PARTNERS

THE Community Component which focuses on empowering residents of the two pilot communities through the key stakeholder DRF and Peace And Love in Schools (PALS), who will work with these communities to establish conflict resolution program initiatives and assist the residents to improve their conflict management skills.

In partnership with DRF and PALS, the Project will:

• Train members of the pilot communities as mediators;


• Train teachers, parents and students in early childhood, primary and secondary schools in conflict resolutions strategies.
  
• Establish Peace and Justice Centres in Trench Town and Flankers to offer mediation and provide a forum for the peaceful resolution of disputes;
  
• Collaborate with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture and Teachers' Colleges to develop and deliver a curriculum in conflict resolution
  
• As a CIDA funded project, gender related issues including discrimination against women, as well as the rights of the child will be considered in all related activities.

Additionally, through public education initiatives the project will inform the various stakeholders as well as the general public about non-violent approaches to conflict management.

(left-right) Former Minister of National Security and Justice, the Hon. K.D. Knight; Ms.Donna Parchment, Executive Director, DRF; Chief justice of Jamaica, the Hon. Lensley Wolfe O.J.; Mr. Steadley Webster, DRF Subscriber; His Excellency John Robinson, Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Mrs Clover Thompson-Gordon, Past President of the Lay Magistrates Association; Chairman of DRF Advisory Council, the Hon Carl Rattray and Mr. Derek Jones, Past President of the Jamaican Bar Association all gathered for the first Caribbean Conference of Mediators.

DONOR ORGANIZATIONS

DFID-UK - Jamaica Constabulary Force
IADB Citizen Security & Justice Project.
USAID

ASSOCIATED LINKS

DRF
PALS
CIDA
The Supreme Court
The Ministry of Justice
The Justice Training Institute
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture
The Ministry of Health (Child Support Unit)
Bureau of Women's Affairs
The Trench Town Development Agency
The Advocates Association
The Criminal Justice Research Unit
The Law Reform Unit
The Independent Jamaican Council for Human Rights
Jamaican Bar Association
Attorney General's Department, Ontario
Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago
Supreme Court of OECS
Jamaica Constabulary Force

OTHER LINKS

www.internetmediator.com
www.mediate.com
www.crinfo.org
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/html/SERV/sermed.htm