The Violence Prevention Alliance aims to create violence - free and safe Jamaica. All communications activity should underpin this Mission Statement.

Vision: to maximize the impact of violence prevention initiatives on the Jamaican population by promoting the use of best practices...
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The Violence Prevention Alliance aims to create violence - free and safe Jamaica. All communications activity should underpin this Mission Statement.

Vision: to maximize the impact of violence prevention initiatives on the Jamaican population by promoting the use of best practices through the -

* Collection and analysis of available data.
* Broad dissemination of such data.
* Channelling of resources into initiatives that exhibit best (proven) practices.
* Lobby for systematic change at the policy level.

1. To support the promotion of primary prevention of violence, integrated community development and public education.
2. To increase collaboration and exchange of information between organizations on violence prevention.
3. To support the implementation and monitoring of existing programmes and to lobby for national action plans for violence prevention.
4. To lobby for the integration of violence prevention into social and educational policies, thereby enhancing the promotion of gender and social equality.
5. To promote the safe community concept.
6. To facilitate data analysis and application in order to identify and promote best practice.
7. To support the strengthening of systems/services for victims of violence
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The Violence Prevention Alliance provides an opportunity for organizations from all sectors of society to unite around a shared public health approach to violence prevention. The public health approach addresses the root causes of violence and improves services for victims.

The VPA provides the participants with an infrastructure through which they can work together to (a) increase capacity for information-gathering on violence; b) improve knowledge about what works in violence prevention and programming; and c) encourage widespread implementation of policies and...
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The VPA provides the participants with an infrastructure through which they can work together to (a) increase capacity for information-gathering on violence; b) improve knowledge about what works in violence prevention and programming; and c) encourage widespread implementation of policies and programmes known to be effective.

1. Promoting public health approaches to participant organizations in order to become more effective and systematic in the violence prevention activities they support and implement.
2. Data collection and analysis, sharing best practices for prevention programmes and victim services among participants’ institutions and groups that focus on different sub-types of violence.
3. Providing technical assistance to member organizations, sharing information, experiences and expertise among participants through the development of partnerships and other collaborative projects.
4. Developing the safe community concept paper and a system for its assessment.
5. Monitor the impact of the Alliance’s work and tracking developments in the field of violence prevention.
6. Maintain the Alliance through the establishment of secretariat.
7. Coordinating and managing of funds to support the objectives of the Alliance
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