Jamaica's National Environmental Education Committee (NEEC) aims to encourage, guide, and coordinate environmental education activities in support of sustainable development in the country. This multi-stakeholder national partnership of organizations-drawn from government, non-government, education, community, and private sector agencies-has been in existence since 1993, when it was formed by the National Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) to help that authority fulfil its legal mandate for increasing the environmental literacy of Jamaicans.

Jamaica's commitment to the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development builds on 12 years of environmental education initiatives within the framework of a national action plan. Partnerships developed among educational institutions, government agencies, NGOs and donors are facilitating change in the formal education system, integrating environmental education into teacher professional development and national curricula; involving the school college community in participatory planning; and implementing whole college approaches.