Press Launch – UNICEF and the Organisation of Japanese Caribbean States (OECS) signed a renewed Partnership Settlement, which can instantly impression youngsters’s and younger folks’s lives throughout OECS Member States.
The settlement helps the OECS Human and Social Growth Technique, specializing in important areas aligned with the missions of each UNICEF and the OECS. These areas are Baby Safety, Social Safety, Inclusive Schooling, Youth Engagement, and Local weather and Resilience.
“UNICEF represents one of many most interesting examples of collaboration and partnership between the OECS and a UN Company,” stated OECS Fee Director Normal Dr Didacus Jules. “This partnership is distinct, with lively discussions and engagement on ideas, concepts, and experiences that enrich each organisations.”
Dr Jules revealed that the brand new OECS-UNICEF partnership extends past OECS Member States to incorporate British Abroad Territories as Related Members. He recommended UNICEF’s steady help in strengthening integration inside the OECS.
UNICEF Consultant for the Japanese Caribbean Pieter Bult underscored the significance of his organisation’s shut relationship with the OECS Fee. “Our partnership with the OECS is invaluable,” Bult declared. “We intention to make the OECS simpler, particularly in areas of joint curiosity, and for our groups to work nearer collectively on planning and implementing initiatives.”
Bult emphasised the distinctive challenges dealing with Small Island Creating States (SIDS) within the OECS as one other precedence space. “Kids’s lives can’t be addressed by means of a sectoral lens,” stated Bult. “We have to see the collective impression of our interventions to attain actual progress. There may be nonetheless a lot work to do, particularly with rising youngster poverty post-Covid and the necessity to deal with Early Childhood Schooling. With the OECS’s assist, we hope to make a big distinction.”
The OECS plans to extend the visibility of UNICEF-funded programmes, together with beneficiary testimonials and a documentary highlighting key milestones and successes of the long-standing partnership.
Dr Jules concluded, “In all our partnerships, our companions’ flag will fly equally excessive beside ours.”
