub-awardee YCWJ
June 15
Sir Howard Cooke
Character
Development
Centre in
Nannyville
Gardens
GFO
IC Training: Crime Prevention, Risk
& Protective Factors, Restorative
Justice
Sub-awardee CVSS
June 15
(Postponed
)
Denbigh 4-H
Centre, Clarendon
No NIA
Representative
Equipment Handover to Bog Walk
Police Youth Club
Sub-awardee YCWJ
June 18
Bog Walk Police
Station, St.
Catherine
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to the Launch to the
Book “Journey to the Promised
Land”
Bishop Howard
Gregory, Anglican
Bishop of Jamaica and
the Cayman Islands
June 18
Undercroft of the
United Theological
College of the
West Indies, 7
Golding Ave,
Kingston 7
ED
Invitation to Support and Attend
the JIFS/JBA Annual Anti-Fraud
Seminar
Darlene Jones –
Executive Director,
Jamaica Institute of
Financial Services
June 19
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
ED (Declined
attendance, NIA
will support)
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Guest Speaker at Lay Magistrates’
Association of Jamaica –
Manchester Chapter – 26th
Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Jennifer Hutchinson
JP – Secretary,
Manchester Lay
Magistrates'
Association
June 20
(Postponed
)
24 Grove Road,
Mandeville
ED
Invitation to participate in a Civil
Society Consultation for the
Spotlight Initiative
Bernadene Crooks -
Executive Associate,
UNRCO
June 21
Ministry of Justice
Offices, Kingston
COO, CSC
Workforce Training Programme in
Jewellery-making
NIA/Forward Step
Foundation
June 24 –
July 29
Gregory Park CDC,
St. Catherine
YOO
US Embassy’s 243
rd
Independence
Day Reception
Mr. Eric Khant -
Chargé d’ Affaires of
the Embassy of
United States of
America
June 26
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, New
Kingston
ED
Invitation to address Youth
Inspiring Positive Change JA’s
Positive Awards 2019
Neville Charlton –
Chairman, Youth
Inspiring Positive
Change JA
June 28
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
YOO
UWI Faculty of Law Annual
Symposium
Dr. Shazeeda Ali –
Acting Dean, UWI
Faculty of Law
June 28-30
Melia Braco Hotel,
Trelawny
M&EC
Dunkirk Stakeholder Forum
Sub-awardee YCWJ
June 29
Dunkirk
Community
Centre, East
Kingston
COO
IC Training: Crime Prevention, Risk
& Protective Factors, Restorative
Justice
Sub-awardee CVSS
June 29
(Postponed
)
Rosehall 4-H
Centre, Linstead,
St. Catherine
No NIA
representative
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to participate in Church
Service Panel Discussion on “A Call
to Responsible Citizenship”
Beatrice Haughton –
Director, Christian
Education Ministries,
Gregory Park Baptist
Church
June 30
Gregory Park
Baptist Church, St.
Catherine
ED (Declined due to
clash)
Capacity Building Workshop for
the St. Catherine Parish Youth
Council
NIA/St. Catherine
Parish Youth Council
July 6 & 7
St. Helen’s Roman
Catholic Church,
Linstead
YOO
StandPipe Youth Enrichment and
Empowerment Programme
Angella Harris, Mona
Social Services
July 8 - 12
New Providence
Primary School,
StandPipe,
Kingston
COO
Community Journalism Training-
Photography Workshop (Rockfort)
Rockfort
Development Counsel
July 9 - 10
Rockfort
Community
Center
COO
NYCJ Parish Executives Training
NIA/MoEYI/NYCJ
July 11-14
Jewel Dunn’s
River, St. Ann
YOO
MSS Summer Camp Glendevon
Angella Harris Mona
Social Services
July 13
Glendevon, St.
James
COO
Invitation to sit on a Panel to
share anti-corruption insights
Jessica Shannon –
Forensics Leader for
the Caribbean Region,
PriceWaterhouseCoo
pers
July 12
AC Marriot Hotel,
New Kingston
ED
Flanker Resource Centre Integrity
Space ‘Labour’ Day
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
July 13
Flanker Resource
Centre, St. James
No NIA
Representative
10,000 Men and Families March in
August Town
Bishop Rowan
Edwards, Lighthouse
Ministries
July 14
August Town, St.
Andrew
COO
JABA Basketball Camp
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
July 14-19
GC Foster College,
St. Catherine
No NIA
Representative
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Trainer of Trainers workshop in
Restorative Justice Practices
NIA/MOJ
July 15-19
Jewel Dunn’s
River, St. Ann
EC, YOO, COO
Rockfort Summer Camp & Health
Fair
Rockfort
Development Council
July 15-19
Rockfort
Community
Center
COO Intern
Guest Speaker at Lay Magistrates’
Association of Jamaica –
Manchester Chapter – 26th
Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Jennifer Hutchinson
JP – Secretary,
Manchester Lay
Magistrates'
Association
July 17
24 Grove Road,
Mandeville
ED, CSC
Esher/Martin Citizens’ Association
Summer Programme – Life Skills
Session
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
July 17
Esher-Martin
Basic School, St.
Mary
No NIA
Representative
NIB Behavioural Summer Camp
National Interschool
Brigade/NIA
July 20-30
Pembroke Hall
High School,
Kingston
YOO
Invitation to the Gleaner Board of
Directors’ Luncheon
Carl Domville –
Chairman, Gleaner
Company (Media)
Limited
July 22
Gleaner Offices,
North Street,
Kingston
ED
Child Diversion Sensitization for
the Child Protection & Family
Services Agency
NIA/MoJ & Partners
July 25
Ministry of
Justice’s
3rd Floor, Large
Conference Room
LA
Invitation to attend the Governor
General’s Independence
Reception
Office of the
Governor General
July 30
Kings House, Hope
Road
ED
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to be a panelist in a co-
design process for
USAID/Jamaica's Community
Violence Prevention activity
Joan Campbell, USAID
August 8
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel
ED
Southern Basketball Conference
Semi-Finals (Start)
Calvin Martin (SBC VP)
August 8
Thompson Park,
Prince Avenue,
Spanish Town
COO Intern
Majesty Gardens Sports & Life
Skills Program
Calvin Martin (SBC VP)
August 12-
16
Treasure Beach
No NIA
Representative
Service Excellence Policy Review
Meeting
Shernett Roberts -
Office of the Cabinet
August 14
Cabinet Office,
Kingston
CSC
Esher/Martin Citizens’ Association
Summer Programme Banquet
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
August 14
Esher-Martin
Basic School, St.
Mary
No NIA
Representative
Southern Basketball Conference
Finals Press Conference
Calvin Martin (SBC VP)
August 15
NIA’s Office
COO / COO Intern
Restorative Justice Training for
Parish Court Judges
NIA/JTI/MoJ
August 16-
18
(Postponed
)
Royalton White
Sands, Trelawny
EC
Floral Tribute for The Rt. Excellent
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’
Grange, Ministry of
Culture
August 17
Heroes Circle,
Kingston
COO
NIA Training on Governance for
National Youth Parliament
NIA/MoEYI-YAPD
August 17
Faculty of Law,
UWI Mona
Campus
ED, YOO
Southern Basketball Conference
Finals
Calvin Martin (SBC VP)
August 17
Grants Pen, Peace
Park Court
COO Intern
IAM – CTC Chapter Orientation
NIA-IAM
August 20
CTC Campus,
Mandeville
Manchester
YOO, Intern
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
St. Thomas Specialised JP Training
Seminar
NIA/JTI
August 20-
21
Whispering
Bamboo, St.
Thomas
EC
IAM – UTech Chapter Orientation
NIA-IAM
August 21
UTech, Papine
Campus
YOO, Intern
Child Diversion Sensitisation
Session for Kingston
NIA/MoJ
August 22
Ministry of Justice
Conference Room,
Kingston
ED, EC
IAM – UWI Mona Chapter
Orientation
NIA-IAM
August 22-
23
UWI Mona
Campus, Kingston
YOO, Intern
St Catherine Parish Youth Council
– Youth Clubs Training Retreat
NIA/MoEYI-YAPD
August 23-
25
GC Foster College,
St. Catherine
YOO
Tribute to Marcus Garvey
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
August 25
Fleet Street,
Southside,
Kingston
No NIA
Representative
Address to Campion College’s
Academic Staff as part of their
staff development programme
Grace Baston –
Principal, Campion
College
August 27
Campion College,
Liguanea
ED
Child Diversion Sensitization
Session for Clarendon
NIA/MoJ
August 27
Wembley Centre
for Excellence,
Hayes, Clarendon
EC
Child Diversion Sensitisation
Session for Manchester
NIA/MoJ
August 28
Neil’s Auditorium
Mandeville Plaza,
Manchester
EC & Board
Member Lynden
Rose
Invitation to the Presentation of
the UK Strategy for the Caribbean
His Excellency Asif
Ahmad, British High
Commissioner
September
3
Trafalgar House,
New Kingston
EC
Invitation to the Launch of the
Legal Aid Council Website
Kerona Spence - Legal
Officer, Legal Aid
Council
September
4
Large Conference
Room, Ministry of
Justice, Kingston
LRA
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Child Diversion Sensitization
Session for St. Ann
NIA/MoJ
September
4
Jewel Dunn’s
River, St. Ann
Board Member
Danny Roberts &
EC
International Development
Partners Roundtable
NIA
September
4
NIA Offices, New
Kingston
ED, COO
Invitation to attend IDB Invest’s
proposed Environmental and
Social Sustainability Policy
consultation
IDB Invest
September
6
IDB Offices,
6 Montrose Road.
Kingston 6
COO
Training seminar for Crown
Counsel from the ODPP
NIA/JTI/ODPP
September
6-8
(Cancelled)
Royalton White
Sands, Trelawny
EC
Keynote speaker at the launch of
Spanish Town High School’s
Integrity Club
Mrs. Sherine Fray-
Harvey - Principal's
Secretary, Spanish
Town High School
September
13
Spanish Town
High School, St.
Catherine
YOO
Gordon Pen Football Competition
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
September
15
Eltham Primary,
Spanish Town
No NIA
Representative
St. Elizabeth Specialised JP
Seminar
NIA/JTI
September
16-17
STETHS
Conference Room,
Santa Cruz
EC
Presentation of Youth Inspired
Safe Spaces (YISS) Research
Findings
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
September
18
Somerset Suite,
Courtleigh Hotel
ED, GM, COO
Forum of Young Leaders to
Commemorate the 14
th
Anniversary of the Signing of the
Political Code of Conduct
Hon. Donna
Parchment Brown,
Political Ombudsman
September
20
Courtleigh Hotel,
New Kingston
YOO
Training of Integrity Champions
(IC) in Restorative Practice
Sub-Awardee CVSS
September
20-21
Denbigh 4-H
Centre, Clarendon
No NIA
Representative
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
National Crime Prevention Fund's
30th Anniversary Dinner
Mrs. Cherise Bruce-
Douglas - Assistant,
Crime Stop Jamaica
September
21
Valencia Ballroom,
Spanish Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
FAM (representing
ED)
Invitation to accept an IMPACT
Award from the Royal Optimist
Club of Kingston
Ellis Laing – President,
Royal Optimist Club of
Kingston
September
22
Alhambra Inn,
Kingston
ED, YOO, COO,CSC,
EUPC
Invitation to Red Nettleford Hall
Students’ Mixer
Ms. Asha-Gaye Cowell
- Senior Resident
Advisor & Portfolio
Manager, Rex
Nettleford Hall
September
22
Rex Nettleford
Hall, UWI Mona
Campus
YOO (Declined)
National Youth Parliament
Middlesex County Project
“Cheer4Peace”
MoEYI/NIA
September
26 –
November
30
McAuley Primary
& Gregory Park
Primary, St.
Catherine
Treadlight Primary
& Osbourne Store
Primary,
Clarendon
YOO, Intern
Training of Integrity Champions
(IC) in Restorative Practice
Sub-Awardee CVSS
September
27-28
National
Volunteer Centre,
2D Camp Road,
Kingston
COO
End of FY19/Start of FY20
Spanish Town High School Upper
School Launch for Integrity Clubs
Ruth-Ann Rhoden-
Caroll– Clubs
Coordinator, Spanish
Town High
October 2
Spanish Town
High School,
Spanish Town, St.
Catherine
YOO, Intern
Community Netball Competition
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
October 6-
26
Mt. Salem, St.
James
No NIA
Representative
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Child Diversion Sensitization
Session for St. Mary
NIA/MOJ
October 9
Casa Maria Hotel,
Port Maria
EC
NIA-EU Justice Sector Programme
Stakeholder’s Sensitisation &
Programme Launch
NIA & Partners
October 10
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
NIA Team
Child Diversion Sensitization
Session for St. Catherine
NIA/MOJ
October 10
National Police
College of
Jamaica, St.
Catherin
EC
Invitation to The Mico University
College’s Guild of Students
Installation 2019-2020
Andrew Hinds -
President, Guild of
Students 2019 - 2020
The Mico University
College
October 10
Enos Nuttall
Lecture Theatre,
MICO College,
Marescaux Road
YOO
Invitation to attend the
Graduation and Closing Ceremony
for the Marching Band Music and
Dance Training
Yanique Williams -
Programme
Development
Specialist, Youth &
Adolescent Policy
Division, MoEYI
October 11
St. Catherine
Youth Innovation
Centre, 42, Young
Street. Spanish
Town
YOO
Training of Integrity Champions
(IC) in Restorative Practice
Sub-Awardee CVSS
October
11-12
Rosehall 4-H
Centre, Linstead,
St. Catherine
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to National Heritage
Week Thanksgiving Church Service
Olivia Babsy Grange,
Minister of Culture,
Gender,
Entertainment and
Sport
October 13
Calvary Gospel
Assembly, 129
Sundown
Crescent, Kingston
10
No NIA
Representative
National Youth Parliament Surrey
County Project
MoEYI/NIA
October 15
Youth Information
Centre, Portland
YOO, Intern
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Child Diversion Sensitization
Session for St. James
NIA/MoJ
October 16
Montego Bay
Convention
Centre, St. James
YOO
Participation in Public Forum on
Enhancing Integrity for
Development
NIA & St. Michael’s
Theological College
October 16
St. Michael’s
Theological
College, 7 John
Golding Road,
Kingston 6
ED, CSC
Child Diversion Sensitization
Session for Hanover
NIA/MoJ
October 17
Hanover Parish
Church, Lucea
YOO
Strengthening Integrity and
Accountability Workshop for the
Department of Correctional
Services
NIA & the Ministry of
National Security
October 17
Office of the
Commission of
Police, 101 Old
Hope Road,
Kingston
ED, COO, CSC
Invitation to attend/participate in
multi-sectoral, bipartisan Crime
Management Summit
Dr. Horace Chang –
Minister of National
Security
October 17
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
ED
Training workshop for Honorary
Game Wardens, Fisheries
Inspectors and Community
Monitors
C-CAM & NIA
October
17-19
Portland Bight
Discovery Centre,
Salt River,
Clarendon
CSC, COO & Intern
National Youth Parliament
Residential Training
MoEYI/NIA
October 17
- 20
Hotel Gloriana,
Montego Bay
YOO, Intern
Community Fun Day
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
October 19
Linchfield,
Trelawny
No NIA
Representative
Child Diversion Sensitization
Session for Portland
NIA/MoJ
October 23
Hotel Tim
Bamboo, Pt.
Antonio
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to the launch of the
Guys Hill High School’s Integrity
Club
Kárelle Martin-Clarke
– Team Advisor, Guys
Hill High School
October 24
Guys Hill High
School, St.
Catherine
Declined
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NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to participate in an
Integrated Justice Fair
Ministry of Justice
October 24
Half Way Tree
Transport Centre
Declined
Presentation on Corruption to the
Clarendon 4-H Leaders Association
Fred Campbell -
Chairman, Clarendon
4-H Advisory Council
October 25
Denbigh 4-H
Training Centre,
Clarendon
ED, COO
Training of Integrity Champions
(IC) in Restorative Practice
Sub-Awardee CVSS
October
25-26
Rosehall 4-H
Centre, Linstead,
St. Catherine
No NIA
Representative
Presentation to Anti-Corruption
Training Seminar for Crown
Counsel
MoJ/UK-DFID
October 26
AC Marriott Hotel,
New Kingston
ED
Invitation to Civic Ceremony in
recognition of Hon. Donald
Sangster & Ranny Williams
Hon. Olivia Grange,
Minister of Culture,
Gender,
Entertainment and
Sport
October 26
National Heroes
Park
No NIA
Representative
Majesty Garden Coaches’ Life
Skills Workshop
NIA/SBC
October 26
–
November
9
National Integrity
Action & The
National Stadium
COO, CSC, Intern
Invitation to make presentation
on Ethics and Integrity for Public
Officers (Orientation Training
Seminar)
Nicole Fletcher Brown
- Director, Human
Resource
Development
(Acting), Ministry of
Transport & Mining
October 30
Ministry of
Transport and
Mining, Main
Conference Room,
138H Maxfield
Avenue, Kingston
10
COO, CSC
Child Diversion Sensitisation for St.
Elizabeth
NIA/MoJ
October 31
St. Elizabeth
Technical High
School
EC
Invitation to participate in SDC
(Trelawny) Governance
Conference
Ms. Paula Barrett -
Parish Manager, SDC
Trelawny
October 31
Falmouth Town
Hall, Trelawny
COO, CSC
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Environmental Integrity Session
with St. Ann Fishermen
Steer Town and
Mammee Bay Fishing
and
Recreation Beach
Association
October 31
Mammee Bay, St.
Ann
COO, CSC
Invitation to the Opening of the St
Andrew Justice Centre
Mrs. Sancia Bennett-
Templer, Permanent
Secretary, MoJ
November
1
2 Hagley Pk. Rd,
Kingston 10
EC
Community Spelling Bee
Competition
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
November
1
Mt. Salem, St.
James
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to be guest speaker
Norman Manley Law School Class
of 1989 – 30th Anniversary
Reunion Banquet
Andre Earle, Attorney-
at-Law
November
2
The Pavilion, Terra
Nova Hotel,
Kingston
ED
National Youth Month Launch
MoEYI/NIA
November
2
Emancipation
Park, New
Kingston
YOO, Intern
I Believe Initiative’s Youth
Consultative Conference
Ms. Sonja Simms –
National Coordinator,
Governor General’s
Programme of
Excellence
November
6
Montego Bay
Convention
Centre, St. James
YOO, Intern
Invitation to National Day of Spain
Reception
The Ambassador of
Spain & Mrs. Teresa
Gonzalez de Bosch
November
6
White Clouds, 1B
Norbrook Road,
Kingston 8
ED
Know Your Rights School Tour – St.
Elizabeth
NIA
November
6
Aberdeen High, St.
Elizabeth
EUPC, CSC
NSSC “Get Dem Rights”
Training Region 3
MoEYI/NIA
November
7
York Castle High,
St. Ann
YOO, Intern, SMO
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
National Youth Month “Around
the Table Discussions” – Impact of
Violence on Youth Entrepreneurs,
with Howard Mitchell
MoEYI/NIA
November
7
S. Hotel, St. James
YOO, EC, SMO,
Intern
Ministry of Transport and Mining
(MTM) Corporate Governance
Sensitization Session
Ingrid O. Edwards,
Corporate Planning
and Performance
Monitoring Unit,
MTM
November
7
Ministry of
Transport and
Mining, 138H
Maxfield Avenue,
Kingston 10
ED (Declined)
Invitation to present a youth
forum
Rodain Richardson –
Jamaica Youth
Motivators
November
8
Faculty of Law
Lecture Theatre,
UWI Mona
YOO (Declined due
to clash)
Know Your Rights School Tour –
Westmoreland
NIA
November
8
Petersfield High,
Westmoreland
EUPC, YOO, SMO,
Intern
Training of Integrity Champions
(IC) in Restorative Practice
Sub-Awardee CVSS
November
8-9, 2019
IUC Campus,
Montego Bay
No NIA
Representative
Jamaica Professional Youth
Workers Association Forum in
Commemoration of
Commonwealth Youth Workers’
Week
Jamaica Professional
Youth Workers
Association & NIA
November
9
Spanish Town YIC,
St. Catherine
YOO, Intern
Invitation to National Church
Service to Launch
Commemoration of the National
Neighbourhood Watch
JCF Community Safety
& Security Branch
November
10
Christ Church,
Morant Bay, St.
Thomas
Declined
National Youth Parliament Sitting
NIA/MoEYI
November
11
Gordon House,
Duke St, Kingston
YOO, Intern
Invitation to be a speaker at the
IDB Civil Society Forum for the
Caribbean
Francesco De
Simeone – Inter-
American
Development Bank
November
12
Bridgetown,
Barbados
ED
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
NSSC “Get Dem Rights”
Training Region 3
MoEYI/NIA
November
12
Munro College, St.
Elizabeth
Intern
Presentation to JCF Police Youth
Club Coordinators “Leadership
and Ethical Dilemmas”
National Police Youth
Club Coordinator –
Sgt. Ricardo McCalpin
November
14
Grants Pen Police
Station, Kingston
YOO, Intern
NSSC “Get Dem Rights”
Training Region 1
MoEYI/NIA
November
14
Jamaica College,
Kingston
Declined due to
clash
NSSC “Get Dem Rights”
Training Region 2
MoEYI/NIA
November
15
CASE, Portland
YOO, Intern
Know Your Rights School Tour – St.
Catherine
NIA
November
15
Kingston Technical
High
EUPC, YOO
Invitation to World Migratory Bird
Day
Caribbean Coastal
Area Management
November
15
Portland Bight
Discovery Centre
Salt River
Clarendon
Declined
Corner Reasoning Session I
MSS/NIA
November
15
(Postponed
)
Standpipe
Basketball Court
CSC/COO Intern
Invitation to Support and
Participate in the Jamaica Bar
Association’s Annual Conference
Maxine Moore-
Thomas – Jamaica Bar
Association
November
15
Hilton Rose Hall,
Montego Bay
ED
Training of Integrity Champions
(IC) in Restorative Practice
Sub-Awardee CVSS
November
15-16,
2019
Moneague
College,
Moneague, St.
Ann
No NIA
Representative
Transparency International Annual
Members’ Meeting
TI-Secretariat
November
15-17
Berlin, Germany
M&EC, COO, LRA
Child Diversion Training of
Trainers for the JCF
NIA/MoJ
November
15-17
Postponed
EC
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Spanish Town Spartans
Community Youth Basketball Clinic
SBC/NIA
November
16
Thompson Park,
Spanish Town, St.
Catherine
CSC/COO Intern
Invitation to Deliver the 2019
Patrick Emmanuel Memorial
Lecture
Dr. Wendy C.
Grenade, Dept. of
Govt. UWI Cavehill
Campus
November
17-23
UWI, Cavehill
Campus, Barbados
ED (Declined)
Press Association of Jamaica,
National Journalism Week Church
Service
NIA/PAJ
November
17
Saxthorpe
Methodist Church,
143 Constant
Spring Road
CSC
Press Association of Jamaica,
National Journalism Week
Kingston Forum
NIA/PAJ
November
18
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston
ED
Invitation to UNODC Workshop to
assist with Jamaica’s completion
of the UNCAC Self-Assessment
Checklist
Maurice Barrett -
Director Non-
Construction
Contracts, Integrity
Commission
November
18-20
Courtleigh Hotel &
Suites
YOO (Declined due
to several clashes)
Press Association of Jamaica,
National Journalism Week
Mandeville Forum
NIA/PAJ
November
19
NCU Mandeville
Campus
YOO, Intern
NSSC “Get Dem Rights”
Training Region 6
MoEYI/NIA
November
19
Spanish Town YIC,
St. Catherine
EC
Press Association of Jamaica,
National Journalism Week St.
James Forum
NIA/PAJ
November
20
UWI Western
Jamaica Campus
(Seminar Room
E202), Montego
Bay, St. James
CSC
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Know Your Rights School Tour – St.
Catherine
NIA
November
20
Clarendon College
EUPC
Justice of the Peace Sensitisation
Session for Manchester
NIA/MoJ
November
20
St. John’s Bosco
Children’s Home,
Mandeville
EC
National Youth Parliament
Courtesy Call on Prime Minister
Minister of State,
MoEYI – Hon. Alando
Terrelonge
November
20
Banquet Hall,
Jamaica House,
Kingston
YOO
MSS Basic Grief Counselling
Training-PMI Violence Interrupters
Mona Social Services
(MSS)
November
20
Western Jamaica
Campus –
Montego Bay
COO, CSC, COO
Intern
MSS/Albion Basic School PTA
Parent Empowerment Session-1
MSS/Albion Basic
School PTA
November
21
Albion Basic
School –
Glendevon (St.
James)
COO, CSC, COO
Intern
Jobs for Productivity Growth – The
Future Work Youth Workshop and
Forum
MoEYI/SALISES/NIA
November
21
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston,
Jamaica
Intern, IAM
Members
Installation Ceremony for the
Youth Advisory Council
Minister of State,
MoEYI – Hon. Alando
Terrelonge
November
21
Banquet Hall,
Jamaica House,
Kingston
YOO
Greetings at NSSC, JUTS, JPA
Installation Ceremony
Minister of State,
MoEYI – Hon. Alando
Terrelonge
November
22
Jamaica
Conference
Centre, Kingston
YOO (declined due
to clash)
Youth Month “Global Night”
NIA/MoEYI
November
22
Hope Gardens, St.
Andrew
Intern
Training Seminar for Crown
Counsel from the ODPP
NIA/ODPP/JTI
November
22-24
Royalton White
Sands, Trelawny
EC, M&EC
National Youth Sports Day
MoEYI/HEART
Trust/NIA
November
23
GC Foster College
YOO, Intern, IAM
Members
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
National Journalism Week 2019,
National Awards Ceremony
George Davis –
President, Press
Association of Jamaica
November
23
Courtleigh
Auditorium, St.
Lucia Avenue,
New Kingston
CSC
‘Ballers with Style’ Banquet
OurKids Academy/NIA
November
24
Montego Bay High
School for Girls
Auditorium, St.
James
COO, CSC, COO
Intern
National Youth Month “Around
the Table Discussions” –
Governance, Integrity and
Corruption
MoEYI/NIA
November
25
AC Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
ED, YOO, Intern
Know Your Rights School Tour –
Portland
NIA
November
26
Fair Prospect
High, Portland
EUPC, CSC, COO,
SMO, Intern
Know Your Rights School Tour –
Kingston
NIA
November
27
Waterford High,
St. Catherine
EUPC, CSC, Intern
MSS/Parent Empowerment
Session-II Peace Monitor Parents
MSS/New Providence
Primary School
November
27
New Providence
Primary
COO, CSC, COO
Intern
Reception for Sponsors
Governor General
Patrick Allen
November
28
King’s House
ED
Invitation to Police Long Service
Awards Ceremony
Maj. Gen. Antony
Anderson –
Commissioner of
Police
November
28
Police Officers’
Club, Kingston
ED (Declined due to
Clash)
Justice Fair – Port Maria, St. Mary
Legal Aid Unit,
Ministry of Justice
November
28
Claude Stewart
Park, Port Maria,
St. Mary
LRA(s), EUPC,
Driver
NSSC “Get Dem Rights”
Training Region 4
MoEYI/NIA
November
28
Spot Valley High
School, Montego
Bay
Declined
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Youth Month Western Jamaica
Town Hall “Youth Violence
Reduction and Opportunities”
MoEYI/NIA
November
29
Montego Bay Civic
Centre, Montego
Bay
YOO, Intern
Know Your Rights School Tour –
Kingston
NIA
November
29
Porus High,
Manchester
EUPC, COO
Training of Integrity Champions
(IC) in Restorative Practice
Sub-Awardee CVSS
November
29-30
Hotel Commingle,
Savanna-la-mar,
Westmoreland
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to attend the Prime
Minister’s Youth Awards
Ceremony
Hon. Alando
Terrelonge, Minister
of State, MoEYI
November
30
Jamaica House,
Kingston
YOO
Restorative Practice Training
Seminar for Facilitators
NIA/MoJ
November
30 to
December
1
Hilton Rose Hall,
Montego Bay
EC
Restorative Practices Training
Seminar for Eastern Region
NIA/MoJ
December
3-4
AC Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
EC
Child Diversion Sensitization
Session for Westmoreland
NIA/MoJ
December
5
Hotel Commingle,
Sav-la-mar,
Westmoreland
EC
Invitation to participate in
Kingston High’s College Fair and
Youth Expo 2019
Mrs. Andrea Grey
Dwyer – Acting
Principal, Kingston
High School
December
5
172 Kings Street,
Kingston
YOO (Declined)
IDB 50th Anniversary Launch
Therese Turner-Jones,
Inter-American
Development Bank
December
5
IDB Office,
Montrose Road
ED
Launch of Caribbean Investigative
Journalism Network
Kiran Maragh, Media
Institute of the
Caribbean
December
5
Spanish Court
Hotel, Valencia T.
Ballroom
ED, M&EC
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Child Diversion Sensitization
Session for Trelawny
NIA/MoJ
December
6
Glistening Waters,
Falmouth,
Trelawny
EC
JP Sensitisation Session for St.
James
NIA/MoJ
December
6
Montego Bay
Convention
Centre, St. James
ED, EC
High Achievers Class Party
Sub-Awardee YCWJ
December
7
SR16, University
of the West
Indies, Mona
No NIA
Representative
Invitation to deliver guest speech
to Lay Magistrates’ Association
Evening of Excellence
Ryan Bailey –
President, Portland
Lay Magistrates’
Association
December
7
Bay View Villas
Eco Resort & Spa,
Port Antonio
ED (Declined)
Commissioner of Police’s Annual
Cocktail Party
Police Commissioner
Maj. Gen. Antony
Anderson
December
7
Police Officers’
Club, Kingston
ED
Child Diversion Training of
Trainers for the ODPP
NIA/MoJ/UNICEF
December
6-8
Postponed
EC
Church Service to Commemorate
International Anti-Corruption Day
NIA
December
8
May Pen Baptist
Church
NIA Team
Launch of Integrity Clubs
NIA/MoEYI
December
9
Hope Zoo,
Kingston
(Postponed)
ED, YOO
Invitation to present at the
ACAMS Annual International AML
and Financial Crime Conference -
Caribbean
Carolina Uhlmann -
Events Program
Manager, ACAMS
December
9-10
Hyatt Regency,
Miami
ED (Declined,
recommended
Jeanette Calder)
Invitation to attend Building
Integrity for Senior Leaders
Workshop
Lt. Gen R. Meade –
Chief of Staff, JDF
December
9-13
Caribbean Military
Aviation School,
Norman Manley
Base, Palisadoes,
Kingston 1
Declined
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Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to attend Floral Tribute
in honour of The Most Honourable
Michael Manley
Hon. Olivia Grange
CD, MP, Minister of
Culture, Gender,
Entertainment and
Sport
December
10
National Heroes
Park
LA
Child Diversion Officers’ Training
Seminar
NIA/MoJ
December
10-13
(Postponed
)
AC Marriott
Hotel, Kingston
EC
JP Sensitisation Session for St.
Catherine
NIA/MoJ
December
11
National Police
College of
Jamaica, St.
Catherine
ED, EC
Invitation to attend the PSOJ
Public Bodies Corporate
Governance Awards
Mrs. Makeba
Bennett-Easy – CEO,
PSOJ
December
11
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel
ED (Declined due to
Clash)
Restorative Justice Facilitators
Graduation Ceremony
NIA/MoJ
December
12
Postponed
EC
Training of Integrity Champions
(IC) in Restorative Practice
Sub-Awardee CVSS
December
12-13
Denbigh 4-H
Centre, Clarendon
No NIA
Representative
Papine DAC Biz Festival 2019
Damion Hylton –
Acting Parish
Manager, SDC
December
13
Papine Park, St.
Andrew
EC, CSC, SMO,
Intern
JP Sensitization Session for
Kingston & St. Andrew
NIA/MoJ
December
13
AC Marriott
Hotel
ED, EC
Basketball Club Explosion
Southern Basketball
Conference
December
14
Tivoli Bump Court
COO Intern
Invitation to ODPP Staff Christmas
Party
Paula Llewellyn,
Director of Public
Prosecutions
December
14
Police Officers’
Club, Kingston
ED, M&EC
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Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to Screening &
Discussion of Oscar Winning Film
“”Citizen Four”
Zahra Burton – 18
Degrees North
December
14
JAMPRO Training
Room, 18
Trafalgar Road,
Kingston 10
Declined
Community Christmas Treat for
Children
Sub-Awardee YCWJ &
Flanker Resource
Centre
December
16
Flanker Resource
Centre, Morning
View Drive,
Montego Bay, St.
James
No NIA
Representative
Follow up Consultation Regarding
Gaining a National Consensus on
Crime
Andrea Waite –
Events Planning
Officer, Jamaica
Chamber of
Commerce
December
17
Jamaica Chamber
of Commerce, 58
Half Way Tree
Road, Kingston
ED, CSC
Community Christmas Treat for
the elderly
Sub-Awardee YCWJ &
Flanker Resource
Centre
December
18
Flanker Resource
Centre, Morning
View Drive,
Montego Bay, St.
James
No NIA
Representative
Jamaica Standards Network
Meeting – Is Governance in
Organisations an Issue?
Maya Morris -
Administrative
Assistant, Standards
Division, Bureau of
Standards Jamaica
December
18
Multi-Purpose
Facility, BSJ, 6
Winchester Road,
Kingston 10
CSC, COO
Invitation to signing ceremony for
Cooperative Agreement between
the JCC and the Jamaica
International Arbitration Centre
Limited
Trevor Fearon – CEO,
Jamaica Chamber of
Commerce
December
18
Jamaica Chamber
of Commerce's
(JCC)
Headquarters, 58
HWT Road
ED (Declined)
Invitation to Old Harbour
Community Stakeholders’
Engagement
Randy Finnikin –
Chairman, Old
Harbour Development
Area Committee
December
18
Old Harbour
Baptist Church,
Marlie Acres, St.
Catherine
ED (Declined)
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to Open House
Professor Sir Hilary
Beckles and Lady
Beckles – UWI Vice-
Chancellor
December
19
1 Long Mountain
Road, College
Common, Mona.
ED
KSAMC Annual Christmas Tree
Lighting Ceremony
Robert Hill – Town
Clerk
December
19
St. William Grant
Park, Downtown,
Kingston
Youth &
Community Interns
Majesty Garden Christmas
Function
Southern Basketball
Conference
December
21-22
Majesty Garden
Community
Center
COO/Intern
Down Town Mural Walk
Sub-Awardee YCWJ &
LifeYaad
December
21-22,
2019
Parade Gardens,
Kingston
No NIA
Representative
Majesty Gardens Mural Unveiling
Southern Basketball
Conference
January 4,
2020
Majesty Gardens
COO, Intern
Invitation to attend Archbishop
Samuel Carter Memorial Lecture
Mrs. Grace Baston –
Principal, Campion
College
January 8
Campion College
Courtyard,
Kingston 6
ED
Invitation to handing over
ceremony for new Mobile Justice
units
MoJ
January 9
Ministry of
Justice, Constant
Spring Road,
Kingston 10
ED, EC (Postponed)
Invitation to St. Catherine Parish
Youth Council's Violence
Prevention Programme's
Orientation
NIA/St. Catherine
Parish Youth Council
January 11
New Testament
Church of Christ
The Redeemer, at
27 Jobs Lane,
Spanish Town, St.
Catherine
YOO
Invitation to Clarendon Parish
Youth Council's Violence
Prevention Programme's
Orientation
NIA/Clarendon Parish
Youth Council
January 11
Church of the
United Brethren in
Christ, Bottom
Halse Hall,
Clarendon
YOO
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to the official launch of
the Man Transformational
Programme (MANTRA)
Jamaica Youth
Motivators
January 11
Faculty of Law,
UWI Mona
Declined
Invitation to bring greetings to the
launch of the 5
th
SunCity High
School DJ Competition
Tameka Chevannes –
SunCity Radio
January 15
Somerset Suite,
Courtleigh Hotel,
New Kingston
YOO
Restorative Practices Training
Seminar for Western Region
NIA/MoJ
January
16-17
Hilton Montego
Bay
EC, YOO
Basketball Club Explosion Life Skill
Session
Southern Basketball
Conference
January 18
Tawes Pen,
Spanish Town
COO & YOO Interns
Invitation to the JSE's 15th
Regional Investments and Capital
Markets Conference
Jamaica Stock
Exchange (JSE)
January
21-23
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, New
Kingston
M&EC
(Declined)
Court Management Services’
National Public Education Day
Mr. Shannick Dawkins
- Senior Public
Relations Officer,
Court Management
Services
January 22
St. Thomas Parish
Court, Morant Bay
ALAC Team, SMO,
EUPC
Invitation to attend a policy
discussion on US-Caribbean
Relations (Keynote address by
Hon. Michael Pompeo US
Secretary of State)
MFAFT, PSOJ,
AMCHAM
January 22
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel
ED
Being LGBT In the Caribbean
National Human Rights Dialogue
Jaevion Nelson -
Executive Director, J-
FLAG
January
22-23
(Postponed
)
Knutsford Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
YOO
Press Conference on the
Publication of the Corruption
Perceptions Index 2019
NIA
January 23
NIA Offices, New
Kingston
NIA Team
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to address launch of the
Bull Bay District Consultative
Committee
Maria Morgan JP -
Secretary of the Bull
Bay District
Consultative
Committee
January 25
(Postponed
)
Bull Bay
Community
Centre, St.
Andrew
CSC
NIA/Mona Social Services
Entrepreneurial Development
BizLab Training
Mona Social Services
January
27-31
Office of Special
Students Services,
UWI Mona
COO, CSC, COI
Support to Child Diversion
Training Seminar for Restorative
Justice Facilitators
NIA/MoJ
January 27
- 28
Ministry of Justice
Conference Room
and Jewel Dunn’s
River
EC
Official Launch of Integrity Clubs in
Schools
NIA/MoEYI
January 28
Hope Zoo,
Kingston
NIA Team
Invitation to handing over
ceremony for new Mobile Justice
units
MoJ
January 29
Ministry of
Justice, Constant
Spring Road,
Kingston 10
EC
Human Trafficking Ambassadors
Training
NIA/a-TIP Unit-JCF
Jan 29 to
Feb 1
Jewel Dunn’s
River Hotel
YOO, EC, Intern
Invitation to Public Sector
Financial Management
Conference Panel Discussion on
Restoring Trust by Curbing
Corruption
Shelly-Ann
Mohammed – Head
of ACCA Caribbean
January 30
Knutsford Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
ED (clashed)
Invitation to address Lay
Magistrates’ Association of
Jamaica - Portland Chapter’s
Annual General Meeting
Ryan Bailey –
President, Portland
Lay Magistrates’
Association
January 30
Church of the
Open Bible, Folly
Road, Port
Antonio
ED
Launch of the St. James Parish
Youth Council Crime Prevention
Project
NIA/St. James Parish
Youth Council
January 31
Montego Bay
Youth Information
Centre, St. James
Declined
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Invitation to the Launch of the
Judiciary’s strategic plan
Chief Justice Bryan
Sykes
January 31
Terra Nova Hotel,
Kingston
ED, EC
Closing Ceremony for Community
Business Development Training
NIA/Mona Social
Services
January 31
UWI Mona
COO, CSC, Intern
11
th
Annual National Restorative
Justice Week
NIA/MoJ
February
2-7
AC Marriott Hotel
& Ministry of
Justice
Conference Room
EC
Caseflow Management Seminar
for Judges of Appeal
NIA/JEI/CMS
February
5-7
AC Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
LA, EC
Invitation to present at
Community Meeting
Redlands Production
Management
Organisation (PMO)
February 6
Redlands PMO
Office, Clarendon
COO, CSC
Invitation to a Reception at the
Residence of the Ambassador of
Spain
Josep Maria Bosch,
Ambassador of Spain
February 6
1B Norbrook Rod,
Kingston 8
ED (Declined)
Caseflow Management Seminar
for Parish Court Judges
NIA/JEI/CMS
February
7-9
AC Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
ED, EC
11
th
Annual Restorative Justice
Conference
NIA/MoJ
February 7
AC Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
ED, EC
Invitation to partner on Human
Trafficking Seminar for
Manchester
NIA/The Office of the
Custos of Manchester
& the Anti-Trafficking
in Person Unit, JCF
February
12
Northern
Caribbean
University,
Manchester
YOO
Invitation to attend workshop on
Public Procurement
Jeanette Calder, JAMP
February
12
JAMPRO, New
Kingston
LA, CSC
Invitation to MOU Signing
between the JSE, the Jamaica
Social Stock Exchange and the
Honorary Consulate of Jamaica in
Philadelphia
Bernadette Oldfield –
Brown, Jamaica Stock
Exchange
February
12
40 Harbour Street,
Kingston
Declined
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
NIA/MSS Social Work Training
Mona Social Services
February
12 – March
18
Social Welfare and
Training Centre,
UWI Mona
COO, CSC, COI
Fraudulent Documents:
Deterrence, Examination and
Detection for Justices of the Peace
(Pt.1)
NIA/JTI
February
17
Courtyard
Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
EC
Suncity High School Disc Jock
Competition
Suncity FM/NIA
February
21
Ardenne High
School, Kingston
Declined due to
clash
Anti-gang Investigations &
Prosecutions Conference
NIA/JTI/ODPP
February
22-23
Postponed
ED, EC, M&EC
Fraudulent Documents:
Deterrence, Examination and
Detection for Justices of the Peace
(Pt.2)
NIA/JTI
February
24
Courtyard
Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
EC
Floral Tribute in honour of the Rt.
Excellent Sir Alexander
Bustamante
Honourable Olivia
Grange, CD, MP,
Minister of Culture,
Gender,
Entertainment and
Sport
February
24
National Heroes
Park, Kingston
Declined
Data Journalism & Fact Finding
Workshop for Investigative
Reporters
NIA/Media Institute
of the Caribbean
February
24-25
Jamaica Chamber
of Commerce, 58
Half Way Tree
Road, Kingston 10
ED, COO, CSC
Parenting Workshop for Campers’
Parents
NIA/NIBJ
February
25-26
Mandeville Hotel,
Manchester
YOO, Intern
Invitation to attend the First
Listing Ceremony for Deaf Can!
Coffee
Jamaica Stock
Exchange
February
25
Jamaica Stock
Exchange,
Harbour Street,
Kingston
CSC
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Presentation on Restorative
Justice to a Meeting of the
Clarendon Chapter of Lay
Magistrates Association
Eurica Douglas,
Clarendon Parish
Development
Committee
February
27
Lay Magistrates
Chambers, May
Pen Courts Office,
Sevens Road, May
Pen
COO
NIA presentation to St. James
Youth Council Violence Prevention
Project
NIA/NYCJ
February
27
St. James Youth
Information
Centre, Montego
Bay
YOO
National Conference on
Technology in the Justice System
NIA/MoJ
February
27-29
AC Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
ED, EC
Invitation to attend public
consultation meeting on the IDB’s
Draft Environmental and Social
Policy Framework
IDB
February
28
AC Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
Declined
Courtesy Call by Clarendon Parish
Youth Council on Prof. Munroe
NIA/NYCJ
February
28
NIA Offices, New
Kingston
ED, YOO
Invitation to reception in
celebration of UK-Jamaica
Relations
British High
Commissioner to
Jamaica His Excellency
Asif Ahmad CMG
February
28
King’s House,
Kingston
ED
Invitation to participate in Election
Centre for Clarendon South-East
By- Election
Earl Jarrett - Acting
Chairman, ECJ
March 2
ECJ Offices,
Kingston
LA
NIB Parenting Workshops
NIA/NIB
March 5-6
Hope Zoo,
Kingston
YOO, Intern
Spring Village Development
Foundation Health Fair 2020
Randy Finnikin (JP) -
Spring Village
Development
Foundation
March 6
Spring Village
Development
Foundation, Bushy
Park, St. Catherine
COO, Intern
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Suncity High School Disc Jock
Competition
Suncity FM/NIA
March 6
Ardenne High
School, Kingston
YOO, Intern
(Declined due to
Clash)
Closing Ceremony for Clarendon
Parish Youth Council Violence
Prevention Programme
NIA/NYCJ
March 7
Church of the
United Brethren in
Christ, Bottom
Halse Hall,
Clarendon
YOO
Presentation to St. Catherine
Parish Youth Council on Project
Planning & Management
NIA/NYCJ
March 7
Spanish Town YIC,
St. Catherine
YOO
10,000 Men and Families March
for Spanish Town
NIA/Lighthouse
Ministries
March 8
Spanish Town, St.
Catherine
COO, Intern
Invitation to speak at the JSE’s
“Managing Financial Crime Risk”
Workshop
Samuel Parkes –
Principal, JSE E-
Campus
March 9
Jamaica Pegasus
Hotel, New
Kingston
ED
Suncity High School Disc Jock
Competition
Suncity FM/NIA
March 10
Waterford High
School, St.
Catherine
YOO, Intern
Invitation to Sensitization Training
Session for Justices of the Peace
and Police Officers
MOJ/Legal Aid Council
– Hugh Faulkner
March 10
AC Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
ED, EUPC
Invitation to Knowledge Sharing
Symposium on “Pathways to
Violence Prevention”
CSJP/Ministry of
National Security
March 11
Spanish Court
Hotel, New
Kingston
YOO (Declined due
to threat of COVID-
19)
Human Trafficking Town Hall
Meeting
JCF/NIA
March 12
Westmoreland
YOO, Intern
(Cancelled due to
threat of COVID-
19)
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Westmoreland Parish Youth
Council Violence Prevention
Project – Rap Session
NIA/NYCJ
March 12
Westmoreland
Youth Information
Centre, Llandilo
YOO, Intern
(Cancelled due to
threat of COVID-19
Town Hall Meeting themed “Know
Your Rights: Unfair Dismissals
NIA
March 12
Holy Cross Church,
Half Way Tree
NIA Team
(Cancelled due to
threat of COVID-19
NIB Behaviour Modification Camp
NIA/NIB
March 13-
15
Pembroke Hall
High School,
Kingston
YOO, Intern
(Cancelled due to
threat of COVID-19
Specialized Training for Court
Bailiffs
NIA/JTI/CAD
March 18-
19
Iberostar Hotel,
St. James
EC (Cancelled due
to threat of COVID-
19
Human Trafficking Town Hall
Meeting
JCF/NIA
March 19
College of
Agriculture,
Science and
Education (CASE),
Passley Gardens,
Portland
YOO (Cancelled due
to threat of COVID-
19
Invitation to participate in Social
Work Exposition
Mr. Marlon Graham,
CEO Bellevue Hospital
March 19
Bellevue Hospital,
Kingston
COO (Cancelled due
to threat of COVID-
19
J-Flag Partners’ Mingle
Suelle Anglin -
Equality for All
Foundation Jamaica
March 20
Sunset Lodge, 24
Harbour View
Road, Stony Hill
YOO (Cancelled due
to threat of COVID-
19
Child Diversion Training for
Prosecutors
NIA/MOJ/CAD
March 20-
22
Iberostar Hotel,
St. James
EC (Cancelled due
to threat of COVID-
19
Closing Ceremony for St.
Catherine Parish Youth Council
Violence Prevention Programme
NIA/NYCJ
March 21
New Testament
Church of Christ
The Redeemer, at
27 Jobs Lane,
Spanish Town, St.
Catherine
ED, YOO (Cancelled
due to threat of
COVID-19
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Host/Person Making
Request/Collaborator
Date
Venue
NIA
Representative(s)
Suncity High School Disc Jock
Competition Finals
Suncity FM/NIA
March 21
Waterford High
School, St.
Catherine
YOO, Intern
(Cancelled due to
threat of COVID-19
Child Diversion Officers’ Training
Seminar
NIA/MoJ
March 23 -
27
AC Marriott Hotel,
Kingston
EC (Cancelled due
to threat of COVID-
19
Invitation to you to attend a Public
Lecture on “Seizing and
Confiscating the Assets of
Criminals – Why, When and
How?” by His Honour, Judge
Michael Hopmeier
Dr. Shazeeda Ali -
Dean, Faculty of Law,
UWI Mona
March 31
Executive Seminar
Room, Faculty of
Law, UWI Mona
ED (Postponed due
to the threat of
COVID-19)
