Dr. Noel Watson

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  Published on: 3/3/2007    Last Visited: 3/3/2007  

  Dr. Noel Watson of the Civic Dialogue Project encouraged the persons present at the meeting to not only think of a vision for Jamaica but also to consider the role that each person should play in order to ensure that the Jamaica that has been envisioned can be realised.
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  Dr. Watson noted that the project has had over 100 engagements across Jamaica and the vision that people have expressed for Jamaica remains the same regardless of their background, that is, all Jamaicans want a future for Jamaica that is built on togetherness, peace, security and prosperity.

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  Published on: 9/7/2005    Last Visited: 3/3/2007  

  Speaking during the launch ceremony, Executive Coordinator of the Project, Dr. Noel Watson hailed the communities and other key stakeholders for their support of the activities of the Project.To date, the Project has worked in over 40 different communities in the Kingston and St. Andrew region and has engaged in over 140 dialogues, resulting in many persons from different inner-city communities benefiting in some way from the Project.The Executive Coordinator of the Project, Dr. Noel Watson, announced at the launch that the new phase would take the dialogue to the rest of the country thereby deepening and broadening the process that has already begun.

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  Dr. Noel Watson, Executive Director of the Civic Dialogue Project agreed with Ms. Peart pointing out that there needs to be a common vision for Jamaica that starts with peace and prosperity for all citizens.

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  Dr. Noel Watson, Executive Coordinator of the UNDP Civic Dialogue Project, which is partly funded by the Canadian International Development Agency, recommends that all communities invite experts such as the Red Cross to hold discussions on HIV/AIDS and where possible the Civic Dialogue Project will assist in arranging such meetings.

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  Dr. Noel Watson (Executive Coordinator)

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  Published on: 3/3/2007    Last Visited: 3/3/2007  

  Dr. Noel Watson, Executive Coordinator of the Civic Dialogue Project explained that: "An event like this one in Allman Town serves many purposes, such as facilitating the education of children, providing new birth certificates for adults, providing persons with greater understanding of the RGD, and getting community members to meet, greet, interact and dialogue.Communication amongst community members is an important way of identifying common needs and coming up with solutions."
  
  The Civic Dialogue Project, which is sponsored by the UNDP and partly funded by CIDA, has already arranged similar events in Greenwich Town and Fletchers Land and is planning others in conjunction with community members, the SDC and the RGD.Dr. Watson outlined that: "as long as a community is prepared to mobilize its members and provide a suitable venue, the effort is well worthwhile since it has a positive impact on the lives of our people."

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  Published on: 3/3/2007    Last Visited: 3/3/2007  

  Dr. Noel Watson, Executive Coordinator of the Civic Dialogue Project stated that "this Project, based on the participation of all Jamaicans, has performed quite well this year and has achieved most of its objectives, which is reflected in the fact that over 100 engagements have been conducted in communities across Jamaica to date."He further stated that "the move to deepen the dialogue in the pilot communities of Mountain View, Greenwich Town and Central Kingston has been met with significant success and next year will see the widening of the dialogue to include other communities across Jamaica."The Civic Dialogue meetings held in schools and with community groups in Trelawny, St. James, St. Thomas, St. Mary, Portland, Clarendon and St. Elizabeth all stimulated a more positive type of dialogue amongst citizens."The project has received significant support from communities and we anticipate that this will continue into the New Year" said Dr. Watson.

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  Published on: 3/16/2006    Last Visited: 3/16/2006  

  Those police efforts are being complemented by several new community programs, says Noel Watson at the United National Development Program ,UNDP,.One large new national initiative - the Civic Dialogue for Democratic Governance Project, which is sponsored by UNDP - tries to encourage grass-roots groups to take responsibility for what is going on in their neighborhoods.
  
  While there have been similar programs in the past, none have been as daring or broad when it comes to pushing locals to take responsibility for what is going on around them.
  
  "We can go in there and build community centers - but no one will go to them, because they will be afraid of getting shot crossing the street to get there," says Watson."We need to empower the residents themselves to start cleaning up."The police, he says, need to enforce the law - but it's the people who have to fight back every day and orchestrate real change.

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  Published on: 11/2/2004    Last Visited: 11/2/2004  

  Executive director of the UNDP's Civic Dialogue project Dr Noel Watson further urged the participants to be productive.
  
  "Change your mindset and tell each other that killing is not the answer; guns are not the answer," he said.Watson added that the more than 1,000 murders committed in the island this year was a burden on the economy.
  
  "Say there are 1,000 murders with each attracting roughly a cost of $200,000 for burial expenses; that's $200 million," he said.

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  Six MPs pledge support for Civic Dialogue Project -... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/13/2004    Last Visited: 7/13/2004  

  "It went quite well," Dr Noel Watson, executive co-ordinator for the Civic Dialogue Project at the UNDP told the Observer. "They found it very interesting and six of them have asked us to go into their constituencies and talk with the members of the communities," he continued.
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  According to Dr Watson, as the projects continues to engage the wider society a significant effort will be made to determine the community goals and priorities as well as the role community members are prepared to play in order to achieve the goals of the project.
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  In the meantime, Dr Watson said he believed that persons on hearing about the project would create a chain-reaction effect in the society."If each Jamaican can change their mindset, not to rob and kill or not throw things on the ground, then the possibilities are great," he told the Observer."The expectation of the project is to develop a vibrant culture of democratic governance that guarantees political participation, poverty reduction and social equality," he said.Dr Watson said the secretariat of the Civic Dialogue Project hads been working on establishing a parish dialogue committees that would show the videos in the communities, document the feedback and report back to the organisers.
  
  He said, too, that in an effort to involve the youth, the Civic Dialogue Project has joined forces with the National Youth Service which is expected to show the videos and document the feedback during its summer camps.
  
  "A lot of the problems and the solutions we want will come from the youths," said Dr Watson.
  
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