HEART-Trust / KCDI Jamaica’s Interment Operation (Grave Diggers) NVQ-J level 2 program approved
The HEART-Trust/KCDI Jamaica’s Interment Operation NVQ-J level 2 program has been approved at the National and Regional level. This program is the first of its kind in Jamaica and the Caribbean and will improve the standard of living for practitioners in the Burial Service Sector in the Caribbean. KCDI Jamaica continues work with stakeholders (collages, […]
Bureau of Standard Jamaica National Mirror Committee 323 Chair by KCDI Jamaica
The Bureau of Standard Jamaica National Mirror Committee 323 is Chair by KCDI Jamaica Executive Chairman Mr. Donovan A. McLaren. The scope of work speaks to the Standardization in the field of Circular Economy.
The Trench Town Polytechnic College & KCDI Jamaica training program
The Trench Town Polytechnic College and KCDI Jamaica will be training program for the community of Trench Town in Kingston 12 Jamaica and the surrounding communities in May 2022. Announced by KCDI Jamaica Chairman Dr. Donovan Kevoy McLaren.
Development Bank of Jamaica approve KCDI Jamaica as BDO
The Development Bank of Jamaica as approved KCDI Jamaica as one of its Business Development Organization (BDO) KCDI Jamaica partnered with the Development Bank of Jamaica, (DBJ) as a Business Development Organization (BDO) to provide advisory services to assist MSMEs in accessing critical business development services. KCDI Jamaica main responsibilities will be to conduct assessment […]
KCDI Jamaica elected to the Board of the Caribbean Policy Development Centre
KCDI Jamaica has been elected to the Board of the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC). Since its establishment in 1991, the CPDC has been a voice for the NGO community and their beneficiaries on key socio-economic and other development issues. Through the engagement of regional and national policymakers, the CPDC has brought the plight of […]
Bureau of Standards Jamaica National Mirror Committee ISO 323 is chair by KCDI Jamaica
KCDI Jamaica’s Executive Chairman Mr Donovan A. McLaren is Jamaica’s NGO Expert on the International ISO/TC 323 Circular Economy committee via the Bureau of Standard Jamaica . The scope speaks to Standardization in the field of Circular Economy to develop frameworks, guidance, supporting tools and requirements for the implementation of activities of all involved organizations, […]
KCDI Jamaica’s Basic School Opening Project
KCDI Jamaica with the support of the Council for Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) and and the Jarrett Foundation will be providing over 1000 Face Masks to two basic schools in the community of Frazer’s Content Spanish Town St. Catherine Jamaica under its Basic School Opening project. KCDI Jamaica’s Corporate Relations Director Captain Herman Green JP […]
Caribbean Development Bank Accountability Mechanisms Workshop
KCDI Jamaica has been invited by the Caribbean Development Bank to participate in their Independent Accountability Workshop on November 15-16, 2021. The Caribbean Policy Development Centre and CDB are having a virtual Joint Regional Outreach event (in the form of two morning workshops) on the 15th and 16th November to spread awareness within civil society organizations/groups, […]
Director Dr. Margaret Chin received Mico University Collage Award
The Mico University College launched its 185-year anniversary celebrations along with its Mico Week activities under the theme Nation Building, Leadership, Innovation. Mico University College, founded in 1836, is the oldest teacher-training institution in the Western Hemisphere rivalling the famed Battersea College in England. At the time of it founding it was among the four […]
KCDI Jamaica Directors participate in IMF/Worldbank meetings
KCDI Jamaica’s Directors Dr. Margaret Chin and Executive Director Donovan McLaren will participate in the IMF/Worldbank Spring Meetings. Dr. Chin will be posing questions to the IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on October 8 and 21,2021