This joint United Nations Human Security Programme is aimed at enhancing resilience and human security of selected communities in rural and urban Jamaica. It will advance the 2030 Agenda by addressing the economic, environmental, personal and health insecurities facing targeted communities. These insecurities are expressed in the form of poverty, unemployment, land degradation, poor health and reduced social cohesion.
CEP was established in 1981 as part of the Regional Seas Programme in recognition of the importance and value of the Wider Caribbean Region’s fragile and vulnerable coastal and marine ecosystems including endemic plants and animals.